On-Campus short-term or long-term Resident Program
As a resident volunteer, you will receive free room and accommodations in exchange for your volunteer service on campus. Each resident has a private bedroom in the dorm-style East Wing. There are shared bathrooms with private stall showers and toilets, shared kitchen area with shared appliances, lower-level laundry facilities, separate TV room and a large shared lounge with fireplace. You also have access to main building rooms and amenities like the two chapels, Pillow Room, Chiara Art Room, Dining Hall, Zelinski Library, various lounges and more. You will also enjoy our 30+ acres of beautiful, groomed outdoor trails, grottos, water features and forested land as well as the St. Francis Garden full of seasonal fruit trees and farm-to-table vegetables. Our lawns and flower gardens are show-stoppers lovingly maintained by volunteers, staff, and residents.
Enjoy the benefits of community life and deepen your own spiritual practices just like our Capuchin predecessors.
“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.” – Muhammad Ali
Service, Tasks & Duties
A resident’s services are requested at a minimum of 20 hrs per week and are assigned based on the needs of the Center. However we match those needs as best we can to the skills and talents of each individual. Some examples of expectations may include offering hospitality to our retreatants and guests, housekeeping needs, outdoor gardening or landscaping projects, light building caretaking, and kitchen prep or clean up. We are open to both short and long-term residency that includes a 90-day trial period for both a prospective resident, current residents, House Staff, and the Board of Directors. Residents are vetted and will need to submit an application and proceed with an interview process followed by a 90-day trial period.
Thank you for your interest in residency at St. Anthony’s. At this time, we are discerning several new residents into our program and therefore, are not accepting additional applicants at this time. We will begin accepting new applicants again in early 2027. Please check back often for updates and new opportunities.
In the meantime, have you considered becoming a volunteer or Ministry Associate? You can still enjoy the peace and purpose of St. Anthony’s by becoming a volunteer or supporting us with your prayers and financial contributions.
Become a Volunteer
For other ways to volunteer at St. Anthony Spirituality Center, please visit our Volunteer Page for the latest projects and volunteer opportunities or email your contact information to our Volunteer Coordinator, Katy Bailey at kbailey@sarcenter.com.
To become a St. Anthony’s Ministry Associate, please contact Center Director, Jackie Kellner at 715-443-2236, Ext. 116 or email: jackiek@sarcenter.com or visit our DONATE page to support us with your financial contribution. We are blessed and grateful for the many ways our supporters help us to continue to offer spiritual and meaningful programs and events in this historic place.
The Franciscan Way
St. Anthony Spirituality Center is housed in a 100-year-old monastery that began its life as a seminary for young men studying to become priests in the Capuchin Franciscan religious order, a vowed community of men within the Roman Catholic tradition. When the seminary relocated in 1970, St. Anthony’s became a retreat house for all who sought a deeper connection with their spirituality. St. Anthony’s also served as a friary and home for the Capuchin friars who staffed the retreat house until 2013. In 2014, the Capuchin friars transferred ownership and leadership of St. Anthony’s to lay persons in the area who formed the non-profit St. Anthony’s of Marathon, Inc.
Today, St. Anthony Spirituality Center continues to be a sanctuary for peace, restoration, hope and spiritual growth.