The Priory Spirituality Center is the perfect place to enhance your knowledge and gain a deeper understanding of many topics. Learn new artistic and meditative skills, attend transformative healing workshops and spend time walking in the footsteps of celebrated historical figures through experiential retreats.
We are always adding classes and workshops, so be sure to check back soon.
NOTE: Some of our programs and retreats are being offered IN PERSON as well as via ZOOM, and many are a HYBRID of the two. At this time, we do not require COVID vaccination.
Click on a program or retreat name below for more information and to register.
Programs
The Priory Spirituality Center is the perfect place to enhance your knowledge and gain a deeper understanding of many topics. Learn new artistic and meditative skills, attend transformative healing workshops and spend time walking in the footsteps of celebrated historical figures through experiential retreats.
We are always adding classes and workshops, so be sure to check back soon.
NOTE: Some of our programs and retreats are being offered IN PERSON as well as via ZOOM, and many are a HYBRID of the two. At this time, we do not require COVID vaccination.
Click on a program or retreat name below for more information and to register.
(Need help with ZOOM? Click here for instructions. Go to Zoom.us to download the Zoom app.)
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Ongoing Program Zoom: Prayer Practices Certification Program 2025-2026
With Anna-Camille Wooden, OSB, Julian Cleary, OSB, Laura Swan, OSB, Monika Ellis, OSB, Paz Vital, OSB, PhD and Sonja Weber, OSB
Metanoia in Motion: A Journey of Conversion Through Body and Spirit
With Ryan Hill, PT, DPT
Weekend Silent Centering Prayer Retreat
With Anna-Camille Wooden, OSB
Zoom –Zentangle: Going Grids Series
With Monika Ellis, OSB
Forest Bathing at St. Placid Priory Copy
With Kathy Holley, -PhD
BEYOND the WALLS: Entering Creation’s Cathedral
With Kathy Holley, -PhD
Forest Bathing at St. Placid Priory
With Kathy Holley, -PhD
Hybrid- When the Heart Is Touched: The Ancient Monastic Method of Lectio Divina
With Anna-Camille Wooden, OSB
Forest Impressions: A Mindful Oil Painting Retreat
With Nancy Romanovsky
Hybrid: Dare To Write
With Marcia McLaughlin, OblSB
Eight-Day Silent Centering Prayer Retreat
With Stephan Garratt and Paul Peterhans, M.Div.
Forest Bathing at St. Placid Priory
With Kathy Holley, -PhD
Forest Bathing at St. Placid Priory
With Kathy Holley, -PhD
OASIS 2026 – 2027
With Paz Vital, OSB, PhD, Monika Ellis, OSB, Anna-Camille Wooden, OSB, Sonja Weber, OSB, Laura Swan, OSB and Julian Cleary, OSB
The Voice of the Bell: A Walk with the Ancient Celtic Monks
With Sue Mosher
A Shape of a Life: Aging Gracefully
With Mary Pandiani, D.Min and Zoe Pearson
SCRIPTURAL STATIONS OF THE CROSS:
SISTERS SPEAK: OUR BLOG
Sisters post on our Blog occasionally. 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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Ongoing Program Zoom: Prayer Practices Certification Program 2025-2026
September 1, 2025 - August 3, 2026
Metanoia in Motion: A Journey of Conversion Through Body and Spirit
May 16, 2026
Weekend Silent Centering Prayer Retreat
May 22 - 24, 2026
Zoom –Zentangle: Going Grids Series
June 3 - July 8, 2026
Forest Bathing at St. Placid Priory Copy
June 6, 2026
BEYOND the WALLS: Entering Creation’s Cathedral
June 6, 2026
Forest Bathing at St. Placid Priory
July 18, 2026
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