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Testimonials 2007

Thank you so much for your personal attention to our ads and listing in Find the Divine directory. I signed up at a time when we were swamped with retreats and you took my information and got everything posted right away. The listing in Find the Divine has helped us with the search engines and people have clicked through your site that would not have found us otherwise. Thank you so much for the valuable service you provide in assisting us to market our retreats.

Retreat and Heal LLC, Arizona

FindtheDivine and SeekaRetreat are excellent ideas. Thanks to your site people have found our web site which has given me new hope for the Internet. We appreciate your help and support. Namaste, HeartGate Sanctuary, Oregon.

Thank you so much for your personal attention to our ads. Blessings, Peace Awareness Labyrinth and Gardens, California

Hi Phil, just wanted to let you know, we've started getting some response. It's exciting. Thanks for your help. We also have our first concert booked for July 29th. I hope to still get others for August and September. The words getting out!! Peach Orchard Christian Retreat Center, Maryland

We are consistently receiving hits from your websites and would like to renew our listing for the coming year. The check will be mailed this week. River's Edge, Ohio

Thank you so much for finding that info for me. I've been looking so hard, what a blessing! May God Bless You In All You Do, A seeker in June 2007.

You do such wonderful work. Prompt. Imaginative. Skillful. Loving. Nantucket Harbor Retreat, Massachusetts

It’s really been great having The Well “out there.” It has led several people to our doors inquiring about retreats, etc. Glad we found you! The Well Spirituality Center, Illinois

Thanks for all the work. The pages look great. This is a wonderful website and I'm very appreciative that you make it available. Peace in Christ, Palisades Retreat & Faith Formation Center, Washington

Extraordinary, Phil. You are a very hard worker and right up to date with your projects. Inn at SandCastle Inn, Oregon

We'll be renewing. We know of several inquiries and one booking we received. Hopefully that will continue to grow. We appreciate your work getting our name to come up high in the listings of websearches. Ferncliff Camp, Arkansas

We are very happy to be on your site! Seven Circles, California

Bless you and the service you provide Phil. It is an invaluable one for religious retreat centers struggling to get started. Sts. Peter and Paul Retreat Center, Ohio

Thank you, Phil. You've done a wonderful job with this! I am very grateful! RCDA Vocation Team, New York

My retreat leader listing looks great, and I will be curious to see what the response is. Find the Divine is such a great idea and service. Blessings of peace to you, Founder, Vessels of Peace, California

It is lovely to do business with such an honorable and fair organization. Royal Caribbean Resort, Belize

Thanks for this great service. Dunrovin, Christian Brothers Retreat Center, Minnesota

This page looks wonderful. A Stillpoint in Halibut Cove, Alaska

Our Ad for Inner Power Retreats looks AWESOME !!!! Inner Power Retreats, Florida

Thanks for all the good work you do!!! Rites of Passage Council, North Carolina.

We have been really happy with the response to our ad with you, and certainly intend to continue. Thank you also for your ever-prompt and courteous service regarding changes we’ve had to make. Black Mountain Preserve, California

You are a blessing sent!!!! I got a boatload of responses! Many of them are way too far away for our needs and means right now, but those that are within distance, are great! I am so excited that I actually have some tangible suggestions to show my committee members and Retreat participants!!!!!!Your website rocks!!!!!!!! Conference Center Seeker, February, 2007

We continue to receive inquireys about the center through Find the Divine....Great Work, Saint Joseph Retreat Center, West Virginia

We have been getting a lot of people looking into our retreat center and I'm sure it's because of the updates, so THANK YOU!!! Rising Phoenix, Maryland

It looks lovely and I thank you! What service you provide! Humble Abode Retreat, Vermont

Thank you so much. Our listing looks great and we’ve already received 2 leads! The Pines Resort & Conference Center, California


Thank you for all the referrals you direct to my client Shallowbrook Farm Retreat and Conference Center, Illinois. You are their top spiritual directory. Blizzard Internet Marketing, Inc.

Thank you, Phil, for your work! I'm grateful for all you've done to present Pendle Hill's upcoming retreats. Pendle Hill, Pennsylvania

Testimonials - 2006


You are the best. And we have been getting steady inquiries about retreat and conference business from FindtheDivine. Thanks again. Mercy Center

Thank you so much for the listing. What a wonderful service! Finca Ipe Retreat Center

These listings are fabulous! We are happy to be a part of Find the Divine/Seek a Retreat community... Speakingquest.com

I appreciate all you do to help us invite others to experience the spiritual resources at Holy Wisdom Monastery.

This all looks GREAT! Thank you so much for getting this on your site. I tested all the links and they are wonderful...Green Lake Conference Center

Thank you so much. You folks always seem to go the extra mile to bless your people... truly a fruit of the spirit of God. We notice...Still Life Retreat

Thank you for your service. We appreciate it very much...Benedictine Spirituality Center

We receive leads from Find the Divine almost daily. They are from groups seeking information about spiritual retreats or family reunions. We are able to meet the needs and host many of these retreats. Find the Divine website has proven to be a great way for us to advertise. We have met and been able to help some wonderful people...Trembly Bald Mountain Retreat

We get lots of referrals from your website (Thank You!)...San Damiano Retreat

Thank you for your help and willingness to be a bridge between those who are looking for retreats and those who offer them...Bethany Retreat Center
Testimonials - 2004
The world wide web has made Jesuit Retreat House known across the country and all over the world. In the past year we have had retreatants from:
Arizona, California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. We also had a retreatant from Canada and a member of the Korean Province of the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill.

Testimonials - 2003
"Thank you! Let us be a shinning example of the power of your website...and the opportunity for meetings and conference revenue to provide the income in order for us to do God's work in retreat ministry and social action...peace and goodness..." Charlie
"Phil, what a dear you are. God will bless you for all the good that you do. You are the loving energy of God at work. Bless you." Joan
"Hi Phil, Wow, the ad looks awesome! Thank you! Many thanks and blessings on your journey." Sue
"I wish to let you know how much help your site has been to us. Each month referrals from your site to ours accounted for the highest portion of traffic to our website - anywhere from 15% to 40% of our web traffic. One month we had over 250 visitors come to our website from FindtheDivine." Kevin
"Sincere thanks for the excellent work you are doing to update our featured calendar listing on FindtheDivine. Both Kay and I are impressed by your prompt response to our request and the professional presentation you are preparing for us." Fr. Clem
"Thank you so much for posting our events. I truly love your directory. We are a brand new facility and just getting our feet wet so our advertising budget is small (as is our capacity) for the moment. However, we will be getting a new advertising budget up and going by mid-summer and I have listed your directory as one of our top advertising budget items. I am not only impressed with the quantity of items but the quality of your pages." Lindy
"Just wanted to say how much we appreciate what you are doing! At present we can only afford a free listing but even so we have had several inquiries - not so for some other retreat sites. You can be sure that we will be upgrading our listing with you as soon as we can. We are too small for the partnership program but again are impressed with this." Blessings, Sulis
"I love it. You did a wonderful job with it, successfully capturing the spirit of the center, and effectively describing the services that we offer. I look forward to further collaboration." Tom
"Thank you for posting my message. I didn't get any response until today but there were about 4 or 5 responses today. Yesterday I phoned one of your listings, Cenacle Retreat House In Warrenville, Illinois, and they have space so we are going there. Thank you for your help. Your site was so useful to me...even if I did get a bid frenetic trying to pick the place that would most meet our needs. As my friend told me God is everywhere." Blessings. Dukh
"There was a good response to my ad with you last year"

Harriett
"That is beyond wonderful, Phil, and I love it! I had no idea you could do that! That is awesome. I love the photos you chose. It all looks very good! I like the photos that you chose very much. Thanks for all your work and creativity." Blessings, Kathy
"Phil, how wonderfully your website looks. It manages to be both serene and informative. Thank you, Phil, for your persistence in getting information about our next events and for highlighting our programs. I do feel Christ-lead." Margot

"We just wanted to take a moment to thank you for the great job you are doing in helping our retreat center. In just a couple of months since we joined FindtheDivine Retreat Partner Program, we have received numerous inquiries. A few days ago we booked our first retreat, the first of which we hope to be many more from your program. We are very excited. Our major concern has been marketing. Your program is helping us get the word out about our retreat and conference center."

Many blessings to you both,
Frank & Jo Ann, July 2003

Testimonials - 2001 and 2002


Looks good...The ad looks very nice. Thanks for your good work.

- Larry Beatty, President, Jumonville, March 22, 2002

I want to thank you so much for helping us find a place that will suit our needs - the responses are pouring in and they all seem wonderful! Once we make our decision, I will let you know. Your servantship on this matter has been greatly appreciated!

-Your friend in Christ, Grace, Feb 18, 2002

5,000 hits a day is that much praise to God for this work in God's honor. A woman and her husband came here today to see the retreat house. They had been to Loyola the day before looking for a connection to the Holy. Your site was where they went!

- Grace and peace, S. Louise, March 10, 2002

Thanks for the publicity regarding the OP retreat in Mclean,Va the end of May. Have a blessed Lent and all the best for now...

- Fr Bill Sheehan, March, 2002

Thank you again for your speedy work activating our site. You have been very easy to work with, and I appreciate your quick responses to all my questions.

- Sincerely, Marissa, Bergamo Center, April 15, 2002

It works. And the page looks great! Thanks so much, Phil. I'm working on our fall books (due out in July and August) and will drop you a note with some info about those I think might be appropriate for your site. Thanks again!

- Geri Pawelski, SORIN BOOKS, March 19, 2002

Looks great! For now we won't add anything else. However, we look forward to "re-contracting" and adding other highlights. Thank you!

- Blessings, Sr. Donna, Feb, 2002

I can't thank you enough for taking the time to get my request out to so many! Each day a new email brings more information to my desk. Thanks again!

- God's smile - Eileen, Jan 30, 2002

Thank you. I was quite pleased to find your website.

-Blessings, Emilie, May 18, 2002

I hope the MassRetreat group (a consortium of nine smallish retreat centers in Western Mass) have contacted you with respect to advertising on finethedivine. I recommended you highly. I would like to renew, definitely.
One of the reasons I'm sticking with you is your client-friendly way of letting me know when a referral has comethrough the findthedivine web site so that I know I am indeed getting some bang for my advertising buck. Other internet sites were not willing to do that, which seems kinds of silly, but never mind.

-Aloha, Mary, May 15, 2002

What an awesome sight you have! Guess God was working in my life when I found you... Thank you so much for your quick reply and e-mail addresses for the two retreat centers I inquired about. I will be e-mailing them today!
Thank you so much for your help.

- Alice, Feb 18, 2002

140,000 hits is wonderful, praise God, indeed! BPC is still getting requests through your site.
Imagine all the graces being received because of this site.

-In gratitude, Sr. Louise, Feb 3, 2002

I found your information FANTASTIC!! Thanks to your research, we have discovered the Bay View Villa in Maine. What a great place!

Thank you so much - I told Sister Claire that I found Bay View Villa at Findthedivine.com! I hope that helps you out - I know that you have really helped US out! Thank you so much! Best of luck to you! I know you will do well.

- Muney,

Thank you very much for your site. Our listing is very well done.

- Peace, Sr. Janet, Summer, 2001

Thanks for adding the calendar listings. I'll let you know if anyone responds from seeing them. Thanks again for the listing- it looks really good. I hope your site just keeps getting more well-known each day. Thanks for providing this service, for all those who are seeking.

- Blessings, Josie, Summer, 2001

I am smiling, laughing and clapping. I feel so famous to be on this site. Somewhere God is smiling for sure...findthedivine web site. I am very honored and am so happy to be listed. Thank you so very much. I think it reads well. You are most kind to help me become international again on the web.

- Blessings.... Deborah, Spring, 2001

We are getting a few requests for information. The site is working! God is working in the greater truth. May God continue to receive glory.

- Sister Louise

Thank you so much... I just checked out the listing on your web site. I really appreciate all your help and generosity in providing us this space. Everything looks great to me!!!! We pray for our benefactors often, but expressly every Wed. at our Liturgy of the Hours- you are included. May your efforts in this regard further many peoples spiritual growth.

God Bless and May you have a wonderful Easter.

- Sr. Linda

I am indeed honored that you have included Visions Anew on your divinely inspired website.

- Margot, Director of Visions Anew Inc, Summer, 2001

These are affirmations from God to keep going on developing this site. God has plans for its use to help people find the Divine One! You are a marvelous instrument because you wish to do just that! Congratulations!

- Sister Louise

Wow, it was fun seeing my quote in FindtheDivine. I think it is wonderful that you have taken on this endeavor that so many of us hunger for. I'm curious as to how you were led to do this website. You are a seeker, obviously, but it is my belief that a power greater than yourself inspired you to do this service for all of us. Regardless, I appreciate your work and look forward to any new updates.

- Blessings, Anne

Your site just gets better and better! It is crisp, clear, full of good information and obviously Spirit led. Thanks for all your hard work.

Loretta Ross-Gotta, August 27, 2001

It is beautiful and thank you very much for all you did....it will be perfect. The best to you,

Karen, August 23, 2001

Just a note to "thank you" for your time, courtesy and flexibility during our work on this site. I am sure we will be in contact for future additions, etc....so in the meantime, thank you ( I look forward to working with you again) and my best wishes to you for your continued success on your web site. It is a handsome one!

Peace, Kathy , August 15, 2001

Dear Friends,
I just learned of your site. It's wonderful !!!

Thanks, Caroline, August 14, 2001

I like your listing of "Retreat Programs" and that you included their email address. This is a great addition! I've been passing your web site address to others. Keep up the good work.

Yours in Christ, Deacon Fred, July 5, 2001

Let me say that you no doubt have created one of the largest databases for retreat center information that I have found on the Internet. Let me congratulate you on your efforts.

Thank you for your hard work.

John Mark, July 13,2001

Peace and joy. Thank you so much for sharing these dates on your fabulous website. We come in contact with many persons looking for a retreat. We will refer them to your site as often as possible.

Vocationsplacement.org, July 2, 2001

Thank you for the listing of our center on your "state to state retreat listings." Thank you also for offering to put our upcoming retreats on your calendar. This will be a great help for us. We will put you on our Email list for our program schedule.

Thank you very much for your support! Peace!

Fr. Thomas, June 25, 2001

I am not kidding!! This is the most wonderful website on earth (and heaven!) - If I didn't already find a retreat to go to this summer (thru YOU, I might add), I'd be going to one that you have listed on your summer retreats.

What a wonderful idea this website is and bless you a million times for doing it! Please make sure I get EVERY bit of information from you - I really need this!

Thank you ! Sincerely, Muney, May 27, 2001

I just read the listing and its fabulous. Thank you

Donna, July 19, 2001

Thank you! The service must be working well - I've already had one inquiry!

Regards, Mary, May 29, 2001

Hi Phil! I want to thank you so much for helping us find a place that will suit our needs - the responses are pouring in and they all seem wonderful! Your servantship on this matter has been greatly appreciated!

Your friend in Christ, Grace.

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