Summer Solstice Retreat: Midsummer Reflections

With David MacDonald

June 20 - 22, 2025

  • Upgraded Cabin: Mary (#6) – $260.00
  • Upgraded Cabin: Scholastica (#10) – $260.00
  • Single Occupancy (Private Cabin) – $230.00
  • Double Occupancy (Shared Cabin with Roommate) – $200.00
  • Commuter: Saturday and Sunday – $100.00

Join us in Reflecting on the Longest Day of the Year

The summer solstice is the longest day, and the shortest night, of the year. Held in the deep heart of midsummer, it is a time of growth, potentiality, and reflection.

Join us as we take time out of the heat of the summer to reflect on where we’ve been and where we’re going, with what we wish to do with our “one wild and precious life.”

Schedule:

Friday

1:30-4:00 Check-in and getting settled into cabins
4:30  Meditation
5:30  Dinner
6:30  Opening ritual and setting our intentions
9:00 Quiet Hours begin

Saturday

7:00-9:00  Breakfast in silence
8:00  Meditation
9:00  Forest Bathing with Emmie Brenzel
11:00  Working meditation in the garden
Noon  Meditation
12:30  Lunch
1:30-3:00  Free Time
3:00  Afternoon iced tea, lemonade, cookies, and conversation
4:00  Meditation
5:30  Dinner
6:30  Drumming Circle
9:00  Quiet hours begin

Sunday

7:00-9:00  Breakfast in silence
8:00  Meditation
10:00  Closing ritual and final reflections
11:00  Brunch
Noon  Goodbyes and head for home.

About the Facilitator

David MacDonald

David is an ordained elder in The United Methodist Church, as well as a Benedictine monk, as a member of the dispersed St. Brigid of Kildare monastery. David is a trained spiritual director and retreat leader, and served as the chaplain at Ohio Northern University for eleven years, located in Ada, Ohio.  David was named […]

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