Programs
Berrigan’s Folly Organizer and Activist Respite Program
“The times are urgent; we must slow down.” –Bayo Akomolafe Are you an organizer or activist in need of rest and rejuvenation? Kirkridge Retreat Center is launching Berrigan’s Folly Organizer and Activist Respite program. We are offering no-cost week-long private retreats for movement organizers and activists in Daniel Berrigan’s Folly Cottage at Kirkridge Retreat Center. Located […]
Wild Yoga
With Britt
Wild Yoga 2nd Wednesdays at 6:00pm (3rd Wednesday, just for August) Free community yoga Donations accepted, not required For all bodies, races, ages, genders, and faiths. BYOM - Bring Your Own Mat Registration welcome but not required. Description: Every 2nd Wednesday of the month, we come together to connect to our bodies and the true […]
Wild Church
Let's let church go a little wild! We gather at the beautiful Kirkridge Retreat Center every month, outside, on the first Wednesday, to listen together and in solitude for the voice of the Spirit that speaks through the more-than-human world. Most gatherings involve song, prayer and/or ritual, a time of wandering in the woods and […]
White Antiracist Practice Group Series 9
With Nichola Torbett
Six weekly sessions on Wednesdays, noon-1:30pm ET, with this next session running September 3 to October 8, 2025. Looking for a place to deepen your antiracist practice? For a committed, kind community of support and accountability for taking action to dismantle white supremacy? You are in the right place! Our next white antiracist practice series […]
Did That Help?: Revisiting Black Women's Everyday Techniques of Resistance
With Dr. Pamela Lightsey
The air in America is thick with anxiety and the weariness of national uncertainty. This retreat for Black women will review the resources and ways of being of Black women who, seeing the challenges before them, refused to silently acquiesce to the demands of their oppressors. We will delve into the third part of Alice […]
Wild Yoga
With Britt
Wild Yoga 2nd Wednesdays at 6:00pm Free community yoga Donations accepted, not required For all bodies, races, ages, genders, and faiths. BYOM - Bring Your Own Mat Registration welcome but not required. Description: Every 2nd Wednesday of the month, we come together to connect to our bodies and the true nature of our being through […]
“Free to Live! Free to Love!” Honoring the Centenary of Pioneer Priest John McNeill (1925-2015)
With Brendan Fay and Dave Howser
A retreat for gay, bisexual, transgender men of faith. “We gay and lesbians… must not let our enemies outside ourselves define who we are. We must let the spirit of God, the Spirit of love dwelling in our hearts, define who we are. And then give witness to all the great things the Lord has […]
Sisterly Conversations: Sharing Our Stories Across Generations
With Grace Aheron and Riot Mueller
What was it like to come out in the 1970s and 80s? What is it like to come out now? What stories would you like to tell about coming into your full gender expression, whether as trans, butch, femme, androgynous, nonbinary, agender, or something equally glorious? What other stories are important to your lesbian or […]
Celebrating the Legacy of John McNeill at Kirkridge- 100th Birthday
Join us for an afternoon of celebrating the incredible legacy of John McNeill and the footprint he has left on the life of Kirkridge. Being a place for queer commitment, respite, and liberation is a central to who Kirkridge is and we know that so much of that comes through the vision and heart of […]
LGBTQ Social Events - September
Join us as we build local LGBTQ+ community! Our activities vary from month to month and can be found on our Facebook and Instagram pages, but unless otherwise specified, we gather at 7pm near the Farmhouse or Barn at 2281 Fox Gap Road, Bangor, PA 18013. Hope to meet you soon!
Kirkridge / Columcille Spirit of the Earth Book Group - September
September 2025 Spirit of the Earth Book Group Meeting Join us online for our book group! This will be a great opportunity for heartfelt, stimulating conversation and for building community. This month, September 15, @ 6:30 pm ET, the book is TBA. Email us for details kirkridge@kirkridge.org. To attend online by zoom, please register in […]
Taking the State Out of the Body: Embodied Resistance to Zionism
With Eliana Rubin
As people living in the belly of the imperialist beast, with each day comes news of horrific violence alongside stories of incredible steadfastness. What does our organizing look like in this time? What does our healing look like? What do the mundane realities of our day to day lives mean when the stakes for our […]
Campaign Building: A Four-Hour Training
With Nichola Torbett
This training shows you how to take a big, amorphous problem–for example, rising fascism in the US–and break it into a more discrete issue with a concrete demand and a campaign strategy behind it. We will cover issue cutting, spectrum of allies, power mapping, and base building, working with a real issue that your group […]
Wild Church
Let's let church go a little wild! We gather at the beautiful Kirkridge Retreat Center every month, outside, on the first Wednesday, to listen together and in solitude for the voice of the Spirit that speaks through the more-than-human world. Most gatherings involve song, prayer and/or ritual, a time of wandering in the woods and […]
with the land: remember, relationship, repair
With Susan Raffo
The land where we rest, grieve, and celebrate is the only thing we have in common with those around us. Our bodies are created of and are part of the land. When we die, we fold back into the land's cycle of life. Our breath, the sea water that is beneath our skin, and the […]
Wild Yoga
With Britt
Wild Yoga 2nd Wednesdays at 6:00pm Free community yoga Donations accepted, not required For all bodies, races, ages, genders, and faiths. BYOM - Bring Your Own Mat Registration welcome but not required. Description: Every 2nd Wednesday of the month, we come together to connect to our bodies and the true nature of our being through […]
Writing Table Retreat
With Eileen Campbell-Reed
Join us at the Writing Table in person. Enjoy the beauty of Kirkridge in the autumn and ample structured and unstructured time to inspire a rhythm of writing and rest. We invite you to bring a writing project with you or dream up a new one at this retreat. The retreat includes short teaching sessions […]
LGBTQ Social Events - October
Join us as we build local LGBTQ+ community! Our activities vary from month to month and can be found on our Facebook and Instagram pages, but unless otherwise specified, we gather at 7pm near the Farmhouse or Barn at 2281 Fox Gap Road, Bangor, PA 18013. Hope to meet you soon!
Rooted in Hope – Lived in Community
With Ruth Harvey
The Iona Community has been experimenting with the power of faith-based intentional community since1938. We do this through welcoming guests to share a ‘common life’ with us at our residential centres on the Scottish islands of Mull and Iona. And we do this, as a dispersed, global Membership community, through meeting monthly in one another’s […]
Kirkridge / Columcille Spirit of the Earth Book Group - October
October 2025 Spirit of the Earth Book Group Meeting Join us online for our book group! This will be a great opportunity for heartfelt, stimulating conversation and for building community. This month, October 20, @ 6:30 pm ET, the book is TBA. Email us for details kirkridge@kirkridge.org. To attend online by zoom, please register in […]
Taking Cues from Womanists to Break Rank with Toxic Masculinity
With Rev. Dr. Nick Peterson and Tommy Airey
More than four decades ago, Alice Walker coined the term “womanist” to name a space for Black feminists in a movement that centered white women’s striving to be equal to white men. In this retreat, men will let down together and learn from the voices and experiences of Black women to re-member the wholeness, mutuality, […]
Dismantling White Supremacy in Organizing Spaces: A Four-Hour Training
With Nichola Torbett
We each see this historic moment through the perspective of our social location–the set of privileges and risks we each possess. In this workshop, we will seek out and uproot assumptions rooted in white supremacy that inadvertently get carried into organizing spaces and explore some of the postures and possibilities for cross-racial organizing in this […]
Living, Dying, Music, and Mystery – A Retreat Exploring the Threshold
With Barbara McAfee
“Everyone knows everything sings and dies. But could it be, too, everything dies and sings….” Galway Kinnell Join singer/songwriter and wise woman, Barbara McAfee, in a soulful investigation of life and death, living and dying, song and silence, beauty and mystery. This retreat incorporates people of any belief system. During our sacred time together, […]
Walking Awake into the Celtic New Year
With Denise Crawn and Nick Prance
If you feel a deep connection to Nature, have an interest in Celtic Spirituality, and a longing to be amongst the stunning autumn foliage at Kirkridge, this annual weekend retreat may indeed call you ‘home’ to the mountain. Throughout our weekend together we will explore some of the many surrounding lessons and gifts available to […]
Wild Church
Let's let church go a little wild! We gather at the beautiful Kirkridge Retreat Center every month, outside, on the first Wednesday, to listen together and in solitude for the voice of the Spirit that speaks through the more-than-human world. Most gatherings involve song, prayer and/or ritual, a time of wandering in the woods and […]
LGBTQ Social Events - November
Join us as we build local LGBTQ+ community! Our activities vary from month to month and can be found on our Facebook and Instagram pages, but unless otherwise specified, we gather at 7pm near the Farmhouse or Barn at 2281 Fox Gap Road, Bangor, PA 18013. Hope to meet you soon!
Nonviolent Direct Action: A Four-Hour Training
With Nichola Torbett, Bill Wylie-Kellermann and Lydia Wylie-Kellerman
Inspired by the long legacy of nonviolent direct action in movement history, and especially movements led by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, this training will begin to prepare participants to use nonviolent, disruptive tactics as part of campaigns for justice. The workshop will give you tools so that your group can find tactics that […]
Wild Yoga
With Britt
Wild Yoga 2nd Wednesdays at 6:00pm Free community yoga Donations accepted, not required For all bodies, races, ages, genders, and faiths. BYOM - Bring Your Own Mat Registration welcome but not required. Description: Every 2nd Wednesday of the month, we come together to connect to our bodies and the true nature of our being through […]
Liturgical Direct Action: A Discernment Retreat
With Bill Wylie-Kellermann, Naomi Washington-Leapheart and Nichola Torbett
How is direct action or civil disobedience altered when framed in prayerful worship? What dimensions of freedom are then embraced? When public witness tells the story of faith and marks a feast or season, what new depth of communication is opened? When nonviolence is practiced in sacramental forms, how is liturgy itself enhanced? With examples […]
Kirkridge / Columcille Spirit of the Earth Book Group - November
November 2025 Spirit of the Earth Book Group Meeting Join us online for our book group! This will be a great opportunity for heartfelt, stimulating conversation and for building community. This month, November 17, @ 6:30 pm ET, the book is TBA. Email us for details kirkridge@kirkridge.org. To attend online by zoom, please register in […]
Wild Church
Let's let church go a little wild! We gather at the beautiful Kirkridge Retreat Center every month, outside, on the first Wednesday, to listen together and in solitude for the voice of the Spirit that speaks through the more-than-human world. Most gatherings involve song, prayer and/or ritual, a time of wandering in the woods and […]
Winter Craft Retreat
On these cold December nights, we will have a fire burning and hot chocolate on the stove. Bring your knitting needles, quilting squares, paint brushes, wrapping paper, or whittling knife and gather in the warmth and stillness of the season. This retreat will have no facilitator or agenda. There will be delicious food, good company, […]
Wild Yoga
With Britt
Wild Yoga 2nd Wednesdays at 6:00pm Free community yoga Donations accepted, not required For all bodies, races, ages, genders, and faiths. BYOM - Bring Your Own Mat Registration welcome but not required. Description: Every 2nd Wednesday of the month, we come together to connect to our bodies and the true nature of our being through […]
LGBTQ Social Events - December
Join us as we build local LGBTQ+ community! Our activities vary from month to month and can be found on our Facebook and Instagram pages, but unless otherwise specified, we gather at 7pm near the Farmhouse or Barn at 2281 Fox Gap Road, Bangor, PA 18013. Hope to meet you soon!
Kirkridge / Columcille Spirit of the Earth Book Group - December
December 2025 Spirit of the Earth Book Group Meeting Join us online for our book group! This will be a great opportunity for heartfelt, stimulating conversation and for building community. This month, December 15, @ 6:30 pm ET, the book is TBA. Email us for details kirkridge@kirkridge.org. To attend online by zoom, please register in […]
Weaving our Iona Connections: A Walking Awake Pilgrimage
With Denise Crawn
A Walking Awake pilgrimage to the Isle of Iona, Scotland with Columcille Megalith Park and Kirkridge Retreat Center (registration is open to all). After experiencing a wonderfully memorable shared pilgrimage to Iona in 2024, Columcille Megalith Park, Kirkridge Retreat Center and Walking Awake are excited to announce that we've decided to offer another in August, 2026! If you are […]