Boundary Waters Canoe Area Retreat

Stay tuned for the summer of 2024 dates

This May, Saint John’s Abbey is hosting a discernment retreat in the beauty of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA). Led by Saint John’s Monks Fr. Lew Grobe and Fr. Nick Kleespie, this retreat will allow participants to discern a vocation to monastic life while canoeing and camping through the BWCA.

The average day will include canoeing, camping, mass, morning and evening prayer, campfires, and more. No previous experience is necessary, but a willingness to camp and the canoe is needed.

Open to men ages 23-35 discerning a vocation to monastic life. Limited to six participants. The retreat is offered at no cost.

 

To make an initial inquiry into the BWCA Discernment Retreat, please complete the form below:

Anticipated Schedule:

TO BE ANNOUNCED

  • Depart for the BWCA

  • Enter the BWCA near Ely

  • Explore BWCA

  • Depart BWCA and return to Saint John’s Abbey