2022-2023 Retreat Offerings
New Beginnings
Take some time to get in touch with your faith, make new friends, learn and share your new beginning at UD.
Dates: September 16-18, 2022
Open to: First Year Students
Contact: Jessica Peek
Wilderness Retreat
This backpacking retreat through the beautiful Red River Gorge provides the space, quiet, and conversations to rediscover yourself and reconnect with God.
Dates: October 7-9, 2022
Open to: Sophomore, Third and Fourth Year Students (First-Years are welcome if space allows.)
Contact: Mike Bennett or Anne Rayhawk
Faithful Ally Retreat
In this new retreat, participants will build upon the understanding that all are created in the image and likeness of God and that all embody a spark of God's divine love. Student leaders will share their experiences and create open spaces for safe dialogue where participants can explore the intersection of identities as both people of faith and as LGBTQ+ Allies.
Dates: Nov 4-6, 2022 (Bergamo Center, single occupancy available)
Open to: Any undergraduate or graduate student
Contact: Sabina Marroquin
Radiate Christ
This retreat invites participants to reflect on the dignity and divine within each of us. Through reflecting on God in others and self, participants will reflect on how we can then radiate Christ's love to the world.
Dates: November 11-13, 2022
Open to: All undergraduate students
Contact: Mary Bryan or Anne Rayhawk
Busy Person’s Retreat: Exploring Lent
The Busy Person’s Retreat: Exploring Lent invites any undergraduate student to explore the Lenten season within the context of their everyday lives. Participants will be provided with weekly content that invites them to engage in at least thirty minutes of personal prayer while also meeting with a spiritual companion once a week for the duration of 5 weeks.
Dates: Begins the week of February 20 and concludes the week of April 14, 2023
Open to: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Faculty and Staff
Contact: Mike Bennett
Registration opens in the early Spring semester.
Rise: Your Call to Discipleship
The Rise Retreat engages first-year and sophomore students to explore their sense of call and the role that Jesus and discipleship play within the pursuit of their calling.
Dates: February 24-26, 2023
Open to: First Year and Sophomore Students
Contact: Jessica Peek
Roots and Branches: Exploring the World’s Needs
Roots and Branches empowers students to remain mindful of the present while exploring the world’s needs from a lens of faith. This retreat will explore how concepts of Catholic Social Teaching and the Divine impact participants’ personal vocation as a response to the world’s greatest needs.
Dates: March 31 - April 2, 2023
Open to: Junior, Senior and Senior+ Students
Contact: Mike Bennett