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2026 Activities Schedule
 
Jan 2-4 Epiphany   Jul 3-5 Reserved - 4th of July
Jan 9-11 Home School Mothers   Jul 10-12 Ladies' Retreat
Jan 16-18 Engaged Encounter   Jul 17-19 Holy Spirit Parish (Fr. Nicholas Schumm)
Jan 24-29 St. John Vianney Seminarians   Jul 24-26  
Jan 30 - Feb 1 Reserved   Jul 31 - Aug 2  
Feb 6-8 Sacred Heart Parish - Men   Aug 7-9 Sacred Heart Parish - Men
Feb 13-15 Mardi Gras   Aug 14-16 Men of St. Joseph
Feb 18 Ash Wednesday   Aug 21-23 Sacred Heart Parish - Women
Feb 20-22 Men's Retreat   Aug 28-30 Cursillo for Men
Feb 27 - Mar 1 Sacred Heart Parish - Women   Sep 4-6 Labor Day
Mar 6-8 Engaged Encounter   Sep 11-13 Engaged Encounter
Mar 13-15 Ladies' Retreat   Sep 18-20 Cursillo for Women
Mar 20-22 ACTS for Women - Pensacola   Sep 24-27 Daughters of St. Francis de Sales
Mar 25 Archdiocesan Staff Day of Prayer   Oct 2-4 Secular Order of Carmel (OCDS)
Mar 25-29 ICS Silent Retreat (Palm Sun)   Oct 8-11 St. Sylvester ACTS for Women
Apr 3-5 Easter Sunday   Oct 16-18 Order of Carmel Retreat (O Carm.)
Apr 10-12 Divine Mercy Sunday   Oct 23-25 Engaged Encounter
Apr 15-19 St. Sylvester ACTS for Men   Oct 30 -Nov 1 Ladies Retreat
Apr 24-26 Engaged Encounter   Nov 6-8 Legion of Mary Retreat
May 1-3     Nov 13-15 Engaged Encounter
May 8-10 Mother's Day   Nov 20-22 Christ the King - Reserved
May 15-17 Ascension   Nov 27-29 Thanksgiving - 1st Sunday of Advent
May 22-24 Pentecost Emaus for Women (AL)   Dec 4-6 Cottage Hill Ladies' Retreat
May 29-31 Biloxi Deacons' Retreat   Dec 11-13 Forty Hours
Jun 4-12 Novena to the Sacred Heart - Reserved   Dec 18-20 Reserved
Jun 5-7 Corpus Christi   Dec 25-27 Reserved - Christmas
Jun 12-14 Reserved - Novena   Jan 1-3, 2027 Epiphany
Jun 19-21 Emaus for Men (AL) Fathers' Day      
June 26-28 ICS Silent Retreat      
   
   
 

GOD BE PRAISED!

For reservations, please call 251-473-2321 or mail your request to:
Monastery of the Visitation, 2300 Spring Hill Ave., Mobile, AL 36607

   
 
Visitation Monastery, established in 1832, is one of the historic monuments in old Mobile. It initiated retreats in 1956 and has since welcomed thousands of retreatants and married and Engaged Encounter couples. The weekend retreats begin Friday evening with registration from 5:00 p.m. dinner at 6:00 p.m. and Mass at 7:30 p.m. Retreats close Sunday afternoon.
 

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