Retreats in Georgetown?

[Sponsa-Christi]

Just a quick question...does anyone know if the Georgetown Visitation Monastery still offers hospitality to non-discerning women for private retreats? I know several years ago they were very open to hosting women from all states in life. But since it looks like they are now hosting a special formation community, I don't know if they would still have all the room they used to. 

I will try writing to them directly, but I was just wondering if anyone here any any experiences or information. 

[Sr Mary Catharine OP]

I don't know but you could also go to the nuns in Tyringham, MA!

[Gabriela]

Or, if you need something in that general area, you could make a private retreat with the All Saints Sisters of the Poor just outside Baltimore. 

[Lilllabettt]

Just a quick question...does anyone know if the Georgetown Visitation Monastery still offers hospitality to non-discerning women for private retreats? I know several years ago they were very open to hosting women from all states in life. But since it looks like they are now hosting a special formation community, I don't know if they would still have all the room they used to. 

I will try writing to them directly, but I was just wondering if anyone here any any experiences or information. 

I believe the Gallery Ministry is something they are trying, a new approach, to attract young women to the community. With attracting vocations, sometimes part of the problem is that interest waivers when a young woman is confronted with a community that is mostly older. It requires a certain kind of guts to say "yes" in those circumstances. 

I believe the Gallery Ministry is meant to address that.

I believe they are still open to private retreats, although my info is a year old.

[Sponsa-Christi]

 

I believe they are still open to private retreats, although my info is a year old.

Well, the Gallery community has apparently been there for more than a year, so I think year-old information would still be good. It's been about five years since I've last been there. 

Thanks also to everyone else for the suggestions. I'm actually in the greater New York area, so D.C. is a bit of a trip for me. Still, I've made retreats at Georgetown in the past, and it's one of my favorite places to go. 

[Gabriela]

The Monastic Family of Bethlehem is a seriously great place to make a retreat in the NY area. It's out in the middle of nowhere and you get your own hermitage. Talk about some silence.

[Sponsa-Christi]

The Monastic Family of Bethlehem is a seriously great place to make a retreat in the NY area. It's out in the middle of nowhere and you get your own hermitage. Talk about some silence.

I've been there for a retreat, too! It is a lovely place to make a serious silent retreat.

Still, Georgetown is great for a still wonderful but less "intense" retreat experience. Among other things, the nuns chant the Office in choir five times daily, and you can come into their choir and pray with them. They have their own chant tone which is very gentle and soothing, and they use the normal breviary (which means that I can follow along in continuity with my normal prayer life).  

[Lilllabettt]

 

Still, Georgetown is great for a still wonderful but less "intense" retreat experience. 

Agreed. It's like everything else about the visitation:gentle