Providing Retreats, Conferences and Life Celebrations

Private retreats and Spiritual Direction available all year

Thank you for your interest in the Immaculate Heart Retreat Center's facility. Rooted in the Catholic faith, our retreat facility has been available to all on their spiritual journey for over six decades.  Our core mission is "to provide opportunities for spiritual growth to all people on their journey toward God in an atmosphere of prayer and reflection."  The following information is made available to help make your time with us peaceful and restfull. Retreats and Days of Prayer are silent unless otherwise specified.

Tours:  Tours are conducted by appointment only during weekdays from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.  Please call 448-1224 to schedule an appointment.

Silence Designation for Retreats

• Silent Retreat – Complete silence except for opening meal, closing meal.
  • 8-Day Ignatian
  • Holy Week Retreats
  • Ignatian Weekend or 4-Day Retreats
  • Most Weekend Retreats that are for the purpose of deepening the spiritual life, etc.
• Quiet Retreat – Quiet areas – bedrooms, hallways, chapel; quiet times for silence – from waking until after Mass, during confessions; calm conversations at meals
  • Icon Retreats
  • 24-Hour Sacred Art Retreats
  • Apologetics Retreats
  • Mother-Daughter Retreats
  • Etc.
• Retreat – Quiet areas – bedrooms, hallways, chapel
  • Musical Advent Retreat
  • Workshops
  • Hosted Retreats
  • Etc.

IHRC Retreatant's Age Policy

Please honor the dignity of the silence needed at our retreat center. Per diocesan mandate retreats are only open to indivuals 18 years or older.

About the retreat center and making retreats

Transportation:  Please supply your own transportation to and from the retreat center. If you need a ride, please call a cab service, i.e. Spokane Cab at (509) 568-8000.

Guest Rooms:  Each guests' room is equipped with a bed, dresser, desk, chair, night stand, reading lights, Kleenex, bible, bathroom sink and toilet (showers are down the hall, except for suite rooms) soap, towels, blankets, pillows and fresh linens. Following retreat center protocol and to keep prices low, we ask that you make your bed upon arrival.

Phones:  There is a phone located in each of our suites. Phones are are also in the Trinity House.

Internet Access:  Internet Access ia availalbe in all suites.  Wi-Fi is availabe in the center, upon registration ask the front office's staff for  the wireless password.

Emergency contact:  In case of an emergency there is an emergency contact number posted outside the main office door.  This number will reach the on-call staff person for the facility.  If you have a medical emergency or in case of a fire, please dial 911 before notifying the on-call staff person.

Parking:  Guests may park in the paved lots located outside the Main Entrance located on the South end of the main building.  Guests may also park curbside around the center of the driveway circle as long as cars are not blocking the entrance or exit.  Handicapped parking is available and is marked with blue curbing.  Loading and unloading is permitted in the main driveway provided that vehicles are not left unattended. 

Mass:  

Sunday: 9:00 AM Mass, 
2:30 PM Confession and Adoration, 
3:00 PM Mass

Monday: 9:00 Mass, 10:00 Confessions and Adoration

Tuesday and Wednesday: 8:00 Mass

Thursday and Friday: 9:00 Mass

Saturday:  4:30 Mass

What to bring for a retreat:  Feel free to dress comfortably for a retreat. Bring a journal, maybe some spiritual books, and possibly a special pillow or blanket. If the weather is cool, bring a  sweater, jacket, coat, gloves, & umbrella, depending on the forecast; if warm, dress casually. 

Above all, remember that this is a place of grace for you to retreat from your daily life:
"A Peaceful Place to Pray and Ponder!"