What are the benefits of a Meditation Retreat at Bellarmine?
Our meditation retreats help you to step away and disconnect from the worries of everyday life. They help you reflect and refocus, and include a meditative component that helps you:
Strengthen your meditation skills
Improve your ability to manage stress and anxiety
More deeply connect to yourself and your sense of purpose
Our retreats are based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, which have helped people for almost 500 years to let go of pre-occupations, to discover the deepest desires that God speaks to their souls, and to open up new possibilities in their lives.
We invite you to embrace a weekend to experience the quiet and find the peace that can help you relax, rejuvenate, and return renewed with deeper meaning and focus.
The retreats we offer that include meditation components are listed below. Each retreat offers a non-judgmental, positive space of quiet contemplation.
Our upcoming meditation retreats include:
The Spiritual Heart of Women
An Ignatian, Silent Overnight Retreat for Women
June 19 - 20, 2026
Suggested Contribution: $280.00 per person
Retreat Leaders:
Erin Maiorca, Elizabeth Neubauer & Fr. J. Michael Sparough, SJ
Greet the summer season, tend your spirit and welcome God's love. On this overnight, interfaith retreat we will explore different ways to pray including:
- Meditation, with the loving-kindness prayer
- Embodied prayer, with gentle Tai Chi movements,
- Lectio Divina, an ancient Christian practice of Scripture reading
- Sacred writing, allowing your feelings to flow and be expressed
You will have time to breathe in the beauty of creation as we nurture our deepest selves. Mass will be celebrated on Saturday afternoon and the Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available.
Come as you are, to rest in nature’s beauty. Bring a sister, daughter, mother or friends and nurture your soul alongside the women you love.
Groups Attending: Individuals