Consecutive Weekdays

Weeklong Directed Template

Open Dates

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. 

The Idealized Portrait

With Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs

May 4 - 9, 2025
Enders Island
Students will learn how to draw idealized portraits by combining elements observed from live models with their imaginations This type of portrait is well suited to sacred and mythological subjects Beginners will use graphite while more experienced students have the option to work in oil.

Essentials of Iconography: Writing the icon of King David

With Marek Czarnecki

May 18 - 23, 2025

King David was the greatest king of Israel, author of the psalms, father of Solomon and noble ancestor of Our Lord. This powerful 15th century Russian prototype was originally part of the prophet’s tier of an icon screen and is kept in Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery. This is one of the best and highest examples of […]

An Introduction to Drawing with Charcoal

With Mia Lang

May 25 - 30, 2025
Charcoal and graphite portraits very visibly capture the spirit and emotion of figures in pieces. This course’s goal is to explore how to capture the mind and heart of the viewer and lead them to contemplation through charcoal portraits. This workshop will include how to choose a subject matter that pulls in the viewer’s emotion, how to create an accurate sketch of a figure, the facial features and gestures that create evident emotions, and how to bring the portrait to life using different forms and techniques of charcoal and graphite.

Spiritual Journaling: Open the Heart with Sacred Art

With Sarah Cortez

May 25 - 30, 2025
Enders Island
Join us at this five-day retreat and writing class to learn an approach to spiritual journaling centered on the contemplation of sacred art. Inspired by the time-honored practices of Ignatian spirituality, we will build bridges through our own writing to the Holy Trinity and the saints.

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.

Painting on Stained Glass: A Sacred Art Workshop

With Fabio Pizzol

June 29 - July 4, 2025

This workshop will introduce and teach student the basic technique of traditional glass painting used in stained glass. The theme and design maquette will be provided by the instructor, your own idea design is welcome and eventually adjust with time frame, difficulty, and your ability. Upon choosing  the design,  students will cut glass, learn how […]

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 […]

Classical Portrait Drawing

With Robert Armetta

August 3 - 8, 2025

Join us for an immersive workshop dedicated to the art of classical portrait drawing. Designed for artists of all levels, this class will focus on mastering the fundamentals of classical drawing techniques while guiding you through the intricate process of creating lifelike portraits. With years of experience teaching this craft, Robert Armetta, will provide personalized […]

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.

Major Superiors of Men

With Fr. Thomas F.X. Hoar, SSE and Deacon Steven DeMartino

September 14 - 19, 2025
A Spiritual Retreat for Bishops and Archbishops focused on cultivating their relationships with one another and with those entrusted to them.

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 […]

Essentials of Iconography: Writing the icon of Archangel Michael

With Marek Czarnecki

September 28 - October 3, 2025

Mentioned in both the Old and New Testaments, St Michael the Archangel is the patron saint of our Sacred Arts Institute. One of the most depicted saints in Orthodox icons and western religious art, his popularity attests to his powerful intercession and protection against all forms of evil. This workshop’s prototype is a fourteenth century […]

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 […]

Stained Glass Sacred Art Workshop

With Fabio Pizzol

October 19 - 24, 2025
Enders Island
This workshop will introduce and guide students into the meaning and creation of leaded stained glass through theory, practice and theological discussion. Each participant will create a small piece of leaded stained glass artwork to take home at the end of the workshop.

Trauma Recovery Training

With Fr. Ken Schmidt, J.C.D., L.P.C.

September 8 - 9, 2026

St. Edmund’s Retreat is pleased to offer local clinicians, pastoral ministers, educators, and law enforcement access to a premier training program to become trauma-informed in their professional work with teen and/or adult populations. Trauma Recovery Associates is a clinical practice and training program whose goal is to create a safer and healthier world by breaking […]

Spiritual Fatherhood

With Fr. Thomas F.X. Hoar, SSE, Deacon Steven DeMartino and Teresa Pitt Green

September 20 - 25, 2026
A Spiritual Retreat for Bishops and Archbishops focused on cultivating their relationships with one another and with those entrusted to them.