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1. Are you able to accommodate Group Retreats?
We are able to accommodate small groups of adults who wish to use our facilities for a private retreat. We can arrange sleeping space for 18-20 if people don't mind sharing a room. Conferences/meetings may be held in the dining room (staff will require thirty mintues on either end of conferences for meal preparation and cleanup). Our rooms may be set up as follows:
Room 1: queen size bed can accommodate one person or a couple
Room 2: queen size bed can accommoate one person or a couple
Room 3: queen size bed, day bed, and trundle bed
Room 4: twin beds
Room 5: queen size bed, a portable bed may be added for an additional person
Room 6: twin beds
Room 7: twin beds
Room 8: twin beds
Room 9: queen size bed; a portable bed may be added for an additional person
Room 10: queen size bed and pull out sofabedAll rooms have private entrances and private bath.
For small group rates please call us at 508-432-0027 or see our Retreats for Groups Page.
2. Do you have Mass open to the public?
Yes, the Liturgy of the Eucharist is celebrated in the Catholic Tradition every Sunday (throughout the year) at 10:00 a.m. and during the week on Thursdays (from Oct 1st to April 30th) at 10:00 a.m.
There are Churches of various traditions within short riding distances from Evensong, including Congregational, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, and Roman Catholic Churches.
Roman Catholics can find Mass offered in the Roman Catholic Tradition at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church (less than a mile from Evensong Retreat Center) where Mass is offered at 9:00 a.m. on Monday through Saturday and at a variety of times on Sunday..
3. Are you affiliated with any one Church?
Evensong by the Sea Retreat & Spirituality Center is an Ecumenical facility. We operate according to the Christian Spiritual Tradition, and we welcome people of all faith traditions who wish to spend time in quiet reflection with God. While the Center is not affiliated with any one Church Rev. James David is a priest in good standing in the International Catholic Apostolic Church, Vicariate of the Good Shepherd, Eastern Rite Province. He has been assigned as one of Evensong's Directors by the local Vicar. Rev. Marie David is a priest in good standing in the Community of Roman Catholic Womenpriests. Both James and Marie also have faculties in the Ecumenical Catholic Church from Bishop Peter Brennan.
4. Are retreats really held in silence?
Silence on Guided Weekend Retreats is at the discretion of the Retreat Director, and group discussion is often a part of these weekends. Private group retreats also make their own decisions about silence.
On private individual retreats and Five-day retreats silence is observed. The Gospels tell us that Jesus frequently went away to a quiet place to pray. The purpose of a retreat is similar - to withdraw from the busyness of our everyday world, to be ourselves before God and allow God to speak in our hearts and souls. Evensong by the Sea provides a quiet setting respectful of the silence within which this might happen.
Spiritual Direction on private and Five-day retreats is available for a small additional fee.
5. Are Telephones Available?
There are no phones available in rooms. In an emergency, of course, a phone can be made available to retreatants. If a retreatant wants regular access to a phone it would be best to bring your cell phone along.
6. Can special diets be accommodated?
Yes, but it is important to make your special needs known when you apply for a retreat.
If your question is not listed please feel free to call us at 508-432-0027.
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