Adelynrood Retreat and Conference Center

07/17/2024

What's happening at Adelynrood for the rest of the Summer?

This Saturday: Permaculture Workshop
August 2-4: Memoir Writing Program
August 7: Quiet Day

And many more offerings through the end of September including a fiber arts workshop, Ukrainian egg design, individual creative project time and the list goes on!

Check out the link below for full program information or to learn how to book your personal retreat!

(Peep the photo for an idea of just how close we are to the ocean!)

http://bit.ly/4d3H7oW

06/28/2024

Have you signed up for our permaculture workshop on July 20!?

We hope you will join us for “Permaculture for the Impermanent: Permaculture and Theology.” This day combines the history and philosophy of permaculture, practical permaculture gardening, and design lessons with the insights of theology. We’ll explore how faith and sustainable living intersect through engaging visuals, interactive presentations, and hands-on activities leading to a deeper understanding of permaculture and its connection to our spiritual journey.

Learn more and sign up here: https://www.adelynrood.org/event/spiritualityofpermaculturegardening/

06/07/2024

Bloom Update 🌸 Week 4: would you just look at this Foxglove!? The colors are gorgeous, and this flower feels otherworldly.

Plus, more bright-colored flowers popping this week!

06/03/2024

Thank you to everyone who joined us at our Open House on Saturday. A wonderful time had by all, and we were blessed with incredible weather!

05/30/2024

Bloom Update Week 3 🌸: We are experiencing lots of rain and clouds today and are reflecting on some of the gorgeous new blooms we witnessed in the beautiful weather earlier this week. Check em out!

This Saturday’s weather is going to be ideal, with full sun and in the low 70’s, the perfect reason for you to join us at our annual Open House, free picnic with delicious food from our chef, live music, and craft fair!

Our event will take place this Saturday, from 12-3, with house tours at 1 and 2pm and garden tours at 1:15 and 2:15pm.

Hope to see you!

05/21/2024

Bloom update! 🌸 Week 2:

Colors are beginning to really pop this week.

Our plant friends are enjoying the sun just as much as we are. Each walk becomes more beautiful.

05/20/2024

We are less than two weeks away from our annual Open House, Neighborhood Picnic and Craft Fair!

Join us on Saturday, June 1, from 12-3PM, rain or shine.

Individuals and families are welcome! There will be complimentary, delicious food prepared by our talented chef, tour our grounds (we can’t wait to see what has blossomed by then!), music, and activities to enjoy as well. Every year, we are blessed with local artisans and crafters who sell their creations at our craft fair. Shop local and check items off your gift list!

If you’ve visited Adelynrood before, this is the perfect opportunity to share it with your family, friends or coworkers. If you haven’t visited, it’s a great way to explore all that Adelynrood offers.

This event is FREE and open to all.

05/15/2024

Bloom update!

Each day, we witness small changes as the grounds come alive again.

05/09/2024

Our monks are having a meeting of the minds (and hearts.)

We are busy getting the grounds ready for summer guests. Have you booked your private or group retreat with us yet?

Hope to see you!

05/02/2024

It's that time of year! This week is known as "Live In", when Companions from the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross and our Friends of Adelynrood volunteers join us for the week to ready our spaces for the upcoming summer season.

Thank you to all the volunteers for their hard work this week! Here are some snapshots of live in so far. Some familiar friends, flowers are beginning to bloom, and the light peering through the clouds after the rain always looks so beautifully dramatic.

04/26/2024

We are celebrating National Volunteer Week!

Thank you to all of our volunteers, both Companions and Friends of Adelynrood, who join us every season and ensure our guests have a comfortable and enjoyable experience during their time with us!

04/26/2024

Join us in July for the program RAWtools - Hope for People Who are Weary of Violence.

"Gun violence haunts America. It is a public health crisis. It is also a spiritual and moral crisis. Some say it’s a heart problem, others a gun problem. We say it’s both. Biblical prophets imagine a world where God’s people beat their swords into plows and their spears into pruning hooks, transforming the tools of death into tools of life, building a world free of violence."

Program facilitator, Shane Claiborne worked with Mother Teresa in Calcutta, and founded The Simple Way in Philadelphia. He heads-up Red Letter Christians, committed to living “as if Jesus meant the things he said.” Shane is a champion for grace, which has led him to jail advocating for the homeless, and to places like Iraq and Afghanistan to stand against war. Now grace fuels his passion to end the death penalty and help stop gun violence.

Register for this program here:
https://www.adelynrood.org/event/rawtools/

04/02/2024

We hope you will join us for "Honoring the Original Stewards of the Land: Acknowledging the Past, Looking Toward a Shared Future", taking place June 7-8 here at Adelynrood.

Indigenous people lived on this land we now call coastal New England over 10,000 years before Europeans arrived and seized their ancestral homelands. The Society of Companions of the Holy Cross purchased Adelynrood a century ago. These 15-plus acres of beautiful land in northeastern Massachusetts included apple trees and a view toward the salt marsh, the Parker River, and the ocean beyond.

During this conference, Indigenous presenters whose people have called this land their home for generations will help us examine the past and look with hope toward a shared future of right relationship of the land and its people.

Learn more about the program and presenters, and sign up to attend here:

https://www.adelynrood.org/event/honoringtheoriginalstewardsoftheland/

Photo credit: Joel Barrett

03/22/2024

Calling all writers and those interested in exploring!

Have you checked out our memoir writing program taking place this summer?

More details and register here:

Charting Your Legacy - Steps to a Meaningful Memoir August 2-4, 2024 About the Program Everyone’s story has value. Family, friends, people with similar backstories, even strangers find hope and encouragement in the stories we tell. We remember history, preserve culture, and build roads to healing ...

02/16/2024

Did you know that this summer we will be offering a day-long permaculture workshop?

We hope you will join us in July for "Permaculture for the Impermanent: Permaculture and Theology." This day combines the history and philosophy of permaculture, practical permaculture gardening, and design lessons with the insights of Christian theology. We’ll explore how faith and sustainable living intersect through engaging visuals, interactive presentations, and hands-on activities leading to a deeper understanding of permaculture and its connection to our spiritual journey.

Learn more and sign up here: https://www.adelynrood.org/event/spiritualityofpermaculturegardening/

10/26/2023

We received a visit from this guy today… one of the many wonders you may experience during a visit to Adelynrood!

In some cultures, a praying mantis can be a sign of good luck or fortune. The insects are said to represent success, large families and the cycle of life.

Thank you to Stewart, our facilities manager, for capturing this image!

10/04/2023

Jimmy, our dedicated, longtime Facilities Assistant and resident mushroom expert harvests a Hen of the Woods right from our grounds! He recommends roasting these with garlic and other herbs. Delish!

10/04/2023

Thank you for a great Summer! Take a look at programs we will be offering in 2024!

As we close out on our 2023 Summer program season, we reflect fondly on the guests who joined us at Adelynrood this year. We welcomed both new and returning groups, who hosted their retreats with us. Thank you to everyone who played a part in helping make our Summer programs a success, and to volunt...

08/17/2023

Summer is flying by and there's been so much excitement here at Adelynrood. We have enjoyed seeing returning guests and meeting new faces during the 2023 Summer Program series.

Interested in keeping up on the latest happenings? We're proud to share the first of many updates on our new Adelynrood blog. We are kicking things off with a sustainability update from our facilities manager, Stewart Guay.

Read the blog here and check back for monthly updates:
https://www.adelynrood.org/summer2023sustainabilityupdate/

08/15/2023

Thank you Wu An Martial Arts - YMAA Wu An for choosing our location for your national training camp! We enjoyed your presence and positive energy and hope to see you again!

🥳 Thank you to everyone for such a wonderful weekend and for attending the first ever YMAA USA National Training Camp! 🇺🇸 In addition to our MA participants, we had students travel in from AR, CO, CT, FL, NH, NJ, NY, and PA. We even had some international students join our community from Canada, Chile, and Egypt!

We’re so glad to have had such a great group with high training spirits and positive energy 💪 We were happy to see so many smiles as people interacted with each other in and out of training 🤩 We look forward to doing this again, but for now, it’s time to rest and recover a bit!

A big thank you to Adelynrood as well, for hosting us at their beautiful space in Byfield, MA 🙏 We appreciate how smoothly you ran everything and how polite and accommodating your staff were!

Interested in Traditional Chinese Martial Arts & Qigong?
Be sure to follow us! 👉 Wu An Martial Arts - YMAA Wu An

08/10/2023

Join us next week at our "Time and Space to Create" program.

Allow yourself the space to work on your own creative project. Whether your passion is drawing, painting, writing, music, photography, knitting, needlework, or something else, you can pursue your favorite, self-guided project in a supportive and beautiful place.

Each evening after dinner, join other artists and share your creation. It’s your time to connect with your creative muse. Come for the entire session or one or more days from Tuesday evening to Friday afternoon.

More information and sign up here:
https://www.adelynrood.org/event/time-and-space-to-create/

Photo credit: Jonathan Borba

07/28/2023

"The early mornings on the screened porches of Adelynrood have sometimes moved me beyond words, to an interior place of prayer that wells up into poetry."

Hear more from a Companion about what it is like to visit Adelynrood.

https://schccompanions.org/adelynrood-a-place-of-prayer.../

07/26/2023

We are looking forward to hosting a Quiet Day on August 9th. Novelist, essayist and leading contemplative thinker, Sophfronia Scott will be leading this session, based on the humanity of Thomas Merton.

Attendees will use writing prompts and meditations during this day filled with inner connection and reflection. We hope you will join us.

Visit this link for more information: https://www.adelynrood.org/event/humanity-of-thomas-merton/

07/25/2023

Thank you for visiting us, Áine Greaney, Writer, and for sharing these beautiful images.

07/24/2023

Monarch caterpillar sighting in our pollinator garden!

Thanks to our facilities manager, Stew, for capturing this beauty in an image!

07/14/2023

Liz Theoharis of the Poor People’s Campaign arrived today to lead our conversations about Answering the Call to Moral Revival. “We won’t be silent anymore!”

07/14/2023

Enjoy our yoga room on your next visit. It's equipped with mats, blocks, bolsters and straps for your convenience.

07/11/2023

Abundance! Our gardens are flourishing and the sun is shining brightly today. Much to be thankful for.

Arrange a visit with us this Summer. There’s still time to book your day retreat, overnight stay or join us for one of our Summer program offerings.

06/23/2023

Join us in July for our social justice programming.

The first session, Contemplation as the Pathway to Racial healing, will be led by the Rev. Peter Gray, whose perspective is informed by trainings with the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Becoming beloved community requires concrete, collective action and the tender-hearted work of transformation and healing. Hierarchies of human value leave an imprint on our souls. Trauma, shame and fear lead us to retreat toward safety, comfort and even denial, impeding our ability to build multicultural, anti-racist communities.

Explore contemplative prayer as a resource through which God can offer healing of troubled pasts, courage to engage in the present and strength to become repairers of the breach.

Learn more and sign up here: https://www.adelynrood.org/event/contemplation-pathway-to-racial-healing/

06/14/2023

We are getting our indoor and outdoor spaces ready for our annual Companion Conference. It is nice to see the sun today!