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.
This is a maximum participation retreat centering on five questions: 1. What brought you to your knees and to surrender? What was your powerlessness and unmanageability like? 2. What made the diffe...
With Scripture and the Rule of St. Benedict as our guide, we will explore how a life of physical fitness and healthful eating lead us on a journey of self-knowledge, self-acceptance and se...
(Holy Week Retreat) – In the Gospel of Luke we read: To what can I compare the kingdom of God? It is like yeast that a woman mixed into three measures of flour until all of it was leavened. We are ...
(Midweek Retreat) – This retreat will focus on the holy Rule of St. Benedict and how it can apply to living with peace in today’s fast-paced society. Many chapters of the Rule can...
(Priests Retreat) $465 single.
Nicolai Berdyaev was a 20th-century Russian Orthodox philosopher and theologian who provided Christianity with a marvelous way of framing the spiritual life as a journey into freedom. Conferences w...
(Midweek Retreat) – In this retreat, we will explore this treasure from the Eastern Church and look at ways of incorporating it into our own prayer practice. ($255 single, $425 double)
Theology has often been described as “the Queen of the Sciences,” since all knowledge comes from God. However, human knowledge is contingent upon history, since we are bound by time. The past influ...
(Retreatants limited) – From the beginning, art has been used as a pathway toward spiritual insight and awareness. On this studio retreat, each participant will work in one of several media. Emphas...
Most Gothic cathedrals took centuries to design and build. Chartres is a great exception – built in only 25 years. Its master builder, along with the talented stone sculptors and stained glass spec...
Learn how the practice of Gregorian chant can enhance our experience of Liturgical Prayer. This workshop includes study of the original chant notations as the key to unlocking the spiritual and art...
The plan for this week builds on the previous week described above. The presenters will presume familiarity with the basics of chant. It is therefore recommended that participants have substantial ...
(AA Retreat) – This retreat is for those seeking, through heartfelt prayer and meditation, to improve their conscious contract with God, as they understand Him, praying only for knowledge of His wi...
Reading can be a great way to explore our relationship with God and with others. In this retreat, we will look at how even our reading of fiction can be used to strengthen and explore our relations...
Key Themes in the Gospel of Luke. ($255 single, $425 double)
(Midweek Retreat) – This retreat will focus on the holy Rule of St. Benedict and how it can apply to living with peace in today’s fast-paced society. Many chapters of the Rule can be applied and ad...
This retreat looks at the origins and practice of the rosary through history, as well as its place as a magnificent contemporary way of prayer. ($255 single, $425 double)
The Acts of the Apostles: Luke’s Vision of the Early Church ($255 single, $425 double)
With the distractions of the world, children, jobs, volunteering, etc., the vocation aspect of marriage sometimes falls to the wayside. This retreat will provide inspirational experiences for coupl...
(Deacons and Wives Retreat) – Pope Francis declared an Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy for 2016. While the jubilee year may be over, the Holy Father wishes that we continue the mission of mercy. Thi...
In the history of art, the Renaissance man sought to explore the marvel of the human. Returning to classical Greek and Roman roots, the artists of this age explored human creativity to reflect Divi...
Gratitude has been called the parent of the virtues. What place does it have in the life of a Christian disciple and how do we practice it? ($255 single, $425 double)
During this retreat we shall study the two saints, St. Benedict and St. Therese, and see their unique personalities, their similarity to each other, and the way their lives and teachings complement...
(Priests Retreat) Reading the Gospel of Luke: Challenges for Contemporary Priestly Ministry. ($465 single)
This is a maximum participation retreat centering on five questions: 1. What brought you to your knees and to surrender? What was your powerlessness and unmanageability like? 2. What made the diffe...
In the Gospel of Luke we read: To what can I compare the kingdom of God? It is like yeast that a woman mixed into three measures of flour until all of it was leavened. We are called and sent by Jes...
Biblical Wisdom: What is it? Where can it be found? ($255 single, $425 double)
As priests, much of our spirituality comes from the Lectionary. The Sunday Lectionary is always before us as we prepare to minister to the people in our parishes. This retreat will look at broad sp...
This retreat will explore the various themes of this holy season of waiting and preparation by a study of the sacred Scriptures, customs and ritual expressions of our Christian tradition. Various m...
(Valentine Retreat, Married Couples Only)
In the sacrament of marriage, the couple invites Christ into their married life together. This weekend retreat will offer the opportunity to explor...
(Second Valentine Retreat, Married Couples Only)
In the sacrament of marriage, the couple invites Christ into their married life together. This weekend retreat will offer the opportunity to...
(Midweek Retreat)
Anger is an unavoidable human feeling and we often have good reasons to be angry. But anger can also be an obstacle to living a fuller life. This retreat aims to ex...
The Rule of St. Benedict for monasteries has many valuable lessons for those living outside the monastic setting. Conferences will focus on identifying some of the important aspects of the...
Conferences will focus on biblical passages taken from the Lectionary, the Church’s book of liturgical readings, to demonstrate how praying the scriptures moves one from the literal level of the wr...
Live the Paschal Mystery through the liturgy with the monastic community. Daily presentations and have time for personal prayer and quiet reflection. ($465 single, $735 double)
(Priests Retreat)
Matthew’s story carries a vision of the human condition that provides us with a stance toward life, a way to view the world and the Church in which we live. We pray and st...
The call to holiness is a call to communion with God, for God alone is holy. Our holiness is a participation in God’s holiness through Jesus Christ and his Spirit that dwells in us by baptism. Conf...
This retreat is a time for one’s personal stock-taking, meditation, prayer and decision. Whether the sins against us are from an individual or the community, genuine forgiveness is the path to esca...
(Midweek Retreat)
This retreat will focus on the holy Rule of St. Benedict and how it can apply to living with peace in today’s fast-paced society. Many chapters of the Rule can be...
(Retreatants limited)
From the beginning, art has been used as a pathway toward spiritual insight and awareness. On this studio retreat, each participant will work in one of several media t...
Following in a series of art retreats that explore the spirituality expressed beautifully in a series of masterpieces by great artists, this retreat will focus on this didactic masterpiece by the B...
Join us for a fun-filled journey through Steps 3, 11 and 12. Happy, joyous and free will dispel any glumness. An atmosphere couched in Benedictine hospitality will enable you to take stock of where...
During this retreat, we will study the two saints, St. Benedict and St. Thérèse, and see their unique personalities, their similarity to each other, and the way their lives and teachings complement...
Retreat give by Saint Meinrad liturgical musicians
Learn the Word of God in song, and study the intimate relationship between the proclaimed Word of God and its melodic setting. Learn a new...
Retreat given by Saint Meinrad Liturgical Musicians
Learn the Word of God in song, and study the intimate relationship between the proclaimed Word of God and its melodic setting. In this a...
According to Matthew’s Gospel, the good news is that the kingdom of heaven has drawn near and is now available to all who desire to follow the teachings of Jesus. The demands of kingdom living, how...
This retreat looks at the origins and practice of the rosary through history, as well as its place as a magnificent contemporary way of prayer. ($255 single, $425 double)
(Married Couples Only)
This retreat focuses on exploring the Benedictine vows of obedience, stability and conversion as they can be applied in marriage, with humility as the thread that bin...
This retreat will explore how beauty in nature and art reveals God’s presence and action in the world and examines the strength and power of religious imagery, art and architecture through the ages...
Conferences will speak to the character and spiritual teaching of this Doctor of the Church and how we can use her example and her spiritual doctrine in our times of incertitude. ($255 single, $425...
Next to Jesus, St. Paul has been the most influential figure in the history of Christianity. The depth of his thought and the passion of his involvement have meant that, since his letters became pa...
The Rule of St. Benedict for monasteries has many valuable lessons for those living outside the monastic setting. Conferences will focus on identifying some of the important aspects of the...
Midweek Retreat
This retreat will focus on the Rule of St. Benedict and how it can apply to living with peace in today’s fast-paced society. Many chapters of the Rule can ...
Conferences will focus on biblical passages taken from the Lectionary, the Church’s book of liturgical readings, to demonstrate how praying the scriptures moves one from the literal level of the wr...
(Priests Retreat)
Matthew’s story carries a vision of the human condition that provides us with a stance toward life, a way to view the world and the Church in which we live. We pray and st...
In the communion of saints triumphant and militant (us), prayer is an important and crucial aspect of the committed Christian’s life. Lifting up others in prayer in their illnesses and struggles is...
Conferences will focus on the teaching and writings of Thomas Merton, the famous Trappist monk and spiritual author from Gethsemane Abbey in Kentucky. Reflections will focus especially on what Mert...
(Priests Retreat)
This retreat offers time for prayer, reflection, and direction for the ministry of priests as urged by Pope Francis. The specific topic is prompted by the continuing criti...
This retreat will feature a series of reflections on four episodes in the Gospel according to Mark in which Jesus healed four females whose names are never mentioned in the Gospel: Simon’s mother-i...
It is difficult to give ourselves permission to be silent in our go, go, go culture. Give yourself permission this weekend to “retreat” from the noise and learn about the importance of silence, rec...