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
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Groups Attending: Individuals
Summary
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.
June 2026 Individually Directed Retreats »»
Individually Directed Retreats for Adults
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Summary
Come to the quiet of Bellarmine and take some time for yourself to get away from the distractions of life so you can read, write, catch up on sleep and pray. Spiritual Direction is available upon request with advance notice at time of registration. Otherwise, the time is yours to pray and enjoy the serenity of the house and grounds. You may register for either five or eight days. Five day retreats are to start either on Monday, June 22, or Friday, June 26th with retreatants arriving between 4 and 5:30 pm. Five days end either Friday, June 26th or Tuesday, June 30th.
Registration requires a $100 deposit.
For a 5 Day Individually Directed Retreat (early bird pricing of $690 total including deposit ends on 3/11/26, full price if registering after 3/11/26 is $790)
For an 8 Night Day Individually Directed Retreat (early bird pricing of $1,115 total including deposit ends on 3/11/26, full price if registering after 3/11/26 is $1,215)
Costs include all meals and spiritual direction. You can view a list of spiritual directors here.
July 2026 Individually Directed Retreats »»
Individually Directed Retreats for Adults
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Summary
Come to the quiet of Bellarmine and take some time for yourself to get away from the distractions of life so you can read, write, catch up on sleep and pray. Spiritual Direction is available upon request with advance notice at time of registration. Otherwise, the time is yours to pray and enjoy the serenity of the house and grounds. You may register for either five or eight days. Five day retreats are to start either on Friday, July 17, or Monday, July 20th with retreatants arriving between 4 and 5:30 pm. Five Days then end on either Tuesday, July 21 or Friday, July 24.
Registration requires a $100 deposit.
For a 5 Day Individually Directed Retreat (early bird pricing of $690 total including deposit ends on 3/11/26, full price if registering after 3/11/26 is $790)
For an 8 Night Day Individually Directed Retreat (early bird pricing of $1,115 total including deposit ends on 3/11/26, full price if registering after 3/11/26 is $1,215)
Costs include all meals and spiritual direction. You can view a list of spiritual directors here.
Writing Retreat: Epiphanies’ of Beauty »»
An Ignatian, Semi-Slient Extended Weekend Retreat for Adults
Summary
Saint John Paul II exhorted artists “passionately dedicated to the search for new ‘epiphanies’ of beauty” to offer their creative works “as gifts to the world.” As writers, artists, or thoughtful people who feel called to the crafting of language, how can we best receive God’s world, in all of its grit and glory, and offer it back as gift through our works? Poets, novelists, saints, and other writers have grappled with this question over the years; we will explore some of their reflections, while also taking intentional time for prayer, worship, meditation, and personal writing.
Hope Lives in Our Real Life »»
An Ignatian, Silent Weekend Retreat for Women
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Groups Attending: Individuals
Summary
“We have this anchor of hope firm and secure.” Hebrews 6:19. As we survey our lives and world, hope can feel far out of our reach. Our faith teaches us that God infuses hope in us. Come and journey with Becky Eldredge, Ignatian trained spiritual director, retreat facilitator, and award-winning author as she invites you to embrace the gift of hope and learn practical tools to anchor into the promise of hope in our real lives.
Preparing Our Pilgrim Hearts for Lent »»
An Ignatian, Silent Weekend Retreat for Women
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Groups Attending: Individuals
Summary
Too often, Lent catches us by surprise; we find ourselves at an Ash Wednesday service trying to figure out what to give up (or take on) for the next six weeks. This year, why not ground your Lent in a weekend retreat that will help you enter the holy season ahead more grace-fully? Through presentation, reflection, conversation, and prayer, we will consider how to approach Lent with the heart of a pilgrim: radically open to the journey before us as we deepen our walk with God.
Ignatian Spirituality and Yoga »»
An Ignatian, Semi-Silent Weekend Retreat for Adults
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This retreat includes gentle movement, group prayer, silent reflection, small group sharing, and spiritual direction. We will explore the four Universal Apostolic Preferences of the Society of Jesus through the lens of both the Christian and Yoga traditions. Relax, and connect with God, nature, self, and others. No prior experience required.
Ignatian Spirituality in a Secular Age »»
An Ignatian, Silent Overnight Retreat for Adults
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Groups Attending: Individuals
Summary
This retreat explores how Ignatian spirituality—rooted in discernment, interior freedom, and an understanding of one’s unique role in the work of justice and love—is not only necessary and relevant in today’s world, but also invitational to those who are religiously unaffiliated, spiritual but not religious, seeking, or otherwise not part of a particular spiritual home. Participants will engage in prayer/reflection and conversation as they integrate the gifts of the Ignatian tradition into their lives with depth while honoring their own spiritual identity.