Season Opens

Linwood Spiritual Center Opens 2011-12 Season

Sr. Maureen Steeley, S.U., Director of the Linwood Spiritual Center, announced the opening of the Center on September 15 for the 2011-2012 seasons.  Linwood offers spiritual retreats that include extended, directed and guided retreats for both men and women and programs in human development.  In addition, there are a host of single day and evening programs.  Extended retreats include those based on Ignatian spirituality, yoga and quilting, twelve-step spirituality, and retreats centered around particular times of year including Advent, Lent, and Holy Week.  Some of the single day and evening program offerings are Spiritual Spa Day for Women, Senior Citizens Afternoons of Recollections, The Labyrinth: An Ancient Tool for Modern Times, and Lectio and Lunch at Linwood.  As well as the Center’s programming, the facilities may also be used for meeting, conference and event space. 

Sr. Maureen describes the atmosphere of Linwood as she quotes the poet Mary Oliver saying, “ ‘…the doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another voice may speak.’ It doesn’t have to be grand thoughts.  It could be a moment of elusive quiet in chapel, the sound of a wind chime or a simple blade of grass beckoning us to come closer.  The gate is always open…..”

Linwood is located at 50 Linwood Road in Rhinebeck, NY.  For information or a brochure about the Center’s programs and events, visit the website at www.linwoodspiritualctr.org or call 845-876-4178.

 Linwood Spiritual Center is a ministry of the Society of St. Ursula. The Linwood Community welcomes diverse groups and individuals and provides an atmosphere of openness and hospitality where people find home.  Linwood Spiritual Center hosts retreats and programs encompassing spirituality and human development. In addition, Linwood features yoga and arts programs. Facilities may also be available for non-denominational individual, group, and corporate meetings and retreats.