Calendar of Retreats

Mary, Mother of Sorrows:
Standing at the Foot of the Cross
with Mary

With Br. Louis de Montfort, O.S.B.

Reflections on Sacred Scripture and Marian teachings.

Br. Louis de Montfort, O.S.B., is director of spiritual ministries at Saint Benedict Guesthouse and Retreat Center.

For registration, email the retreat master or call 503.845.3025.

Cost: $310 single occupancy

Ignatian Silent Retreat

With Bill Zuelke, MDiv, MS, Licensed Professional Counselor

A guided Ignatian silent retreat with daily conferences and one-on-one spiritual direction. There will be opportunities to join the Benedictine monks for the Divine Office and Liturgy.

Bill Zuelke is a Spiritual Director, life coach, and an associate staff member of Soul Formation. He provides spiritual direction, adult education, retreats, workshops, supervision, and consultations for churches, social agencies, and individuals through his private practice.

Bill has a degree in philosophy from Gonzaga University (1976) an M.Div. from Boston College (1981) and an M.S. in pastoral counseling from Loyola University, Baltimore (1985). He was a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) for 20 years and an ordained Catholic priest. He is trained in Jesuit spirituality and discernment of spirits and has been providing individual spiritual direction, private and group retreats, and assistance with personal and corporate discernment for over 35 years. He has been involved in Higher Education as campus minister, counselor, student services director and Dean for 40 years. He has been involved in training people in the art of spiritual direction, and has worked with faculties at Mt. Angel Abbey, Western Evangelical Seminary, George Fox University, and training programs run by Namaste’, Franciscan Spirituality Center, and Soul Formation.
Bill has worked as a Licensed Professional Counselor, a trained supervisor, and a certified Life Coach, and presently maintains a private practice doing primarily personal spiritual direction, private retreat direction, and supervision for spiritual directors.

For registration, email the retreat master or call 503.845.3025.

Cost: $585, single occupancy only

Marian Retreat: Adoration of the Eucharist
and Devotion to Our Lady

Adoration of the Holy Eucharist
in the writings of St. Katharine Drexel
&
Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary
in the writings of St. Louis de Montfort

A retreat with Elizabeth Farley, S.T.D., and Br. Louis de Montfort Nguyen, O.S.B.

Dr. Elizabeth Farley, Ph.D., is a Benedictine Oblate and an alumnus of Mount Angel Seminary theology program. She received a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Marianum in Rome. In addition to teaching at Mount Angel Seminary, Dr. Farley leads a Marian study group in the Abbey guesthouse. Br. Louis de Montfort, O.S.B., is a Benedictine monk of Mount Angel Abbey, an adjunct professor at the Seminary, and the Director of Spiritual Ministries for the guesthouse.

For registration, email the retreat master or call 503.845.3025.

Cost: $247 single / $405 couple

(early registration available for Oct. 22 or 23)

Preparing for Christ’s Second Coming
and His Coming at Christmas

An Advent retreat with Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB

Hamlet: Acting ‘Nobler’

A Shakespeare’s play retreat with Fr. Stephen Rowan, Ph.D.

Description: Shakespeare’s play Hamlet (performed c.1600) is a window into the England of Elizabeth I and a mirror of our own times. The Prince of Denmark, “the observed of all observers,” is under surveillance and closely watched. As a well-educated Renaissance Prince, Hamlet sees more than others into the rotten state of Denmark, but he does not know how to set it right. How can he achieve justice against the king, his uncle, without endangering himself, hurting his mother (the king’s wife), and throwing the state into confusion?  In this retreat, pondering the tragedy of Hamlet, we will ask, how can a “cognitive minority” – a Christian in the modern world, for example – act morally, authentically, and effectively? How can we act “nobler” when righting wrongs?

Retreat Master: Father Stephen Rowan, S.T.B. and Ph.D., a priest of the Archdiocese of Seattle (incardinated in 1981) has served since 1970 as a teacher of English and a college administrator: Dean of Arts and Sciences at Seattle University (1994-1998) and the University of Portland (2007-2012); interim Dean of Arts and Sciences at St. Martin’s University in Lacey (2015-2016); and Interim President of Carroll College in Helena, Montana (2000-01 and 2017-18). Fr. Rowan has served the Archdiocese of Seattle as Vicar for Education and Superintendent for Catholic Schools (2001-04 and 2012-14); as Director of Deacon Formation and Continuing Formation of Clergy; and as Vicar General (2004-2006). In 2002, he assisted Archbishop Brunett in establishing the Fulcrum Foundation (2001-2008) for Catholic Schools. Fr. Rowan received his doctorate in English from the University of British Columbia and an honorary doctorate from St. Martin’s University in Lacey, Washington, has authored several books and articles, and has presented at conferences, retreats, and convocations. He is presently living in Silverton, Oregon and teaching at Mount Angel Seminary.