Washington DC Retreat Center Listings
Religious and Spiritual Retreats
This page gives basic information about Washington DC retreat centers that are in our database. The retreat centers of our client partners are highlighted first. We maintain information for each retreat center as part of our mission to help individuals and groups plan and locate retreats. This information will be updated frequently, so please bookmark this page for future reference.
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To arrange a visit to the Abbey or to make a retreat, please telephone or write to:
The Guestmaster
St. Anselm's Abbey
4501 S. Dakota Avenue NE
Washington, DC 20017
Telephone: 202-269-2300
E mail: abbeyandguests@stanselms.org
www.stanselms.org
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According to the Rule, guests are "never lacking in a monastery" and St. Benedict gives rather precise instructions for their reception. At St Anselm’s we try to follow the spirit of his instructions by offering a warm welcome to our visitors while at the same time ensuring that the life of the monastery maintains its regular rhythm.
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Our guest rooms afford simple and basic accommodation primarily for men. Since these rooms are nearly all within the enclosure of the monastery, we cannot as yet receive more than one or two women guests at a time; There are plans for a guest wing and guest refectory outside the enclosure which will enable us to receive women in equal numbers. At present, guests eat with the monks in a refectory which can, at times, become somewhat crowded.
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Guests may enter the monastery chapel at any time and they are especially welcome to attend the liturgical offices and daily Mass. Any guest seeking spiritual direction can either make his own contact with a monk or do so through the guestmaster. Many of our guests, including some who come for the inside of a day, spend their time at St. Anselm's in retreat.
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In addition to the residential accommodation, a large meeting room in another part of the building can be booked for meetings or conferences of up to 25 people. It has facilities for making coffee and tea.
For many years St Anselm’s has received fellow Christian guests who are not formally in communion with the Church of Rome, those of other faiths, and those of none. They are all welcome.
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All guests who present themselves are to be received as Christ, for he will say,
'I was a stranger and you took me in'.
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Contemplative Outreach of Metropolitan Washington
Washington, DC Metro Area
Our purpose is to share the method of Centering Prayer and its immediate conceptual background
 Contemplative Outreach is a spiritual network of individuals and small faith communities committed to the practice of Centering Prayer and to renewing the contemplative dimension of the Gospel. While it is ecumenical in composition and outlook, the individuals who affiliate with it are united in their common search for God.
Centering Prayer is a method designed to facilitate contemplative prayer by preparing one to receive the gift of contemplative prayer. It presents an ancient Christian teaching (e.g., "The Cloud of Unknowing") in a contemporary form. It is not meant to replace other types of prayer; it simply puts them into a new and fuller perspective.
Contemplative Outreach of Metropolitan Washington (COMW) supports introductory workshops, small groups, group facilitator enrichment, retreats and days of contemplative enrichment. If you or your faith community wish to draw upon any of its resources, please contact COMW.
For more information, including upcoming retreats, centering prayer group locations and meeting times, newsletters etc...
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| Retreat Center |
City |
State |
Phone |
Spiritual Orientation |
| Franciscan Monastery |
Washington |
DC |
202-269-5446 |
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| Shalom Place Hospitality Center |
Washington |
DC |
202-333-4949 |
Ecumenical |
| St. Anselm's Abbey |
Washington |
DC |
202-269-2300 |
Catholic/Benedictine |
| Washington Retreat House |
Washington |
DC |
202-529-1111 |
Catholic/Franciscan |
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