“Silence is not simply the absence of noise. It is a necessary condition for discernment and reflection, for meditation and prayer, and for “welcoming the word” into our minds and hearts.”
Archbishop Robert J. Carlson
Archdiocese of St. Louis
Women’s Silent Retreats
- June 16, 2022 - June 19, 2022
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- October 06, 2022 - October 09, 2022
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- November 03, 2022 - November 06, 2022
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Men’s Silent Retreats
- September 15, 2022 - September 18, 2022
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- November 17, 2022 - November 20, 2022
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- June 21, 2022
Vanquishing Vice and Valuing VirtueDirected by Father Kristopher Cowles
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- August 16, 2022
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin MaryDirected by Father Joe Forcelle
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- September 13, 2022
The Meaning of the CrossDirected by Dr. Chris Burgwald
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- October 11, 2022
Day of RecollectionDirected by Father Paul King
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- November 08, 2022
Day of RecollectionDirected by Father Tom Anderson
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- December 13, 2022
Day of RecollectionDirected by Teresa Henrickson
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Special Retreats
- October 14, 2022 - October 16, 2022
Undone: A Healing RetreatDirected by Father Scott Traynor, Director of Broom Tree Retreat Center
Jesus desires to bring healing and restored wholeness to every person. Healing is central to Jesus’ life and mission. By our own sin or the sufferings of the human experience, our hearts can easily become wounded or distant from God, who alone can offer true restoration. Under the patronage of Our Lady, Undoer of Knots, this retreat will assist participants in becoming aware of Jesus’ desire to bring restoration in their lives and will offer opportunities to encounter His healing grace.
Conferences for the retreat will focus on the power of Jesus to heal in mind, body and spirit, and will offer participants practical ways to invite that grace into their own lives. A collaboration of Broom Tree Retreat Center and The Lourdes Center, this retreat will offer time for individual spiritual direction as well as one-on-one discussion with licensed counselors.
Open to men and women age 18 and older, the retreat begins on Friday evening and ends on Sunday after lunch. Broom Tree sponsored retreats are run by donation. The value of the retreat is $275/person. We ask that you prayerfully consider your gift.
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- October 23, 2022 - October 27, 2022
Retreat for PriestsOnline registration will be opening soon!
Directed by Archbishop Thomas Gullickson
This retreat for priests begins on Sunday evening and ends Thursday morning. The daily schedule consists of conferences, Mass, Holy Hour, Morning & Evening Prayer, opportunities for confession and spiritual direction as well as afternoons free for individual prayer and activities.
- November 11, 2022 - November 13, 2022
Couples RetreatDirected by Ed & Jen Hogan with Father Scott Traynor
“Remain in me, as I remain in you…Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.” John 10:4-5
The goal of Catholic marriage is to die as saints under the tutelage of one another’s love. During this retreat, you and your spouse will have the blessed opportunity to spend time receiving from the very heart of God all that you need to love in this way. The environment at Broom Tree provides beautiful, peaceful surroundings, good food, and all the time and good direction you need to dispose yourselves to the river of grace that lives in your marriage. The retreat begins on Friday night with registration from 5:00-6:30 p.m. and runs through lunchtime on Sunday. Broom Tree sponsored retreats are run by donation. The value of this retreat is $375/couple. We ask that you prayerfully consider your gift.
About the Hogan’s:
Jen Hogan is a wife, mother, and has been a spiritual director for over 20 years. Ed Hogan is the Academic Dean at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in Saint Louis, Missouri. He served for many years with Father Jim Mason as part of a team that specialized in integrating human, spiritual, intellectual, and pastoral formation. Ed has also taught for the Institute for Priestly Formation in Omaha, NE.
Ed and Jen have 6 children and live in Saint Louis, Missouri. They have been married long enough to realize how little they knew when they got married (at 22), and how much they still have to learn. They have discovered that both their strengths and their weaknesses are a gift to each other, and that it’s better and easier to be on God’s journey than their own.
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