This is a VERY specific giveaway. The retreat is FOR MEN ONLY. The winner will live like a Trappist monk for a weekend. That means up at 3 am etc, etc. (But he does NOT have to be a candidate for monastic life to attend the retreat.) The retreat is offered just once this year, September 11-14, 2014. It’s in Berryville, VA, and the winner is responsible for his own transportation.
Anyone can enter, but you’ll have to have a man in mind to send on the retreat.
Here it is in her own words:
Send someone you love on a spiritual retreat with the Trappist monks of Our Lady of the Holy Cross Abbey. Twice a year the monks welcome a small group of retreatants into their community to eat, sleep, and pray like a monk! Holy Cross is located in Berryville, VA–less than an hour’s drive from the Dulles Airport–and situated by the Shenandoah River and Blue Ridge Mountains. One winner will get to spend a three day weekend (September 11-14, 2014) on the men’s retreat immersed in the life at Holy Cross Abbey. The retreat includes the cost of lodging and meals.
For a full schedule for the weekend (which participants are expected to fully participate in), see the Holy Cross Abbey website. And if you’re interested in attending the men’s and women’s monastic immersion weekend, the monks offer it in March of each year.
