Multiday Retreats

Bob and Bob: The Spirituality of Bob Marley and Bob Dylan Retreat

"By His grace I have been touched. By His word I have been healed. " — Bob Dylan

"I know that Jah will never let us down…. Give us the teachings of His Majesty." — Bob Marley

Join us to honor the legacies of these two great musicians and share how they have influenced your life. Come prepared to talk about your favorite single or album, play music, sing, dance, and listen. Bob and Bob will get you in touch with your soul.

Led by the Rev. Dr. Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones.

This retreat has limited availability. Please call the retreat center for more information at 917.594.5800.

Rest, Reconnect, and Listen: Discernment for Deeper Living Silent Retreat

This is a silent retreat and is ideal for clergy and lay professionals seeking to deepen their spiritual practice. 

Are you going through a major life change? Looking for a new path? Need time for quiet contemplation? Come spend time in silence — praying, reading, writing, and walking in nature. Using poetry, scripture, prayer, and journaling, participants will engage in intentional reflections on life and vocation. Space is limited to six individuals.

Led by the Rev. Dr. Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones.

Spiritual Work with the Enneagram: Going Deeper Retreat

Who are you called to become? Most Enneagram workshops focus primarily on the personality, or what Richard Rohr calls “the false self.” Through teaching, meditation, and experiential exercises, this retreat takes us beyond the Enneagram of personality and offers a glimpse into how God’s wisdom is truly written in our hearts.

Participant Preparation: It is highly recommended that participants attend the Your Spiritual Work with the Enneagram retreat or other workshops on the Enneagram.

Led by the Rev. Michelle Meech.

Creation Care and Biblical Poetry Retreat

What does biblical poetry say about the relationship between humans and the rest of creation? Join Dr. Elaine James of Princeton Theological Seminary to explore such topics as the Psalms and the “water of life,” landscape and the poetry of place in the Song of Songs, and “Life with Plants.” There will be plenty of time for self-guided hikes, walks along the river, great food, and conversations around the fireplace as we consider the beauty of God’s creation and how we can be better stewards of all living things.

Led by Dr. Elaine T. James.

To Love as God Loves: Jesuit and Ignatian Prayer Retreat

Jesuits believe that retreats, prayers, spiritual direction, and spiritual conversation are ways to grow in relationship with God. Join us for a weekend of guided prayer drawn from “The Spiritual Exercises” by St. Ignatius of Loyola, the prayer that includes examining, meditating, contemplating, and imagining. As St. Ignatius writes, “Just as strolling, walking, and running are bodily exercises, so every way of preparing and disposing the soul…to seek the Divine Will…is called a spiritual exercise.”

Led by the Rev. William Campbell, S.J.

Ordinary Mysticism Retreat

At this gathering, award-winning author and translator of the mystics, Mirabai Starr, guides you in reclaiming the landscape of your everyday life as holy ground.  Using a dynamic weave of teachings, poetry, stories, meditation, chanting, writing, and small and whole group dialog, Mirabai helps you awaken and embody the mystic you were born to be. A person with direct access to the sacred, not despite but rather through the portal of the things you might have previously discounted as obstacles to your inner life: your closest relationships, work in the world, food and pleasure, culture and politics, loss and grief.

Together, in community, we release false notions that mystical experience is reserved for the spiritually elite and that intimacy with the divine can only be experienced in a religious context. A fun, experiential, transformative workshop, appropriate for all aspiring mystics!

Led by Mirabai Starr.

Thanksgiving Retreat

Prayer, worship, and community reflection punctuate our late-autumn days together in the New England woods. While the centerpiece of this retreat week is the farm-to-table, family-style Thanksgiving meal, every day is a celebration, with activities and time to reflect on our blessings. Individuals and families are welcome.

Led by the Rev. Dr. Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones.