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.

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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Summer Chant Workshop: Praying with Chant - 147042

Monday, August 7, 2023 - Friday, August 11, 2023
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

This workshop is designed for directors of liturgical music and singers in parish liturgies. In addition to covering some of the fundamentals of chant, the focus of the week will be on the spiritua...


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Contributing to a Depolarized World: A Benedictine Project - 160374

Saturday, August 12, 2023
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

Extreme polarization can lead to deep divisions in our country, our Church, and even our families. Join Br. John Mark as he explores how the main tenets of Benedictine spirituality provide many of ...


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Bible Bootcamp - 139309

Friday, August 18, 2023 - Sunday, August 20, 2023
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

When discussing the Bible, it is common to hear people, even Christians, admit to not knowing much about it. This retreat is an opportunity to spend a weekend becoming familiar with the Bible as pr...


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Experience of Prayer in the Bible - 139341

Friday, August 25, 2023 - Sunday, August 27, 2023
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

This retreat will highlight a wide variety of people at prayer in the Bible. The challenge will be to see how diverse their praying is and what we can learn from their experiences. Among those we w...


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Contemplative Christianity: God’s Call to Holiness - 139374

Friday, September 1, 2023 - Sunday, September 3, 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 explore prayer as the basis of a conscientious life of service by...


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Benedictine Spirituality as Lived in Marriage - 139896

Friday, September 8, 2023 - Sunday, September 10, 2023
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

(Married Couples Only) This retreat explores the Benedictine vows of obedience, stability, and conversion as they can be applied in marriage, with humility as the thread that binds these three vows...


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The Miracle of Chartres - 139406

Friday, September 15, 2023 - Sunday, September 17, 2023
Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center

A close look at a gorgeous Gothic cathedral and the mysteries behind it. Most Gothic cathedrals took centuries to design and build. Chartres is a great exception – built in only 25 years. Its maste...


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