Weekend Silent Centering Prayer Retreat

Just returned from an overnight retreat at St Placid. The accommodations were comfy and the food bountiful and good. Best part was being able to be in prayers with the sisters during the liturgy of hours as well as Sunday Mass, lived how welcomed I was made to feel at the Priory. I urge all people Catholic and non to try and spend a weekend there. Such a relaxing and powerful experience! Read More

What a privilege to be folded into the priory for a few day. To close out the noise of my daily life with good rest, prayer, reflection, spiritual direction and a welcoming community. Thank you for opening your center to be a healing haven for me! I hope to return. Read More

Regarding my experience, unfortunately both my in person interaction and emails felt unwelcome and came across rude. I understand that tone can sometimes be misinterpreted, but the overall approach didn’t feel warm or professional. I was not able to relax or find peace here. Did not enjoy my stay Read More

I spent a night at St Placid because I was overwhelmed. I answered 1 telephone text but other than dinner and speaking briefly with the people working in the Spiritually Center, I had real peace and quiet. I wrote in my journal twice in the morning, ripped out a knitting project and made a ball of yarn to re start it later, had dinner with the Sisters, had perhaps the most peaceful, restful night of sleep in my life (the pitter patter of rain was wonderful), went to part of Praise the next day and sat with the Sisters for part of lunch and when I woke up early in the morning, I had an idea for something I had been floundering with for several weeks. It was so wonderful, I am sure it was inspired from the peace I had in my heart from this experience and I was so happy thinking about it, that I found myself laughing out loud more than once. Then I went back to bed for 2 more hours. I will return - this may be the start of a new 'thing' for doing good things for myself. I am planning on attending a 2 hour forest retreat there at the end of this Month.
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St. Placid Priory creates a range of retreats, online and on local, to serve a wide variety of retreat-goers. The recent "Reality with a capital "R" was a joyful gathering of those committed to action through times fraught with uncertainty. It was an invitation to see life and community through the lens of Reality. Especially appreciated the Evelyn Underhill comment on Reality being perceived through taking time to Read, Reflect, Respond, and Rest. Read More