Retreats

Perhaps you're interested in learning how Scripture, prayer, Benedictine wisdom or art can enhance your spirituality.

Saint Meinrad offers a variety of monk-led retreats during the year - on these and other topics at our Guest House and Retreat Center in southern Indiana.

Three-day retreats are held on weekends (Friday evening through Sunday noon) or during the week (Tuesday evening through Thursday noon).

Check-in time for retreats is 2-5 p.m. Vespers in the Archabbey Church is at 5 p.m. followed by supper. The opening conference typically begins at 6:30 or 7:30 p.m. The retreat concludes with lunch on the last day of the program. A complete schedule is provided at registration.

To register online, begin by clicking on the title of the retreat that interests you.

Organ Concert - 157403

Saturday, December 16, 2023
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

Join us on December 16th at 3:00 PM Central Time for an Organ Concert in the St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel! This solo organ concert will feature organist Nolan Snyder and is free and open to...


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Christmas Celebration at Saint Meinrad Archabbey 163603

Sunday, December 24, 2023 - Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

This “celebration,” not “retreat,” will be an opportunity to immerse oneself in the richness of the tradition that we celebrate at Saint Meinrad. Your visit will include opportunities to join the m...


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Winter Chant Workshop: Chant Notation and Interpretation - 146977

Monday, January 22, 2024 - Friday, January 26, 2024
Saint Meinrad Archabbey

Sessions during the week will focus on how to read the earliest sources of chant and interpret their notation. 


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Women of the Word 146500

Tuesday, February 27, 2024 - Thursday, February 29, 2024
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

(Midweek Retreat) This retreat explores and reflects on the role of women in the story of salvation as told in sacred scripture. Participants do not need a background in scripture studies, but they...


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Created in the Image of God: A Woman’s Day of Reflection 166207

Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

Come spend the day reflecting on the meaning of the imago Dei (image of God) for you, your relationships with God and others, and your life in the world. The day will include a blend of pr...


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Unpacking the Vocation of Marriage through Scripture and Married Saints 146558

Friday, March 8, 2024 - Sunday, March 10, 2024
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

(Married Couples Only) With all the distractions of the world, children, jobs, volunteering, etc., the vocation aspect of marriage can fall to the wayside. This retreat will provide inspirational e...


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Sleeper Awake! 146586

Friday, March 15, 2024 - Sunday, March 17, 2024
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

St. Paul wants us to “wake up” to the truth of who we are as those baptized into Christ. During this retreat, we’ll reflect on the basic elements of our baptismal character as foundational to our C...


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Living the Liturgy of the Triduum 146618

Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - Sunday, March 31, 2024
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

(Holy Week Retreat) This retreat will help participants take part in the monastic community’s celebration of the Triduum and the ongoing experience of the Paschal Mystery.


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Forgiving as We Have Been Forgiven 159643

Friday, April 12, 2024 - Sunday, April 14, 2024
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

This retreat will reflect on the divine call for mercy on the part of all Christians.


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The Gospel of Mark: Lessons in Rejection 146649

Monday, April 22, 2024 - Friday, April 26, 2024
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

(Priests Retreat) Mark’s Gospel can be understood as being structured around four major rejections experienced by Jesus. This retreat will consider Mark’s Gospel through the lens of these four majo...


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