Spiritual retreats for everyone, everywhere in France, Europe, and beyond.
Extraordinary opportunities to recharge, for everyone, across France, Europe, and beyond! Discover unique places and meet religious communities ready to welcome you for a spiritual retreat with joy and simplicity!
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Tailor-made retreats
The tradition of hospitality, still alive in most monasteries, responds to a growing demand from individuals seeking a spiritual break within a living religious community. These places are true spiritual havens where one can find silence, calm, beauty, nature, and meaningful encounters.
Themed stays
A themed spiritual retreat is a time of renewal centered on a specific topic. It combines moments of guided reflection, specific teachings, and times of prayer or silence, offering a structured setting to explore a particular theme in depth. Find a wide range of organized stays by communities on RITRIT. These stays are open to anyone seeking interiority and meaning!
Study for your exams
Often secluded from the world, monasteries offer an ideal setting for studying. Only the sound of birds, bells, or wind through the leaves will break the silence and calm that students need to concentrate!
Go as a group
You can come with friends, family, or as an organized group. These places offer spaces for rest, dining, work, and relaxation, often in a green setting perfect for walks, encounters, and discoveries.
Frequently asked questions
Anyone, regardless of their faith or beliefs, is welcome in these places.
Generally, you are invited to participate in one office during the day, but there is no obligation! Feel free to share this concern with the community when you get in touch.
At an abbey, meals and accommodation are usually provided. So no need to worry about sheets, towels, or snacks (which are often excellent on site, by the way)!
A monastery stay is a time of retreat in silence, organized according to each community's reception and accommodation arrangements, typically lasting a few days on average. Retreatants are generally invited to participate in the divine offices, and spiritual guidance is often available. Guest houses vary in size and offer simple but adequate facilities for basic comfort. Staying in a monastic guest house involves helping with daily tasks, such as making your bed or helping with dishes, as well as a free-will contribution to expenses, with a suggested amount provided by each community. Based on these guidelines, guests are generally invited to leave a free-will offering at the end of their retreat, according to their means.
There are many reasons to go on a spiritual retreat. Whether it is to rest, discover a beautiful place, recharge, pray, and more. Feel free to contact a community beforehand if you have any questions.
A spiritual retreat is a true break from daily life. The setting offered by abbeys and monasteries is conducive to contemplation and renewal.
They tried it for you
« We went as a couple for a weekend at Jouarre Abbey. After 30 years of marriage, this stay helped us strengthen our love. A wonderful welcome, a peaceful place, in short, everything was given to us so we could refocus on our relationship! We especially recommend it to all couples. »
« I went to study for my medical exams at Champagne Abbey. The place is ideal for that. I was able to work in a setting full of beauty and space, talk with monks, and recharge whenever I wanted, even participating in the community's manual tasks. Thank you to them. »
« I went to Lagrasse Abbey for four days after having already spent a week with friends in the area. I wasn't expecting much and was even a bit apprehensive, knowing that I'm not particularly religious. I went there to rest, in a place full of charm and calm, and that's exactly what happened! A wonderful experience of disconnecting and some great encounters along the way. I highly recommend it! »
What is RITRIT?
RITRIT helps you discover religious communities and makes it easy to request a spiritual retreat in a setting conducive to silence, calm, and contemplation.
RITRIT is a brand of PRIXM - BERNARDINS, a nonprofit organization. RITRIT provides a website and a reservation management tool to religious communities wishing to welcome retreatants for spiritual stays. We offer a nonprofit service to over 165 communities throughout France, Europe and beyond. Voluntary contributions from sponsors, retreatants, and religious communities are our only source of income. Thank you for your support!