Why Go on a Retreat?
A retreat offers an opportunity to step outside your usual routine and give focused attention to your spiritual life.
Through prayer, silence, reflection, and spiritual conversation, you may begin to recognize what has been overlooked and return to everyday life with greater clarity and peace.
A retreat is not about escaping ordinary life. It is about creating enough space to return to it with renewed awareness and intention.
What Might a Retreat Include?
Rooted in contemplative spirituality and shaped by Jesuit and Franciscan traditions.
Prayer and silence
Scripture and guided reflection
Journaling
Contemplative practices
Time in nature
Individual spiritual direction
Group reflection and spiritual conversation
Each experience is shaped around the individual, group, theme, and setting.
Who Are Retreats For?
Retreat experiences can create meaningful space for individuals and communities seeking prayer, reflection, discernment, and a deeper awareness of God's presence.
Individuals
For those seeking intentional time away for prayer, reflection, and spiritual renewal.
Small Groups
For communities wanting to deepen connection through shared prayer, reflection, and contemplative practices.
Churches & Parishes
For faith communities seeking meaningful opportunities for spiritual formation, discernment, and renewal.
Organizations & Communities
For groups looking to create intentional space for reflection, connection, and spiritual growth.
Retreat Experiences
Retreat experiences can be shaped around particular seasons, themes, spiritual questions, or the needs of an individual or community.
Whether you are considering a private retreat or an experience for a group or community, we can begin with a conversation about what you are seeking and how the experience might be shaped.
Spiritual Direction Walks
Walk • Listen • Discern
Spiritual Direction doesn't always have to take place sitting across from one another.
A Spiritual Direction Walk brings prayerful conversation outdoors, where movement, creation, silence, and conversation offer a different setting for reflection and discernment.
The simplicity of walking together reflects something deeply Franciscan: encountering God through creation, presence, and relationship.
