Weekend Retreat for Women in Recovery

  • Living the 3rd and 11th Step Prayers: From Surrender to Loving Service A Weekend Retreat for Women with Meredyth Ward & Sandi Albom

  • March 6-8, 2025 Genesis Spiritual Life Center 53 Mill St. Westfield, MA

  • Join us for a spacious and restorative weekend exploring two guiding prayers of Twelve-Step spirituality: the 3rd Step Prayer of surrender and the 11th Step Prayer attributed to St. Francis, with its timeless call to become instruments of peace, healing, and compassion.Together, we’ll reflect on how these prayers invite us to let go of what no longer serves us, open to a deeper well of wisdom, and grow into lives shaped by clarity, courage, and loving service. Through gentle teaching, creative expression, shared stories, quiet practices, and the kind of laughter that brings us back to ourselves, we’ll discover how these ancient words can ground and guide us in any season of life.This retreat welcomes those rooted in recovery as well as anyone seeking a more spiritually centered, intentional way of living. Come as you are...come with your questions, your hopes, your gratitude, your weariness, and your longing for connection.Across the weekend, we’ll walk together from surrender to loving service, supported by community, lifted by creativity and laughter, shaped by shared wisdom, and encouraged toward a life marked by peace, purpose, and compassionate presence.

  • The Rev. Meredyth Ward is an Episcopal priest, spiritual guide, and long-time companion to people seeking healing and hope. With decades of experience walking alongside individuals and communities in recovery, Meredyth brings a gentle presence, deep listening, and a gift for helping people reconnect with their inner wisdom. Her ministry is rooted in compassion, authenticity, and the belief that every person carries a sacred story worth honoring.


    The Rev. Sandi Albom is an Episcopal priest, retreat leader, and passionate advocate for recovery spirituality. Drawing on her work with Episcopal Recovery Ministries and her own lived experience of the Twelve Steps as a pathway to freedom and wholeness, Sandi creates spaces where honesty, humor, grace, and creativity can flourish. Her leadership weaves together storytelling, spiritual practice, and a deep commitment to helping people live with intention and joy.

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    Genesis Spiritual Life Center accomodations:

    Private, attractively appointed overnight rooms in the guest wing furnish quiet and relaxing surroundings for those who stay at Genesis. Genesis offers single and double rooms with shared bathrooms.

    Registration includes accomodations and meals - Friday evening through Sunday breakfast.

    Single - $405

    Double - $345

     

    Please bring:

    • Comfortable,layered clothing
    • Notebook/journal
    • Snacks to share
    • Favorite beverages (if you wish)

     

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    Registration Coordinator:

    Sandi Albom

    email:  revsandi28@gmail.com

    Text: 603-303-2435

     

    A $150 deposit is due at the time of registration. The balance is due on Feb 16th. 

    Attendance is limited to 30.

    Registration closes Feb 16th. (President's Day) 

     

    Payment:

    Check - made out to Sandra Albom ("retreat" in memo)

    Sandra Albom 57 Ross Way, Windsor Locks, CT 06096

    or Venmo  @sandra-albom  (last four of phone, if asked 2435)

     

     

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