Catechesis

Christian Meditation Group

With Barry and Marie Saluk

Open Dates
Online
Join this FREE program as we practice Christian meditation each week using the techniques developed by Fr. John Main, OSB. Led by Barry Saluk, a long-time friend and member of the Enders Island Community, this group has been meeting for many years, and all are welcome!

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St. Edmund's Rosary Guild

With Guild Members

Open Dates
Angell Hall on Enders Island
Join our Rosary Guild! For all who connect with us, whether in person or remotely, we seek to promote the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Married Couples Weekend

With Jeff and Karin Battiston

February 7 - 9, 2025

Please join us for a special retreat to reconnect and deepen our relationship with God, and each other. This will be a weekend to withdraw from everyday life and refocus on each other and the special gift of faith, hope, and love. Let us take the time away on the beautiful sea coast island of […]

The Enduring Ministry of Deacon-Couples

With Deacon Lawrence and Denise Duffy

February 7 - 9, 2025
Join us on Enders Island for a prayerful retreat with your spouse and allow us to provide you with an opportunity to refocus on the faith that bonds you

A Day of Solitude

With Kathy Irr

April 1 - 2, 2025
Join us on Enders Island for A Day of Solitude. Take time out of your busy schedule to pray, reconnect with your faith, and grow closer to God through the peaceful seclusion that the Island provides. During your stay, you will be able to meet with a spiritual director, attend daily mass, pray in our chapels, and walk our grounds. Experience the serenity that can be found when you step away from the world and enter into undisturbed, prayerful meditation. 

Climbing the Biblical Mountains of Hope: Holy Week Retreat

With Fr. Richard Myhalyk , SSE

April 13 - 20, 2025

The official hymn for Jubilee Year 2025 is “Pilgrims of Hope,” which prays, “Like a flame, my hope is burning, may my song arise to you: Source of life that has no ending, on life’s path, I trust in you.” Father Myhalyk will offer the Holy Week and Easter Triduum guided retreat to rekindle your […]

Climbing the Biblical Mountains of Hope: Triduum Retreat

With Fr. Richard Myhalyk , SSE

April 17 - 20, 2025

The official hymn for Jubilee Year 2025 is “Pilgrims of Hope,” which prays, “Like a flame, my hope is burning, may my song arise to you: Source of life that has no ending, on life’s path, I trust in you.” Father Myhalyk will offer the Easter Triduum guided retreat to rekindle your hope this Holy […]

Living the Spirituality of Mary

With Maureen O'Brien

May 16 - 18, 2025
Deepen your relationship with Mary, the Mother of Jesus, during this beautiful weekend retreat - helping to more fully understand our daily ministry of love as Christians. Sessions will include Mysteries of the Rosary, Marian apparitions, Marian art through the ages, and more.

The Gifts of the Spirit; Living Life to the Fullest

With Kathy Irr

June 22 - 27, 2025
Take this opportunity to get away from the noise and routine of everyday life. Let the Holy Spirit inspire and renew you during this week long guided retreat.

A Week of Prayer and Peace: A Directed Retreat

With Kathy Irr and Deborah Notarianni

July 13 - 18, 2025

During their stay individuals are blessed with the opportunity to enter into prayerful silence - free from social pressures of conversation- in order to focus on their inner spiritual journey. Other  than times spend with a spiritual director , or during worship , retreatments commit themselves to a spirit of quiet. All meals will be […]

A Week of Prayer, and Peace: A Directed Retreat

With Sr. Marion Scranton and Fr. Demetri Belsito

August 10 - 15, 2025
During this  mid-August stay, individuals are blessed with the opportunity to enter into prayerful silence - free from social pressures of conversation - in order to focus on their inner spiritual journey. Other than times of meeting with a retreat leader or spiritual director and during worship, retreatants commit themselves to a spirit of quiet. All meals are taken in a silent dining room.

God's Grandeur : A Weeklong Guided Retreat

With Sr. Marion Scranton

August 24 - 29, 2025

This retreat will explore how nature and God touch us spiritually.  There is a field of faith and inspiration that surrounds us.  We will use scripture, Laudate Si, Poetry and  the environment around us to delve deeper into our relationship with the Divine.

Journaling to the Beloved: An Individual Guided Retreat

With Maureen O'Brien

September 21 - 24, 2025

This retreat will explore guided journaling as a path toward deepening our relationship with God. Themed prompts, built upon focused reflections from the Psalms, the Miracles of Jesus, insights from saints, and other spiritual writings, will inspire retreatants to respond with writing full of truth and beauty. Whether familiar with journaling, or just emerging, this […]

Resting and Reflecting by the Sea

With Fr. Anthony Ciorra

September 28 - October 1, 2025

  Jesus often preached and taught along the Sea of Galilee. We will get into the boat with Jesus during this retreat and listen to scriptures that his fishermen-disciples passed on to us through the Gospels. The beauty of Enders Island will be the context where we will listen to Jesus' teachings   as if hearing them […]

Twelve Steps for Every Woman

With Kathy Irr

October 3 - 5, 2025
A women's weekend. We can all improve our lives by following what the Steps teach us. In this retreat we will come together to explore and learn how we can deepen our relationship with God from a Christian perspective, and begin living our lives without fear, guilt or worry.

And Jesus wept

With Sr. Theresita Donach, CSFN and Sr Brenda Whelan, RSM

October 5 - 10, 2025

Take time to explore the many colors of grief. Whether through death or a life event grief is felt in many ways. Together we will look at the commonalities we all share in grief as well examine where in scripture Jesus experiences grief Himself or shares in the grief of another. This week will give room […]