Filter the activities of a retreat center

Dear Readers, Please accept my apologies for a considerable gap in the posts on this blog. My wife, Suzy, and I decided that we needed to invest time in a Spanish Language immersion to facilitate our mission activites in Central America. The process was consuming and the blog postings lapsed. Continuing the thoughts from the last posting in September: Your retreat center will become popular. People will want to schedule receptions, bar mitzvahs, church retreats and weddings. Hospital managers will ask to hold planning sessions. You must hold the line. All of these activities will dilute the sacred quality of the place you build. The rule at Seton Cove is that at least 50% of the program must be of a spiritual nature. Our vice president of Mission Services, the Director of Seton Cove, the Site Manager and the Program Facilitator form the Seton Cove council and approve all programming. Build a filter like this into the charter of your retreat center.