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2025 Retreats

The following is a list of retreats that are scheduled for 2025 at this time. A limited number of financial scholarships are available, call our office for more information. Our facilities are also available for rent for private retreat groups and religious conferences.

Whether it's to enhance productivity, find inspiration, or simply seek inner peace, a personal retreat day offers a valuable opportunity to disconnect from the chaos of everyday life and focus on self-care. Personal Days of Retreat and Renewal are available for individuals – Please call for more information and scheduling.

Retreat Registration & Payment Options

You have two options to register for the retreat:

1. We Travel – Register online through We Travel (please note that service fees apply).

2. Mail a Check – To avoid service fees, you may mail a check for the full retreat fee to:

Bethany Retreat Center
PO Box 129
Frenchville, PA 16836

Checks must be received at least one week prior to the retreat date to secure your spot. Using Certified Mail or a tracking method is recommended.

📢 Important: If you are mailing a check, please contact the Retreat Director, Lisa, at 814-780-8101 or lisam@anawimministries.org to confirm that space is available before sending your payment.

For any further questions, feel free to reach out. We look forward to welcoming you!

Cancellation Policy for Events
A guest scheduled to attend any day, weekend, or weeklong retreat will receive a refund of his/her payment, with a 72 hour notice prior to his/her arrival date and time.

If a guest cancels with less than 72 hours prior to his/her arrival, the guest will be charged a cancellation fee of $50.00. Any balance over the cancellation fee will be refunded.

If an event is cancelled by Bethany Retreat Center, a full refund will be provided.

APRIL 2025 RETREATS

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Stations of the Cross

APRIL 18th

Join us at Bethany Retreat Center on Good Friday to walk the Stations of the Cross as you prepare your heart and mind for the celebration of Easter Sunday. This will be an outdoor event where we will gather outside the Prayer Center then walk together to the Stations of the Cross.

Labyrinth Retreat

APRIL 19th

The labyrinth is a spiritual tool that has many applications in various settings. It reduces stress, quiets the mind, and opens the heart. It is a walking meditation, a path to prayer and a blueprint where psyche meets Spirit.”

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Group Drumming Retreat

April 26th

Join us on April 26th when we will focus on Sacred Rattles. Attendees will build their own rattle to use in the afternoon of the retreat. Drums and rattles work well together, with the rattle’s high-pitch frequencies complementing the lower frequencies of the drum. Rattles are also believed to have potent healing properties.

MAY 2025 RETREATS

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Labyrinth Retreat

MAY 3rd

The labyrinth is a spiritual tool that has many applications in various settings. It reduces stress, quiets the mind, and opens the heart. It is a walking meditation, a path to prayer and a blueprint where psyche meets Spirit.”

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Poetry Retreat

MAY 15th - MAY 18th

Join us for a contemplative poetry retreat where we explore the timeless themes. Together, we'll dive into a variety of poetic forms responding to the world around us. Whether you're looking to write, reflect, or connect with fellow poets, this retreat offers a peaceful space to explore your creativity at your own pace. It’s your time to create, rest, and be inspired.

Directed Retreat

MAY 27th - JUNE 3rd

Spiritual direction or spiritual companionship is a process guided by the Holy Spirit in which two people enter into a unique conversation. The spiritual director or guide is trained to listen in a particular way to hear where God is present and acting in the life of another. This “holy listening” approaches each person’s life and story as sacred.

JUNE 2025 RETREATS

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Spiritual Paradigm

JUNE 6th - JUNE 8th

When it comes to being a spiritual person, do we have a choice? Yes, we do…or maybe, no we don’t. If this “spiritual thing” is actually bigger than we think? What is really going on in the course of our day, and in the midst of our world? And what is the decision to seek a deepening in spirituality all about? This program looks at the spiritual underpinnings of our reality, and seeks to address what our choices could mean in relation to it, to God, and to our everyday lives.

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Centering Prayer

JUNE 13th - JUNE 15th

Centering Prayer is a receptive method of Christian silent prayer that prepares us to receive the gift of contemplative prayer; prayer in which we experience God’s presence within us, closer than breathing, closer than thinking, closer than consciousness itself. Its purpose is to foster a deeper intimacy with Christ through the silence and stillness of contemplative prayer.

11th Step Retreat

JUNE 27th - JUNE 29th

Nancy Cord-Baran and Michael Gidlewski invite you to join us in this weekend retreat. It is for people who participate in any 12 Step program of recovery and have the intention to improve their meditation practice and enlarge their spiritual life.

JULY 2025 RETREATS

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Journaling to deepen your relationship with God

JULY 24th

Participants at the retreat will learn about a variety of spirituality-related journals and their purposes. They will make a sample journal using several of the techniques. This retreat is designed for those who want to develop a practice that will enrich their spiritual life. No journaling experience is needed.

Please bring a journal - either one you are using or a new one.

Also, please bring a bible or other inspirational material.

Lectio Divina

JULY 25th - JULY 27th

Contemplative Outreach has developed a workshop/retreat to introduce you to the ancient practice of praying with Scripture known as Lectio Divina (Divine Reading), one of the great treasures of the Christian tradition of prayer. Lectio Divina reveals the four senses of Scripture:

the literal

the allegorical

the moral/behavioral

the unitive

in a Spirit-led, transformative experience of relationship with the Divine.

AUGUST 2025 RETREATS

Centering Prayer

AUGUST 10th - AUGUST 17th

This 6 Day Retreat will be an in-depth retreat for those experienced in Centering Prayer. The retreat will facilitate entrance into a more profound level of spiritual practice in an atmosphere of silence, solitude, and community with an opportunity to spend extended time in deep silence in community to encourage a more intimate union with God. An existing Centering Prayer practice is a prerequisite for attending this retreat.

SEPTEMBER 2025 RETREATS

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7 Essentials Retreat

SEPTEMBER 5th - SEPTEMBER 7th

Nestled on top of a serene mountain in Pennsylvania, 7 Stones is a transformative retreat designed to reconnect you with your mind, body, and spirit. Set against the beauty of fall’s vibrant colors, this three-day journey invites you to recognize, appreciate, and honor all that you are—through mindful self-care, spiritual practices, and harmonious living. This is an opportunity to rejuvenate your body, refresh your mind, and deepen your soul's connection to God.

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Women’s Retreat

SEPTEMBER 26th - SEPTEMBER 28th

Finding harmony in gratitude and grace means cultivating a mindset where you actively acknowledge and appreciate the good in your life (gratitude), while simultaneously accepting imperfections and extending kindness to yourself and others with an understanding of life's challenges (grace), leading to a sense of inner peace and balance; essentially, being thankful for what you have while also recognizing that not everything is always perfect and allowing for forgiveness and compassion.

OCTOBER 2025 RETREATS

Mary Retreat

OCTOBER 6th

How do we manage suffering, sorrows, and the puzzling question of “why” in our daily lives? Mary is there to help us through prayer and is our greatest intercessor to Jesus. We will look at ways we might strengthen our prayer life in relationship to praying with Mary, Mother of God, and mother of us all.

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Following the Nonviolent Jesus: A Weekend Retreat with John Dear

OCTOBER 10th - 12th

John Dear is an internationally known author, activist and teacher of peace and nonviolence. A weekend with John Dear will enlighten us all on the nonviolence of gospel.

NOVEMBER 2025 RETREATS

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Dimensions of Loss

NOVEMBER 3rd - November 5th

This retreat will focus on loss from a Christian perspective with reflection on personal experiences of grief and loss, living with loss, and responding to people who are bereaved.

Icon Writing Workshop/Retreat

NOVEMBER 10th - NOVEMBER 14th

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The workshop/retreat will include class instruction, theology, painting and prayer.

DECEMBER 2025 RETREATS

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Advent Retreat

DECEMBER 4th - DECEMBER 7th

This retreat is designed for those with an established daily practice of centering prayer who wish to deepen the transforming love of God in the midst of silence and solitude.

The weekend will include centering prayer, conferences with contemplative dialogue, personal time, meals and Sunday liturgy.

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