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.

Holy Week Retreat: Taken, Blessed, Broken, and Given - 139122

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 - Sunday, April 9, 2023
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

(Holy Week Retreat) At the Last Supper, the Lord Jesus “took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to His disciples, saying, ‘Take and eat. This is my Body’” (Matthew 26:26). As we approa...


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The Sermon on the Mount: Matthew’s Handbook for Living in the Kingdom of Heaven - 139154

Monday, April 17, 2023 - Friday, April 21, 2023
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

(Priests Retreat) This retreat will examine Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount, highlighting challenges for priestly spirituality.


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Marian Music and Art #159761

Saturday, April 29, 2023
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

Understand Marian art and music across the different artistic eras. Lean how Marian theology and scripture undergird artistic depictions and form. Transcend yourself spiritually in a day filled wit...


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Tea for Two (or More): Nurturing the Mother-Daughter Relationship #161943

Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

(Workshop for Women)
We are rediscovering the art of tea: making and enjoying a refreshing cup, with all its attendant ceremonies. In this workshop, we will explore how this art can serve as a...


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Contemplative Christianity: God’s Call to Holiness - 139182

Friday, May 19, 2023 - Sunday, May 21, 2023
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

All prayer has a contemplative dimension, the experience of God’s presence grounding and supporting our prayer. Retreat conferences will explore prayer as the basis of a conscientious life of servi...


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How Do We Pray? An Introduction to Liturgical and Devotional Prayers - 159768

Saturday, June 3, 2023
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

What is prayer? How do we do it? Although they sound like simple questions, oftentimes prayer is anything but easy. This workshop will explore the fundamentals of prayer – in church and in private ...


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Unpacking the Vocation of Marriage through Scripture and Married Saints - 139859

Friday, June 9, 2023 - Sunday, June 11, 2023
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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A St. Paul Sampler - 139214

Friday, June 16, 2023 - Sunday, June 18, 2023
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

This retreat will consider basic questions people ask about St. Paul and his letters: Who was St. Paul? Did he know Jesus of Nazareth? Why and to whom did he write letters? Was he a success or a fa...


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A Step 11 Retreat for Recovering Alcoholics and Alanons - 139696

Friday, July 14, 2023 - Sunday, July 16, 2023
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

Join us as we reflect on and share with each other the meaning of and practical ways to improve our conscious contact, as directed in Step 11. We are not a “glum lot” – so, expect joy and good humo...


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Christian Hospitality: Welcoming One Another as Christ - 139246

Friday, July 21, 2023 - Sunday, July 23, 2023
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

Christian hospitality is not a “soft” virtue; it is hard! St. Paul believes Christians are called to demonstrate a ready openness to others (whom Jesus calls “neighbor”) and to welcome the neighbor...


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