"The grounds allowed space to stroll and take in the sunshine and cherish the quiet." - Michele Barrila-Yetman

"This is such a wonderful, holy place. I am always excited about coming back. The staff is great!" - Jan Sullivan 

"I love walking on the grounds - the stations of the cross area with the Pieta is beautiful! The flowers, food and accomadations were great!" 

"The Retreat Center staff are very mission driven. It is a beautiful environment to spend some time in silence." - Debbie DeMatteo

"Everyone should give themselves the gift of a retreat!" 

"This place is a little piece of Heaven for me." 

"In 1961, my birth mother was living at St. Vincent’s Maternity Home in New Orleans awaiting my arrival and subsequent release for adoption.  One of the nuns at St. Vincent’s offered her a quiet stay at the Cenacle as a respite from the difficult time she was having as she bore that burden alone.

55 years later, after we had been reunited, she told me that story as I was about to attend a retreat there.  That retreat had an extra-special quality, knowing I had been there with her so many years ago, shortly before my birth.  I imagined her walking the beautiful grounds and praying in the chapel.

Each time I have attended a retreat at the Cenacle on the Lake, I am reminded of the special care given to my birth mother by the Cenacle Sisters back then, and to me by the staff of this very special place.  Over the span of 62 years, it has brought us both closer to God and each other."       -Alison Guerra