Pandemic-era onsite retreats look and feel a little different for many of us. See what folks shared in this peer support dialogue as we enter the last quarter of 2022.

The journey through the pandemic has often been a hazardous one for retreat centers. In this community call, we learn from Eve Wachhaus at Pearlstone about how her team has navigated the last two years at this adventurous retreat center in Baltimore.

Join leaders from across the country as they share their hybrid program designs, stories of challenges and success, and tips for design and implementation on this Community Call. Highlights from the presentations and Q&A are captured in our notes.

Join leaders from Pendle Hill in PA, Manresa Jesuit Retreat House in MI, and Spirit Center in ID as they share the spotlight on their reopening experiences in short presentations and a Q+A.

Justine Johnson reflects on these multimedia stories of the RCC during the pandemic. This week marks one year since we held our first Community Call addressing COVID-19 on March 10, 2020. Click to read more.

In this call, our guest expert, Dr. Anna O'Malley, MD, shares a presentation on mRNA vaccine design and function, herd immunity and "community immunity," ethics and related resources. Our Q&A session covers precautionary measures, policies, language-ing, testing, outdoor programming, and more. Click to watch the video.

Today’s Community Call brought together 27 retreat center leaders from 16 retreat centers to discuss vaccines. Check out our Collaborative Document and other resources from this call. Click to view the video.

Maps, graphs, and polls! This call explores our community survey data, collected from 46 retreat centers in November 2020, helping us understand where we are now and where we might be headed as a sector of 110+ retreat centers across the US and Canada.

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Like fungal networks connecting many species of trees, our exchange of resources across the sector contributes to our growing resilience. How has 2020 shaped your retreat center? And how has it catalyzed the development of a cooperative and supportive network between your center and others? Click to watch the video.

In a time of uncertainty, retreat center leaders are sharing the poems, images, songs, and relationships that inspire them. Click to sink into a contemplative space with these touchstones.

Join us for a quick tour of our new Mighty Networks platform, designed just for retreat centers. Then check out a sneak peek of our new video. It tells the story of retreat centers building community during the pandemic. Together we're exploring how we can tell the next chapter -- the future of retreat centers. Click to read more.

Scenario thinking opens up layers of possibility, and supports wise decision-making as retreat centers navigate the current COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing social uprising for racial justice. Click to learn more and watch the video.

As online programming expands retreat center audiences into new geographies, how can we support a community-building process? How have justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion been a part of our personal and professional work? And what about opening our physical spaces? Click to learn more and watch the video.

As online programming expands retreat center audiences into new geographies, how can we support a community-building process? How have justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion been a part of our personal and professional work? And what about opening our physical spaces? Click to learn more and watch the video.

Retreat centers are telling their stories in new ways, and sharing them on many virtual platforms to build engagement. What are some best practices in this work? Hint: be authentic! Watch the video to learn more.

What is possible now, that retreat centers are just discovering? Jean and Margarita share exciting stories of online engagement and connection, and invite folks to share insights from centers across the continent. Watch the video to learn more.

How do we reopen safely and responsibly? Today’s call showcased two retreat centers whose reopening approaches are quite different. We explored how their examples might guide decisions at centers across the continent. Watch the video to learn more.

Today’s call with Sue Phillips harnessed recent research to reveal five trends in spiritual and community-building innovation. During the COVID-19 pandemic, how have traditional avenues of community-building and meaning-making shifted, and how can retreat centers offer leadership now? Watch the video to learn more.

The Retreat Center Collaboration received its first formal press this week in the National Catholic Reporter, thanks to this great article written by our colleague, Mark Piper.

Today’s call with Teresa Mateus was an opportunity to spend time together holding the sacred heaviness of the moment - the pain, trauma, grief, and loss, while also noting the moments of joy and beauty that rise up in the shadow places. Watch the video to learn more.