Three silent meals are served daily, with reading or recorded music at the midday and evening meals. If you do require a parking space, please call ahead to check on its availability. It is set on over 120 acres of field and woodland bounded by the Merrimack and Artichoke Rivers and adjacent to a 450-acre state park. The main house dates from 1745. In 1987 the Chapel of the Transfiguration was added to the house, as were the Coburn hermitages, a cluster of six cottages designed for solitary and group use.
Guests stay in the main house or one of the hermitages.
Each is also furnished with a comfortable bed, central heating plus a wood-burning stove, a rocking chair, and a desk and chair. Group Retreats Group retreats are usually held Friday evening through Sunday afternoon for groups no larger than fourteen people. Retreatants are invited to attend the services and meals with members of the Society, are offered a series of addresses or meditations from the retreat leader and are given time for prayer and reflection. Group retreats are most often led by a brother of the Society. It is customary for those on retreat to observe silence during the time of retreat.