“We Are One” Holy Week Retreat
April 1-5, 2026
OUR HOLY WEEK RETREAT IS FULL
We are sorry that we are unable to accept any additional registrations at this time. If you would like to be on a waiting list in case of cancellations, please email [email protected].
Alternatively, if you are in Erie during Holy Week, consider coming to some or all of our community Liturgies, including:
* Tenebrae prayer on Good Friday and/or Holy Saturday
* Good Friday Peace Pilgrimage
* Good Friday service at 3pm
* Easter vigil on Holy Saturday evening
Further details, when available, will be posted on our website: www.eriebenedictines.org
Holy Week Retreat 2026:
We invite you to experience the silence, longing, and sacred rituals of Holy Week at Mount St. Benedict Monastery as part of the 2026 Holy Week Retreat, “We Are One.”
Beginning on Wednesday evening, April 1, you will journey and pray with the Benedictine Sisters of Erie and your fellow retreatants through to Easter Sunday dinner at noon, April 5. The retreat offers time and space for personal and communal prayer, reflection, and engagement with others. You will experience the liturgies of the Triduum including Tenebrae, Holy Thursday, Good Friday Peace Pilgrimage and the Veneration of the Cross, culminating in the resurrection joy of the Easter Vigil. Silence will be maintained in the community from the end of Holy Thursday supper until the Easter Saturday vigil.
DAILY PROGRAM FOCUS
* Wednesday evening: Introduction
* Holy Thursday: “We Are One in Serving”
* Good Friday: “We Are One in Accompanying”
* Holy Saturday: “We Are One in Waiting”
* Easter Sunday morning: “One With All”
Retreat facilitators are Sisters Ann Muczynski, Anne McCarthy and Colleen Leathley.
Space is limited and registration is essential to secure your participation. Registration includes accommodation (for residential retreatants), meals, program content, group activities, communal liturgies and celebrations, and access to experienced guides that can help you reflect on and enhance your spiritual experience. The various registration options are listed below.
REGISTRATION OPTIONS (for information only - registrations are currently on hold)
RESIDENTIAL
* Hermitage: $650 per person (OR $400 per person for two retreatants sharing)
* Monastery guest room: $600 per person
* Glinodo (shared house – basic facilities - involves stairs): $250 per person
COMMUTER (monastery accommodation not required): $200 per person
Questions? Email: [email protected]
