Step away from noise and return to prayer, rest, and renewal at Florida’s only Benedictine monastery.
The Benedictine monks welcome guests of all faiths and spiritualities to seek God, rediscover life’s priorities, or simply abide in the tranquility of the Abbey.
Start with the experience that best fits you or your group. Availability and final details are confirmed directly with the Abbey.
A quiet, prayerful stay beside Lake Jovita with time for silence, reflection, and the Abbey’s daily rhythm of prayer.
A guided Abbey experience with a prepared schedule, monastic talks, questions and answers, a historical tour, Mass, and Gregorian chant.
Stay within Saint Leo Hall and shape a retreat around prayer, fellowship, formation, sacraments, and the Benedictine tradition.
A separate youth retreat environment with lodging, meals, supplies, open spaces, sacramental support, and an optional volunteer facilitation team.
Retreat guests are invited into a living Benedictine tradition—prayer offered throughout the day, meals shared in community, silence, sacred spaces, and generous hospitality.
Each retreat is shaped in conversation with the Abbey. These essentials will help your first inquiry move quickly.
Decide between a private guesthouse stay, a guided Day at the Abbey, an adult group retreat, or a youth retreat.
Have preferred dates, group size, organization, meal needs, accessibility needs, and desired spiritual programming ready.
The Abbey team will confirm space, program options, lodging, meals, rates, and any sacramental or speaker requests.
33601 County Road 52
Saint Leo, Florida 33574
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