Retreats

Private Retreats

A private retreat is a time to come away from one's usual routine to enjoy personal reflection, quiet and solitude. Private retreats are available to anyone for any length of time throughout the year.

Cost: $100 per overnight (includes private room, three meals and use of the Abbey'samenities; $65 without spiritual direction)

Twilight Retreats

Need a few hours to recoup and regroup your spirit? You're invited to participate in an evening of prayer, reflection and enrichment. Join the Norbertine Community for Mass, followed by evening prayer. After dinner, attend a scheduled event or enjoy quiet time for reflection.

January 19 – Thursday; February 28 – Tuesday; March 8 – Thursday; April 11 – Wednesday 4 – 9 p.m.
Cost: $30 (includes dinner, private room, event, use of Abbey prayer spaces)
Optional: $65 (includes above, plus overnight stay, Morning Prayer, breakfast)

Morning of Spiritual Renewal for Women

This popular annual event includes stimulating programs, engaging speakers, delicious food and the companionship of women all within the lovely St. Norbert Abbey and Spirituality Center. Details available online. Registration required by January 16.

January 21 – Saturday 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Click here to visit the Morning of Spiritual Renewal Page for more information

A Day Away: Nourishing Your Body, Mind and Spirit

Treat yourself to a day apart: a day of renewal and rest. Enjoy Abbey amenities: beautiful grounds, prayer spaces, indoor swimming pool/sauna, a peaceful room of your own and an enrichment presentation. Open to men and women.

January 25 – Wednesday; February 15 – Wednesday; March 6 – Tuesday; April 10 – Tuesday
Days of Renewal are scheduled from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Mass 4:30 p.m.)
Cost: $30 (includes private room, lunch, enrichment presentation, Abbey amenities)
Also available by appointment:Massage: Eric Peters 920.366.0899 $60
Spiritual Direction: Sr. Judy Miller, CSJ 920.337.4316 $40

Acedia Retreat

Acedia is an ancient term for "suffocating gloom" that robs one's soul of joy in God. In today's world, it can take the form of nagging anxiety, restless fatigue, weary detachment, deriving little pleasure from activities and/or listlessness. Within this day-long retreat, acedia is examined within a spiritual context with time for personal reflection and small group discussion. It is the hope of the presenters that participants "ultimately realize that acedia is a gift because if it is addressed, it moves us closer to God." Registration required by February 7. Minimum 8 participants.

February 11 – Saturday 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Facilitators: Fr. John Tourangeau, O. Praem., Judy Turba
Cost: $55 (includes morning refreshments, lunch, handouts)

Easter Triduum Retreat

Through the centuries, Christians have gathered together during Holy Week to remember, to celebrate and to enter more deeply into the Paschal Mystery that lies at the heart of the Christian faith. Through time, this mystery has evoked numerous responses, interpretations and practices. Within the retreat, we explore how our ancestors in the faith have striven to express and to enter more deeply into the mystery of God's love as revealed in Jesus' passion, death, resurrection, ascension and sending of the Holy Spirit.

It is the hope that this exploration awakens our imaginations and inspires us anew to recognize and to make real in our lives, as individuals and in our communities of faith, the powerful, transformative reality of the Paschal Mystery – a mystery that beckons and challenges us to break out of our desire to control the incomprehensible, insurmountable mystery of the living God of Jesus of Nazareth.
Registration required by March 30.

April 5 – 8 Holy Thursday 4 p.m. through Easter Sunday 10 a.m. Liturgy
Presenter: Dr. Howard Ebert
Cost: $240 (includes lodging, meals, presentations) Commuters: $100 (includes presentations only)

Your One, Wild and Precious Life

The beginning of summer is a perfect time to recover the baptismal gift of what the American poet, Mary Oliver, calls, "your one, wild and precious life." This overnight retreat (with an optional second night stay) in the sacred space of St. Norbert Abbey will provide an occasion for paying close attention to your life as it is lived.

Mary Oliver writes, "Every day I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight." With simple prayer, the beauty of the Abbey grounds and our own not-so-ordinary lives, we can remember again the beauty and wonder of being awake and full of delight, moment by precious moment. Registration required by June 1. Minimum 6 participants.

The Rev. Lee Goodwin has been a Lutheran (ELCA) pastor for more than 30 years and is married with two grown daughters. He is a graduate of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (Master of Divinity), the Graduate Theological Foundation (Doctor of Ministry in Spiritual Direction) and the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation.

June 8, 9 – Friday 4 p.m. through Saturday 3 p.m. (with an optional second night stay through Sunday 9:45 a.m.)Facilitator: Pastor Lee Goodwin, M. Div., D. Min.
Cost: $95 (includes lodging, meals, retreat) $145 (with optional second night)

Authentic Freedom Retreat

Sr. Judy offers the original eight-week series in a weekend retreat format. Those who previously participated in this series and those who are new to "Authentic Freedom" are invited to attend.

Many of us are prisoners of the perceptions we hold, which cause us to live a life that is not free. Within this retreat, fears that hold us captive are explored within the world and ourselves, including: 'I am not loved;' 'I am alone;' and 'I am not free to express my truth.' It is the truths behind these fears that can lead us to live a life of "authentic freedom." Registration required by June 11. Minimum 8 participants.

June 15-17 Friday 4 p.m. through Sunday 9:45 a.m.
Facilitator: Sr. Judy Miller, CSJ
Cost: $145 (includes lodging, meals, program)

Summer Directed Retreat

This retreat offers a time of prayer, silence and solitude with the daily opportunity to meet with a spiritual director. Amenities include a private room, indoor pool, outdoor labyrinth, spacious grounds and numerous prayer spaces. Registration required by June 18.

June 24 – 30 Sunday evening dinner through Saturday lunch
(Registration may be made for 3, 4, 5, or the entire 6 days)
Cost: $285 – 3 days; $380 – 4 days; $450 – 5 days; $495 – 6 days