On the Rooted retreat, the freshmen are immersed in the pillar of Community. This day-long retreat pushes the newest Dominican family members into a half day of service at 14 different sites throughout the Milwaukee area. During the second half of retreat, students experience all four pillars of Dominican life through small and large group interactive activities.

The Jars of Clay retreat is a day-long reflective journey based on 2 Corinthians 4:7-18. This retreat marks the halfway point in the four-year journey of a Dominican student. Jars of Clay calls for students to study their actions, their habits, and their relationships over the past two years and challenges them to create a personal plan for their life in faith moving forward.

Kairos, a Greek word meaning God’s time, is a three-day, two-night retreat held at the Redemptorist Retreat Center. Kairos is designed to help students step away from their daily routine and allow them to center their focus on prayer, dialogue, and deep reflection. Students participate in Mass, reconciliation, and conversation with their peers. Kairos facilitates the encounter moments with Christ Jesus and is noted as the most meaningful and powerful retreat experience while at Dominican.

Please visit our partners in ministry: https://www.redemptoristretreat.org/

Coming full circle, The Journey takes our senior students to the Schoenstatt Retreat Center. This extended-day retreat takes places on a Monday in early September. Seniors are called to reflect on their life at Dominican thus far and how they will live as members of the Order of Preachers and share their faith at Dominican in their final year. Seniors create a personal piece for the traditional Dominican puzzle and receive a handmade wooden cross, both keepsakes in faith, lasting a lifetime and calling to mind the many moments with Christ they have experienced while at Dominican.

Please visit our partners in ministry: https://schoenstatt-wisconsin.us/retreat-center/