Our retreat center is a serene place where you can come to be at ease and connected with nature and simplicity, tucked away in a forested setting. We offer both private retreats and a variety of guided retreats to suit your needs.
There are 10 guest rooms with the option of one or two beds, a kitchen, sitting parlor, conference room, showers and small library. You may also take the opportunity to have Spiritual Direction while on retreat.
Full meals are served in the monastery dining room just a few steps away, where you may also attend prayers and Mass with the Sisters.
Some of our programs and retreats are being offered IN PERSON as well as via ZOOM, and others are a HYBRID of the two.
TO ATTEND IN PERSON: you must be Covid-19 Vaccinated and Boosted. Click on a retreat name below for more information and to register.
Retreats
Our retreat center is a serene place where you can come to be at ease and connected with nature and simplicity, tucked away in a forested setting. We offer both private retreats and a variety of guided retreats to suit your needs.
There are 10 guest rooms with the option of one or two beds, a kitchen, sitting parlor, conference room, showers and small library. You may also take the opportunity to have Spiritual Direction while on retreat.
Full meals are served in the monastery dining room just a few steps away, where you may also attend prayers and Mass with the Sisters.
Some of our programs and retreats are being offered IN PERSON as well as via ZOOM, and others are a HYBRID of the two.
TO ATTEND IN PERSON: you must be Covid-19 Vaccinated and Boosted. Click on a retreat name below for more information and to register.
Need help with ZOOM? Click here for instructions.
Gift Certificate
One-Day Personal Retreat
Private Overnight Retreat
Hybrid: Contemplative Rest Practice on First Saturdays Monthly
With M Freeman
Humility and Intimacy with God
With Laura Swan, OSB
Winter P.A.U.S.E. retreat: Christian Contemplative Prayer and Spiritual Formation
With Kathy Holley, PhD
Forest Therapy –Winter/Spring
With Kathy Holley, -PhD
Ora et Labora: Care for our earth
With Angela Hoffman, OSB, PhD
Hybrid: Jesus in Nature: Monastic Images of an Earthy Christ
With Samuel Torvend
Sacred Sisterhood: Celebrating and Nurturing the Spiritual gift of Friendship
With Laree Winer
Spring P.A.U.S.E. retreat: Christian Contemplative Prayer and Soul Care
With Kathy Holley, PhD
Daily Life as Spiritual Practice – A Day Apart
With Monty Smith and Jerry DeVore
Mindful Eating as a Christian Practice
With Rosemarie Oliver, OblSB
Forest Therapy –Spring/Summer
With Kathy Holley, -PhD
Summer P.A.U.S.E. retreat: Christian Contemplative Prayer, Holistic Healing, and Faith
With Kathy Holley, PhD
Zoom: Prayer Practices Certification Program 2025-2026
With St. Placid Sisters
Ora et Labora: Care for our earth –Labor Day
With Angela Hoffman, OSB, PhD
Oasis 2025-2026
With Paz Vital, OSB, PhD, Monika Ellis, OSB, Anna-Camille Wooden, OSB, Sonja Weber, OSB, Laura Swan, OSB and Julian Cleary OSB
Forest Therapy –Summer/Fall
With Kathy Holley, -PhD
Fall P.A.U.S.E. retreat: Christian Contemplative Prayer, Well-Being, and Embodiment
With Kathy Holley, PhD
Forest Therapy –Fall/Winter
With Kathy Holley, -PhD
SISTERS SPEAK: OUR BLOG
Sisters post on our Blog weekly on Fridays. See what our Sisters have to say about living Monastic Life in the 21st Century.
Sr. Laura on Youtube
See Sr. Laura’s youtube channel for some of her work in “restoring women to the stories we tell.”
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