Benedictine Center Events
THE BENEDICTINE CENTER SHARES THE MONASTIC HERITAGE OF ST. PAUL'S MONASTERY with all who seek to live with the Gospel as their guide. The Benedictine Center event line-up include a wide array workshops, retreats, and meaningful conversations rooted in Benedictine insights about the life lived well. Whether your interests are primarily about life & work, prayer and meditation, community and connection, or art & spirituality, there’s something coming up for you.
2024 Retreats
March 28-30 (Thursday-Saturday): Triduum Retreat—Gwen Pickering and S. Jacqueline Leiter
April 12-13 (Friday-Saturday): Imagining Joy Retreat—Peter Watkins and Jennifer Frenz
April 20 (Saturday): Choosing the Way of the Light: A Retreat on Hope—Christine Jurisich and S. Paula Hagen
More to Come
April 14 (Sunday) / April 28 (Sunday) / May 5 (Sunday): Poetic Medicine
You are invited to dip into a safe and creative circle in which we'll explore themes vital to meaning making in our lives. Over the course of three sessions you'll experience the impact of the poem-making process as a roadmap to enhance and foster insights and wellness.
May 18 (Saturday): Reverencing Earth, Writing Retreat—Vic Klimoski with Kathy Fleming
Drawing on their newly published anthology of poems, essays, and art, Victor Klimoski and Kathy Fleming guide participants in using word and image to describe what they experience on a walk in the forest or as they watch the sun rise over a sleeping world or contemplate birds gathering at the backyard feeder. Creativity blossoms in simple acts of seeing with hearts opened wide.
Spiritual Direction with the Benedictine Center Spiritual Direction Team
Open Dates
People like you and me inquire about spiritual direction when life changes in ways that are outside of our control, when we are trying to find a way forward and things are still fuzzy, when our old ways of praying don’t seem to be feeding us, or when we are just plain looking for “something more.” If you are now or have ever been in one of these places, know that you are standing among many honest companions. For as often as inner restlessness and outer transitions bring people to spiritual direction, there is something even more common—the recommendation of a friend. Sometimes the people around us notice before we do that it’s time for us to be paying closer attention. I hear regularly that what brings a person to spiritual direction was someone who said, “I recommend you consider meeting with a spiritual director about this. All I can say is it’s been helpful to me.”
Learn more about Spiritual Direction here.
Personal Retreat
Open Dates
Benedictine Center of St. Paul's Monastery
The experienced members of the Benedictine Center staff enjoy helping women and men like you find just the right blend of resources for their unique spiritual journeys. With a better sense of your preferences in terms of timing, special diets, accommodations and more, we will help you plan your retreat and gather any resources you might need, including the option to meet with a spiritual director.