Announcement Regarding Omega Retreat Center Closing June 30, 2025

It is with heavy hearts that the Benedictine Sisters of Boerne announce the closing of our Omega Retreat Center at the end of June 2025. “Our community’s decision to close the retreat center was not an easy one”, said Sister Bernadine Reyes, OSB, Prioress. “Omega has been an oasis for retreat groups and individuals seeking quiet space and time away from the busyness of life since 1982. Many have called it ‘sacred ground’. The first ACTS Retreat was held at Omega in 1987”.

The retreat center closed when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Boerne in the spring of 2020. It took a long time to resume operations, and even now, the center does not operate at full capacity. The loss of revenue has created a hardship. In addition, the high cost of maintaining the retreat facilities has become a financial burden for the Sisters. “Despite the tremendous efforts of our dedicated staff, we can no longer sustain Omega,” said Sister Bernadine. “We are grateful we could provide space for spiritual renewal for so many over the past forty-two years.”

Prior to becoming the Omega Retreat Center, the facility served as the Sisters’ Monastery, residence for the professed Sisters and young women in discernment, and dormitory for St. Albert Hall Boarding School. And before that, the property and buildings were owned by the Albert Kronkosky family until it was purchased by the Sisters in 1962.

The Sisters have been engaged in a multi-year planning process, continuing to be good stewards of their resources. They will continue to operate their other Boerne ministries, the Health and Wholeness Center and Sisters’ Attic Thrift Store, as well as their Caridad de Corazόn border ministry in Eagle Pass and Corporate Responsibility ministry in San Antonio.