Retreats

5 or 8 Day Silent Directed Ignatian Retreats

Jumpstart: Discerning your Mission in Life

Healing Prayer Retreats

Life in the Spirit

Covenant School of Spiritual Direction

 

The Spiritual Center is available for parishes, deaneries, recovery groups, and other ministries and service organizations to host day-long or overnight events.  Please contact the Sioux Spiritual Center to arrange a date.

Poustinia Days: The Russian word poustinia means “desert,” and refers to a simple room where one goes alone to fast, pray, and commune with God.  It was popularized by Servant of God Catherine De Hueck Doherty, founder of Madonna House.  The poustinia is especially recommendable for those on the front lines of ministry, and worth considering on a monthly basis.  Spiritual direction is available if desired.  Contact the center to schedule a day, or a few days alone with the Lord!

 

Basic Directions is a 7-day institute  for personnel who are beginning or wanting to learn about Native ministry.  The  institute features Native and non-Native presenters, who have extensive ministerial experience with and among Native Americans.
There will be 30 hours of class work associated with the workshop covering topics  that  include Native  culture, missiology, anthropology, liturgy,
catechetics, deacon ministry, health  issues, and  principles of recovery using AA.  Although the institute will take place in a Lakota setting, it will develop basic principles of inculturation that can be used in approaching any culture.  
No date has been set for BD 2021.
Please notify the center if you are interested in participating in this course.

**All dates not noted here are currently available in 2020-2021.

Please note that while many larger groups are not choosing to gather for formal retreats due to CoVid considerations, the center remains open and available for use.  We are also happy to serve you for personal directed retreats.

WINTER

January  29-31: Recovery Retreat

February 7-9: Junior Clergy Days

February 14-16: Standing Rock Pastoral Team

February 18-21: Deaconate/Lay Ministry Formation (I)

SPRING

March 5-7: Private Retreat

March 13: Renewal of Baptismal Promises 1 Day Retreat

March 19-21: Native Style Recovery Retreat (all welcome)

EASTER APRIL 4

April 16-18: Inner Healing Prayer Retreat with Dr Clare Ten Eyck--Full with Waiting List

May 6-9: Deaconate/Lay Ministry Formation Retreat (II)

May 11-15: SDSU students Ignatian Retreat

May 21-23: Native Style Recovery Retreat (all welcome)

May 28-31: Ignatian Retreat for Beginners (Memorial Day Weekend)


SUMMER

June 4-6: All My Relatives--Native Grieving Retreat  (TBC)

Private Retreat June 13-21

July 7-10: Vocations Retreat

July 23-31: 8-day Silent Ignatian Retreat with Fr Damian O'Connell, SJ

August 6-8: Red Cloud Volunteers

August 12-20: 8-day Silent Ignatian Retreat (Deadline to Register July 23)

August 27-29: Native Style Recovery Retreat (all welcome)

FALL
September 2-5: Canku Wakan

September 12-25: Covenant School of Spiritual Direction
                                 *seperate registration process --See this page
                                 *$250 non refundable deposit upon acceptance

October 30-November3: Private Retreat

October 4-12: Private Retreat

October 22-24: Recovery Retreat

November 5-7:  Association of Commissioned Lay Ministers Retreat

 

The Sioux Spiritual Center relies on your donations to keep this ministry open.  Thank you for your support!

You may also send your payment via regular mail to:
 

Sioux Spiritual Center
20100 Center Road
Howes, SD 57748

Please let us know if this poses any difficulty for you, and we will try to help.