Sustain Rest, Renewal, and Reconnection
Your monthly gift helps sustain a sacred place where weary souls can rest, renew, and reconnect.
Many people today are carrying exhaustion, grief, isolation, and spiritual fatigue. Eventually, they realize they can’t keep going without first stepping away.
Everyone deserves a place where they can pause, breathe, and remember who they are.
On this quiet bluff overlooking the Cumberland Plateau, people arrive carrying the weight of their lives. In the rhythm of silence, prayer, and reflection, caregivers, leaders, seekers, and others find space to rest, the courage to renew their spirits, and the grace to reconnect with God, with themselves, and with what matters most.
“When I arrive at St. Mary’s, it’s like a burden rolls off my shoulders. I leave with light in my heart and a sense of renewal.”
—St. Mary’s Retreat Guest
Your monthly support makes moments like this possible.
A Place of Rest, Renewal, and Reconnection
For generations, St. Mary’s Sewanee has welcomed people seeking spiritual refuge. Rooted in contemplative Christian tradition and open to all who seek quiet and reflection, this place has become a sanctuary for those longing to step away from the world's noise.
But a place like this does not sustain itself.
It depends on people who believe that rest matters, renewal is possible, and reconnection is necessary for the health of our communities and our world.
How Your Monthly Gift Helps
Monthly donors help ensure that this sacred space remains open and welcoming for everyone who needs it. Guests can arrive exactly as they are and be received with dignity, stillness, and grace.
Access: Your generosity provides retreat scholarships for people who carry heavy burdens but cannot afford the cost of stepping away.
Sacred Space: Your support helps care for the buildings, grounds, and quiet spaces that allow guests to rest and reflect in peace.
Contemplative Hospitality: Your monthly gift sustains the spirit of welcome that defines St. Mary’s Sewanee: the quiet, compassionate presence that allows people to experience renewal and reconnection.
Why Your Monthly Gift Matters
We live in a weary world.
Caregivers, clergy, leaders, and everyday people are stretched beyond their limits, carrying grief, burnout, and uncertainty. They need somewhere to rest, renew their spirits, and reconnect with the deeper rhythms of life.
St. Mary’s Sewanee offers that refuge.
When you give monthly, you help create a sacred space where people can breathe again, listen again, and remember the deeper story of their lives.
Without the steady generosity of monthly supporters, fewer people would have access to this refuge when they need it most.
But because of donors like you, the doors of St. Mary’s Sewanee remain open season after season, guest after guest.
“This is my safe place. I’ve come broken and crying and left at peace. I’ve come joyful and left filled. I always get what I need.”
—Sewanee Serenity Retreat Guest