Spiritual Retreat Opportunities
Listed, in order of distance, are
places that are within about a three-hour drive of St. Monica where one can go
for either a private retreat or one with a spiritual director. These places
also have some group retreats. Also listed are two opportunities for you to dig
deeper into your spiritual lives.
1.
Red Plains Monastery in Piedmont, OK, offers a day of solitude, private
retreats, and directed retreats. See http://www.mountosb.org/redplains/index.html
or call 405-373-4565.
2.
Our Lady of Mercy
Retreat Center is located at 2801
South Shartel Ave. in Oklahoma City. It is inside Mount St. Mary High School.
Sr. Betty Elmer, RSM, coordinates the center. Space is available for private
retreat time and the center offers some weekend retreats. The opportunity to
get away and be quiet long enough to truly hear God is very available at the
center. The prayer garden—grotto—includes the Stations of the Cross
and is such sacred space. People come to the grotto day and night to pray. Call
405-634-1968.
3.
St.
Francis of the Woods is
in Coyle, OK. It has comfortable space and beautiful grounds for private
retreat time. Call 405-466-3774.
4.
St. GregoryÕs
University and Abbey is a Benedictine community in Shawnee, OK sponsors
retreats. Check the calendar in the Sooner Catholic, call 405-878-5491, or visit http://www.monksok.org/.
5.
Spiritual Life
Center is part of the Diocese of
Wichita, Kansas. Call 316-774-0167 or visit http://www.slcwichita.org/.
6.
Montserrat Retreat
Center is located at Lake Dallas,
Texas and is easily assessable. It is a Jesuit retreat center and has many
Thursday night to Sunday afternoon retreats. Their website that lists the
retreats. All their retreats have preached conferences by a Jesuit priest. The
whole time is spent in silence. Individual visits with a priest and the
sacrament of reconciliation are available. You do not have to be Catholic to
attend. Call 940-321-6030 or visit http://www.montserratretreat.org/.
7.
St. Scholastica
Retreat Center in Fort Smith,
Arkansas is a wonderful place for retreat. Call 479-783-1135 or visit http://www.mountosb.org/sophia.html
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Digging Deeper
1. The Archdiocese of OklahomaÕs Office of Worship and Spiritual Life (405-728-8477) can provide a list of spiritual directors who meet one-on-one with those seeking to grow that way. Most of the persons on that list have been trained through the five-year program sponsored by the Sisters of Benedict and the Archdiocese of Oklahoma.