For opportunities to spend
  time with us at our monastery,
          please contact:
    

      Sacred Heart Monastery
              1005 W. 8th
        Yankton, SD 57078
            (605) 668-6000
      monastery@mtmc.edu

Structured Retreats
 

Gather a group and select a topic and contact us for arrangements.

A retreat can be one day, a half-day, weekend or longer.
Choose a setting—at the Peace Center or  at your church,
      home or center.
Choose the type of retreat you prefer--Conference, Silent, Interactive, Creative, Contemplative. 
The cost varies with length and style of retreat.

Read about some choices below:

Guided Retreats led by Sister Carol Baumert, OSB 

Tai Chi: Moving Beyond Prayer

Learn Tai Chi and practice mandala meditation—
a prayer of letting go with a sacred word.
 

Prayer & Organic Papermaking

Participants will be guided through the process of making
organic paper using flower petals, bark, leaves and grains. 
 

 Conference Retreats led by Sister Jeanne Ranek, OSB 

Conferences on a topic of your choice with plenty of time
 for silence, personal prayer and reflection.

Discernment: The Art of Listening to God

 Ordinary Folks on a Contemplative Journey

Listening to God in Dream Work 

  Guided Retreats led by Sister Kathleen Courtney, OSB

Living Simply—Living in Abundance

We live daily surrounded by miracles.  Pause for a sense of awe
and enjoy the art of contemplative seeing.  Bring a magnifying
glass and notice the wonders of life around us. 

Sabbath: Making Soul Time

Sabbath time offers the gift of balance.  In Sabbath time, we are valued
not for what we do but simply because we are alive.  

 Lent—Gardening Time for the Soul 

Living in a rural area, dependent on the forces of sun, rain and good soil,
reflect on the relationship of nature’s growing season
to the way we nourish the Seed—the Word of God—and bring it to
fruition in our everyday lives. 
 

Art Journaling

An introduction to art journaling as a form of prayer
and dialogue with the Holy. 
Experience delight, surprise and insights as you use color to pray. 

Four Simple Questions

Who am I?  What do I love?  How shall I live knowing I will die? 
What is my gift to the earth? 

Praying/Playing with Stained Glass 

Create a votive light to pray with or to give a
loved one in an environment of prayer and delight. 

 
How Do You Pray? 

How did you talk with God today? 
Affirm your unique, personal prayer life and explore Scripture
as you pray with nature, rituals and symbols.


Celebrate Your Gift of Life  

A half-day birthday treat-time to reflect on the wonder of your birth.
 

Contact S. Jeanne Ranek, OSB
(605) 668-6024 or -6292

Benedictine Peace Center
Sacred Heart Monastery
1005 West 8th Street
Yankton, SD 57078