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Ongoing Prayer Opportunities
Open Dates
Today's seekers are often looking for meaningful, low-obligation experiences. At the Benedictine Center, the Sisters' rhythm of daily prayer inspires unique…
SoulCollage® Sunday Circle
March 15 - August 23, 2020
SoulCollage Sunday Circle will provide open space for creating and exploring your SoulCollage cards with facilitator Barbara Sutton. It is…
From A Unique Perspective | John Ilg
March 16 - May 2, 2020
RESCHEDULED Lean Times, Living Stories (Now Oct. 8)
March 26, 2020
When pressures and limitations seem to outweigh our sense of strength and possibility, how do leaders avoid becoming disheartened? By…
(cancelled) School of Lectio Divina
March 27 - April 1, 2020
The Benedictine Center of St. Paul’s Monastery's School of Lectio Divina adapts the ancient monastic riches of sustained lectio divina…
(Cancelled) Shape of the Divine: Working with Clay as Spiritual Practice
April 6 - May 11, 2020
Under the direction of an experienced potter and gentle teacher, learn how making hand-built vessels can be a process of…
(Cancelled) Great Conversation: The Battle for Idealism
April 16, 2020
Someone has remarked that a cynic is often an idealist with a broken heart. In an era in which the…
(Cancelled) Hermitage Retreat
April 17 - 19, 2020
After a common orientation, participants spend time in silence as they read, pray, meditate, and rest in the hospitality of…
(Cancelled) Day Away for Artists and Creatives
April 17, 2020
Day Away is an opportunity for artists and writers to set aside a few hours to enter a creative space…
(Cancelled) Peace Be with You (John 20:19-31)
April 23, 2020
Into the disciples’ fear and restlessness following the Passion, the Risen Christ stood among them and said, “Peace be with…
RESCHEDULED Tell Me True: Practicing Ways to Speak Truth with Robust Love (Now Nov. 6)
April 24, 2020
We often struggle to have important conversations, not for lack of good intention, but because of imbalance. If we speak…
CANCELLED-Day Away for Artists and Creatives
May 13, 2020
Day Away is an opportunity for artists and writers to set aside a few hours to enter a creative space…
CANCELLED-Intro to Centering Prayer
May 15, 2020
This ancient spiritual practice is a Christian way of meditating that teaches one how to listen for God’s invitation to…
CANCELLED-Who Am I in Community? The Enneagram as a Tool for Improving Relationships
June 5 - 6, 2020
The Enneagram is one way to explain and better understand nine basic personality differences that people have observed since ancient…
CANCELLED-Directed Retreat Experience
June 19 - 26, 2020
Settle in for eight days of quiet and renewal, solitude within the rhythm of the monastic community. Each day you…
Visions of Nature in Art: A Retreat on the Gunflint Trail
July 11 - 18, 2020
God the Creator has infused the world with a spirit of life and vitality, leading us to wonder and calling…
CANCELLED-Condensed School of Lectio Divina
July 24 - 26, 2020
Learn the art of sustained lectio divina, "a dialogue with God through the text over time" (Kathleen Cahalan). The Condensed…
Centering Prayer Retreat (Summer)
August 7 - 12, 2020
Experience a time of profound silence and praying the Scriptures as you enter into deeper relationship with God and self.…
Rooted and Branching: What Our Souls Learn from Trees
August 13 - 15, 2020
The more we learn about the nature of trees, the more we see the wisdom of God they communicate through…
Great Conversation: Simplify, Simplify, Simplify
August 20, 2020
Benedict emphasized the vital practices of simplicity and moderation because he recognized the difficulties of aligning our everyday rhythms with…
Lean Times, Living Stories
October 8, 2020
When pressures and limitations seem to outweigh our sense of strength and possibility, how do leaders avoid becoming disheartened? By…
Tell Me True: Practicing Ways to Speak Truth with Robust Love
November 6, 2020
We often struggle to have important conversations, not for lack of good intention, but because of imbalance. If we speak…
School of Discernment
December 4 - 6, 2020
The School of Discernment is an opportunity to discern the voice of the Holy Spirit under the guidance of skilled…
School of Lectio Divina
March 19 - 24, 2021
The Benedictine Center of St. Paul’s Monastery's School of Lectio Divina adapts the ancient monastic riches of sustained lectio divina…
RESCHEDULED Lean Times, Living Stories (Now Oct. 8)
March 26, 2020
When pressures and limitations seem to outweigh our sense of strength and possibility, how do leaders avoid becoming disheartened? By…
(Cancelled) Great Conversation: The Battle for Idealism
April 16, 2020
Someone has remarked that a cynic is often an idealist with a broken heart. In an era in which the…
(Cancelled) Peace Be with You (John 20:19-31)
April 23, 2020
Into the disciples’ fear and restlessness following the Passion, the Risen Christ stood among them and said, “Peace be with…
RESCHEDULED Tell Me True: Practicing Ways to Speak Truth with Robust Love (Now Nov. 6)
April 24, 2020
We often struggle to have important conversations, not for lack of good intention, but because of imbalance. If we speak…
Rooted and Branching: What Our Souls Learn from Trees
August 13 - 15, 2020
The more we learn about the nature of trees, the more we see the wisdom of God they communicate through…
Great Conversation: Simplify, Simplify, Simplify
August 20, 2020
Benedict emphasized the vital practices of simplicity and moderation because he recognized the difficulties of aligning our everyday rhythms with…
Lean Times, Living Stories
October 8, 2020
When pressures and limitations seem to outweigh our sense of strength and possibility, how do leaders avoid becoming disheartened? By…
Tell Me True: Practicing Ways to Speak Truth with Robust Love
November 6, 2020
We often struggle to have important conversations, not for lack of good intention, but because of imbalance. If we speak…
Ongoing Prayer Opportunities
Open Dates
Today's seekers are often looking for meaningful, low-obligation experiences. At the Benedictine Center, the Sisters' rhythm of daily prayer inspires unique…
(cancelled) School of Lectio Divina
March 27 - April 1, 2020
The Benedictine Center of St. Paul’s Monastery's School of Lectio Divina adapts the ancient monastic riches of sustained lectio divina…
(Cancelled) Hermitage Retreat
April 17 - 19, 2020
After a common orientation, participants spend time in silence as they read, pray, meditate, and rest in the hospitality of…
CANCELLED-Intro to Centering Prayer
May 15, 2020
This ancient spiritual practice is a Christian way of meditating that teaches one how to listen for God’s invitation to…
CANCELLED-Directed Retreat Experience
June 19 - 26, 2020
Settle in for eight days of quiet and renewal, solitude within the rhythm of the monastic community. Each day you…
CANCELLED-Condensed School of Lectio Divina
July 24 - 26, 2020
Learn the art of sustained lectio divina, "a dialogue with God through the text over time" (Kathleen Cahalan). The Condensed…
Centering Prayer Retreat (Summer)
August 7 - 12, 2020
Experience a time of profound silence and praying the Scriptures as you enter into deeper relationship with God and self.…
School of Discernment
December 4 - 6, 2020
The School of Discernment is an opportunity to discern the voice of the Holy Spirit under the guidance of skilled…
School of Lectio Divina
March 19 - 24, 2021
The Benedictine Center of St. Paul’s Monastery's School of Lectio Divina adapts the ancient monastic riches of sustained lectio divina…
Ongoing Prayer Opportunities
Open Dates
Today's seekers are often looking for meaningful, low-obligation experiences. At the Benedictine Center, the Sisters' rhythm of daily prayer inspires unique…
SoulCollage® Sunday Circle
March 15 - August 23, 2020
SoulCollage Sunday Circle will provide open space for creating and exploring your SoulCollage cards with facilitator Barbara Sutton. It is…
RESCHEDULED Lean Times, Living Stories (Now Oct. 8)
March 26, 2020
When pressures and limitations seem to outweigh our sense of strength and possibility, how do leaders avoid becoming disheartened? By…
(Cancelled) Great Conversation: The Battle for Idealism
April 16, 2020
Someone has remarked that a cynic is often an idealist with a broken heart. In an era in which the…
(Cancelled) Peace Be with You (John 20:19-31)
April 23, 2020
Into the disciples’ fear and restlessness following the Passion, the Risen Christ stood among them and said, “Peace be with…
RESCHEDULED Tell Me True: Practicing Ways to Speak Truth with Robust Love (Now Nov. 6)
April 24, 2020
We often struggle to have important conversations, not for lack of good intention, but because of imbalance. If we speak…
CANCELLED-Who Am I in Community? The Enneagram as a Tool for Improving Relationships
June 5 - 6, 2020
The Enneagram is one way to explain and better understand nine basic personality differences that people have observed since ancient…
Rooted and Branching: What Our Souls Learn from Trees
August 13 - 15, 2020
The more we learn about the nature of trees, the more we see the wisdom of God they communicate through…
Great Conversation: Simplify, Simplify, Simplify
August 20, 2020
Benedict emphasized the vital practices of simplicity and moderation because he recognized the difficulties of aligning our everyday rhythms with…
Lean Times, Living Stories
October 8, 2020
When pressures and limitations seem to outweigh our sense of strength and possibility, how do leaders avoid becoming disheartened? By…
Tell Me True: Practicing Ways to Speak Truth with Robust Love
November 6, 2020
We often struggle to have important conversations, not for lack of good intention, but because of imbalance. If we speak…
SoulCollage® Sunday Circle
March 15 - August 23, 2020
SoulCollage Sunday Circle will provide open space for creating and exploring your SoulCollage cards with facilitator Barbara Sutton. It is…
From A Unique Perspective | John Ilg
March 16 - May 2, 2020
(Cancelled) Shape of the Divine: Working with Clay as Spiritual Practice
April 6 - May 11, 2020
Under the direction of an experienced potter and gentle teacher, learn how making hand-built vessels can be a process of…
(Cancelled) Day Away for Artists and Creatives
April 17, 2020
Day Away is an opportunity for artists and writers to set aside a few hours to enter a creative space…
CANCELLED-Day Away for Artists and Creatives
May 13, 2020
Day Away is an opportunity for artists and writers to set aside a few hours to enter a creative space…
Visions of Nature in Art: A Retreat on the Gunflint Trail
July 11 - 18, 2020
God the Creator has infused the world with a spirit of life and vitality, leading us to wonder and calling…