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.

Summer Chant Workshop: Chant Pedagogy and Vocal Technique

Monday, July 29, 2024 - Friday, August 2, 2024
Saint Meinrad Archabbey

The focus of the week will be on vocal technique and pedagogy.


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Young Adult Retreat

Friday, August 2, 2024 - Sunday, August 4, 2024
Saint Meinrad Archabbey

An unstructured retreat for young adults, ages 18-39 for only $50. Led by Fr. Simon Herrmann, OSB.


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Discipleship According to the Gospel of Mark 147154

Friday, August 23, 2024 - Sunday, August 25, 2024
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

This retreat will focus on the way Mark’s Gospel presents the disciples. They struggle to understand who Jesus really is. What can Mark’s Gospel teach us about our own discipleship?


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Advanced Patterns of Christian Prayer 147186

Friday, September 6, 2024 - Sunday, September 8, 2024
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

Has your prayer life plateaued? Has prayer become dry and “boring” to you? This retreat will explore the contemplative dimensions of prayer coming out of the Christian tradition from as far back as...


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Letting Holy Leisure Be Our Way 147252

Friday, September 13, 2024 - Sunday, September 15, 2024
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

The late 20th-century philosopher Josef Piper described that our world is heading toward “total work.” We are being subsumed into work, and the world’s “leisure” is a means to prepare for more work...


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Navigating Difference: Serving in Multicultural Communities 147285

Friday, September 20, 2024 - Sunday, September 22, 2024
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

What are the different assumptions we make about others based on their race and cultural background and, more importantly, why do we make them? How do these assumptions affect our behavior? How doe...


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A Rosary Retreat 147316

Friday, October 11, 2024 - Sunday, October 13, 2024
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

This retreat will examine the history and practice of the rosary in the Christian life. Participants may wish to attend the rosary devotion at our Monte Cassino Shrine after the retreat on Sunday, ...


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The Gospel of Mark: Lessons in Rejection 147348

Monday, October 14, 2024 - Friday, October 18, 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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Young Adult Retreat

Friday, October 18, 2024 - Sunday, October 20, 2024
Saint Meinrad Archabbey

An unstructured retreat for young adults, ages 18-39 for only $50. Led by Fr. Simon Herrmann, OSB.


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Integrating Catholic Faith and Patient Care in Today’s World 163960

Friday, November 1, 2024 - Sunday, November 3, 2024
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

The aim of this retreat is to increase the knowledge and comfort level of physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers, and other healthcare professionals in applying Catholic faith and spiritua...


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