Grünewald Guild welcomes all as artists, from the hopeful to the accomplished, to explore vital connections and expressions of art and faith. We encourage the exploration of the depth and breadth of one’s essential beliefs and dynamic purpose through a wide variety of art. Participation in Guild programs has inspired and enthused many to return to their homes, communities, and places of work and worship to live more compassionately and authentically in service to a world desperately in need. Grünewald Guild serves as a creative and innovative example to spiritual communities and the world of the transformative power of art and the sacred in the context of community.

The Centrum is a remodeled Grange Hall. Downstairs, the kitchen and dining room accommodates up to 40 people a day. The main floor fellowship room is where guests relax, read, sit around the fire or enjoy lively conversation. There is a phone and computer with high-speed wireless Internet access available to guests and staff. The Office also is located here.

The Studio provides space for a variety of arts, including stained glass, printmaking, painting, drawing, calligraphy, ceramics, weaving, mosaic and sculpture. We also have space for lectures, film, discussions and other classes.

The Fiber Arts Studio houses a large selection of looms and is where we teach weaving, quilting and other fabric arts. The building contains five guest rooms, two bathrooms. All rooms on the ground floor are handicap accessible.

The Homestead provides sleeping accommodations in five double rooms. There are two bathrooms, a hospitality area, laundry room and living room with views into the quiet forest.

The Library was the original schoolhouse here in Plain Valley. Donated to the Guild, it now serves as a classroom and library. It also features a cozy, dorm-style sleeping loft.

Meals
We eat together in community. Our kitchen staff serves three meals daily during the summer, much of it from our organic garden in summer months. We also serve fruit from our own trees as well as fresh produce from the surrounding farms. Our kitchen turns out delicious menus of "slow food": everything here, including the bread, is cooked from scratch, primarily from whole grains and as fresh as possible. We accommodate vegetarians and those on special needs diets.

Unique among the retreat and conference centers in Western Washington for its beauty, history and ministry, the Palisades is a place of personal and spiritual growth within the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle. Catholic Parishes and Schools as well as community and nonprofit organizations of the Pacific Northwest find here a place that celebrates our history and a sign of faith in the future. A future that is filled with hope and promise.

* A beautiful view overlooking the Puget Sound
* A peaceful setting for quiet reflection and prayer
* 2 Dining rooms, 3 meeting rooms
* 55 guest rooms - All of these rooms have double or queen beds
* Walking paths through the woods or to the beach
* A beautiful Chapel and Library available to guests of the center
* Generous buffet style meals
* Close to both Seattle and Tacoma

Our overnight accommodations for up to 25 people (more if couples sleep share a bed) includes the newly restored Farmhouse, Granny's and four personal retreat cabins in the forest. Stunning Thomas Berry Hall houses 2 meeting rooms offering wireless internet access throughout. The Great Hall will seat up to 150 people comfortably in a lecture or concert environment.

Sahale Retreat

• Tranquil 65 acres
• Panoramic views, spring-fed cedar hot tub
• Sacred cedar grove
• Large (40’by 60’) gathering tent
• Sumptuous meals
• Personalized service
• Unlimited camping
  
  

The natural beauty of Sahale Retreat’s meadows, woods, river, and ponds provides ample room to roam, to play, or to meditate in peace and quiet.

Sahale is well suited for personal retreats, and provides comfortable, affordable accommodations and meeting spaces for groups of up to 30 for all types of experiences including family reunions and weddings.

Sahale is an easy drive from Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, and the Olympic Peninsula.