tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post2889061460148797920..comments2024-01-24T04:48:37.548-05:00Comments on Summit to Shore: Searching for a Retreat CenterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-45689446188034968982009-08-06T22:06:31.148-04:002009-08-06T22:06:31.148-04:00I still need to follow up on the second and third ...I still need to follow up on the second and third comments. Responding to the first comment, I too have experienced the occasional solitude and natural and wild beauty of Jamaica Bay as a natural sanctuary where I have retreated and been recharged in nothing less than a spiritual, even mystical sort of way.John Edward Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13983843497044452774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-71210584538377897922009-07-28T16:40:07.566-04:002009-07-28T16:40:07.566-04:00Right, so the first answer was 2 retreats on Long ...Right, so the first answer was 2 retreats on Long Island, the musician who suggested them had not been to either one but knew of them - <br /><br />http://www.inisfada.net/<br />http://www.cormaria.org/index.htm<br /><br />And then my friend who'd been to the one on Staten Island got back to me - it is the Mount Manresa Jesuit Retreat House, they helped a very good friend of mine get through some very hard times, and their website is http://www.manresasi.org/bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794351142636136626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-37904316888228251102009-07-28T13:29:34.653-04:002009-07-28T13:29:34.653-04:00More seriously - isn't there something that...More seriously - isn't there something that's run by a Catholic group on Staten Island? <br /><br />I think like my Irish music friends have occasionally done benefits for them. <br /><br />I will check in with them & see if I made this up.bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794351142636136626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-52887870762391029722009-07-28T13:20:51.780-04:002009-07-28T13:20:51.780-04:00Kayaking sort of IS my retreat.
I don't think...Kayaking sort of IS my retreat.<br /><br />I don't think I ever feel as peaceful & right with myself & the world as I do when I'm out on the water.bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794351142636136626noreply@blogger.com