Events At The Abbey
The Abbey of the Hills is blessed with a broad calendar of events including retreats, spiritual gatherings, concerts, business meetings, private parties, family reunions and more.
UPCOMING MONTHLY EVENTS
Click on Calendar of Events below for more details regarding these and upcoming events.
UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS
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July 16, 2025 - Annual Abbey Hog Roast
Bring your family and friends for an evening of outdoor fun and good food! The evening includes, GREAT food, amazing raffle items, outdoor music, 50/50 board, yard games for all ages and lots of fun!!!!! Begins Wednesday July 16 5pm til 7pm.
Meals are available onsite or take-out.
Raffle tickets are on sale NOW. To purchase raffle tickets, click HERE.
SAVE THE DATES
for these special events at the Abbey.
August 5, 2025 - Our Lady of the Snows
Feast Day Mass 11am
October 29, 2025 - Annual Abbey Banquet
December 6 & 7, 2025 - Christmas Cantata
Day of Recollection 2025
Register Here!
July 8 - Deacon Paul Treinen
"The Invitation to Prayer"
August 12 - Jo Vitek
"God Always Makes A Way"
September 9 - Fr. Mike Wensing
"Introducing Matthew's Gospel"
October 14 - TBD
November 11 - TBD
December 9 - TBD
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Evening of Recollection 2025
September 11, 2025 - Fr. Michael Wensing
"The Shroud of Turin and the Burial Cloth of Jesus"November 9, 2025 - Kevin Koch
"The Thin Places: Finding Your Sacred Landscapes"
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To Register for these events click on the date of the event on our Calendar below.
Abbey Upcoming Spiritual Retreats & Events​
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July 2025
- Women's Silent Ignatian Retreat: Introduction to Ignatian Prayer Learning to Follow God's Divine Will" with retreat leader Fr. Joe Vogel -
July 25-27, 2025
This Silent Ignatian Retreat offers a chance to come away with the Lord! You will leave behind the distractions and noise of the world and encounter Him and His great love, message and purpose for you in a deep and richly fulfilling way - that can then be taken home with you and
lived each day.
Begins Friday, July 25 7pm
Concludes Sunday July 27 1pm.
To register click HERE. For more information call the Abbey 605-398-9200 or email events@abbeyofthehills.org
12-Step Retreats at the Abbey 2025
July 18-20 - Mixed 12-Step Spiritual Retreat
Click HERE to register
September 12-14 - Mixed 12-Step Spiritual Retreat
Click HERE to register
November 7-9 - Men's 12-Step Spiritual Retreat
Click HERE to register
December 12-14 - Mixed 12-Step Spiritual Retreat
To register for an event, click on the event listing in the calendar.
To register for an event,
click on the event listing in the calendar.