Community Use

Community/monastery use of 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.

Community Meetings

February 28, 2026

Holy Week

March 29 - April 5, 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 […]

Oblate Leadership 2026

June 4 - 6, 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

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 […]

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 […]