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Looking for a place to take a personal retreat? Come to Pendle Hill! Find out why Quaker writer Elise Boulding says

“Pendle Hill balances solitude and community, contemplation and action so gracefully that all who come can be refreshed.”

Here’s what we offer:

• Beautiful 23-acre grounds with a mile long woodchip trail, ponds and 140 species of trees and flowering shrubs
• Comfortable private room with bed and desk
• Three delicious meals a day (vegetarian and vegan entrees always available) and the opportunity for mealtime conversation with the Pendle Hill resident community
• Art studio, with supplies for your creative expression, open 24 hours except when class is in session
• Library, for reading, study and research, open 24 hours except when class is in session
• Half hour of open Quaker worship every morning – everyone welcome
• The chance to relax – to do as much or as little as you like
• Convenient location just outside Philadelphia, easy to reach by car, train or plane
• Come for an overnight, a few days or a few weeks.

Who comes to Pendle Hill for personal retreats?

• Busy people who want time and space to refresh their spirit
• Visitors from many countries who find a “home away from home”
• People from many different faiths
• Writers and artists
• People who want to deepen their spiritual lives.

Interested? Contact the Pendle Hill registrar [link to email] or call 610-566-4507, ext. 142 or 800-742-3150, ext. 142. Pendle Hill, 338 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford, PA 19086-6099.

Sabbaticals

 Pendle Hill offers a different kind of sabbatical for educators, pastors and other professionals: a sabbatical that refreshes your spirit. Here’s what people say:

“There was opportunity for contemplation and study, work and play, community and silence. All my expectations were fully met.” Doug Bartlett, Warren Wilson College

“I came to Pendle Hill on sabbatical after my seventh year as minister of Murray Unitarian Universalist Church in Attleboro, Massachusetts. At Pendle Hill I found a balance of contemplation and action and made deep connections with people of different religions and backgrounds. Most precious of all, I touched again the Spirit that called me into ministry in the first place.” Sandra Fitz-Henry, Unitarian Universalist minister

“Pendle Hill is a place where one’s academic agenda may deepen and take root in one’s spiritual life.” Steve Smith, Claremont College

“There is a richness in the simplicity of life at Pendle Hill. The contemplative emphasis, in the context of an ecumenical community, the classes, the art studio, and in the physical work, has made my sabbatical all that I had hoped for.” Lorelle Elcock, Dominican Sisters of Hope

Pendle Hill is an oasis for reflection with beautiful grounds, a library, a bright and spacious art studio and walking paths. Pendle Hill is located near more than forty colleges, universities and seminaries; Swarthmore College is within walking distance. We would be glad to work with the guidelines for sabbaticals of your university or church and arrange for you to do research at a neighboring institution.

See the information concerning Personal Retreats or Sojourns for more on what we offer. You are also invited to consider coming for a Resident Program term, if your schedule allows.

To learn more about the possibility of Pendle Hill becoming your “home” during a sabbatical, Contact the Pendle Hill admissions coordinator [link to email] or call 610-566-4507, ext. 137
or 800-742-3150, ext. 137.

Pendle Hill, 338 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford, PA 19086-6099.