Weber Retreat and Conference Center buildings are currently closed to the public due to COVID-19, but we continue to provide workshops, retreats, and other programs online. Click on “Programs” above to learn more about our virtual offerings.
Weber Retreat & Conference Center is a vibrant, spiritual setting
where people of all faiths seek, engage, and grow in greater awareness.
Our Roots
A ministry of the Adrian Dominican Sisters since 1970, Weber Retreat & Conference Center is rooted in the Dominican foundations of study, prayer, community, and ministry.
Weber Center is a place for people of all faiths to experience world-class programming; enjoy quiet spaces for individual prayer, meditation, and contemplation; and for nonprofits to host their programs in a state-of-the-art affordable facility.
Weber Center is situated on 100 acres of wooded land on the campus of the Adrian Dominican Sisters’ Motherhouse in southeast Michigan.
Upcoming Virtual Programs
Integrating Christianity & Cosmology
Roger Haight, SJ
October 10, 2020 – 9:15 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. ET
Let’s Talk about Truth
Ann M Garrido
October 20, 2020 – 7:00-8:30 p.m. ET
You Are God’s Work of Art
Art and Meditation Class via Zoom
November 6, 2020 – 1:30-3:30 p.m. ET
News & Notes
March 13, 2020, Adrian, Michigan – As U.S. public health officials on March 9 called…
UPDATE: THIS PROGRAM WILL BE RESCHEDULED Adrian Dominican Sister Maribeth Howell, OP, offers a workshop…
Take your sustainability efforts to the next level! Attend this month's Lunch and Learn series…
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED - Enjoy a bagel on us while browsing a variety…
EXHIBIT TEMPORARILY CLOSED An exhibit of photography and poetry opens Friday, March 6, 2020,…
Jeannine Hill Fletcher, Professor of Theology at Fordham University in the Bronx, New York, leads…
UPDATE: THIS PROGRAM WILL BE RESCHEDULED Weber Retreat and Conference Center’s popular Dine and Discuss…
Weber Center's popular Lunch and Learn series continues monthly with a variety of topics to…
Looking for a quiet place to rest and spiritually recharge? INAI: A Space Apart is…
Due to popular demand, Sister Esther Kennedy, OP, repeats the seven-part series, “Painting the Stars:…
Just in at the Weber Center Shop: Bestselling author and beloved retreat leader Joyce Rupp…
As we begin another presidential election year, Weber Retreat and Conference Center is hosting a…
As we begin a new year, make a resolution to learn more in a friendly…
Sister Susan Van Baalen, OP, PhD, offers “Understanding Islam,” a series of talks aimed at…
Our guests say …
The presenter was an excellent choice – creative, highly intuitive, and attentive to the diverse aspects of the group.
– Advent Retreat Participant
Such a warm, comfortable, peaceful, and beautiful place!
– Retreat Participant
Loved the homey environment. Plenty of coffee and hot water at all times. Very friendly staff!
– Recent guest
Great presentations … always [done] with such love. Thank you.
– Angela
The setting is wonderful, quiet, comfortable, nurturing, a ‘nesting place,’ a resting place.
– Margaret
These Saturdays with Esther and my fellow meditators is truly a lifeline for me, a moment to step out of ‘clock time’ and into ‘sacred time.’
– Kathleen
Great place! Relaxing, good food, great weekend.
– Anonymous
Thank you for an amazing weekend. Couldn’t have been better!
– Anonymous
What is the "Consistent Ethic of Life" and its history? How does it interact with obligations of citizenship? View the recording of the presentation by Steven Millies at the link below through August 20. Donations appreciated!
Consistent Ethic of Life - Weber Retreat and Conference Center
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Friendship in Troubled Times: Faithful Citizenship and the Consistent Ethic of Life Wednesday, August 5, 2020 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. (ET)After a brief delay, the recording of Sara Thomsen's Virtual Concert is now available to view at the link below!
Please consider a donation in appreciation of this event -- profits will go to Lenawee County NAACP.
Sara Thomsen Virtual Concert - Weber Retreat and Conference Center
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Saturday, August 8, 2020 - 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (ET) Recording viewable through October 1, 2020Although there won't be any new Mindful Pause sessions posted, you do have 20 past sessions to listen to! These will remain on the website through the end of August, 2020. Enjoy!
Mindful Pause by Sister Esther Kennedy, OP
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New 30-minute mindfulness sessions posted every Tuesday and Friday on the Weber Center website.We have so many exciting upcoming virtual programs available!
Check out our Fall Program Brochure for the complete listing of events.
Glad you are still alive!!! Blessings.
Cultivate an attitude of gratitude.
The beauty of it all
The beautiful singing of birds and colorful sunsets. 🙂
The ocean and flowers.
The Atlantic Ocean-I’m an east coast kid
Peacefulness
Have you enjoyed our Mindful Pause series? Sister Esther's last Mindful Pause will be posted July 31, but recordings of all 20 sessions will be available on the website through August 2020.
Be sure to share with someone who might enjoy a dose of mindfulness!
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Mindful Pause by Sister Esther Kennedy, OP
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New 30-minute mindfulness sessions posted every Tuesday and Friday on the Weber Center website.
We are so excited to host a live concert by Sara Thomsen on August 8! To get your toes tapping, sample some of her music at the link below.
Mark your calendar and register for the concert on our website to receive the livestream link!
Books open new doors and sometimes even change our lives.
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"Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying," by Stephen and Ondrea Levine.
Black Like Me (by John Howard Griffin)
Is it a favorite hymn? A pop song on the radio? A special song from your past?
Don't ask me why but "Delilah" by Tom Jones always gets me singing along and brightens my day even though it's a pretty dark song when you think about it.
“Happy” by Pharrell Williams.
This one usually does it www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqgHosrqJ8o
Joan Ebbitt uses the first three Steps of AA to help us deal with this time of coronavirus. Recordings of this free series will be available for two more weeks at the link below!
Stepping Toward The Future - Weber Retreat and Conference Center
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In this free, four-part series, presenter Joan Ebbitt will examine the supportive spirituality of the first three Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous and reflect on how they can help us deal with the daunti..."How can the world evolve from a culture of war and domination to one of friendship and communion? Philosopher Beatrice Bruteau shows how the two teaching events of Holy Thursday, the Footwashing and the Supper, incited the Christian revolution with the power to repeat itself on every scale of social organization--even now."
This book is part of the "Images of America" series, full of local history and photographs. This edition illustrates the arc of Blessed Solanus Casey's life and legacy, including images from his early years and ministry to the poor, of those who say they have been healed by his prayers, and of the stirring Catholic rituals accompanying the friar's path to possible sainthood.
In this book, top scholars examine the theories of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin through the lens of Beatrice Bruteau's pioneering work on evolution and consciousness. Contributors include Cynthia Bourgeault, Ursula King, Barbara Fiand, Kerrie Hide, Gabrielle Stoner, Kathleen Duffy, John Shea, Carla De Sola, and Joshua Tysinger.
A fine book.
Did our Retreat on the Mystics leave you wanting to know more about Beatrice Bruteau and Blessed Solanus Casey?
We will be providing some book recommendations over the next few days!
Here is the first. Michael Crosby gives an inspiring and insightful story of Blessed Solanus Casey's unswerving faith in God's abiding presence throughout the universe.
Great book. The Weber Center Book shop has it in stock.
Feeling frustrated and anxious these days?
Weber Center is offering a free program on walking through the physical, emotional, and spiritual pain of the pandemic.
Stepping Toward the Future in the Time of Coronavirus - Weber Retreat and Conference Center
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A free four-part video series on coping with the anxieties and uncertainties of the pandemic.Have you participated in Mindful Pause yet?
Let us know what you think!
Mindful Pause by Sister Esther Kennedy, OP
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New 30-minute mindfulness sessions posted every Tuesday and Friday on the Weber Center website.Yes and I love Mindful Pause
Looking for some peacefulness during these chaotic and unprecedented days? Weber Retreat and Conference Center is offering free, online mindfulness sessions with Sister Esther Kennedy, OP.
Free "Mindful Pause" Program Offered - Weber Retreat and Conference Center
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Weber Center is offering a free mindfulness session by Esther Kennedy, OP, twice per week, starting April 17, 2020.