Retreat Info
Retreats
Mercy Spirituality Center is a retreat center for people of all faiths. We believe that each of us, individuals and organizations alike, needs time apart to find,
deepen, or refresh our connection to what matters most in life.
We are deeply grateful to be able to offer our beautiful space
to the community for rest, reflection and spiritual growth.
Our facilitated retreats center around contemplative practice, Ignatian Spirituality and finding God in nature.
We also offer private retreats for groups and individuals.
A Day to Call Your Own opens with an optional communal prayer, then the rest of the day is yours. We provide a private room, a simple lunch, and our beautiful house and grounds for you to explore as you wish.
If you need a little more time in quiet, consider A Retreat to Call Your Own which includes all of the above plus an overnight and pick-up breakfast. Check our calendar for scheduled opportunities.
Located just one block from Highland Park, Mercy Spirituality Center offers 10 private guest rooms, meeting spaces for groups as small as 5 or as large as 35, kitchen and dining facilities along with various dining options dependent on the length and nature of your stay, a richly stocked library,
spacious yard with gazebo and plenty of off-street parking.
Quiet Retreats
Our day-long, mini-weekend and full weekend retreats provide opportunities for slowing down and making space for the more in your life. We offer practices designed to quiet busy minds in order to make room for a deeper and richer experience of the divine.
Mercy Spirituality Center is a retreat center for people of all faiths. We believe that each of us, individuals and organizations alike, needs time apart to find, deepen, or refresh our connection to what matters most in life. We are deeply grateful to be able to offer our beautiful space to the community for rest, reflection and spiritual growth.
Advent Centering Prayer Retreat
This retreat offers extended periods of centering prayer, group lectio divina, and daily conferences. You will have time for private reflection during each of the days.
We will gather at 7 p.m. Thursday night for the opening of this beautiful weekend. Come, learn, and focus on living your life rooted in the Gospel message of Advent.
Facilitator: Mary Dwyer, LCSW
Dates: Thursday, December 5 - Sunday, December 8
Time: Thursday, 7 p.m. - Sunday, after brunch
Location: MSC
Fee: $400
Mary Dwyer, LCSW, has been practicing Centering Prayer since the late 1980s and has been a facilitator for us for many years. She is a long-time student of Fr. Thomas Keating. She had the wonderful experience of living at the Chrysalis House, a contemplative live-in community experiment blessed by Fr. Thomas. She currently has a small counseling private practice and lives in Erie, PA with her beloved husband, Juan.
Personal Retreat Weekends
They are here! Your personal retreat weekend! You can join us from Friday evening until Sunday morning. The weekend is yours to spend in prayer, relaxation, and spiritual awareness. You will receive breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday. Snacks will be provided Friday evening.
Dates:
December 13-15
Time: 7 p.m. Friday through 12:00 p.m. Sunday
Location: MSC
Cost: $250
Sacred Reset
Ever feel like you’re on the road towards burnout? The new year is almost upon us and now is the time to "reset" ourselves before that exhaustion sets in. Some do this with yearly resolutions which are quickly abandoned. We need something that lasts. During this week-long retreat, we will use the book Sacred Rest by Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith. The book details 7 types of rest as burnout prevention strategies. We will use these to help us focus our lives, both spiritually and professionally to help us avoid burnout through 2025.
This would be a wonderful retreat for anyone who struggles with yearly resolutions or has a job that causes chronic fatigue.
Activities and group study will be provided by Dr. Dalton-Smith, M.D., who will join us via video conference for some sessions, including a live question and answer discussion.
Date: January 5 -10, 2025
Time: 7:00 p.m. Sunday through 1:00 p.m. Friday
Place: MSC
Facilitator: Allison Murphy and Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith
Fee: $475
Facilitated Retreats
Our facilitated retreats center around contemplative practice, Ignatian Spirituality and finding God in nature. Check our calendar to see what’s up next, or call to arrange an experience tailored to the needs of your group. (See "Retreats" above for more information)
Group Retreat Opportunities
We believe in the value of time apart from the routines of daily life. In our warm, inviting space, Mercy Spirituality Center is uniquely able to offer intimate, experiential, contemplative retreats for your small group.
Call us to find out more about our weekend (Friday evening – Sunday lunch) and mini-weekend (Friday evening - Saturday late afternoon) offerings. Call 585-473-6893. Or email us at: [email protected]. But contact us early! Available weekends fill quickly.