Program Listing Page
One-Day Personal Retreat
On a One Day retreat you will have a room to stay in and access to the Library, Center kitchen, and walking trails. Lunch is provided at no extra charge.
Meeting Space
Do you have a group that needs a space to meet in? Our conference rooms are available Monday through Saturday for programs, workshops, meditations, prayer meetings and more!
Gift Certificate
A gift purchased for someone you would like to bless with a retreat, program or spiritual direction. Several options, listed at right, are available. Contact the Center for more information. 360-438-2595
Private Overnight Retreat
Spiritual Direction is available for an added cost. We […]
Lunch and dinner are also available for an added cost.
Group Retreat
Time away is important for our spiritual selves. When we take the time to deepen our faith and our relationship with God, we become better people and a stronger congregation. A silent retreat is purposeful discipline. Groups that have worked with us have provided a teaching at the introduction of the retreat, released the group […]
Oasis 2025-2026
With Paz Vital, OSB, PhD, Monika Ellis, OSB, MA, Education, Anna-Camille Wooden, OSB, Sonja Weber, OSB, Laura Swan, OSB and Julian Cleary OSB
Do you yearn for rest, prayer and nurturing in your busy schedule? What would your life look like if you gave yourself or/& to a beloved one two retreat opportunities at the Center, plus six quiet afternoons during the year? Silence, spiritual direction and Lectio Divina are available to aid your reflection. Every Third Thursday […]
Zoom-Year 1 Listening with the Spirit 2025-2026
With Mary Pandiani, D. Min., MA, C.S.D and Monika Ellis, OSB, MA, Education
The Priory Spirituality Center is opening registrations for Listening with the Spirit 2025-2026, a formation program for spiritual directors. Dr. Mary Pandiani and Sister Lucy Wynkoop will facilitate the spiritual direction formation program. If you have further questions, please contact Sister Lucy Wynkoop at 360-438-2595 or lucywynkoop@gmail.com. If you would like an interview, please register […]
Hybrid: Tangling for the Holidays
With Monika Ellis, OSB
Thursdays of Zentangle with Sister Monika This four-week Zentangle series will be about the Holidays. We will explore new patterns and things to make for gifts Zentangle is a way of drawing simple, deliberate lines which come together to form a beautiful image. This type of image-making is relaxing, calming and prayerful. It is helpful […]
Forest Therapy Walk
With Kathy Holley, -PhD
Forest Therapy walks at St. Placid Priory “The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground – trees that were pleasing to the eye...” (Genesis 2: 9a) About Our 4 Seasonal Forest Therapy Walks (also known as Forest Bathing or Shinrin-yoku) We invite you to experience the natural beauty of God’s […]
Hybrid- Day of the Dead: Grieving Mexican Style
With Paz Vital, OSB, PhD
Day of the Dead Retreat; This Saturday we will learn the real meaning of this Festive Celebration. We will merge two ancient traditions. In the Monastic tradition; the Rule of Benedict says: “Keep death daily before your eyes”, and in the Mexican Tradition we celebrate: “Dia de los Muertos”. Join Sister Paz in this traditional […]
Intensive Silent Centering Prayer Retreat
With Anna-Camille Wooden, OSB and Michele Jankanish
This retreat, called an “Intensive Retreat” by Contemplative Outreach, provides an opportunity to deepen your established Centering Prayer practice in an atmosphere of silence and community, away from the busyness of daily life, and to allow your mind, body and spirit to surrender to God’s presence and action within. It has an educational component to […]
Fall P.A.U.S.E. retreat: Christian Contemplative Prayer, Well-Being, and Embodiment
With Kathy Holley, PhD
Fall P.A.U.S.E. retreat: Christian Contemplative Prayer, Well-being, and Embodiment About our 4 seasonal P.A.U.S.E. retreats (P.A.U.S.E.—Prayer and Understanding Silent Experiences) We warmly invite you to our 4 seasons of P.A.U.S.E. retreats—sacred opportunities to appreciate the seasons, rest, reflect, and nurture your connection with God. These retreats center on Christian contemplative prayer, offering space for spiritual […]
Contemplative Writing
With Marcia McLaughlin, OblSB
What is contemplative writing? How is it different from other types of writing? The Psalms were written by ordinary people as they praised God, lamented, asked God questions. During this workshop, we will explore ways that we too can write to God – praise, lament, ask questions. You will leave the workshop with writing prompts […]
Zoom: Just This…a Retreat for Caregivers
With Evelyn Gerardo Challis
This is a retreat for caregivers, those who provide support for a beloved family member or friend. Support that is social, emotional, spiritual, personal care. Set among the 12.5 acres of The Portland Japanese Garden recently, a friend invited me to step into the small space pictured below. “Just this”, he said. “Just this is […]