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.

Clearwater Writers

November 14 - 20, 2025

Requested main level rooms for mobility limitations.

Moscow Spinners

November 14 - 16, 2025

Lent: Encountering the Sacred

With Sr. Betty Schumacher

February 20 - 22, 2026
Spirit Center
The Lenten season invites us to enter into these 40 days of spiritual transformation with an awareness of the ways the Sacred, the Divine, dwells within and among us.  This retreat will provide an opportunity to reflect upon your own Lenten journey in light of Abraham and Sarah's encounter with God; the Samaritan woman and her conversation with Jesus that changed the direction of her life; and Mary and Martha's bold proclamation of faith as they experienced the death and rising of their brother Lazarus. 

Community Meetings

February 28, 2026

Moscow Spinners

March 20 - 22, 2026

Spring Reset

March 26 - 30, 2026

Sr. Lillian will do talk on gratitude on 4/2 at 9:30 and they will let me know about chapel books

Holy Week

March 29 - April 5, 2026

Sister's Friends Group

March 31 - April 2, 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 […]

Stewards of the Mystery

April 27 - May 3, 2026
Spiritual Director Formation Program

Yoga Time

May 15 - 18, 2026

Sponsorship Lineage Retreat

May 29 - 31, 2026

Oblate Leadership 2026

June 4 - 6, 2026

Recovery Racquets Retreat

September 4 - 6, 2026

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 […]

Community Meetings

October 16 - 18, 2026

Stewards of the Mystery

October 19 - 25, 2026
Spiritual Director Formation Program

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 […]