Special Event

GilChrist Retreat Center is partnering with the Huss Project for this free event at the Huss Project in Three Rivers for climate-conscious kids & grown-ups!

“GilChrist: A Place to Remember” is a book that tells the story of GilChrist Retreat Center, how it came to be, the countless people who contributed to the creation and the stories that shaped it. People from all walks of life find their way to GilChrist for different reasons: they come to rest, to heal, to celebrate, for renewal and to remember what is essential in life.

Join us at the beautiful WindHill building on GilChrist's grounds on Sunday, October 15 from 2:00-4:00pm to chat with the book's author, Molly Vass-Lehman, purchase a book, and get your copy signed.

Please join us in honoring John Howie as he retires after 28 years of contemplative labor and service at GilChrist Retreat Center! John’s gentle, compassionate spirit has been a profound blessing to this land and to all who have made this place a part of their story.

Due to COVID safety considerations, a private, outdoor ceremony will be held.

Echoing elements of the original dedication in 1995, this ceremony will celebrate the inspiration that brought GilChrist into being as well as reflections on what GilChrist has inspired since its creation. An outdoor processional on the land will honor the past, present, and future of GilChrist while offering prayers for the people, land, creatures, and places within the GilChrist community.

For 25 years, GilChrist Retreat Center has served an extended community of humans and other living beings with space for rest, regeneration, and healing. As we prepare to observe the 25th anniversary of the dedication of GilChrist on October 15, our nation is deeply divided politically, a novel virus has dramatically reshaped daily life around the world, the struggle for racial justice continues with urgency, and our wounded planet is crying out.  

In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.
--Dante, Divine Comedy

Dante penned this in the 12th Century and it remains part of the human condition today.

An Evening with Acclaimed Documentarian Martin Doblmeier 

How to describe Dorothy Day? Grandmother, anarchist, prophet, journalist, pacifist, saint? The FBI once considered her a threat to national security. Now the Catholic Church is considering her for sainthood.

In perilous and polarizing times, where is our true north – our fixed point in a spinning world?

Rev. Jim Wallis, in his new book Christ in Crisis: Why We Need to Reclaim Jesus suggests that a focus on eight questions asked by, or of, Jesus provide a solid compass for people of faith.

Mysticism is, simply, an experience of God. Not a theory or concept – but a lived sense of the Divine Presence that unites all of creation. Mirabai Starr writes, speaks and leads retreats on the inter-spiritual teachings of the mystics from many traditions and enables you explore how their wisdom and insights can help you to clarify and honor your own Holy Longing.

Sports are woven into the fabric of American life. The annual economic impact of sports in the U.S. is at least $15 billion. Over 111 million people view the Super Bowl every year. Seventy five percent of U.S. families with school aged children have at least one child involved in organized sports, and over 500,000 student athletes compete at the collegiate level. This is big.