Zoom Program

Gift Certificate

Open Dates

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

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

September 18, 2025 - March 20, 2026

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

October 1, 2025 - April 29, 2026
The Priory Spirituality Center

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

October 23 - November 13, 2025

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 […]

Hybrid: Continuing Contemplative Rest (Monthly on First Saturdays)

With M Freeman

November 1, 2025

Continuing Contemplative Rest is for everyone who has completed a Contemplative Rest retreat or training series with M Freeman. Contemplative Rest is a silent, present-moment, embodied meditation practice which draws somatically on previously lived moments of wonder, love, relief, connection, softening, mystery…. What to expect— -- The present-moment meditation practice at the heart of our […]

Zoom: Just This…a Retreat for Caregivers

With Evelyn Gerardo Challis

November 21, 2025

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 […]

Zoom: Know Your Type: An Introduction to the Enneagram

With Jeffrey King

December 13, 2025

Know Your Type is an engaging, practical introduction to the Enneagram. It explores the meaning of personality and provides an overview of all nine types. Gain fresh insight into yourself and others through this engaging workshop. The Enneagram is a transformational wisdom path that identifies nine distinct strategies for relating to self, others and the […]