Sursum Corda Retreat & Wellness Center

12/12/2024

493 years ago, Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to a peasant named Juan Diego. "I am the Mother of all who seek me and place their trust in me". She is the Patron Saint of the Americas. The basilica, built on the site where she appeared, is the third most visited religious site in the world. Inside, the glass & doors are designed to be jagged like a crown of thorns. Mexicans will tell you 90% of them are Catholic, but 100% are Guadalupan.

12/02/2024

11/09/2024

I have a small grain of hope
One small crystal that gleams
clear colors out of transparency.

I need more.

I break off a fragment
to send to you.

Please take
this grain of hope
so that mine won't shrink.

Please share your fragment
so that yours will grow.
Marina Wiedeerkehr

11/07/2024

Mushroom wonderland!

11/02/2024

It's the perfect rainy day for a hot bowl of soup! Happy Saturday! Thanks to our chef and Jadeflower Ceramics.

10/28/2024

Looking forward to hosting our favorite quilters this week. They do amazing work!

10/26/2024

2024 WINTER WORKSHOP FOR COUPLES & INDIVIDUALS

DECEMBER 6th, 5pm -DECEMBER 8th,11am

On this weekend, participants will be guided through a workbook to reflect on important end of life issues. The schedule will include beach time, delicious meals and individual/couple conversation time.

Five Wishes is an easy-to-use legal advance directive document written in everyday language. It helps all adults, regardless of age or health, to consider and document how they want to be cared for at the end of life. It covers personal, spiritual, medical and legal wishes all in one document.
It is America’s most popular living will with more than 40 million copies in circulation and it’s legally valid in nearly every state.

This just could be the best holiday gift you could give family and caregivers- to know exactly what you want and take the burden off them.

Limit 16. The weekend includes 2 nights accommodations, 5 meals and materials. An anonymous free will offering will be taken up at the end of the weekend to accommodate all incomes. For more details, contact Carol Guenther at [email protected]

10/21/2024

Autumn is a magical time in the forest!

10/17/2024

Sursum Corda welcomes Xurs this weekend for their annual band Retreat. You can listen to some of their music at Bandcamp.com
Let the creativity flow!

Discover amazing music and directly support the artists who make it.

10/15/2024

I'm so excited for my latest kitchen addition at Sursum Corda. Inspired by the work of Dan Buettner and the Blue Zones and hand crafted by my talented daughter at JadeflowerCeramics, these Hari Hachi Bu bowls remind us of intentional eating...eat until you are satisfied, but not until you are stuffed! They will definitely be used on my next Women's Retreat.

08/24/2024

WOMEN'S AUTUMN RENEWAL WEEKEND
Friday, September 27, 3pm - Sunday, September 29, 2pm

A get-away weekend in Copalis Beach for beachcombing, yoga, forest-bathing, cardio drumming, painting, quiet, prayer, stimulating conversation and other nurturing activities in the company of good women.

Overnight accommodations and meals for 22. A free will offering will be taken up at the end of the retreat.

Contact Carol for details and to register- [email protected]

06/21/2024

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05/21/2024

Amen!

When the mind is festering with trouble or the heart torn, we can find healing among the silence of mountains or fields, or listen to the simple, steadying rhythm of waves. The slowness and stillness gradually takes us over. Our breathing deepens and our hearts calm and our hungers relent. When serenity is restored, new perspectives open to us and difficulty can begin to seem like an invitation to new growth.

This invitation to friendship with nature does of course entail a willingness to be alone out there. Yet this aloneness is anything but lonely. Solitude gradually clarifies the heart until a true tranquility is reached. The irony is that at the heart of that aloneness you feel intimately connected with the world. Indeed, the beauty of nature is often the wisest balm for it gently relieves and releases the caged mind.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from his books, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace (US) / Divine Beauty (Europe)
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/store

County Kerry, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

03/11/2024

SPRING WOMEN’S WELLNESS RETREAT May 17-19, 2024
Cultivating Heart Healthy Habits!
A weekend of fun, in the company of fun women,
to relax, recenter and renew at the beach.
Our simple agenda includes heart healthy activities, food and conversations to support mind, body & spirit.
We will begin on Friday at 3pm and end Sunday at noon.
A Free Will offering is requested. Limit 20 women
Contact Carol at SursumCordaRetreats.com if interested