Upcoming Events

November 4-8, 2024: Preached Retreat at Maryvale

Fr. Michael Van Sloun is the Director of Clergy Personnel for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Adjunct Instructor for Church Admin. at the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity, a monthly columnist for Faith Fundamentals in The Catholic Spirit and is writing a multiyear series of articles on the sacraments. He spent many years as the priest chaplain for the Minnesota Vikings, and is the former pastor of St. Stephen in Anoka and St. Bartholomew in Wayzata, where he offered a weekly Lectionary-based Bible study all his years.

June 2-6, 2025: Preached Retreat at Maryvale

Fr. Greg Cleveland, OMV is a native of Chicago. After working as a marketing manager for a Midwestern railroad company, he followed God’s call to priesthood in 1987, joining the Oblates of the Virgin Mary. He served as executive director of the Lanteri Center for Ignatian Spirituality in Denver, where he offered spiritual direction and retreats. He currently directs retreats at the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Retreat and Spirituality Center in Venice, FL and is the author of Awakening Love: An Ignatian Retreat with the Song of Songs and Beholding Beauty: Mary and the Song of Songs.

July 31-Aug 8, 2025: Directed Retreat at Maryvale

Fr. Jim Kubicki entered the Jesuits in 1971 and was ordained in 1983. He served the Jesuits of his province as vocation director, formation director, and provincial assistant for Native American ministry. From 2003 - 2017 he was the national director of the Apostleship of Prayer, now known as the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network. He has written two books: A Heart on Fire: Rediscovering Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and A Year of Daily Offerings. He is currently a spiritual director at St. Francis de Sales, the seminary for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

Retreat Opportunities outside the Diocese

The following is a partial list of retreat houses in the tri-state area that may offer priests’ retreats. You can contact them or other locations as you prefer. The law that priests attend an annual retreat remains effective, and the particular law that priests attend a diocesan-sponsored retreat at least every other year.

• King’s House - Buffalo, MN (near St Cloud)
• BroomTree - Irene, SD (near Yankton)
• Terra Sancta - Rapid City, SD
• Demontreville - Lake Elmo, MN (near Twin Cities)
• Schoenstatt Retreat Center - Sleepy Eye, MN
• Abbey of the Hills - Marvin, SD (near Milbank)
• Chemin Neuf Retreat Center - Winnipeg, MB