Lenten Companioned Retreat 2025

The focus of our Lenten Companioned Retreat is our one-day Taize Lenten Quiet Day on Wednesday, March 12th, which is included in the Companioned Retreat registration. During the day retreat, music, silence, and scripture will create the framework for you to listen for God and to prepare your heart for Easter. During the silence, there will be time to interactively reflect on the Stations of the Cross, journal, and create, with coloring pages and mandalas to capture your reflections on the day. There will be time to explore the beautiful grounds of Rolling Ridge, to walk the labyrinth, and to sit by Lake Cochichewick.

For the Lenten Companioned Retreat, overnight options begin on Tuesday, March 11th and continue through Thursday, March 13th with the opportunity to meet with a spiritual director on Tuesday and Thursday. You can choose one night or two, one session of companioning or two. Select what works for you when you register. The hope is that meeting with a spiritual director on Tuesday will ready your soul for the Wednesday Taize Lenten Quiet Day, so that on Thursday you can process your experience with the same director as you journey to Easter.

There will always be much too much to do on your list. Lent marks a good time to go on retreat and to be companioned on the journey as you consider what it means to let go, to fast from the busy-ness, and to be present with the Creator of the world who sent Jesus to be our light and hope.

COSTS

• For one night = $176 (3 meals and overnight in a private room including Taize Quiet Day programming, coffee service, and pastries.  Optional spiritual direction add on is available.)
• For two nights = $263 (6 meals and overnight in a private room including Taize Quiet Day programming, coffee service, and pastries. Optional spiritual direction add on is available.)
• Spiritual Direction = $65 for one session or $120 for two. Overnight guests have the option to add one or more spiritual direction sessions to their stay. If you choose to add a spiritual direction session, we will connect you with one of our spiritual companions for a 45-minute direction session. Time to be arranged after registration.
• Reiki = $50 for one or $90 for two.  Overnight guests have the option to add one or more Reiki sessions to their stay. If you choose to add a Reiki session, we will connect you with our Reiki practioner for a 20-minute session. Time to be arranged after registration.
• If you are interested in adding a Wellness Treatment to your stay, please contact our team.

SCHEDULE

For the Tuesday overnight retreat:

• Arrival after 2:00 pm on Tuesday
• Meeting with spiritual director TBA (optional, add during registration)
• Dinner on Tuesday at 6:00 pm
• Breakfast on Wednesday at 8:00 am
• Taize Lenten Quiet Day begins Wednesday at 9:30 am
• Depart by 4:00 pm on Wednesday (unless second night option is added)

For the Wednesday overnight retreat:

• Arrival by 9:30 am for Taize Lenten Quiet Day
• Dinner on Wednesday at 6:00 pm
• Breakfast on Thursday at 8:00 am
• Meeting with spiritual director TBA (optional, add during registration)
• Depart by 12:00 pm on Thursday

OUR 2025 LENTEN EXPERIENCES:

Building our year-long theme of "Being Wholly Present," our Lenten Retreat Series includes:

• Taizé Lenten Quiet Day (Wednesday, March 12)
• Lenten Companioned Retreat overnights with Lenten Quiet Day 
• Inviting Wholeness into Focus: Listening for your body's wisdom (Wednesday, March 19)
• Tune in, Tune up! The Healing Power of Sound (Wednesday, March 26)
• The Gift of Story: Finding the Sacred in the Details (Wednesday, April 2)
• Faith and Art: Ukrainian Eggs  (Thursday, April 10)  
• Tai Chi and the Paschal Mystery (Wednesday, April 16)

Other 2025 Lent and Easter events include:

• ONLINE Lenten Prayer Journey (Sunday evenings of Lent at 6 pm through Easter)
• IN-PERSON Good Friday Sunset Service
• IN-PERSON Easter Sunrise Service