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RETREATS ABOUT SPIRITUAL DIRECTION HOSTING YOUR GROUP GETTING HERE
Safety Protocols
We are open for facilitated, group, and individual retreats. To keep everyone safe, we established Covid safety protocols and guests will be asked to sign a Covid-19 Expectations Agreement upon arrival.
Individual Retreat
Open Dates
Spirit Center at the Monastery of St. Gertrude
St. Benedict said, “Listen with the ear of your heart.” Why? It is this type of listening that allows the hearing of divine wisdom and inspiration that guides our lives into ever-increasing fullness, peace, and joy. But sometimes the noise and blur of life make that difficult. That is why we offer you the opportunity to come to Spirit Center and listen.
Silence the Christmas Noise
Flexible Dates
Spirit Center at the Monastery of St. Gertrude
Set aside a few days for calm, quiet Advent reflection this year. You are worth this gift of time away from the holiday rush, to prepare yourself for the true meaning of Christmas.
L.I.V.E. – Benedictine Cohousing Companions Information
With Sr. Teresa Jackson, OSB
December 11, 2021
Zoom
For over 1500 years Benedictine women and men have been leading lives of prayer, community, simplicity and service. Does that appeal to you, but you aren’t called to be a sister? Today, we are exploring how women can live Benedictine, community life without making vows. At the Monastery of St. Gertrude in Cottonwood, Idaho we are creating a new way of living Benedictine life for single women of any Christian tradition. The Benedictine Cohousing Companions (BCC) will be a group of women sharing life with the sisters while creating their own community. Intrigued? Want to know more? On Saturday, Dec.…
L.I.V.E. – Benedictine Cohousing Companions Information
With Sr. Teresa Jackson, OSB
December 18, 2021
Zoom
For over 1500 years Benedictine women and men have been leading lives of prayer, community, simplicity and service. Does that appeal to you, but you aren’t called to be a sister? Today, we are exploring how women can live Benedictine, community life without making vows. At the Monastery of St. Gertrude in Cottonwood, Idaho we are creating a new way of living Benedictine life for single women of any Christian tradition. The Benedictine Cohousing Companions (BCC) will be a group of women sharing life with the sisters while creating their own community. Intrigued? Want to know more? On Saturday, Dec.…
Discovering Your Soul Potential: A Retreat on the Breakthrough Enneagram
With Sr. Barbara Jean Glodowski, OSB
January 7 - 9, 2022
Spirit Center at the Monastery of St. Gertrude
“I cannot even understand my own actions. I do not do what I want to do but what I hate.” -- Romans 7:15 The Enneagram is a spiritual wisdom tradition that was widely used by the desert Elders of the Christian church along with mystics and theologians who lived during the first five centuries AD. The Hurley/Dobson Breakthrough Enneagram Retreat is a refreshingly new and easy way to learn the Enneagram. It presents the Enneagram in the simple language of thinking, feeling, and doing, which are the three centers of intelligence we use every day. It answers the age-old…
Come to the Quiet
With Spirituality Ministry Team
January 28 - February 4, 2022
Spirit Center at the Monastery of St. Gertrude
Come away for a silent, individually directed retreat with optional faith sharing, creative expression, body prayer, and ritual. Relax in God's presence, surrounded by natural beauty and supported by a praying community.
The Sacred Art of Traditional Iconography
With Fr. Damian Higgins
February 21 - 25, 2022
Spirit Center at the Monastery of St. Gertrude
"Holy icons direct us toward the Divine." Fr. Damian Higgins is an iconographer whose works are featured around the world. Don't miss this encounter with sacred Christian art using traditional egg tempera. Materials provided; no experience is necessary.
Lenten Yoga Journey
With Kay Totten
March 4 - 6, 2022
Spirit Center at the Monastery of St. Gertrude
Strengthening our Lenten journey through the spiritual discipline of Yoga. Lent can be an excellent time to ponder on the spiritual disciplines that have strengthened our internal journey. The practice of Yoga is a discipline with a rich and long history. Allowing ourselves to increasingly surrender our practice of Yoga into a “prayer language and dance” can lead us further into what can be a rich and fruitful Lenten journey which can continue long after our Easter Joy returns.
A Watercolor Journey
With Pearl Maxner
March 8 - 10, 2022
Spirit Center at the Monastery of St. Gertrude
Explore watercolor painting with step-by-step instructions on the use of color and light and capturing mood and emotion. Paint with confidence and trust God in the flowing of color in your life. For beginning to intermediate painters. All supplies provided.
Hearts on Fire: The Medieval Mystics and Their Spirituality
With Sr. Mary Forman, OSB
March 25 - 27, 2022
Spirit Center at the Monastery of St. Gertrude
Monastic women who experienced God as visionaries and/or mystics serve as powerful teachers for a loving relationship with God.
Centering Prayer Intensive
With Donna Kreiensieck
April 4 - 10, 2022
Spirit Center at the Monastery of St. Gertrude
Enhance your contemplative prayer life and expand the fundamentals of your Centering Prayer practice through this intensive weeklong retreat in a quiet, transformative setting.
Redefining Retirement: A Spiritual Practice
With Sr. Barbara Jean Glodowski, OSB
May 27 - 29, 2022
Spirit Center at the Monastery of St. Gertrude
Whether already retired or preparing for retirement, you can redefine the way you live into the second half of your life through an examination of the wisdom of Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Richard Johnson and the values of Benedictine spirituality. Explore the challenge with others on the journey.
The Creative Word
With Cheryl Johnson
June 20 - 24, 2022
Spirit Center at the Monastery of St. Gertrude
We are all writers at heart. Rooted in Benedictine values, the Creative Word retreat fosters a spiritual opening to the Word. Writing requires quiet listening, a deepening, not of craft but of heart. We welcome retreatants to write in a receptive community and explore new sources of inspiration with others engaging in writing as a spiritual practice. Our focus on craft occurs within the daily rhythm of life in a Benedictine monastery with generous time allowed for solitude and renewal. The retreat theme is Pathways. You don’t have to be a writer to attend, all levels of writers are welcome…
A Watercolor Journey II
With Pearl Maxner
September 13 - 15, 2022
Spirit Center at the Monastery of St. Gertrude
Take the next step toward becoming a confident watercolorist. Revisit the techniques learned in "A Watercolor Journey" and move forward to new skills. Any beginner class will serve as a prerequisite for this retreat. All materials provided.
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