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The Marie Joseph Spiritual Center was a religious retreat center in Biddeford, Maine run by the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary. Located in the summer colony of Biddeford Pool , the center operated from 1978 until closing in June 2023. [ 1 ]
The area's name derived from St. Joseph's Technical School, which the religious congregation established in 1901 and operated for twelve years. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] St. Mary's Mission Seminary , the first of its kind which prepared priests and Brothers for foreign missions, was opened by the Divine Word Missionaries in 1909.
The Mary Birdsall House is known as the Lauramoore Guest House & Retreat Center and is located in Richmond, Indiana. It was built in 1859 for Thomas and Mary Birdsall, a leading woman's suffragist in Indiana. [2] The Italianate brick-built house is a two-story structure standing at the corner of Northwest Fifth Street and Richmond Avenue.
The shrine complex includes the basilica, the original 1875 wooden parish church, the parish school, a rectory housing the pastor and other Franciscan priests, a provincial house which houses Franciscan friars, a convent for resident and visiting nuns, a retreat center providing lodgings for lay and religious pilgrims, a gift shop, and a cafeteria.
Mary Immaculate Seminary in Northampton, Pennsylvania. Mary Immaculate Seminary was a Catholic seminary in Northampton, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1939 to train candidates for the Congregation of the Mission, commonly called the Vincentian Fathers, and operated until 1990. The facilities then served as a retreat center. [1]
Specifically, the Oblates of the Virgin Mary in the United States of America serve in: Boston, Massachusetts: Saint Clement Eucharistic Shrine, St. Francis Chapel, [8] and St. Joseph's Retreat House [9] Alton, Illinois: St. Mary Catholic Church [10] Denver, Colorado: Holy Ghost Catholic Church [11] and the Lanteri Center for Ignatian ...
A group of Discalced Carmelites came from Bavaria at the invitation of Archbishop Sebastian Messmer, and the Shrine of Mary was put under their care on June 26, 1906. [8] The building now known as the Old Monastery Inn and Retreat Center was completed in 1920. The second shrine was removed in 1925 so that a third shrine could be built.
In 1955, the Chapel of Mary was dedicated on the grounds, and in 1983 the Grotto was designated as a National Sanctuary. [3] The grounds of the Grotto include 62 acres [ 6 ] of pathways, forest, and an upper-level botanical garden situated above the cliff, which are accessed through an elevator built against the cliff wall. [ 7 ]