Upcoming Events

Save the date: September 28 - October  1, 2025.

More information will be published later on the Presbyterate Days page.

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

Save the Date:

Priests’ Spring Education Days
April 12-14, 2026

Spring Ed Days 2025:

Dr. Joseph T. Stuart presented “Interpreting the Present in Light of the Past: A Catholic Approach to History and the Age of Enlightenment.” Dr. Stuart is a professor at the University of Mary where he helped start the Catholic Studies and History programs. More information, including his packet of readings, can be found on the Spring Education Days page.