The New York Hudson Valley and Vermont Ceile De groups are holding their 2022 Bridget's Festival Retreat at Hallelujah Farm Retreat in Chesterfield, New Hampshire. If you are a member of the Caim, you are invited to join us!

For the past seven years (skipping 2020), 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 Hallelujah Farm Retreat set in the wooded hills of Chesterfield, New Hampshire.  The retreat center offers rooms to sleep up to twenty people, a stunning chapel and meditation space, a peaceful sun filled dining room, and expansive rural grounds. The farms are beautifully renovated 18th century buildings. They retain all of the history and farmhouse charm while the updates bring comfort and modern conveniences.  Along with the use of the physical spaces, they offer delicious, locally grown, vegetarian meals with gluten and dairy-free options. 

Accommodations: There are seven Chapel Rooms, each with two single beds, and three Cape Rooms.  We have 13 places (seven singles and six shared).  Please note that prices are at cost for Termonn. However, if you register for a shared room and we do not have a roommate for you, please be prepared to pay the single rate, for the retreat center will charge us the single rate. 

Travel: 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:
   
   

   Melinda Gardiner, Chapter Treasurer
   162 North Mountain Road
   Copake Falls, NY 12517

   Make the check payable to Termonn - East Coast Chapter. Be sure to write "2022 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 1st 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 in-person teaching retreats are designed to be intense, deliberately so, in order to create conditions that people are generally unable to manifest by themselves at home and in their everyday lives. Our hope is that this environment will foster a greater ability to recognize one's habitual patterns and to absorb and respond to that which is transmitted in and with the teachings -- and that some of those effects will travel home with each retreatant. Typically:

• Days begin with meditation before breakfast.
• During the morning and afternoon, several hour-long sessions are devoted to teachings and to sharing insights and experiences related to the teachings, with breaks for silent reflection in between.
  
• We try to locate our retreats at venues with extensive grounds and include time in each day's schedule to engage with Nature, God's first scripture.
  
• There is another meditation or some other spiritual practice at midday and again before dinner.
• Usually, there is some free time after dinner, followed by optional evening sessions that give retreatants the choice to rest a little -- or stay engaged.
• Every day ends with a meditation around 9 pm, after which we go straight to bed, in the Great Silence, 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 contemplative practices throughout the day, and a peaceful silence is held at all times between teaching sessions and meals in order to support absorption of the powerful energies transmitted during teachings and practices. Please read about The Gift of Silence at Céile Dé Teaching Retreats.

As we learn to live with a pandemic, each one of us is called upon to discern our own way forward, in the light of what feels right for us and our families. This means that there are additional factors that you will need to consider BEFORE you register. Please take the time to read our Terms & Conditions and digest them thoroughly.