Overnight Program
Personal Overnight Retreat
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.
Fall Silent Directed Retreat II 2026
With Bethany Weed
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 […]
Fall Directed Retreat Weekend II 2026
With Sister Catherine Anne Soley, ra
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 […]
Food & Faith Retreat
With Steven Molinari
Join our house chef, Steven, for a hands-on weekend retreat of cooking, community and conversation as we explore how our faith calls us to break bread with each other. This 2-night experience will include several different communal cooking activities (including with the wood-fire pizza oven!), conversations about the place food has held in our lives […]
Advent Silent Directed Retreat Weekend
With Sister Mary Ellen Higgins, IHM, Buff Barnes, Sister Pat Mensing, SSJ, Tricia Gardner and Michelle Gomez
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 […]
Advent Abundance in Enough-ness: A Guided Weekend Retreat
With Carrie Allport, MTS, MA-SD
Advent Abundance in Enough-ness "Within abundance lies the belief that what you need will be available when you need it." Advent is the spiritual season of hopeful expectation and preparation for the coming of Christ. However, in our modern secular society it can feel more like a precursor to permissive end-of-year capitalistic consumption. When we […]