PREACHED RETREATS

"Preached" retreats are more interactive and less "preachy" than this customary nomenclature suggests! Usually spanning a weekend (sometimes a few weekdays), these retreats are led by a "retreat master" who offers a series of "conferences" or talks following some kind of theme. You'll find our 2020 offerings below. The requested donation covers room, board, and conferences. To make reservations, click on the links below, or call 661 944-2178, or email retreats@valyermo.com.

Notice: Due to the global pandemic, the Abbey is currently closed to the public until further notice. In order to stay connected and continue providing you with our preached retreats, we have decided to offer our retreats online via Zoom! We will continue to offer these retreats to you online and will post any changes or updates on our website or via email.

We thank you for your support during these difficult times. God bless.

*Day retreats in orange
**Spanish and bilingual retreats in italics

9 Beginning Again - CANCELED

15 – 18 Mid –Winter Dance Workshop: Moving to Become Spiritually Whole

22 – 24 Leadership and the Rule of Benedict: Purity of Heart

9 Release –Renew–Reinvent

16 – 19 Lenten Silent Retreat

1 – 5 Priests’ Retreat:

Walking the Way of the Heart

Through the Gospel of John . . .

20 Taller Cuaresmal en Español

29 – 31 Holy Week Silent Retreat

1 – 4 Sacred Triduum

13 Release –Renew–Reinvent

16 – 18 Dealing with Death

19 – 23 Transformation for A New Creation

23 – 25 The Wisdom of Early Monasticism

26 – 29 Spring Artists’ Retreat

5 – 7 The Reality of the Unseen: Looking at Mysticism and Religious Experience as a Gift of Being Human

7 – 9 Poverty of Spirit

10 – 14 Priests’ Retreat: Walking the Way of the Heart Through the Gospel of John . . .

21 – 23 Pentecost Retreat

31 – 6/4 Mysticism of Teilhard de Chardin

4 – 6 Caring for our Common Home

22 Release –Renew–Reinvent

23 – 25 Discernment in Daily Life

25 – 27 Faith and the Human Condition: A Look into the Writings and Relationship between Adrienne von Speyr and Hans Urs von Balthasar

2 – 4 Marriage Enrichment

7 – 11 Benedictine Spirituality: The Rule of St. Benedict as a Wisdom Document to be Implemented in Every Age

16 – 18 Medieval Monastic Mystics and Their Worlds

22 – 25 Sacred Summer Dance Workshop: Moving to Reunite Our Hearts with Mother Earth

26 – 30 Paths to the Heart

6 – 8 Who Am I? Meeting the Self in the Prodigal Son

10 Release –Renew–Reinvent

9 – 13 Three Witnesses to Higher Truth: 20th Century Martyrs of the Nazi Regime

13 – 15 Thomas à Kempis as Spiritual Guide

20 – 22 In the Spirit of AA: A Twelve-Step Retreat

23 – 27 Hildegard of Bingen: Prophet of the Cosmic Christ

27 – 29 Praying in the Circle of St. John

6 – 10 God is Love at the Heart of All Creation

17 – 19 Images of Divine Love and the World to Come

18 Spiritual Gifts Workshop

12 Release –Renew–Reinvent

18 – 21 Still Full of Sap, Still Green: A Spirituality of Aging

29 – 31 Love Was His Meaning: The Spirituality of Julian Norwich

1 – 4 Autumn Artists’ Retreat

8 – 11 Guess What’s Coming For Dinner!: A Cooking Retreat/Workshop

11 – 14 Edith Stein: Her Journey from Darkness into Light

15 – 19 Priests’ Retreat: Thriving in the Call of God

24 – 26 Thanksgiving at Valyermo

26 – 28 Advent Retreat

27 Taller Adviento en Español

6 – 10 Ammas, Monks, and Archetypes

10 – 12 Experiencing the Liturgy as Contemplative Prayer

14 Release –Renew–Reinvent

17 – 19 Spirituality and Art

24 – 26 Christmas at Valyermo

31 – 1/2 New Year Retreat: “Behold, I make all things new!” (Rev. 21:5)