Men’s Outdoor Retreat: Beyond These Four Walls-Experiencing God in the Books of Scripture and Nature

With Fr. Shawn Anderson, O.S.B. and Fr. Gilbert Heater, O.S.B

October 16 - 19, 2026
Raccoon Creek State Park
In our modern world, it is all too easy to be distracted and disconnected from the reality of God’s presence in our hearts, in others, and in the world around us. This four-day retreat amid the natural beauty of Raccoon Creek State Park invites you into the incarnational wonder of God’s love and the profoundly human way in which he encounters us in body, mind, and soul. Our fellowship will be centered around outdoor recreation, small group sharing, liturgy, and lectio divina, an ancient practice of reading and reflecting on Scripture. Free from the disturbance of technology and hectic agendas, this time…

Music and Prayer: Sacred Music as a Pathway to Peace

With J. Christopher Pardini, BM, MM, SPC

January 30, 2027
Saint Vincent Basilica
This afternoon retreat will provide a time of contemplation where we will deepen our spiritual connection through the power of sacred music as prayer. Inviting a profound sense of peace, this retreat will center around the transformative role of music in the Catholic liturgical tradition and its ability to open the heart to God’s presence. Participants will hear live performances of two monuments of liturgical organ repertoire: the Mass for the Parishes by François Couperin, and the Clavierübung III (known as the “German Organ Mass”) by Johann Sebastian Bach. We will explore how these composers and others imbue their compositions…

Walking Pilgrimage Along the Camino Portugues Espiritual

With Br. Bede Maxson, O.S.B.

June 3 - 13, 2027
Join Brother Bede Maxson, O.S.B., in Walking the Camino Portugues Espiritual. It follows the Camino Portugues, which passes through Portugal with this unique difference - the last ½ of this particular Camino path follows in the footsteps that tradition tells us the Disciples of Saint James travelled when they transported the Apostles' remains from the Holy Land to Spain. Starting along the breathtaking Galician coast in Baiona, our pilgrimage transitions onto the deeply historic Variante Espiritual. This sacred path retraces the Traslatio—the legendary maritime route taken by the disciples as they carried the body of Saint James the Apostle to…

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