retreat center

The Broom Tree mission

find Rest under the broom tree

Broom Tree Retreat Center, constructed in 2004 by the Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls, provides facilities and opportunities to support all people of faith as they experience an awakening to God’s continual call to conversion and as they deepen their response to it. 

Located six miles west of Irene, South Dakota, on 300 rolling acres in beautiful Missouri Valley, sits Broom Tree Retreat Center.


Broom Tree provides modern, comfortable, and private lodging with full baths, queen-sized beds, and a couch or recliner included for each guest. 


Our kitchen staff provides delicious, freshly prepared meals. We can also accommodate special dietary needs. Please get in touch with us to discuss meal options.


Broom Tree Retreat Center is available for your group.

Call (605) 263-1040 to discuss dates and details.

“Broom Tree offered an atmosphere so conducive to encountering the Lord! Especially in the silence and receiving the quiet hospitality of the staff. The food was a gift, beautifully and lovingly prepared. I appreciated the healthy fruits, vegetables, and salad bar.”

“What wasn’t a best part? The food, the coffee station, the staff, the directors, the love seat in my room, the scenery, the chapels, the silence, the laundry soap, the ironing board, my bed, the entire experience was awesome.”

"The mattress was firm, perfect pillows, fresh smell on the sheets, luxurious towels, and everything so clean and beautiful. The fireplace in the entry is inviting, and the decor is fabulous. Absolutely beautiful place, superb food, and a true home away from home. God bless you!”

Retreat Center Amenities

Broom Tree was built in 2004 with the silent retreatant in mind. Its Midwestern, farm-country location is comfortably simple and well-suited to provide retreatants with everything they need, and nothing they don't, for silent personal prayer.

  • Our Chapels

    The Chapel of Saint Paul in the Retreat Center is an Adoration Chapel where the Blessed Sacrament is available for simple adoration around the clock. This chapel accommodates up to 60 people.  


    Sts. Isidore & Maria Chapel (the white church) on the grounds can seat more than 120. It is available for prayer at any time, day or night, according to our liturgy schedule.

  • Spiritual Direction Rooms

    Five dedicated spiritual direction rooms are available

    • Ignatius Room
    • Solarium
    • West Wing Library
    • Loyola Room
    • East Wing Library

  • Meeting Rooms

    Sercl Room – This meeting room can seat up to 48 people at classroom-style tables.  For larger groups, the walls adjacent to the dining area can be opened to provide round-table seating for up to 84 people.  Various setup options are available, along with audio-visual equipment, including ceiling-mounted or portable projectors, sound systems, and microphone systems.


    Puetz Room – This meeting room off the lobby can accommodate groups of 10-16 comfortably.


    East Wing Meeting Room – This room at the north end of the East Wing has a boardroom table that seats 10.  It also offers a kitchenette with two dorm fridges, a microwave, a coffee maker, and a hand sink.

  • Lodging Rooms

    Our two wings offer 24 sleeping rooms each, a total of 48.  Each room has a private bathroom, a queen-size bed, a writing desk, a dresser, and either a recliner or a couch.  


    In addition to these rooms, we also have two suites that include a living area, a full kitchen, a bedroom, and a bathroom. 


    Towels & linens are provided in all rooms.

  • Dining Room

    The Jewett Dining Room seats groups of  36-42 comfortably at round tables.  For larger groups, the walls to the Sercl Room are opened to offer seating up to 84 people.


    Meals are provided by our excellent kitchen staff and are served buffet style which includes a salad bar.  The dining room is also home to our coffee and soft drink bar and Continental Breakfast Bar which are both available to our guests 24/7. 


    We are able to make accommodations for special dietary needs. Please contact us to discuss meal options.

  • Exercise Room

    The exercise room is fully equipped with a treadmill, elliptical machine, weight machine, free weights & bench as well as core and resistance equipment. This facility is open 24/7 to accommodate the fitness needs of our guests.  

  • Additional Amenities

    • Bookstore
    • Patio with propane fire table and plentiful seating
    • Stations of the Cross walking path with Prayer Shelters 
    • Complimentary coffee & snack bar  

    • food for the journey

    Elijah was afraid and fled for his life, going to Beer-sheba of Judah. He left his servant there and went a day’s journey into the wilderness, until he came to a solitary broom tree and sat beneath it... 

    1 Kings 19:3-4