This Ignatian Silent Retreat will have presentations about the many ways that Jesus took flesh in the lives of others.

In these days of prayer, retreatants will be encouraged to spend time in imaginative contemplations of how Jesus came that we may have life

A retreat for religious Sisters.

We will draw from the book, Jesus: A Pilgrimage by Fr. James Martin, SJ. We will follow the life of Jesus from the Annunciation to the Resurrection.

A retreat for women.

Join us for a transformative weekend retreat, where women of all ages are invited to find peace and resilience in life’s storms.

During this retreat, Fr Joe will invite us to reflect on Jesus as the image of the invisible God in our world today through the Sacraments, the beauty of the world around us, and how we, the Church which Jesus established, can be what we are: the image of Jesus to others.

This is the animating question in this sixth annual ecumenical retreat. It will engage us in the process of spiritual growth by exploring the various connections between beauty and spirituality in lectures, workshops, and liturgy.

This retreat for fathers and their sons, ages 11–17, provides opportunities for open communication and mutual learning between fathers and their adolescent sons...along with Mass and a traditional blessing of the sons.  This fun weekend will include, weather permitting, dodgeball competition, water balloon toss, and a hayrack ride. 

During this retreat the group will gather daily for a conference.

Each participant will meet individually with one of the directors every day. Opportunity to join the monks for Mass and prayer.

Retreat for mothers and their daughters, ages 11 – 17.

The mother-daughter relationship is very special even as it undergoes numerous changes. This retreat provides opportunities for enhancing open communication between mom and daughter during the tween/teen years.

Join us as we pray with and open our hearts to this holy Gospel, so rooted in the Old Testament and so foundational for our understanding of Jesus Christ and the Church.

We will pray with key passages of St. Matthew for a deeper love for Jesus and to help us as his disciples in 2026.

The Rule of St. Benedict calls us to “diligently cultivating silence at all times.”

How can we practice stillness in our often-chaotic world and follow the psalmist's call to be still and know God’s loving presence?

“I think, you know, friend, that when one needs to jump, it’s so much safer to jump into deep water.” (Father Leopold in Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greene).

Aging comes with physical, psychological, and social changes. In conjunction with this, our prayer, our relationship with God and our images of God develop and grow

“You are never too old to have a happy childhood” (Virginia Satir).

Wounded memories of the past can block adults from living life to the full. We will explore how to name the source of childhood pain, create a health care plan to achieve deeper healing and celebrate the gifts of healing, wholeness, and well-being.

Iconography begins with prayer and is executed with the sense that the seven days of creation are being represented in the artistic endeavor. This workshop is an instruction in icon writing in the Byzantine-Russian tradition.

Jesus invited his first disciples to come and see; they followed him and stayed with him.

Our God is full of surprises and blessed us so often in unexpected ways. During this retreat, which is based upon the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola, Fr. Bob will guide you to recognize the amazing work of God in your life.

Bless yourself with a few days to simply be present and receive insight, healing, sense of connection or whatever is most needed now. Allow yourself to be gifted by God as you open yourself to the Great Love that holds and graces all.

Come away to a deserted place all by yourself and rest a while . . . (Mark 6:31).

As you step away from the noise and commotion of the outer world, come into a sacred, quiet space to breathe, listen, and rest. A time to slow and soften into sensing the movement of the Holy Spirit, deepening an awareness of Compassionate Presence with God, yourself, and others.

These four days of quiet will offer blessings in abundance as you spend meaningful time with your ever present God. Retreatants meet daily with a spiritual director, gather for prayer as a group and have the option of entering into the liturgies with the Benedictines.

In contemplative prayer, we divest our minds of all thoughts and images in order to receive the pure and simple light of God directly into the summit of our souls. This retreat involves breath practice. It is for those who have begun the practice of non-conceptual prayer. 

A special two-week opportunity to do Christmas shopping at the Center, Mon.-Fri. 2:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.  A great variety of crafts and gifts made by area artists will be on sale.  Book and Gift Store will be open.

Everybody is invited to make a pilgrimage to St. Benedict Center, view God’s Love made visible in nativity scenes from the Holy Land, from Africa, Asia, South & North America and Europe and pray for peace, which our world so urgently needs.

In contemplative prayer, we divest our minds of all thoughts and images in order to receive the pure and simple light of God directly into the summit of our souls. This retreat involves breath practice. It is for those who have begun the practice of non-conceptual prayer. 

Everybody is invited to make a pilgrimage to St. Benedict Center, view God’s Love made visible in nativity scenes from the Holy Land, from Africa, Asia, South & North America and Europe and pray for peace, which our world so urgently needs.