Uninterrupted time.
Take a walk or nap. Learn a new way to pray. Enjoy good food and the beauty around you. Be creative. Receive spiritual direction.
Rediscover God and yourself.
There are 3-Hour to 4-day silent retreats throughout the year.
2020 Retreats- Suspended until Further Notice (now is a great time for Spiritual Direction & Dreamwork, though!)
From 3 hours to 4 days in Silence to learning how to listen to the wisdom in your nighttime dreams, what retreats are calling you?
Whether for Holy Week or to Observe the Wisdom of Holy Week Anytime throughout the Year, here are ways you can craft your own Retreat:
A sample rhythm for Your Own Preparing for Holy Week Retreat:
Thursday
5:00 Attend Virtual Vespers with the monks at Saint Meinrad Archabbey via Facebook or YouTube
5:30 Sign off on Social Media & Silence the News until the end of the retreat
Evening Practice: Remembering Your Belovedness in the Middle of a Global Pandemic
Friday
7:30 am (if you choose not to sleep in!) Virtual Mass with the monks at Saint Meinrad Archabbey
Morning Practice: Wrestling in the Desert Wilderness Created by the Coronavirus
Afternoon Practice: Living into Your Calling During this Season of Social Distancing
30-minute or 1 hour Individual Spiritual Direction Online Session with Kasey
5:00 Virtual Vespers with the monks of Saint Meinrad Archabbey
Evening Practice: Betrayal & Suffering/Dying & Death During this Time of Suspicion & Isolation
Saturday
9:30 am Mass with the monks of Saint Meinrad Archabbey
Morning Practice: Resurrection & New Life in the Ever-Changing Present and Unknown Future
End with enjoying the taste of your lunch and reflecting on how intentionally entering into Jesus' life, death, & resurrection has prepared you for Holy Week and what your retreat has offered you for this unique time in our world.
Upcoming Retreats (suspended until further notice):
June 13th: “A Taste of Silence” at Providence Church, 9am-Noon
September 19th: “Peace in the Midst of the Storm,” A Silent Day Retreat at Mercy Convent, 9am-4:30pm
October 22nd-25th: “Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace,” A Silent Retreat at Saint Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, IN, 2pm Thursday-2pm on Sunday
November 14th: “A Taste of Silence” at Providence Church, 9am-Noon
December 5th: “With Open Hands,” A Silent Day Retreat @ Mercy Convent, 9am-4:30pm
All welcome. Students 6th grade & up welcome (overnight need an adult). Girls' Retreat open to Middle School & High School girls.
Scholarships available for all retreats. Carpooling available for out-of-state retreats. $50 deposit required for overnight retreats.
Register for retreats here.
Take your own 5 hour retreat! Read how in Kasey's guest article on Bob Hostetler's Guideposts' blog, "A Thousand Ways to Pray."
Take a walk or nap. Learn a new way to pray. Enjoy good food and the beauty around you. Be creative. Receive spiritual direction.
Rediscover God and yourself.
There are 3-Hour to 4-day silent retreats throughout the year.
2020 Retreats- Suspended until Further Notice (now is a great time for Spiritual Direction & Dreamwork, though!)
From 3 hours to 4 days in Silence to learning how to listen to the wisdom in your nighttime dreams, what retreats are calling you?
Whether for Holy Week or to Observe the Wisdom of Holy Week Anytime throughout the Year, here are ways you can craft your own Retreat:
A sample rhythm for Your Own Preparing for Holy Week Retreat:
Thursday
5:00 Attend Virtual Vespers with the monks at Saint Meinrad Archabbey via Facebook or YouTube
5:30 Sign off on Social Media & Silence the News until the end of the retreat
Evening Practice: Remembering Your Belovedness in the Middle of a Global Pandemic
- Read Matthew 3:13-17. Imagine God saying these words to you. Are you able to receive the words like Jesus received them?
- Look into a mirror, gazing as though into the eyes of a beloved, what do your eyes reveal to you? What feelings do you find in these "windows to your soul"?
Friday
7:30 am (if you choose not to sleep in!) Virtual Mass with the monks at Saint Meinrad Archabbey
Morning Practice: Wrestling in the Desert Wilderness Created by the Coronavirus
- Read Matthew 4:1-11. Read through 3 times. Picture yourself in the scene with Jesus. Where are you located? What do you notice? What insight do you glean for your present reality of desert wilderness?
- Are you experiencing this time of social distancing more like a wilderness with wild animals or a desert with no one in sight? What parts of yourself are emerging to be “wrestled with”? What are your particular temptations during this time?
Afternoon Practice: Living into Your Calling During this Season of Social Distancing
- Read Luke 4:17-21. Read through 3 times. What stirs in you as you read (feelings, images, etc.)? What word/phrase sticks out to you? How does it connect to life right now?
- What are the unique ways, big & small, you have been “anointed” to bring good news, release, free, heal, and proclaim the Lord's favor in this world at this particular time? Are you feeling pressure or compulsion to “do more”? Spend some time journaling or in listening prayer whether being still or going for a walk.
30-minute or 1 hour Individual Spiritual Direction Online Session with Kasey
5:00 Virtual Vespers with the monks of Saint Meinrad Archabbey
Evening Practice: Betrayal & Suffering/Dying & Death During this Time of Suspicion & Isolation
- Read Matthew 26-27. Read both chapters. Then allow yourself to hang out in one or two of the scenes, entering more deeply into the parts of Jesus last days on earth that are speaking to you. Re-read those portions. Close your eyes and be a by-stander in those scenes. What is your experience?
- Remember a time of great pain & suffering. As you look back on that time, what do you notice now that you were not aware of then? How did that pain, suffering, tragedy, &/or trauma change you or shape who you are today? How does your experience then speak to your (& the world's) current reality?
Saturday
9:30 am Mass with the monks of Saint Meinrad Archabbey
Morning Practice: Resurrection & New Life in the Ever-Changing Present and Unknown Future
- Read Matthew 28:1-15. Notice the action words and movement in the scene. What do they reveal?
- Go for a "resurrection walk" (keeping 6 feet away from anyone else!). How does this influence what you see, hear, how
you walk, & where your mind goes?
End with enjoying the taste of your lunch and reflecting on how intentionally entering into Jesus' life, death, & resurrection has prepared you for Holy Week and what your retreat has offered you for this unique time in our world.
Upcoming Retreats (suspended until further notice):
June 13th: “A Taste of Silence” at Providence Church, 9am-Noon
September 19th: “Peace in the Midst of the Storm,” A Silent Day Retreat at Mercy Convent, 9am-4:30pm
October 22nd-25th: “Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace,” A Silent Retreat at Saint Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, IN, 2pm Thursday-2pm on Sunday
November 14th: “A Taste of Silence” at Providence Church, 9am-Noon
December 5th: “With Open Hands,” A Silent Day Retreat @ Mercy Convent, 9am-4:30pm
All welcome. Students 6th grade & up welcome (overnight need an adult). Girls' Retreat open to Middle School & High School girls.
Scholarships available for all retreats. Carpooling available for out-of-state retreats. $50 deposit required for overnight retreats.
Register for retreats here.
Take your own 5 hour retreat! Read how in Kasey's guest article on Bob Hostetler's Guideposts' blog, "A Thousand Ways to Pray."
"Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me.
Get away with me and you'll recover your life.
I'll show you how to take a real rest."
-Jesus (Matthew 11:28 MSG version)
Get away with me and you'll recover your life.
I'll show you how to take a real rest."
-Jesus (Matthew 11:28 MSG version)
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