The New York Hudson Valley and Vermont Ceile De groups are holding their 2020 Bridget's Festival Retreat at Stone Church Center in Bellows Falls, Vermont. If you are a member of the Caim, you are invited to join us!

For the past six years, we have enjoyed great food and fellowship, told the story of Bridget around the circle, made Bridget Crosses, and prepared and experienced the Bridget ceremony.

We will enjoy the hospitality of Stone Church Center which is on almost seven acres of land on a hill above the main square of the village. The property includes the granite, gothic Immanuel Episcopal Church, the Retreat House for residential guests built in the early 1800's, and conference rooms in Currier Hall.

Accommodations and Travel: The Retreat House sleeps up to 10 people and up to five more can stay in Currier Hall. Singles are limited and depend on how many people wish to attend. 

For directions and travel information, click HERE.

Payment by mail:

1. Register here online, but do not follow the link for online payment. You will receive an invoice by email.
   
   
2. Print out the invoice and mail it with your check to:
   
   Termonn - East Coast Chapter
   c/o Melinda Gardiner
   5 Dawson Road
   Hillsdale, NY  12529
   
   Make the check payable to Termonn - East Coast Chapter. Be sure to write "2016 Bridget Retreat" in the memo line of your check. 
   
   
3. A deposit and any other payments will be applied to your invoice.
   
   
4. Your balance is due by January 22 and can be paid by mail or online. 

Payment online: You can register and pay the total amount using a credit or debit card through PayPal. (Sorry, but we can accept only full payments via PayPal.) Complete your registration online, and then continue by clicking the PAY button.

Cancellation Policy: Cancellations received before January 1st will receive refunds of the amount paid. No refund will be made for cancellations after January 1st. 

Scholarships: Scholarships for retreat registration costs (but not for travel expenses) are available as Termonn Trust funds allow. Be sure to register before January 1 and follow the instructions on the Scholarships page on this website. 

If you can afford it, please consider donating to the Termonn Trust to help others in need attend retreats. 

The Shape of a Céile Dé Teaching Retreat
Céile Dé annual residential teaching retreats are intensive, deliberately so, in order to create conditions that people are generally unable to manifest by themselves at home and in their everyday lives. This also gives people who are following the tradition an opportunity to receive sufficient material to work with until their next annual teaching retreat.

• Days begin with meditation before breakfast.
• Generally there are two sessions of around one hour's duration every morning, with a break between for silent reflection. Afternoons are a similar shape, but often with more time available to spend in quite reflection, either in Nature or indoors, as you wish.
• There is another meditation or some other spiritual practice before dinner.
• There is usually some free time after dinner - but optional events are available, giving retreatants the choice to rest a little - or stay intense!
• Every day ends with a meditation around 9 pm, after which we go straight to bed and hope for rich dreams after a day filled with soul nourishment.

Our annual gathering is a ‘Teaching Retreat’, because it is residential, the teaching sessions are supported by frequent contemplative practices, and a peaceful silence is held at all times between teaching sessions in order to aid absorption of the powerful energies transmitted during teachings and practices. You can read more about the culture of silence at our teaching retreats HERE.

The Shape of a Céile Dé Teaching Retreat
Céile Dé annual residential teaching retreats are intensive, deliberately so, in order to create conditions that people are generally unable to manifest by themselves at home and in their everyday lives. This also gives people who are following the tradition an opportunity to receive sufficient material to work with until their next annual teaching retreat.

• Days begin with meditation before breakfast.
• Generally there are two sessions of around one hour's duration every morning, with a break between for silent reflection. Afternoons are a similar shape, but often with more time available to spend in quite reflection, either in Nature or indoors, as you wish.
• There is another meditation or some other spiritual practice before dinner.
• There is usually some free time after dinner - but optional events are available, giving retreatants the choice to rest a little - or stay intense!
• Every day ends with a meditation around 9 pm, after which we go straight to bed and hope for rich dreams after a day filled with soul nourishment.

Our annual gathering is a ‘Teaching Retreat’, because it is residential, the teaching sessions are supported by frequent contemplative practices, and a peaceful silence is held at all times between teaching sessions in order to aid absorption of the powerful energies transmitted during teachings and practices. You can read more about the culture of silence at our teaching retreats HERE.

The Shape of a Céile Dé Teaching Retreat
Céile Dé annual residential teaching retreats are intensive, deliberately so, in order to create conditions that people are generally unable to manifest by themselves at home and in their everyday lives. This also gives people who are following the tradition an opportunity to receive sufficient material to work with until their next annual teaching retreat...

• Days begin with meditation before breakfast.
• Generally there are two teaching sessions of around one hour's duration every morning, with a break between for silent reflection. 
• In the afternoons, we take more time for quiet reflection, either in Nature or indoors, as you wish, and a third and possibly fourth teaching session.
• Before dinner, we return to the circle for meditation and/or sacred conversation.
• There is usually some free time after dinner. The evening may hold another talk or a sacred ceremony or an optional session, so that retreatants may choose to rest a little - or stay intense.
• Every day ends with a meditation around 9 pm, after which we go straight to bed and hope for rich dreams after a day filled with soul nourishment. 
  
  

Pumpkin Hollow Retreat Center is located 125 miles north of New York City (2-1/2 hours by car), an hour south of Albany, 15 minutes from the Massachusetts border and 150 miles west of Boston (3 hours by car).  

Address: 1184 Route 11, Craryville NY 12521. Click HERE for directions.

For more information about the location, environment, accommodations and food at Pumpkin Hollow, click HERE.