Retreats
A retreat to the desert creates a space of surrender and acceptance, limits and potential, connection and awe. The process of transformation is not an isolated journey; when one heart is transformed, many are blessed and the world becomes a better place.
Peacewhisper offers a sacred place for personal and spiritual growth.
We invite you to take time away from busy schedules, noise, and clutter to enter a quiet, peaceful space to renew and refresh your spirit.
- Come on your own or with a group
- Plan your own retreat
- Allow us to tailor a retreat for you or your group
- Participate in a spiritually directed retreat
- Request a day of prayer with lunch
- Utilize Peacewhisper for youth activities
- Arrange an outing or group meeting
- Schedule a spiritual direction session
Retreats allow ample time for silence, solitude, prayer, reflection, reading, hiking, and exploration within the sacred spaces.
Rates
Individual Retreats
- $85 per night for lodging and 1 meal
- $65 per night for lodging if you bring and prepare your own meals in our guest kitchen.
- Prices include directed or nondirected retreats. A donation for a directed retreat is optional.
Group Retreats
- Contact Peacewhisper to schedule a group retreat on Centering Prayer, Lectio Divina, Letting Go, or another desired topic. See below for more information.
- $235 per person for a 3-day, 2-night retreat. Price includes 2 evening meals along with morning coffee and tea.
- The guest kitchen is available for you to prepare morning and midday meals.
Day of prayer
- $40 per person, includes coffee, tea, fruit, and pastries upon arrival and a full lunch midday. There will be time to walk the Labyrinth, Stations of the Cross, Rosary Walk, Rosary Garden, and to the Hermitage.
Spiritual Direction
- Spiritual Direction is available during your stay. Free-will offering. Learn more about Spiritual Direction below.
Contemplative Retreats
Introduction to Centering Prayer
Retreat will include instruction and practice of Centering Prayer. This retreat is for those who wish to learn the practice of Centering Prayer and for those who wish to increase or strengthen their practice. Retreat will be geared toward the experience of the retreatants.
Facilitator: Barb Kollenkark
Lectio Divina Retreat
Lectio Divina, divine or sacred reading, is an ancient Christian contemplative practice found in the beginnings of monasticism. Lectio Divina fosters a receptive attitude as we listen to how God is addressing us in a particular text of Scripture. The Living Word of God speaks to us where we are on our path today, enlightens us, guides our daily living, and opens us to a deeper relationship with God.
Facilitator: Barb Kollenkark
Facilitator: Barb Kollenkark
Letting Go Retreat
This retreat will include teaching and practice of prayers that help us let go of obstacles to our deepening relationship with God.
Facilitator: Barb Kollenkark
Barb Kollenkark is a trained presenter of the Centering Prayer method by Contemplative Outreach. She has been practicing Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina for over 40 years and teaching these prayers for over 25 years.
Spiritual Direction
Spiritual direction is an opportunity to dialog with someone in a safe and sacred space. Whether you are seeking guidance, affirmation, answers, self-knowledge and understanding, or just someone to pray with, it is the Holy Spirit who holds whatever you share and offers insights back to you through the instrument of a spiritual director.