Re-invigorate Your Priesthood
Consult an experienced hermit priest spiritual director to book day, weekend, or week retreats, which are available at no cost to the priest except for travel expense. All food is provided. Extended sabbatical retreats available after an initial weeklong retreat.
Priestly Identity
The blurring of the roles of priest and laity have led to overly administrative ministry and forgetfulness of the identification of the priest with Christ the High Priest. The laws of prayer, faith, and life can be recovered with exposure to a conducive environment: sufficient rest, time, and solitude:
Lex Orandi
Recover a focus on the interior life through traditional practices and return to ministry rested and able to fulfill the obligations of Divine Office, mental prayer, Divine Worship,
Lex Credendi
Supplement seminary formation with time for self study Sacred Scripture and all areas of theology.
Lex Vivendi
Establish regularity in daily ascetical practices, which protects the purity of the priestly state.
Rural location
Separate from worldly habits to recover emotional balance and holy chastity, by substituting contemplative physical activity, like the early monastics. The Carthusian style priest enclosure provides a covered porch overlooking the woods, with access to walking in the woods or lonely roads, or outdoor work (if desired) .
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
Experience the spiritual freedom of offering a morning private Mass, assisted by only a few supportive, charitable nuns,. This is the only obligation on the retreat.
Free, Healthy, and Delicious meals
Healthy can be delicious: meals provided establish habits of eating that heal both body and soul.