Retreat Details
Day retreat schedules vary.
Retreats are silent as to foster your recollection and prayer.
The abbey does not provide meals as part of the retreat.
Over-night accommodations are not provided.
You are welcome to come earlier or stay later than the scheduled retreat events.
Regularly scheduled prayers take place with the abbey community in the abbey church. That schedule can be found here.
During some retreats there may be photography, filming, audio recording or other means of capturing your image or voice for media or other printed materials (including social media and websites). Please contact us if you have any concerns.
Retreats are limited to 100 people.
Reservations are required and must be made online only.
2023 Retreat
Saturday, February 18
(Re)Discovering a Sacramental Spirituality: How To Receive the Sacraments More Fruitfully with Fr. Anselm Rodriguez
Saturday, March 25
The Angels with Fr. Sebastian Walsh
Saturday, April 22
The Mercy of God with Br. Mark Charlesworth
Saturday, May 13
The Three Secrets of Fatima and the Mystery of Redemption with Fr. Thomas Nelson
Saturday, June 3
“You create the retreat” – A Young Adults Retreat (ages 18-30) with Fr. Edmund Page, Fr. Peter Adrian Miller and Fr. Louis Hager
DRESS CODE
St. Michael’s Abbey is a sacred place for prayer and reflection.
In an effort to cultivate a spirit of recollection in the church and at events hosted by the abbey, we ask that you dress in a dignified manner and refrain from wearing revealing or inappropriate attire (including tank tops, muscle shirts, shorts, yoga pants, etc.), and please cover any tattoos that may be offensive to others.
Thank you very much and may God bless you.
Contact Information: For information on personal, large group, or over-night retreats,
please contact the Retreat Director at retreats@stmichaelsabbey.com
Registration opens 30 days before the retreat.
Upcoming Retreats
Saturday, February 18
(Re)Discovering a Sacramental Spirituality: How To Receive the Sacraments More Fruitfully with Fr. Anselm Rodriguez
The Seven Sacraments have an irreplaceably central role in our spiritual life because they are among the principal means by which God bestows the grace necessary for salvation. Yet so many Catholics are frustrated because they experience the sacraments merely as the fulfillment of a fruitless obligation. The aim of this retreat is to help remedy this sacramental crisis. First, we will discuss how the sacraments work: we receive grace through the sacraments only to the extent that we have the proper interior disposition. Second, we will consider how we can properly dispose ourselves to receive the fullness of grace offered in the two most commonly-received sacraments: Confession and the Holy Eucharist.
Schedule
Saturday, February 18
7:00 a.m. : Conventual Mass in abbey church
8:15 a.m. : Check-in (abbey courtyard)
9:00 a.m. : Conference #1: The Necessity of a Sacramental Spirituality
10:45 a.m. : Conference #2: How To Receive Confession More Fruitfully
12:00 p.m. : Sext (Midday Prayer) in the abbey church
Lunch (not provided)
1:00 p.m. : Sacrament of Confession available
1:45 p.m. : Conference #3: How To Receive the Holy Eucharist More Fruitfully
3:30 p.m. : Concluding Conference + Q&A
4:30 p.m. : Retreat ends
You are welcome to stay for Rosary at 4:30 p.m. and Vespers at 5:00 p.m. in the abbey church.
Retreat Cost: $50 per person
Saturday, March 25
The Angels with Fr. Sebastian Walshe
Schedule
Saturday, March 25
7:00 a.m. : Conventual Mass in abbey church
8:15 a.m. : Check-in (abbey courtyard)
9:00 a.m. : Conference #1
10:45 a.m. : Conference #2
12:00 p.m. : Sext (Midday Prayer) in the abbey church
Lunch (not provided)
1:00 p.m. : Sacrament of Confession available
1:45 p.m. : Conference #3
3:30 p.m. : Concluding Conference + Q&A
4:30 p.m. : Retreat ends
You are welcome to stay for Rosary at 4:30 p.m. and Vespers at 5:00 p.m. in the abbey church.
Retreat Cost: $50 per person
Saturday, April 22
The Mercy of God with Br. Mark Charlesworth
This retreat will focus on God’s divine mercy: how this involves His love for us, as well as our being able to love Him in turn.
Schedule
Saturday, April 22
7:00 a.m. : Conventual Mass in abbey church
8:15 a.m. : Check-in (abbey courtyard)
9:00 a.m. : Conference #1
10:45 a.m. : Conference #2
12:00 p.m. : Sext (Midday Prayer) in the abbey church
Lunch (not provided)
1:00 p.m. : Sacrament of Confession available
1:45 p.m. : Conference #3
3:30 p.m. : Q&A
4:30 p.m. : Retreat ends
You are welcome to stay for Rosary at 4:30 p.m. and Vespers at 5:00 p.m. in the abbey church.
Retreat Cost: $50 per person
Saturday, May 13
The Three Secrets of Fatima and the Mystery of Redemption with Fr. Thomas Nelson
Schedule
Saturday, May 13
7:00 a.m. : Conventual Mass in abbey church (optional)
8:30 a.m. : Check-in (abbey courtyard)
9:15 a.m. : Conference #1: The First Secret of Fatima
10:45 a.m. : Mass (abbey church) with homily covering The Second Secret of Fatima
12:00 p.m. : Sext (Midday Prayer) in the abbey church
Lunch (not provided)
1:30 p.m. : Conference #3: The Third Secret of Fatima
3:00 p.m. : Retreat ends
You are welcome to stay for Rosary at 4:30 p.m. and Vespers at 5:00 p.m. in the abbey church.
Retreat Cost: $50 per person
Saturday, June 3
“You create the retreat” – A Young Adults Retreat (ages 18-30) with Fr. Edmund Page, Fr. Peter Adrian Miller, and Fr. Louis Hager
Designed to answer questions that young Catholics would like answered about our Catholic Faith, we invite you to submit one question your registration. The retreat talks for this retreat will be centered around all the questions sent in.
Schedule
Saturday, June 3
7:00 a.m. : Conventual Mass in abbey church
8:15 a.m. : Check-in (abbey courtyard)
9:00 a.m. : Conference #1
10:45 a.m. : Conference #2
12:00 p.m. : Sext (Midday Prayer) in the abbey church
Lunch (not provided)
1:45 p.m. : Conference #3: 3:30 p.m. : Concluding Conference + Q&A
4:30 p.m. : Retreat ends
You are welcome to stay for Rosary at 4:30 p.m. and Vespers at 5:00 p.m. in the abbey church.
Retreat Cost: $50 per person