Activities Schedule

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2024 Activities Schedule

Jan 5 - 7	Epiphany	June 28 - 30	Emaus for Men (Alabama)
Jan 12-14	Engaged Encounter	July 5 - 7	Reserve (4th of July)
Jan 19 -25	Seminarians	July 12 - 14	Franciscan Day of Prayer (13th)
Jan 26 - 28	Reserved (Seminarians)	July 19 - 21	Ladies' Retreat
Feb 2 - 4	Reserved (Mardi Gras)	July 26 - 28	Little Flower Parrish Retreat
Feb 9 - 11	Mardi Gras	August 2 - 4	Engaged Encounter
Feb 14	Ash Wednesday	August 9 - 11	St. Elizabeth
Feb 16 - 18	Men's Retreat	August 16 - 18	Men of St. Joseph
Feb 23 - 25	Hispanic Couples - Camino	August 23 - 25	St. Elizabeth
March 1 - 3	St. Elizabeth's, Ocean Springs	August 30 - Sept 1	Labor Day
March 8-10	Ladies Retreat	Sept 6-8
March 15 - 17	Engaged Encounter	Sept 12-15	Cursillo for Men
March 22	Archdiocesan Staff Day of Prayer	Sept 20 -22	Daughters of St. Francis de Sales
March 23 - 24	St. Elizabeth's, Palm Sunday	Sept 27- 29	Engaged Encounter
March 29 - 31	Easter Sunday	Oct 4 - 6	Secular Order of Carmel Retreat
April 5 - 7	Reserved - Divine Mercy Sunday	Oct 10 - 13	Cursillo for Women
April 11 - 14	St. Sylvester's ACTS for men	Oct 18 - 20	Ladies Retreat
April 19 - 21	Engaged Encounter	Oct 23 - 27	Ignation Spirituality Center
April 26-28	Men's Retreat with John Hart	Nov 1 - 3	Engaged Encounter
May 3 - 5		Nov 9	Hispanic Day of Prayer
May 10 - 12	Ascension - Mother's Day	Nov 15 - 17	Order of Carmel Retreat
May 17-19	Pentecost	Nov 22 -24	Christ the King
May 24 - 26	Emaus for Women (Alabama) Corpus Christi	Nov 29 - Dec 1	Thanksgiving - First Sun Advent
May 31 - June 2	Biloxi Deacons	Dec 6 - 8	Cottage Hill Women's Retreat
May 30 - June 7	Novena to the Sacred Heart	Dec 13 - 15	Forty Hours
June 8 - 17	Family of St. Jerome	Dec 20 - 22	Reserved
June7-9	Reserved	Dec 27 - 29	Reserved
June 14-16	Fathers' Day
June 20 - 23	St. Sylvester's ACTS for Women

2025 Activities Schedule

Jan 3 - 5	Epiphany	July 4 - 6	Reserve (4th of July)
Jan 10-12		July 11-13
Jan 17 -19	Engaged Encounter	July 18-20	Ladies' Retreat
Jan 24 -30	Reserved (Seminarians)	July 25 - 27
Jan 31 - Feb 2	Reserved	August 1 - 3
Feb 1	Home School Moms - Day of Prayer	August 8 - 10
Feb 7-9	Sacred Heart Parish - Men	August 15 - 17	Men of St. Joseph
Feb 14 - 16	Hispanic Couples	August 22 - 24
Feb 21 - 23	Sacred Heart Parish Women	August 29 - 31	Labor Day
Feb 28 - March 2	Mardi Gras	Sept 5 - 7	Men's Retreat
March 5	Ash Wednesday	Sept 12 - 14
March 7 - 9	Men's Retreat	Sept 19 -21	Engaged Encounter
March 14 - 16	Fr. Nicholas Schumm - Parish Retreat	Sept 26 - 28	Daughters of St. Francis de Sales
March 21 - 23	Ladies' Retreat	Oct 3 - 5	Secular Order of Carmel Retreat
March 28 - 30	Engaged Encounter	Oct 10 - 12	Ladies' Retreat
April 4 - 6	St. Sylvester ACTS - Men	Oct 17 - 19	Order of Carmel Retreat
April 11	Archdiocesan Day of Prayer	Oct 24 - 26	Engaged Encounter
April 11 - 13	Palm Sunday - Men's Retreat with John Hart	Oct 31 - Nov 2	St. Sylvester ACTS for Women
April 18-20	Easter Sunday	Nov 7 - 9	Legion of Mary Retreat
April 25 - 27	Divine Mercy Sunday	Nov 14 - 16	Engaged Encounter
May 2 - 4	Engaged Encounter	Nov 21 - 23	Christ the King
May 9 -11	Mother's Day	Nov 28 -30	Thanksgiving - First Sun Advent
May 16 - 18		Dec 5 - 7	Cottage Hill Women's Retreat
May 23 - May 25	Reserved - Memorial Day	Dec12 - 14	Forty Hours
May 30 - June 1	Ascension - Emaus for Women	Dec 19 - 21	Reserved
June 6 - 8	Pentecost Sunday - Deacons from Biloxi	Dec 26 - 28	Reserved
June13-15	Fathers' Day -Emaus for Men
June 19 - 27	Sacred Heart Novena
June 20 - 22	Corpus Christi
June 27 - 29	Reserved

GOD BE PRAISED!

For reservations please write the Monastery of the Visitation, 2300 Spring Hill Avenue, Mobile, Alabama 36607 or FAX (251) 476-9761.
There is a $20.00 non-refundable Registration fee.

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.