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Trauma Recovery Training

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

September 10 - 11, 2024

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 15 - 20, 2024
A Spiritual Retreat for Bishops and Archbishops focused on cultivating their relationships with one another and with those entrusted to them.

Inspiration & Hope

With Teresa Pitt Green

September 29 - October 2, 2024

This week-long guided retreat, available to individuals and to small groups, will blend private discussion and writing sessions that will explore creative and inspiring ways to link trauma topics with inspiration from Scripture, including the lives of saints, the liturgical calendar, sacramentals, and other beloved devotions to enrich your homilies, speaking, writing, counsel, and care […]

The Art of Relief Composition

With George Nista

October 13 - 18, 2024
Join us for this immersive 10-session course with George Nista, providing instruction in the four types of relief: alto, mezzo, basso and schiacciato. Learn and employ a variety of methods, including the “Ghiberti” method of projecting figures in a spatial context. Working from the live model in north light, this class will include the various types of high, medium, and low relief, how and when they are used and composed.

Writing Life’s Spiritual Lessons

With Sarah Cortez

October 13 - 18, 2024
Enders Island

Each person of Faith encounters many steps along the pilgrim road toward God. We often wish to share these stories with others. How do we find the right words? How do we put our hard-earned wisdom on the page so that it resonates with others? Our time together will teach you how to craft stories […]

The Cathedral Builder's Art: An Introduction to Traditional Stone Carving

With Morgan Dummitt

October 20 - 25, 2024

The working of stone has been interwoven with Sacred Art from the earliest days of Christianity, from the building of churches and places of worship to ornamentation and sculpture. This course will introduce students to the art of carving stone by hand. In five days each student will design and complete a decorative limestone carving. Students […]

Memento Mori

With Ann Schmalstieg- Barrett

November 10 - 15, 2024

This week-long workshop's studio time lasts five consecutive days. Check in begins Sunday night at 4:30. Dinner is served at 5:30 pm for students and instructors. Dinner is followed by a workshop introduction and conference, which ends at 9:00 pm. Hands-on instruction begins early Monday morning. The entire workshop ends Friday at 1 PM. Workshop […]

The Painted Altarpiece

With James Langley

November 17 - 22, 2024
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.

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. 

Realistic Charcoal and Graphite Portraits in Sacred Art

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, […]

Writing Life’s Spiritual Lessons

With Sarah Cortez

May 25 - 30, 2025
Enders Island

Each person of Faith encounters many steps along the pilgrim road toward God. We often wish to share these stories with others. How do we find the right words? How do we put our hard-earned wisdom on the page so that it resonates with others? Our time together will teach you how to craft stories […]

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.

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 […]

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.