Their retreats follow the Spiritual Exercises of St. This retreat center, operated by the Diocese of Sioux Falls, SD, has both silent “preached” retreats, and options for an individually guided retreat. Option 3: Broomtree Retreat Center (preached retreat and directed retreat options).īroomtree is located in Irene, SD (5 hours from KC). For men, it is also possible when staying at the monastery, to take meals with the monks, which is a very unique experience. The monks’ chanting at Clear Creek is absolutely amazing – an extremely refreshing place to be. It is a Latin Mass community, like the Abbey of Our Lady of Ephesus above. Option 2: Clear Creek Abbey (self-guided retreats only):Ĭlear Creek is a beautiful Benedictine monastery of 50+ monks located about 4.5 hours south of Kansas City in Eastern Oklahoma. Louis, called “Wespine Study Center.” Their webpage for retreats is here: Villa Maria Conference Center (Springfield, IL) MO – retreats are organized by the Opus Dei center for men in St. Louis, called the “Lindell Study Center”. Shellbourne Conference Center (outside of Chicago)Ĭedar Creek Conference Center (New Haven, MO – scroll down to “Weekend Retreats for Women”) - organized by the Opus Dei women’s center in St. The largest conference center in our region is outside of Chicago, but there are other locations where they do retreats, too. Often they fill up quickly, so you’ll want to book in advance. They have two or three “conferences” or meditations each day, including daily Mass, opportunity for confession, brief spiritual direction, etc. There are many of them available, pretty much all year long. The mission of Central Oklahoma Camp & Conference Center is to provide an outdoor oriented, safe haven where all persons may come to retreat, reflect. Opus Dei retreats are led by an Opus Dei priest, and they range from a weekend to five days. Option 1: Opus Dei retreats (preached retreats, with minimal individualized direction of retreatants). If someone has a regular spiritual director, they might talk to the spiritual director before departing for their retreat in order to make a plan for the self-guided retreat. This is where an individual Catholic finds a retreat location (usually a monastery or Catholic retreat center), sets out a certain number of days to stay, and makes a retreat without any direct guidance from a spiritual director or retreat master. Examples of religious orders that commonly lead these kinds of retreats would be Jesuits and the Oblates of the Virgin Mary (O.M.V.). The retreatant might meet with the director once or more per day, receive certain Scripture passages to pray with, etc. This is a retreat where an individual receives personalized, individualized guidance/direction from a priest or someone else over the course of several days (or even weeks). The retreat will (or should) include daily Mass, opportunities for confession, silent prayer, etc. This is a structured retreat offered at a set time, which a number of Catholics will attend, where an individual (usually a priest) will preach a number of talks/meditations to help the participants enter into prayer during the retreat. There are three basic ways to make a silent retreat:
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