You are invited to join our prayer circle in which a 20-minute Centering Prayer session is coupled with another contemplative practice.

This walk is a “Celebration of the Trees of Mercy by the Sea.” Join program associate, Claire Rusowicz and Everyone Outside naturalist Lucy Meigs for a wander around the beautiful grounds on Long Island Sound.

Join us for the opening reception of works by local artists Linda McCarthy and Regina Thomas

Join Program Director Joan Linley and current School participants for an information session on the School for the Second Half of Life, whose next cohort begins this fall.

Join us for a weekly Centering Prayer group in which 20 minutes is spent in Centering Prayer and the rest of the time in silence and contemplative conversation. All are welcome. No experience is required although if you have not done Centering Prayer before, we ask that you contact Claire Rusowicz (crusowicz@mercybythesea.org) and come 15 minutes prior to the group to go over Centering Prayer guidelines.

Join us for an afternoon leisurely ramble in nearby nature preserves and state parks, led by naturalist Lucy Meigs, founder and director of the CT nonprofit, Everyone Outside www.everyoneoutside.org , and Mercy by the Sea program associate, Claire Rusowicz.

Learn firsthand about the School for the Second Half of Life in an informational session hosted by Program Director Joan Linley with current School participants.

According to author and Episcopal priest Lauren Artress, "the labyrinth is a walking meditation, a path of prayer and an archetypal blueprint where psyche meets Spirit." Walking the labyrinth is always very personal. It can be healing, centering, calming, reflective or prayerful. So come and experience the Mercy by the Sea labyrinth with a breathtaking view of Long Island Sound. There is no fee, but a free-will donation is appreciated.

Join us for a day of mindfulness, a practice to live fully, as poet Mary Oliver reminds us, “your one wild and precious life.” We will practice clarity of mind, focus, and the non-judgmental observation of experience as it unfolds from moment-to-moment.

Give yourself the gift of time to slow down, stroll on the warm sands, breathe in the salt air, gaze into tide pools and gather treasures from the sea. There will be plenty of time, to relax, walk the grounds and the labyrinth. You will have ample creative time to draw, paint and write.

All are welcome at our a weekly Centering Prayer circle in which 20 minutes is spent in Centering Prayer and the rest of the time in silence and contemplative conversation. No experience is required, although if you have not done Centering Prayer before, we ask that you contact Claire Rusowicz (crusowicz@mercybythesea.org) and come 15 minutes prior to the group to go over Centering Prayer guidelines.

You are invited to attend an information session on our Spiritual Direction Practicum, a two-year program to form and supervise those individuals who are discerning a call to this ministry of spiritual companionship

Directed retreats offer an experience grounded in solitude, silence, prayer and daily meetings with a spiritual director. They call for receptivity to the movements of the Spirit and are adapted to the needs of each individual.

Directed retreats offer an experience grounded in solitude, silence, prayer and daily meetings with a spiritual director. They call for receptivity to the movements of the Spirit and are adapted to the needs of each individual.

Directed retreats offer an experience grounded in solitude, silence, prayer and daily meetings with a spiritual director. They call for receptivity to the movements of the Spirit and are adapted to the needs of each individual.

Directed retreats offer an experience grounded in solitude, silence, prayer and daily meetings with a spiritual director. They call for receptivity to the movements of the Spirit and are adapted to the needs of each individual.

Join us for a weekly Centering Prayer group in which 20 minutes is spent in Centering Prayer and the rest of the time in silence and contemplative conversation. All are welcome. No experience is required although if you have not done Centering Prayer before, we ask that you contact Claire Rusowicz (crusowicz@mercybythesea.org) and come 15 minutes prior to the group to go over Centering Prayer guidelines.

Directed retreats offer an experience grounded in solitude, silence, prayer and daily meetings with a spiritual director. They call for receptivity to the movements of the Spirit and are adapted to the needs of each individual.

Directed retreats offer an experience grounded in solitude, silence, prayer and daily meetings with a spiritual director. They call for receptivity to the movements of the Spirit and are adapted to the needs of each individual.

Directed retreats offer an experience grounded in solitude, silence, prayer and daily meetings with a spiritual director. They call for receptivity to the movements of the Spirit and are adapted to the needs of each individual.

Directed retreats offer an experience grounded in solitude, silence, prayer and daily meetings with a spiritual director. They call for receptivity to the movements of the Spirit and are adapted to the needs of each individual.

Directed retreats offer an experience grounded in solitude, silence, prayer and daily meetings with a spiritual director. Directed retreats call for receptivity to the movements of the spirit and are adapted to the needs of each individual.

Directed retreats offer an experience grounded in solitude, silence, prayer and daily meetings with a spiritual director. Directed retreats call for receptivity to the movements of the spirit and are adapted to the needs of each individual.

Directed retreats offer an experience grounded in solitude, silence, prayer and daily meetings with a spiritual director. Directed retreats call for receptivity to the movements of the spirit and are adapted to the needs of each individual.

Directed retreats offer an experience grounded in solitude, silence, prayer and daily meetings with a spiritual director. Directed retreats call for receptivity to the movements of the spirit and are adapted to the needs of each individual.

Join us for a weekly Centering Prayer group in which 20 minutes is spent in Centering Prayer and the rest of the time in silence and contemplative conversation. All are welcome. No experience is required although if you have not done Centering Prayer before, we ask that you contact Claire Rusowicz (crusowicz@mercybythesea.org) and come 15 minutes prior to the group to go over Centering Prayer guidelines.

Directed retreats offer an experience grounded in solitude, silence, prayer and daily meetings with a spiritual director. Directed retreats call for receptivity to the movements of the spirit and are adapted to the needs of each individual.

Directed retreats offer an experience grounded in solitude, silence, prayer and daily meetings with a spiritual director. Directed retreats call for receptivity to the movements of the spirit and are adapted to the needs of each individual.