In 2020, we created this website in response to the worldwide Covid-19 shutdown. For 20 years we’d gathered in person to tell our stories and remember that we belong to one another and then the pandemic felt like it was tearing us apart. Using our spiritual muscle memory, we found our way thru using technologies including this site to hold one another spiritually even from a distance.
Today, we’re thrilled to report that we now host our events in-person and online. Some offer a hybrid experience connecting us with alums around the world. From full weekend Beloved Retreats to weekly online prayer circles we’re in more places than ever, thanks to technology.
Collectively, we give thanks for the gift of knowing ourselves as Baptized and Beloved people of God. Together, we remember that we are SENT to RECONCILE and FEED the world!
Can the church say?
Amen!!
Our Beloved Site
Whether attending an online retreat (images above) or in-person event at Loyola University Retreat & Ecology Center (LUREC) (right), you’ll enjoy a vibrant, soulful experience of connection, grace and freedom.
BELOVED
Next Retreat In-Person
May 2-4, 2025
We invite you to a weekend of beginnings. Whether you’re old or young (at heart), single or married, religious or skeptical, hurt or healing, laid back or caffeinated, you’ll fit right in on the Beloved Retreat.
All are welcome!
Upcoming Beloved Retreats
Thousands of retreatants, since 1999, have taken part in Beloved experiences in Chicago, throughout the Midwest and Canada or online. Through Zoom, we’ve welcomed folks from as far away as Long Island and Vancouver, from Green Bay to south Florida, from central Iowa to central Texas.
And, we hope you’ll be the next!
Retreat weekends (in-person or online) begin Fridays at 6 pm central and end by 2 pm on Sundays. The dynamic experience includes time for dialogue, connection, contemplation, rest…and much fun!
If you have a hunch that this might be a good experience for you … if you’re looking for a reset or an opportunity to deepen your connection to the Holy, this retreat is for you no matter your faith tradition or lack of one. We’d be honored to welcome you!
Questions?
Don’t hesitate to contact Polly at 705-548-9887.
To save your place at an upcoming retreat, use the “Register Now” button above.
Hope to see you soon, friends!
Next two retreats May 2-4 and Nov. 21 -23 are in-person LUREC Retreat Center in Woodstock, IL
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Beloved Tunes Playlist
Stories and Other Things Holy
Meet Beloved alum, Dana!
“Beloved became a home base,” said Dana in her short video (above). “Whether you’re joining from your living room in Chicago or a quiet corner of the globe … you’re so welcome here!”