Adventure Retreat at ROWE A 3-night small-group adventure for kids ages 8–10 • August 27–30, 2026 Register Today Three nights, twelve kids, two co-directors, and a chunk of the Berkshires to call our own. Your child will hike to the top of a mountain, sleep under the stars in a backcountry lean-to, and run whitewater […]
UU Rowe Camp & Conference Center is pleased to present Forest Bathing Weekend Retreat: Experience the Healing Presence of the Forest, a program led by certified forest therapy guide and award-winning author Nadine Mazzola. This retreat invites participants to slow down, reconnect with themselves and nature, and experience the restorative power of the forest in a supportive, judgment-free environment.
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In 1985, as the HIV/AIDS crisis was terrorizing gay communities across the nation, The Rowe Center took the bold step of opening its doors and creating a public weekend for men who love men. Nearly four decades later, a great deal has changed. HIV, for many men, is no longer a death sentence but a manageable, chronic condition.
Welcome to the Spring Thaw Retreat, a community for men who love men, where every man is embraced, valued, and celebrated for who they are. Join us in a community of camaraderie, support, and joy.
Labor Day Retreat Sept 4 – 7, 2026 Welcome to the Rowe Labor Day Men’s Retreat community for men who love men, where every man is embraced, valued, and celebrated for who they are. Join us in a community of camaraderie, support, and joy. Register Now Support this program Apply for Financial assistance Sign up
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Ram Dass played a big part in my life. In 1967, when I was a senior at UC Santa Barbara, I heard Richard Alpert talk, and I remember it well. I had read and followed the guidance of The Psychedelic Experience, based on The Tibetan Book of the Dead, the book Alpert wrote with Timothy
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On my first trip to Ireland in 2007 with my husband John, I read Thomas Cahill’s now-classic book How the Irish Saved Civilization, in which he describes the essential role of the Irish monks and their work on illuminating manuscripts during the Dark Ages. I was captivated especially by the idea that Ireland was outside the
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“The quality of true genius is the ability to hold two contradictory thoughts simultaneously without losing your mind.” —Charles Baudelaire I’m a photographer. I‘ve been looking through the lens of a camera for fifty years, and through its tiny aperture, I find myself wherever I look. Images are my currency. They tell me everything I need to know.
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“How necessary it is for monks to work in the fields, in the sun, in the mud, in the clay, in the wind: these are our spiritual directors and our novice-masters.” — Thomas Merton, The Sign of Jonas Thomas Merton, the 20th century Trappist monk, knew that the true mentor of the soul was nature itself. The fields,
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Every art form has its basics—those fundamental principles, forms, or techniques that must be set in place before you can learn the finer points of the craft. Watch children in any beginning ballet class, and you’ll see them learning the same five positions. Art classes the world over invariably begin with the line. Haiku also
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