Monastic Experience Event
Come Take a closer look at cistercian monastic life
If you are you curious about the lives of contemplative nuns and are discerning a call to religious life, we encourage you to join us for our Monastic Experience Weekend. Catholic, single, women, between the ages of 21-40, are invited to visit Santa Rita Abbey during our unique event.
Pray, learn, Rest & Reflect
Monastic Experience Weekend participants are able to:
- Stay in our retreat house
- Take part in the prayer life of the sisters
- Participate in community work
- Hear sisters' vocation stories and share their own
There will also be:
- Opportunity for groups and individual discussion with sisters
- Free time for personal prayer and reflection
Past Participant Testimonials
“Having been raised Catholic and gone to a Catholic college, I had heard about monastic life, but I wanted to see it to be able to understand it. It’s like putting a face to a name. Now I want to spread the word of the beauty of this special vocation.”
- Colleen
“It has been an amazing and humbling experience to be able to see your lives of service and love for God … It has been a huge learning experience for my personal prayer life and the way I view prayer.”
- Bernadette
“I have never experienced anything like this before, but it has been incredible! I will forever hold it in my heart as a life-changing weekend.”
– Clarissa
Still have questions?
Email Sr. Pam at [email protected]. Be sure to note that you’re inquiring about a Monastic Experience Weekend in the subject line of your message.