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From Saint Joseph Benedictine Abbey in St. Benedict, Louisiana (which is a little north of Covington, LA, which is a north of Lake Ponchartrain and New Orleans). If you know anyone who might be interested, feel free to share: 

"Saint Joseph Abbey and Seminary College

Saint Joseph Abbey is hosting the a three-day Monastic Discernment Retreat June 12-15 and a week-long event July 5-12. If you are a Catholic male between the ages of 18-45 who is discerning a call to the monastic life, please consider joining us!

If you have questions, please contact the vocation director, Br. Austin Simon, O.S.B., at vocations@sjasc.edu or 985-867-2281."

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Iowa Trappistines

https://mississippiabbey.org/come-see-june-20-22/

Come & See: June 20-22

Discerning your vocation? Open to learning about monastic life? We welcome you to consider joining us for our upcoming Come & See retreat!

Enter into our rhythm of prayer, be encouraged in the company of the sisters and other discerners, and be present to the grace that the Holy Spirit has for you at this time, in this place.

All inquiries welcome, even from those who aren’t quite sure they’re ready!

Women ages 18-40, please contact us at vocations@olmabbey.org or (563) 582-2595 ext. 123.

 




Mt St Mary's Wrentham Trappistines, near Boston

https://msmabbey.org/vocation-inquiries

Monastic Experience Weekends

2025
August 15-17
2026
February 13-15
August 21-23

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From the Dominicans of the Central Province and Southern Province. They collaborate on the Come and See Weekends. These are friars, not women religious or nuns.  

COME & SEE DATES

October 24 - 26, 2025

February 13 - 15, 2026

March 20 - 22, 2026

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The Dominican nuns at the monastery of the Infant Jesus, in Lufkin, TX, have three Come and See days (not weekends!) scheduled for 2026. 

 

Lufkin Come and See Dates.webp

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Saturday, April 18, 2025: Dominican Holiness Retreat Day - similar to a Come & See Event - at the Monastery of St. Jude in Alabama. This is a small community (7 sisters in final vows; 1 or 2 in formation) of cloistered Dominican nuns that also have perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Three or four of the nuns have entered in the last 10 or 15 years, so the community is small but stable. The links at the top of the Retreat Days page connect to the monastery's main page.  

https://marburydominicannuns.org/blog/dominican-holiness-retreat-days 

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Diocese of Marquette MI Discernment Day

Join us for a special day of prayer for Single, Catholic Young Adult Women ages 18-35. Sacraments of Eucharist and Reconciliation are available. Prayer and Adoration are part of the schedule. Hear a young Sister’s discernment story. Ask questions. Listen to experiences with individual Sisters. Enjoy refreshments and lunch. 

https://fscc-calledtobe.org/2026/01/29/diocese-of-marquette-prayer-day-what-should-i-do-with-my-life-god/

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In the US, two Dominican provinces - the Central and the Southern - collaborate on Come & See Weekends (as well as on the Studentate). They normally have two Come & See Weekends each year - fall and spring, October and February (right around St. Valentine's Day). They host 40 to 50 men each weekend, and they usually have a pretty full house each weekend.

According to this link, they're have two Come & See Weekends this spring, one in February and one in March. So I take this as a good sign. Either they have so much interest among first contacts that they've added this third event, or maybe there's a lot of follow-up interest (guys who attended the autumn Come & See and now want to do it again to explore further). 

In either case, you might want to spread the word, and you might want to keep the seekers/discerners in your prayers.

https://www.opvocations.org/come-and-see

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