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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.

Offerings

Renew your mind, spirit and body here. Come for an hour or a week for inspiring workshops, meditation, individualized retreats, or encounters with art and nature.

Quick Recharge

Drop in to explore our indoor and outdoor contemplative spaces, which offer visitors inspiration for personal growth, quiet creativity, and spiritual renewal.

Host an Event

Our modern conference and overnight facilities – available for rent to nonprofit organizations – feature large rooms with multimedia presentation capabilities and smaller rooms for groups and breakout sessions.

Weber Shop

Explore our unique selection of original artwork, fair trade items, books and Bibles, gifts, cards, and more.

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

Mindful Pause: Mindfulness of Breath
Esther Kennedy, OP | Three Thursdays in March
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Holy Week Retreat
Don Goergen, OP | March 28 – April 1, 2021
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Women in the Church: Past, Present and Future
Christine Schenk, CSJ | April 17, 2021
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Limited scholarships available; call 517-266-4015 to inquire.

News & Notes

Mindful Pause Program Focuses on Feelings

Sister Esther Kennedy, OP, spiritual director and retreat director, invites you to sit quietly and…

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Virtual Holy Week Retreat: From Ashes to Pentecost

As we complete the penitential season of Lent – after a tumultuous year of responding…

Exploring the U.S. Prison System Through Eyes of Christian Mercy and Ethics

Kathryn Getek-Soltis, Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at Villanova University and former Catholic chaplain at Suffolk County House of Corrections in Boston, explores the U.S. prison system through the eyes of Christian mercy and ethics.

Virtual Book Discussion: “The Words of my Father”

Our popular "Dine and Discuss" is back, but in a virtual format. Join others in…

Art Class Brings Out the Creative You

Chase out the winter blues and discover the creative you. Weber Retreat and Conference Center…

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Workshop on Incarnation with Diarmuid O’Murchu

Noted writer, speaker, and workshop leader Diarmuid O’Murchu offers a virtual presentation, “Incarnation: Christianity’s New Horizon,” from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST Saturday, January 16, 2021, through Weber Retreat and Conference Center.

Start the New Year with A Mindful Pause

Begin the New Year with a healthy new practice: Participate in directed online mindfulness sessions that help you calm your mind and open your heart. Sister Esther Kennedy, OP, offers half-hour virtual sessions of A Mindful Pause at 4:00 p.m. EST on Thursdays, January 7, 14, 21, and 28.

Weber Shop Offers Quilted Items Made by Sisters to Benefit Ministries

Sisters Maurine Barzantni, OP, and Rose Ann Schlitt, OP, are offering their handmade items for sale through the Weber Center Shop with all proceeds benefitting the ministries of Adrian Dominican Sisters in the Philippines.

Advent Retreat Focuses on Companions from Scripture

Sister Janet Schaeffler, OP leads a free, prayerful Advent retreat featuring companions from Scripture.

“Dead Man Walking” Author to Give Live Stream Talk

Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, author of Dead Man Walking, offers a live stream presentation on the death penalty. “Dead Man Walking: The Journey Continues” is from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. EST Tuesday, November 10, 2020.

Let’s Talk about Truth: A Virtual Presentation

Homiletics professor and author Ann Garrido discusses four ways the Catholic tradition talks about "truth" and considers how each gives us clues for living our faith in this challenging time of "fake news."

Workshop Explores Integration of Christianity and Cosmology

Father Roger Haight, SJ, a member of the Eastern Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), offers an in-depth look at how faith and science relate to each other and how our cosmology affects our understanding of God, ourselves, and creation.

Virtual Talk on Green New Deal September 22

What exactly is the "Green New Deal"? Join Andrew Sarpolis as he presents the components of this sustainability initiative and why it is so important.

Book Discussion with Father James Martin on “Building a Bridge”

Father James Martin, SJ, leads a virtual discussion on his book, Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect. His discussion, via live stream, is from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. EDT Thursday, September 17, 2020.

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Becoming the Compassion of God for the World

Has there ever been a time when the world has so desperately needed humankind to grow to its full stature as “The Beloved Family of God”? Sister Catherine Nerney, SSJ, PhD, responds to that need with a virtual presentation Saturday, September 19, 2020.

Art Class Offered via Zoom

Have you always wanted to try your hand at art? A virtual painting and mixed media course, Finding the Artist in You, might just give you that opportunity.

Live Streamed Concert by Singer-Songwriter Sara Thomsen

Weber Center presents a free, live streamed concert by Sara Thomsen, a singer and song writer from Minnesota whose music touches the heart and soul. The concert will be broadcast from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EDT on Saturday, August 8, 2020.

Scholar to Speak on Consistent Ethic of Life

A talk offers Christians a fresh look at their civic obligations through the lens of the Consistent Ethic of Life, which holds that human life is sacred from conception to natural death.

Virtual Retreat on Mystics

Weber Center hosts a virtual retreat on the lives of Blessed Solanus Casey, OFM, and Beatrice Bruteau. June 23-25, 2020.

Free “Mindful Pause” Program Offered

Weber Center is offering a free mindfulness session by Esther Kennedy, OP, twice per week, starting April 17, 2020.

Stepping Toward the Future in the Time of Coronavirus

Join Joan Ebbitt, LMSW, for a free, four-part video series providing spiritual wisdom to recover from the emotional pain of the pandemic.

Online Holy Week Retreat

Holy Week is the ideal time to retreat from one’s ordinary concerns and contemplate the powerful mystery of Jesus’ passion, death, and resurrection.

Statement of Adrian Dominican Sisters on Measures Taken to Mitigate the Impact of COVID-19

March 13, 2020, Adrian, Michigan – As U.S. public health officials on March 9 called…

The poor, the widow, the orphan and the stranger in your land

Workshop Helps People Relate to Others with Compassion

UPDATE: THIS PROGRAM WILL BE RESCHEDULED Adrian Dominican Sister Maribeth Howell, OP, offers a workshop…

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

branch with deep red leaves Thank you for an amazing weekend. Couldn’t have been better!
– Anonymous

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