“We Are One” Holy Week Retreat
April 1-5, 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.
Payment is not required until you receive confirmation that we have a space available with the registration options (listed below) that suit you. Once we confirm this availability, a $50 deposit is requested to secure your registration, with the balance due by March 22, 2026. Payment can be made online with a credit card or by check payable to the Benedictine Sisters of Erie.
REGISTRATION OPTIONS
($50 discount is available for students and oblates. Financial assistance is available if your resources are low)
RESIDENTIAL (based on space available - we will confirm your option is available before seeking payment)
* Hermitage: $650 per person (OR $400 per person for two retreatants sharing)
* Monastery guest wing: $600 per person
* Glinodo (shared house – basic facilities): $250 per person
COMMUTER (monastery accommodation not required): $200 per person
Questions? Email: [email protected]
To register your application, click here
