Welcome
Welcome to St. Mary's Sewanee: The Ayres Center for Spiritual Development. Resting on 230 acres atop the Cumberland Plateau, St. Mary's Sewanee offers a sanctuary of natural beauty and quiet for rest, renewal and reconnection. St. Mary’s Sewanee is a place that caters to individual and group spiritual needs through a variety of personal retreats and group programs.
Our Mission
St. Mary’s Sewanee: The Ayres Center for Spiritual Development is dedicated to providing spiritual hospitality to persons of diverse religious and spiritual backgrounds, in a place of natural beauty, simplicity, silence, tranquility and warm spiritual rest through retreats, renewal and learning.
Reservations
Whether you are interested in one of our programs, coming for a personal retreat or bringing a group of people, we will accommodate your needs. Learn More»
May 26, 2013-June 2, 2013
Eight-Day Intensive and Post-Intensive Centering Prayer Retreat Learn More»
June 6, 2013-June 6, 2013
Illumined Minds, Enlightened Hearts: Reading the Mystics with Rabbi Rami Learn More»
June 7, 2013-June 9, 2013
Multiple Religious Identity and Participation: What is Religion Anyway? Learn More»
