Summer
The Gifts of the Spirit; Living Life to the Fullest
With Kathy Irr
June 22 - 27, 2025
Come deepen your connection with God through prayer, scripture, and reflection at this guided retreat. Each day includes Mass, personal time for reflection, confession, and two inspiring conferences to deepen your spiritual life. Embrace the Holy Spirit’s gifts and renew your relationship with God in a supportive community.
Painting on Stained Glass: A Sacred Art Workshop
With Fabio Pizzol
June 29 - July 4, 2025
Learn the timeless art of stained glass painting in this hands-on workshop! Discover the basics of glass cutting, mixing and applying glass pigments, and using silver stain. Create your own small artwork to take home as you master this beautiful technique. No experience necessary—just bring your creativity!
FREEDOM IN FOLLOWING THE VOICE OF THE SPIRIT
With Sr Theresita Donach CSFN
July 4 - 6, 2025
Join us for a weekend retreat focused on discovering the freedom to follow God’s call. Through scripture, reflection, and group discussions, you’ll explore the relationship between faith and freedom, learning how to listen to the Spirit and embrace God’s guidance. Recharge spiritually in the peaceful setting of Enders Island.
Navigating Life's Final Journey: Conversations
With Patricia O'Connor
July 9, 2025
Join us for a Day of Recollection to prepare spiritually and emotionally for life’s final journey. Through guided reflections, prayer, and discussions, we will explore surrender, gratitude, forgiveness, and the hope of eternal life. Find peace, comfort, and spiritual support as you navigate the mysteries of aging and mortality.
Panel Preparation and Gesso making for Egg Tempera and Icon Painters
With Marek Czarnecki
July 12, 2025
Enders Island
In this hands-on, one-day workshop, iconographer Marek Czarnecki will guide you through the traditional process of making true artist’s gesso. Learn to apply linen and build up multiple layers of gesso on a Baltic birch panel, preparing it for egg tempera painting. You’ll leave with a partially completed panel and the knowledge to finish it at home.
A Week of Prayer and Peace: A Directed Retreat
With Kathy Irr and Deborah Notarianni
July 13 - 18, 2025
This directed retreat offers a personalized spiritual journey to deepen your prayer life, discern God’s will, and experience renewal. Tailored to your unique needs, it provides a transformative opportunity to encounter God’s presence, whether you’re new to prayer or seeking to enrich your existing spiritual practice.
Letting Go... into Forgiveness and Healing: A Women's 11th Step
With Sister Anita M. Constance
August 1 - 3, 2025
Join us for a weekend of prayer, meditation, and spiritual renewal as we explore the power of forgiveness and healing through the 11th Step. In a supportive and sacred space, we’ll reflect on letting go of resentment, embracing God’s mercy, and deepening our conscious contact with Him. Through guided reflection and fellowship, find the grace to surrender, heal, and walk in freedom.
Classical Portrait Drawing: A Sacred Art Workshop
With Robert Armetta
August 3 - 8, 2025
Unlock the secrets of classical portrait drawing in this immersive workshop with Robert Armetta. Designed for all skill levels, you'll learn timeless techniques to create lifelike portraits. With personalized guidance, you'll refine your skills and gain valuable insights, making this week-long workshop an enriching experience for aspiring and experienced artists alike.
A Week of Prayer, and Peace: A Directed Retreat
With Sr. Marion Scranton and Fr. Demetri Belsito
August 10 - 15, 2025
Deepen your prayer life and discern God’s will on this transformative directed retreat. Tailored to your unique needs, this retreat offers a flexible journey of spiritual renewal. Whether new to prayer or experienced, you’ll encounter God’s presence in a personal and powerful way, with daily Mass, spiritual direction, and quiet reflection.
Praying with a Brush: A Sacred Art Workshop
With Marek Czarnecki
August 16, 2025
Enders Island
Praying With a Brush is a one-day workshop for iconographers to learn essential brush techniques. Practice calligraphic strokes, study icon structure, and explore tonal modeling using dry brush methods. While painting, deepen your spiritual practice with prayers, offering a profound connection between art and faith.
Crowned in Grace: A Sacred Art Journey into the Queenship of Mary: A Sacred Art Workshop
With Sister Mary Angelica, O.P.
August 17 - 22, 2025
In this sacred art class, you’ll explore the Queenship of Mary through still life painting, depicting sacred objects like crowns, roses, and the rosary. Each brushstroke becomes a prayer, honoring Mary’s sovereignty. Reflect on her role in your life, deepening both your artistic skill and spiritual devotion.
Living Simply in a Complex World
With Fr. Anthony Ciorra
August 20, 2025
In a world of increasing complexity, Jesus calls us to simplicity and compassion. This retreat day offers practical guidance on living the Christian life in the 21st century, helping you focus on faith, love, and service in your everyday life.
If Your House is in Order: A Men's 11th Step
With Deacon Dan Giblin
August 22 - 24, 2025
This retreat offers a deep exploration of your spiritual life, beyond the daily 10th step, to ensure a right relationship with God. Reflecting on your spiritual journey, you'll address areas of your life that may have become complacent or hidden, inviting transformation and openness to change.
God's Grandeur : A Weeklong Guided Retreat
With Sr. Marion Scranton
August 24 - 29, 2025
This retreat invites you to explore how nature and God connect spiritually. Through scripture, Laudato Si’, poetry, and the surrounding environment, you’ll deepen your relationship with the Divine. With Mass, personal reflection, confession, and enriching talks, you’ll experience spiritual renewal and community growth.
Plein Air Painting Workshop
With Dan DeLouise
August 30, 2025
Enders Island
Starting the day with a demonstration, we will evaluate how to develop a good composition, painting applications, the block-in, all the way to your finished work. Our talented instructor, Dan DeLouise, will then spend the afternoon individually with each student to help us to focus on painting "in and out of the light" quickly, so that we can better learn how to not to fall victim of "chasing the light" around the painting.
Morality: A Catholic View
With Deacon Francis Valliere
September 9, 2025
“If you’re looking to dive deep into Catholic morality with fresh eyes, look no further than Father Servais Pinckaers’ remarkable work, *Morality: The Catholic View*. Pinckaers rejuvenates the classical understanding of morality, presenting it as a pursuit of true happiness in a way that feels both profound and accessible. He masterfully reconnects us with the […]
Nocturnal Plein Air Painting Workshop
With Dan DeLouise
September 12, 2025
Experience the Magic of Nocturnal Painting on Enders Island! Immerse yourself in an unforgettable night of plein air painting, where the historic Main House and the island’s serene coastal landscape come to life under the glow of moonlight. Your evening begins at dusk with preliminary sketches, focusing on composition and the shifting tones of twilight. […]
Plein Air Painting Workshop
With Dan DeLouise
September 13 - 14, 2025
Enders Island
Join us for a creative and inspiring day on Enders Island’s scenic grounds! Guided by artist Dan DeLouise, you’ll learn key painting techniques, focusing on light and shadow to capture compelling compositions. Open to all skill levels, this workshop includes Mass, personalized instruction, and a boxed lunch. Bring your own materials!
Finding Recovery Through Art
With Sue Ellen Landwehr
September 20, 2025
Enders Island
In this transformative workshop, you’ll explore mixed media techniques such as collage, watercolor, and pen and ink to create a personal 12-step art journal. Guided meditations, writing prompts, and a supportive atmosphere will help you express your journey and discover your unique artistic style. All materials provided; open to all.
Journaling to the Beloved: An Individual Guided Retreat
With Maureen O'Brien
September 21 - 24, 2025
This retreat offers guided journaling to deepen your relationship with God. Using themed prompts based on the Psalms, Miracles of Jesus, insights from saints, and spiritual writings, you’ll be inspired to write with truth and beauty. Whether new to journaling or experienced, find space for reflection and connection with the Beloved. A journal will be provided.
The Way of the Heart
With Fr. Anthony Ciorra
June 28 - July 3, 2026
We are invited into the heart of God where you will discover that you are "God's Beloved".
Mastering Color in Soft Pastels
With Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs
July 12 - 17, 2026
Learn to master color using both the restricted palette of Velazquez and the luminous palette of Sorolla. Using soft pastels, this class will explore historic palettes and color theory, while challenging the student to see color accurately and apply it strategically. This week-long workshop begins with check-in at 4:30 PM on Sunday night. Dinner is […]
Faith Based Weekend
With Sr. Theresita Donach, CSFN
August 7 - 9, 2026
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.
Walking with Mary
With Deacon Francis Valliere
August 19, 2026
Step away from the busyness of daily life and immerse yourself in the spiritual treasures of the Rosary.
A Week of Silence and Prayer
With Fr. Demetri Belsito and Kathy Irr
August 23 - 28, 2026
This retreat is ideal for those seeking to deepen their prayer life, discern God’s will, or experience spiritual renewal. Tailored to the unique needs of each participant, the directed retreat offers a flexible and transformative journey. Whether you are new to prayer or have an established spiritual practice, this retreat provides an opportunity to encounter […]