Hosted Groups

External groups conducting retreats at Spirit Center.

Community Use - Lodging

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.

Transformation: A Faith Journey

With Chuck Tacke

March 25 - 29, 2026
Spirit Center
This retreat will provide an opportunity for the participants to explore and deepen their understanding of their personal faith journey by reflecting on past faith experiences, examining their present faith stories and discovering ways they are being challenged to move into the future.   The goal of the retreat is to deepen one's faith, build community, and look forward to where your faith is leading you.   The retreat ends on Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week, which will help one to understand from a different perspective how our faith changes.

Spring Reset 2026

March 26 - 30, 2026

Holy Week

March 29 - April 5, 2026

Sister's Friends Group

March 31 - April 2, 2026

Prairie High SAT Testing

April 8, 2026

contact:  Suzi Quintal 208-962-3901 quintal@sd242.org

Tuesday Coffee Girls

April 9 - 11, 2026

Oblates Spring 2026

April 17 - 19, 2026
Spirit Center at the Monastery of St. Gertrude

Oblates are men and women, married or single, active in any Christian denomination, who closely associate themselves with the Monastery of St. Gertrude through an initiation process and formal oblation (promise). There are nearly 100 oblates of the Monastery of St. Gertrude, living throughout the Pacific Northwest. People become oblates because they find that God’s […]

Oblates Spring 2026 - Virtual Only

April 17 - 19, 2026
Spirit Center at the Monastery of St. Gertrude

Oblates are men and women, married or single, active in any Christian denomination, who closely associate themselves with the Monastery of St. Gertrude through an initiation process and formal oblation (promise). There are nearly 100 oblates of the Monastery of St. Gertrude, living throughout the Pacific Northwest. People become oblates because they find that God’s […]

Stewards of the Mystery

April 27 - May 3, 2026
Spiritual Director Formation Program

Sponsorship Lineage Retreat 2026

May 29 - 31, 2026

Our Lady of Good Help Training & Retreat 2026

August 9 - 15, 2026

Experiencing Creation as CREATION

With Mary Litch

August 9 - 14, 2026
Spirit Center
This outdoor-focused retreat aims to give participants the experience of God’s presence in the natural world. The retreat journey starts by introducing Franciscan (Catholic) theology, which emphasizes God’s immanence in the world. From there, we use a variety of indoor and outdoor exercises to build an attitude of gratitude for and mindfulness of the natural world, culminating in an outdoor exercise that leads participants to “step into Creation.” On the final retreat day, we use exercises based on Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si, to examine the implications of God’s immanence in Creation on our actions.

Big Bing Theory (Gonzaga Pop)

September 18 - 20, 2026

Oblates Fall 2026

October 2 - 4, 2026
Spirit Center at the Monastery of St. Gertrude

Oblates are men and women, married or single, active in any Christian denomination, who closely associate themselves with the Monastery of St. Gertrude through an initiation process and formal oblation (promise). There are nearly 100 oblates of the Monastery of St. Gertrude, living throughout the Pacific Northwest. People become oblates because they find that God’s […]

Stewards of the Mystery Fall 2026

October 19 - 25, 2026
Spiritual Director Formation Program

Space for God Retreat 2027

January 15 - 17, 2027

Crosspoint: A Space for God

Oblates Spring 2027

April 9 - 11, 2027
Spirit Center at the Monastery of St. Gertrude

Oblates are men and women, married or single, active in any Christian denomination, who closely associate themselves with the Monastery of St. Gertrude through an initiation process and formal oblation (promise). There are nearly 100 oblates of the Monastery of St. Gertrude, living throughout the Pacific Northwest. People become oblates because they find that God’s […]

Chienda Wa 2027

April 17 - 22, 2027

Oblates Fall 2027

October 15 - 17, 2027
Spirit Center at the Monastery of St. Gertrude

Oblates are men and women, married or single, active in any Christian denomination, who closely associate themselves with the Monastery of St. Gertrude through an initiation process and formal oblation (promise). There are nearly 100 oblates of the Monastery of St. Gertrude, living throughout the Pacific Northwest. People become oblates because they find that God’s […]

Quilters to Coast

October 19 - 24, 2027