Escape to a Summer Sanctuary- A Weekend Silent Directed Retreat

With Mary C. MacGillivray, CSJA

August 21 - 23, 2026

Date and Time Details: Check in Friday August 21, 2025 at 3:00pm - Check out Sunday August 23, 2025 at 10:00am.

Location: Genesis Spiritual Life and Conference Center

Address: 53 Mill Street, Westfield, MA, USA

Contact: Genesis Spiritual Life and Conference Center
genesis@genesisspiritualcenter.org
(413) 562-3627

  • $395.00 – Program Price - Single Occupancy

As summer begins to slip by, are you longing for some rest, solitude and connection to the Holy? Allow yourself time for a sacred pause. Come to savor the prayerful surroundings, silence, and spiritual companionship for a weekend. Arrive on Friday afternoon at 3:00, enjoy dinner and conversation at 6:00, and begin the retreat at 7:00 with a communal prayer service. You will meet with your spiritual director to discuss how you can make the most of this time and to decide on a time to meet on Saturday. Saturday will include an optional communal prayer service at 7:00. On Sunday communal breakfast will be at 8:00. Departure from your room will be at 10:00. Anyone who wishes may remain on the grounds of Genesis as your schedule allows.

About the Leader

Mary C. MacGillivray, CSJA

Mary is a single laywoman who received her master’s degree in theology from Immaculate Conception Seminary in Long Island, New York. After thirty-three years of teaching high school Theology, she retired in June 2017. In addition to teaching, she served as a hospital chaplain for fifteen years, working part time at three hospitals in the […]

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