Spirit Center Retreats

Spirit Center facilitated group retreat offerings.

Come to the Quiet: Overwintering Hearts

With Retreat Team

January 22 - 29, 2027
Relax in God's presence, surrounded by natural beauty and supported by a praying community. Experience a week of silence for your heart, soul, mind, and body. Let go and listen deeply. Come To The Quiet retreatants stay in a private room with a private bathroom, receive three meals a day, and access all of Spirit Center's amenities.

The Sacred Art of Traditional Iconography 2027

With Fr. Damian Higgins

February 1 - 5, 2027

Iconography refers to the Christian tradition of sacred art within worship and the prayerful, mystical life. "Whether we know it or not, we’re an iconographic people,” Father Damian Higgins says. “We’re surrounded by images we respond to, but mostly they advertise. They direct us toward a product. Holy icons direct us not toward themselves, but […]

Book Binding Retreat

With Ann Dibble

February 12 - 16, 2027
Monasteries have been binding books for more than a thousand years, for the glory of God.  The Monastery of St. Gertrude participated in this tradition. A sacrament is where the human meets the holy.—come learn how it is done, and leave with a blank book you created yourself in an atmosphere of prayer. While the glue dries, we will offer chances for contemplation, discussion, or for time alone in nature. Limit six.

Falling Upward

With Chuck Tacke

February 17 - 21, 2027
This retreat is designed for those who are seeking an update on their spiritual lives. We invest much of our life and treasure in updating our material life. When was the last time you spent time updating your spiritual life? These four days will focus on what it means to have a spiritual life that meets the moment of where you are. Richard Rohr coined the term of Falling Upward. He has written and spoken extensively on the second half of life. The focus of these four days will be to unpack and sit with some of these spiritual truths. The gift of this retreat will be to sit with other sojourners, listen to their stories, unpack your own stories, and build a community of people that are seeking growth. If you know Richard Rohr this retreat is for you. If you don’t know Richard Rohr this retreat is for you.

Centering Prayer Intensive

With Donna Kreiensieck and Mary Bieter

February 22 - 28, 2027

This 7 days/6 night Centering Prayer retreat provides an opportunity to deepen one’s established Centering Prayer practice by building to 4 ½ hours of prayer time at mid-week.  During the retreat, one is held in prayer by the sisters of St. Gertrude’s Benedictine community located on the Camas Prairie in Central Idaho.  The Spirit Center […]