In Person
Men's 11th Step Template
Enders Island has long been steeped in the traditions and spirituality of the Twelve Step Program which had it's beginnings in 1935 with the birth of AA. Our Recovery Retreats provide a unique opportunity for individuals to encounter and accompany one another as a recovery community seeking to live out the twelve […]
Introduction to the Art of Calligraphy- Four Week Series
With Caroline Joy Adams
Calligraphy is the art of beautiful handwriting, and is a very calming, enjoyable, almost meditative activity. It also has many practical uses, so come join us and learn some basic calligraphic techniques. You will get a quick overview of three popular calligraphic hands—Uncial, Italic, and Blackletter -- and you’ll have fun creating some beautiful bookmarks, […]
St. Edmund's Rosary Guild
With Guild Members
Private Retreat
Wouldn't you like to be alone with God? Jesus did, too. In the hustle and bustle of the crowds pressing him for cures, miracles, and the Word of God, the evangelists tell us that Jesus frequently withdrew to commune with His Father. At Enders Island, you can find the peace and beauty which we frequently […]
Workshop Accommodations
Please call for availability Enders Island has a limited number of rooms available for the workshop. Register here for your two night stay. If only booking a one night stay please call our Programs Office at 860.536.0565. The island is surrounded by breathtaking views of Long Island Sound and wonderful gardens to enjoy. Because […]
Forgiveness: The Path to Inner Peace and Sobriety, A Men's 11th Step Retreat
With Fr. Anthony Ciorra
Forgiveness, the art of letting go, is at the heart of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. The most challenging thing that we are asked to do is to make amends by forgiving ourselves and then asking for forgiveness from others. Forgiveness is a long process that we will begin on the journey of this retreat.
An 11th Step Retreat for Women; Practicing the Spirit of Christmas in All Things
With Kathy Irr
Winter Bereavement Retreat
With Fr. Demetri Belsito
If Your House is in Order: A Women's 11th Step
With Deacon Dan Giblin
SoulCollage
With Sue Ellen Landwehr
SoulCollage® can assist in the journey towards a more felt connection with God. Many in traditional religious settings long for this connection but need more tools. SoulCollage® is an accessible, doable practice that can open up a wellspring of feeling, insight, and connection to the Divine. Many themes have been explored with SoulCollage including […]
Married Couples Weekend
With Jeff and Karin Battiston
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
Opening Our Minds; Opening Our Hearts; A Women's 11th Step Weekend
With Kathy Irr
Finding Recovery Through Art
With Sue Ellen Landwehr
The Practice of Self-Searching: A Men's 11th Step Weekend
With Deacon Peter Emr
A Day of Solitude
With Kathy Irr
Pysanky Workshop
With Father Paul Luniw
Pysanky Workshop
With Father Paul Luniw
Climbing the Biblical Mountains of Hope: Holy Week Retreat
With Fr. Richard Myhalyk , SSE
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
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 […]
The Idealized Portrait
With Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs
Living the Spirituality of Mary
With Maureen O'Brien
Essentials of Iconography: Writing the icon of King David
With Marek Czarnecki
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 […]
I Am the Potter You Are the Clay: A Women's 11th Step
With Sr Catherine (Kay) Kanick RSM
An Introduction to Drawing with Charcoal
With Mia Lang
Spiritual Journaling: Open the Heart with Sacred Art
With Sarah Cortez
Finding Recovery Through Art
With Sue Ellen Landwehr
Weeklong Sacred Art/ Patrick Webb
With Patrick Webb
Patrick Webb / Instructor More info to come This week-long workshop's studio time lasts five consecutive days and begins Sunday night at 5:30 pm with a dinner 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 […]
The Gifts of the Spirit; Living Life to the Fullest
With Kathy Irr
Painting on Stained Glass: A Sacred Art Workshop
With Fabio Pizzol
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 […]
FREEDOM IN FOLLOWING THE VOICE OF THE SPIRIT
With Sr Theresita Donach CSFN
Panel Preparation and Gesso making for Egg Tempera and Icon Painters
With Marek Czarnecki
A Week of Prayer and Peace: A Directed Retreat
With Kathy Irr and Deborah Notarianni
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 […]
Letting Go... into Forgiveness and Healing: A Women's 11th Step
With Sister Anita M. Constance
Classical Portrait Drawing
With Robert Armetta
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
Praying with a Brush
With Marek Czarnecki
If Your House is in Order: A Men's 11th Step
With Deacon Dan Giblin
As we read in the chapter A Vision for you in the book Alcoholics Anonymous, God will disclose more to us “if your own house is in order”. This retreat is a more comprehensive look at our house/ourselves than the daily 10th step. Years of sobriety can sometimes allow unhealthy or addictive activities into our lives that are difficult […]
God's Grandeur : A Weeklong Guided Retreat
With Sr. Marion Scranton
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.
Finding Recovery Through Art
With Sue Ellen Landwehr
Journaling to the Beloved: An Individual Guided Retreat
With Maureen O'Brien
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
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
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 […]
Twelve Steps for Every Woman
With Kathy Irr
And Jesus wept
With Sr. Theresita Donach, CSFN and Sr Brenda Whelan, RSM
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
Come Just As You Are: A Women's 11th Step Retreat
With Kathy Irr
The 11th Step invites us to notice the spiritual awakenings in our daily lives. It begs us to ask the question, “How can I love deeper and wider?” This question can only be answered with thought and discernment, prayer and meditation. Come and explore the practices we can use daily to improve our lives. […]
Art of Relief Composition
With George Nista
This workshop will cover techniques for creating low, middle, or high relief of a sacred subject based on a painting of the student’s choice. Techniques for reproducing, transferring, and executing will be demonstrated to enable the student to sculpt a pictorial relief in clay. The work will be done on a wood panel using non-hardening […]
Practicing Life with the Serenity Prayer
With Maureen O'Brien
The Serenity Prayer, one of the foundations of 12 Step Recovery, is built around deeply inspirational words: serenity, acceptance, change, wisdom, and courage. In this retreat we will reflect on how these words challenge and inspire us, and also see how the Serenity Prayer connects to other prayers found within the 12 steps. All are […]
OUR PILGRIMAGE BACK TO LIFE IN RECOVERY: BLESSINGS AND GRATITUDE: Men's 11th Step
With Br. Wayne Fitzpatrick, MM
Our Pilgrimage in recovery offers freedom, spiritual growth, happiness, serenity and a deep inner peace. On this Pilgrimage: we have choices and decisions to make, we face blessings and challenges as well as personal graced moments and struggles. The Spirituality of the 12 Steps continues to guide us along the journey. During retreat we will […]
An Advent of Healing: Finding Hope, Peace, Love, & Joy in Recovery
With Sr. Marie Mackey, CSJ
Join us on this Women's 11th step retreat as we weave the Advent themes of Hope, Peace, Love and Joy into our 11th Step practices all year round. As we move into the silence of winter we are invited into a deeper connection with our Higher Power. Come and experience the light that shines through […]