This year's Clergy Retreat will begin on Tuesday, March 5, and end on Thursday, March 7. 
Retreat Leader:
The Rev. Dr. Christopher Corbin grew up in Florida as the son of a United Methodist minister. He attended Florida Southern College, Yale Divinity School, and Vanderbilt University before moving to South Dakota to oversee local formation and clergy transitions for the Diocese of South Dakota. He currently lives in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with his wife, Portia, and five kids (two of the human variety and three of the cat kind) where he is rector of Trinity Episcopal Church. Chris serves as the editor-in-chief of Earth & Altar magazine and his book, with the dubious honor of longest title in the Routledge Studies in Romanticism, is The Evangelical Party and Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Return to the Church of England. Beyond this, Chris spends far too much time drawing cartoon versions of saints.
Accommodations
There are a number of private bathrooms on each floor of the main building, shared by both men and women. Please also be aware that the monastery observes Greater Silence each night (7:50 PM – immediately after Compline – until 8:30 AM).
Special Needs
Please let us know only if you have allergies to milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, mushrooms, wheat or soybeans. They are not able to accommodate food requests outside of these major food allergies. Those with specific allergies are encouraged to bring any supplemental food (please label and put in the guest refrigerator near the coffee/tea area – a microwave is also available) – there is no price discount in any case.
Mobility Issues
They installed a new elevator, and it is working! Please let us know if you have any mobility issues though.
Registration & Cost
The deadline for your registration and our receipt of your check is Tuesday, January 09, 2024. The fee of $110 per person per night includes overnight accommodations and meals. 25 rooms are available. Order of registration determined by postmark date on payment envelope.
Double Occupancy rooms: $170 per night, per room. If you plan to stay in a double room, you will be able to let me know your roommate's name below.
A limited number of scholarships are available – if interested, please contact Chloe Caprice at ccaprice@dioceseofnewark.org or 973-430-9976 before submitting payment.
If you must cancel
If you find that you must cancel, please call Chloe immediately (973-430-9976) as there may be a wait list; if no replacement is found, you will remain responsible for the full amount.
Tentative Schedule
Tuesday 3/05/2024
- 2:00 pm- Check in begins; please arrive no later than 4 pm so that you have time to settle in before supper begins promptly at 5:45 pm.
- 5:00pm - Vespers (Evening Prayer)
- 5:45pm - Supper in the refectory
- 7:00 pm-Meditation/Reflection with Rev. Dr. Chris Corbin
- 7:30pm - Compline (Night Prayers)
- When compline ends, Greater Silence begins until 8:30 AM
Wednesday, 3/06/2024
- 6:30-8:15 am- Breakfast served in silence
- 7:00am – Matins
- 8:30am - The Great Silence Ends
- 9:00am - Holy Eucharist
- 10:30 AM Meditation/Reflection at with Rev. Dr. Chris Corbin
- 12:00pm - Diurnum (Midday Prayer)
- 12:30pm - Dinner
- 3:30 PM Meditation/Reflection with Rev. Dr. Chris Corbin
- 5:00pm - Vespers (Evening Prayer)
- 5:45pm - Supper
- 7:30pm - Compline (Night Prayers)
- Greater Silence is from 7:50 PM until 8:30 AM
Thursday, 3/07/2024
- 6:30-8:15 am- Breakfast served in silence
- 7:00am – Matins
- 8:30am - The Great Silence Ends
- 9:00am - Holy Eucharist
- Rooms must be totally clear by 10am
- 10:30 AM Meditation/Reflection with Rev. Dr. Chris Corbin
- 12:00pm - Diurnum (Midday Prayer)
- 12:30pm - Dinner
- You are welcome to remain on the property until after lunch
