Overnight Program

Personal Overnight Retreat

Flexible Dates

An individual may make a retreat at the Center for a few hours, for a few days, or for an extended period of time. During this time, the retreatant may meet with a spiritual director or just spend some time in personal prayer or quiet reflection.

Art & Spirituality Retreat

With Becky McIntyre

January 10 - 11, 2025

Join us for some winter creation time in our Art Studio. Take time to go inward and reconnect, allowing space for beauty and imagination to emerge. There will be quiet time for individual art making, optional guided communal art practices, and space for communal connection and accompaniment. Our art studio is stocked full of supplies, but […]

Winter Directed Retreat 2025

With Sister Mary Ellen Higgins, IHM, Sister Clare A. D’Auria OSF, Sister Jean Marie Pisula, CSFN, Sister Carmen Cabrejos, ACJ and Fr. Joe Schad, SJ

January 20 - 27, 2025
St. Raphaela Center

A directed retreat at St. Raphaela Center is a time of quiet in order to enhance attentiveness to God's voice within you and in your life. A reverent silence is maintained throughout the Retreat Center at all times including during meals. Each retreatant meets with his/her director daily for approximately 45 minutes. Our Spiritual Directors on staff will […]

Winter Directed Retreat Weekend 2025

With Sister Mary Ellen Higgins, IHM, Sister Clare A. D’Auria OSF, Sister Jean Marie Pisula, CSFN, Sister Carmen Cabrejos, ACJ, Sister Ruthann O'Mara, SSJ and Fr. Joe Schad, SJ

January 24 - 26, 2025
St. Raphaela Center

A directed retreat at St. Raphaela Center is a time of quiet in order to enhance attentiveness to God's voice within you and in your life. A reverent silence is maintained throughout the Retreat Center at all times including during meals. Each retreatant meets with his/her director daily for approximately 45 minutes. Our Spiritual Directors on staff will […]

Women's Weekend: Awaken to Your Spiritual Story

With Kathy Garrett, Ph.D

February 28 - March 2, 2025

Awaken to Your Spiritual Story is a reflective and nurturing retreat for women of all ages to engage with their creativity, self-expression, and intuition to discover greater spiritual meaning in their life stories.    Each life story has times of ease and love, mystery and drama, and challenge and sorrow. Exploring these experiences through contemplative, creative […]

Women's Weekend: Palm Sunday 2025

With Sister Kathy Benham, IHM

April 11 - 13, 2025

Take a weekend away with other women to nurture your relationship with God. Enjoy this privileged time and space to grow in your spiritual journey. Sr. Kathy will provide you with food for your prayer, guiding you as you retreat with our God of abundant love. This is a wonderful opportunity to prepare to enter […]

Guided Retreat: Praying with Our Senses

With Mary Pollini

June 1 - 6, 2025
St. Raphaela Center

Stop, Look, and Listen...and Smell, and Taste, and Touch: Praying with Our Senses “The five senses are the ministers of our soul.” - Leonardo DaVinci In his Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius of Loyola recommends that we pray with scripture by putting ourselves in the scene and contemplating the scene with our senses - what do […]

Summer Directed Retreat I 2025

With Buff Barnes, Sister Pat Mensing, SSJ, Sr. Mary Elizabeth Looby, GNSH, Sister Jean Marie Pisula, CSFN, Sister Margaret Scott, aci, Fr. Joe Schad, SJ and Sister Carmen Cabrejos, ACJ

July 8 - 15, 2025
St. Raphaela Center

A directed retreat at St. Raphaela Center is a time of quiet in order to enhance attentiveness to God’s voice within you and in your life. A reverent silence is maintained throughout the Retreat Center at all times including during meals. Each retreatant meets with his/her director daily for approximately 45 minutes.  Each director possesses […]

Summer Directed Retreat II 2025

With Sister Karen Doyle, SSJ, Sister Clare A. D’Auria OSF, Sister Carmen Cabrejos, ACJ, Linda Robinson, Sister Catherine Anne Soley, ra, Fr. Joe Schad, SJ and Sister Jean Marie Pisula, CSFN

July 17 - 24, 2025
St. Raphaela Center

A directed retreat at St. Raphaela Center is a time of quiet in order to enhance attentiveness to God’s voice within you and in your life. A reverent silence is maintained throughout the Retreat Center at all times including during meals. Each retreatant meets with his/her director daily for approximately 45 minutes.  Each director possesses […]