Weekend Program
Meeting Space
Our conference rooms are available to 501(c)(3) non-profit groups such as government, school, and church groups. We are available for daytime group use Monday through Saturday. Our monastic grounds are quiet, peaceful and green with trees and other plants. Since January 2007, our monastic grounds have been smoke-free; you’ll enjoy breathing our fresh air. We […]
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
Spiritual Direction Certificate Program: Application
With Mary Pandiani, D. Min., MA, C.S.D and Monika Ellis, OSB, MA, Education
Spiritual Direction Certificate Program: Listening with the Spirit (LWS) - a two year Online Spiritual Direction training program Application & Interview A non-refundable $100 application/interview fee is submitted with your application materials and spiritual autobiography before the interview. The application materials and spiritual autobiography will be the substance of the interview. This fee is different […]
Forest Therapy --Spring/Summer
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- When the Heart Is Touched: The Ancient Monastic Method of Lectio Divina
With Anna-Camille Wooden, OSB
In this workshop we will explore and practice the method of Lectio Divina as practiced by the desert Fathers and Mothers and monastics throughout the centuries. The emphasis will be on individual, rather than group, practice. Our time together will include short presentations by the facilitator, times for solitary, individual lectio practice and a time […]
Hybrid: Contemplative Rest Practice on First Saturdays Monthly
With M Freeman
This Contemplative Rest Practice series is open to those who have taken a Contemplative Rest retreat with M Freeman. Each session offers opportunities for awe-savoring, somatic, guided meditations by M and silent resting-in-awe practice together as well as gentle time for group sharing, connecting, and cherishing the transporting benefit of communal contemplative practice. “All living […]
Hybrid: Contemplative Rest: Nurture resiliency and peace in ourselves and the world
With M Freeman*
A five-session summer series Wednesdays July 9, 16, 23 & 30, plus Saturday August 2. All sessions are 10am-noon Pacific time. Series Overview Contemplative Rest is a relaxing, present-moment, embodied meditation practice which draws somatically on previously lived transcendent experiences—moments of awe, connectedness, mystery, revelation—extraordinary experiences of the numinous in which we feel one with […]
God the Artist - We the Co-Creators
With Walter Siegl and Sonja Weber, OSB
God is the creator of everything. He is the artist par excellence. This retreat will stimulate our creative souls. We will focus on our Potter God and use clay materials. All our creations will be formed by hand, and a slab roller may be used. We will meet at The Priory Spirituality Center at 9 […]
Midsummer Weekend Silent Centering Prayer Retreat
With Anna-Camille Wooden, OSB
This retreat is the perfect place for those new to Centering Prayer and silent retreats to begin, as well as for experienced practitioners to have a chance to sit with others and experience a weekend of silence and rest. And for this midsummer time, we have added an extra day! Times of rest and re-creation […]
Summer P.A.U.S.E. retreat: Christian Contemplative Prayer, Holistic Healing, and Faith
With Kathy Holley, PhD
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 formation, soul care, holistic healing, and deepening faith. Guided […]
Hybrid: The Sacred Line
With Monika Ellis, OSB
Lines – short or long, wide or narrow, are all around us. Once we become aware of the lines in our lives we will see them everywhere. They are sacred. We will explore lines of many shapes that when put together make beautiful images. Our world at this time needs the power of beauty to […]
Ora et Labora: Care for our earth --Labor Day
With Angela Hoffman, OSB, PhD
Prayer and work are key to St. Benedict’s way of life. We will begin by prayer, reflection and discussion comparing Benedict’s and our current understanding of planet earth and how we can care for it. After Noon praise and lunch with the Sisters, we will work outside and return inside to wrap up. This program […]
Zoom: Prayer Practices Certification Program 2025-2026
With Anna-Camille Wooden, OSB, Julian Cleary OSB, Laura Swan, OSB, Monika Ellis, OSB, Paz Vital, OSB, PhD and Sonja Weber, OSB
Prayer Practices is a 2 years (20 sessions -40 hours) certificate program to explore a wide variety of ways to approach a prayerful life. You will learn to connect with the sacred in diverse ways in order to help guide others. If you are a spiritual director, pastor, counselor or work in a ministry, different […]
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 […]