Benedictine Retreat & Conference Center
Other Spiritual Growth Opportunities

Create Your Own Sabbatical
Working with a member of the staff, people design a sabbatical tailored to their needs and interests. Sabbaticals generally last from one month to a year. Participants lives within the monastery, share in prayer and meals with the monastic community, and draw on the abundant resources of the Twin Cities metropolitan community.

A Day Away
Parish staffs are invited to take advantage of our meeting spaces, which can accommodate small and large groups, for a day of reflection, planning, and prayer. The cost includes conference room, audio visual equipment, use of facilities and meals as listed. See Rates. Private rooms are available for overnight retreats. Expert consultation for planning and/or facilitating meetings is available as well at $50 per hour.

Group Retreats
Retreats for your parish or faith group can be scheduled at the Benedictine Center or at your site. Members of our staff can offer days of prayer and renewal, including instruction in centering prayer and lectio divina. Costs negotiated.

Volunteer Live-In
This is a program for women who have no dependents and would like to enter into the life of prayer, service, and community of the Sisters of St. Paul's Monastery as a volunteer for one month to a year. Room and board are provided for volunteers.

Contact Sr. Virginia Matter OSB, for further information: 651-777-7251.

Walk the Labyrinth

Our seasonal labyrinth is available to you at any time. Since the middle ages many Christians have walked the labyrinth as a way to draw closer to God the the journey of life. An indoor finger labyrinth, available in the meditation chapel, is a meditation tool and is an extension of the larger labyrinth that is walked.