Society of Our Mother of Peace

I was here for two years as a postulate. One of the few orders that goes back to the original ideals of many founders. They fill an important role and do it well.

+JMJ...I have been to many Retreat Centers and this is one of my most beloved! This Religious community, whose apostolate is to work with parish priests to engage in neighborhood outreach to the unChurched, offers those who desire to be still and to get to know God in the silence an opportunity to do so by providing a Chapel open to Retreatants to participate in daily Holy Mass, private hermitages furnished with all necessities: single bed, desk with chair, heater, a/c, and bathroom with shower and sink. Even though there are no kitchen appliances (meals are prepared and Retreatants picks these up thrice a day to eat in their hermitage or anywhere on the grounds), a little pot is provided to heat up water. As this can be a place for soul searching, one can avail themselves of spiritual direction or spend their time reading books from the Community's well-stocked library. Silence is very important, so there are no unscheduled conversations with the Community's religious or laity members. Personally, for me, being enveloped in the natural beauty of the grounds, the opportunity for community participation in Holy Mass and the recitation of the Divine Office (prayers of the Psalms and Sacred Scripture) walking the hilly grounds AND spending lots of time in the library looking through and picking up inspiring reading material was the essence of Heaven on earth.