Bertram Conference Center
Image: Sisters of St. Margaret
Whether you are are clergy or lay person, paid or volunteer, priest or Sunday school teacher, if you feel your work in the church centers around education then this retreat is for you. You are invited to join with others who work in education in the parishes of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts for a day of refreshment and sharing at Bertram Conference Center.
Lent is a special time of contemplation and reflection. We offer these listings to help guide your Lenten journey.
The presiding bishop commends the traditional Lenten disciplines of prayer, fasting and almsgiving as a kind of tune-up for the spiritual life.
Image: Brad ZucroffPresiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori's Lenten message
The website of the Episcopal Church, USA can be a valuable source for spiritual resources, not just church governance news. We particularly like the Spiritual Reflections page from Episcopal Life Online.
The Spiritual Life Center
at Trinity Church, Wrentham was started in 2006 to help people find the
companionship and resources that they need to respond to their restless
search for God.
Adelynrood is a retreat and conference center owned and operated by The Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross.
The Sisters of St. Margaret operate the Bertram Conference Center in South Duxbury and the DeBlois Conference Center in Boston for conferences or retreat.
The brothers of Society of St. John the Evangelist offer their monastery in Cambridge and Emery House in West Newbury as places of silence, sanctuary, and simple
beauty.
Bethany House of Prayer, a ministry of hospitality and prayer with the
Sisters of the Order of St Anne-Bethany, is a place for individuals and
groups to explore and deepen their relationship with God.
The National Council of Churches has launched an interactive Web page to enable persons of all faiths to add their prayers for peace in the Middle East: www.seasonofprayer.org.
Learn about the many resources offered by the Episcopal Peace
Fellowship at www.epfnational.org. Among those resources is "Creating a
Culture of Peace" training that encourages the spirituality and
practice of active peacemaking in daily life.
