Retreat Centers
Los Angeles County
The Cathedral Center of St. Paul houses a Retreat Center, which offers 16 guest rooms and various additional conference rooms and meeting areas. The Cathedral Center regularly hosts retreats, daytime meetings, and a variety of other events for Episcopal-affiliated and community groups. Reservations are required. The Retreat Center is located at the Cathedral Center at 840 Echo Park Ave., Los Angeles, 90026. For more information, visit the webpage.
San Diego County
Camp Stevens is nestled in 256 acres of pine-oak woodland at 4200 feet near the historic town of Julian. The harmony of its natural setting provides "a peaceful place apart" from urban life. The year-round conference center accommodates groups of 10-120 in comfortable dorms that sleep 6 to 12 people and have modern restrooms. Meeting rooms are bright and cozy, most have fireplaces. Delicious meals are skillfully prepared and served family-style.
Recreational facilities include a swimming pool (in season), volleyball, basketball, hiking trails and campfire areas. Camp staff are available to assist with hikes, games, campfires, folk dancing and other program activities upon request. Ropes course programs and the climbing wall are available for an additional fee.
A shared institution of both the Diocese of Los Angeles and the Diocese of San Diego, Camp Stevens is located on highway 78, 2 miles east of Julian in the mountains of San Diego County. Check the Camp Stevens webpage for details.
For conference and retreat information and reservations, contact:
Vicki Bergstrom, Reservations Coordinator
P.O. Box 2320
Julian, CA 92036
Phone: 760.765.0028. Fax: 760.765.0153
email: info@campstevens.org
San Bernardino County
The Episcopal Camp at Wrightwood is located at 22800 Big Pines Highway in Wrightwood. Conveniently 90 minutes northeast of Los Angeles, the camp is nestled in the Angeles Forest atop the San Gabriel mountains, and near the town of Wrightwood.
The Camp is owned and operated by the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. Groups of up to 70 people can be accommodated year round in comfortable dorm-style cabins. The facilities include a dining hall that also serves as a spacious meeting room with a fireplace, there are two other areas for small group meetings and plenty of outdoor areas for meeting in warm weather. Guests can enjoy hiking, backpacking, canoeing and other water activities in the summer as well as snow skiing and sledding in the winter.
The resident staff is available for program assistance.
Contact:
Joseph Mondragon, Episcopal Camp at Wrightwood
P.O. Box 457
Wrightwood, CA 92397
Phone: 760.249.3615
Fax: 760.249.9057
Santa Barbara County
St. Mary's Retreat House, run by the Episcopal Order of the Sisters of the Holy Nativity, is open to Christian men and women every day except Thursday for spiritual retreat and quiet reflection. The House can accommodate groups of up to 26 or individuals. Reservations are required.
CONTACT:
St. Mary's Retreat House
505 East Los Olivos
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Phone: 805.682.4117
About Mount Calvary Retreat Center:
In November 2008 a wildfire destroyed the beloved Mount Calvary Monastary and Retreat Center in Santa Barbara, a ministry of the Brothers of the Holy Cross, an Episcopal monastic order.
The monks, who all escaped safely from the fire, are living at St. Mary's Retreat House in Santa Barbara, and are still in the process of assessing their loss and deciding how to proceed in the future.
Letters, cards and financial contributions are welcome and may be mailed directly to the Mount Calvary Fire Fund, P.O. Box 1296, Santa Barbara, CA 93102, or online through Facebook (click on “causes,” and then “Mount Calvary”).
Short e-mail messages may be sent to the monks care of iconguy@yahoo.com.
