4:00-6:00 PM Arrival, Registration & Dinner

Reconnect with old friends, meet new ones, settle into camp, and begin building community. Dinner will be provided at registration via food trucks.

6:30 PM Welcome & Opening Gathering

Begin our shared journey together as we introduce this year's theme, Listening with Love.

7:00-8:00 PM Listening Circles & Community Reflection

Through small-group conversations and shared reflection, we'll begin practicing the art of listening—with openness, curiosity, and compassion. 

7:30-8:30 AM Breakfast

9:00-10:15 AM Community Gathering

We'll begin the day together, exploring the retreat theme and preparing for a day of spiritual growth and connection.

10:30 AM -12:00 PM Morning Spiritual Practices & Experiences

Participants will engage in a variety of spiritual practices and experiential offerings centered around our three areas of connection.

12:00-1:00 PM Lunch & Fellowship

1:00-5:00 PM Afternoon Spiritual Practices, Camp Activities & Community Experiences

Continue your journey through reflection, creativity, fellowship, outdoor activities, and meaningful conversation.

6:00 PM Community Dinner

7:30 PM Listening with Love: An Evening of Story and Conversation

Gather as a community for an evening of storytelling and conversation that brings the weekend's theme to life through shared experience, hope, and authentic connection.

9:30 PM Campfire Gathering

End the day with fellowship, reflection, music, and community under the stars.

9:00 AM Sunday Chapel at Caron

10:30 AM Coffee, Conversation & Farewells from Huyett Hall

Carry the practice of Listening with Love into everyday life as we reconnect one last time before heading home.

Includes:

• Two nights in South Mountain YMCA cabin
• All meals
• Retreat programming and activities

Please bring your own bedding and towels. Restrooms are located in the nearby bathhouse.

Groups of ten or more may request a private cabin, based on availability.

Includes:

• All meals
• Retreat programming and activities

Participants are responsible for their own overnight accommodations. A list of nearby hotels and bed and breakfasts is available upon request.

The Ramona's Family Spiritual Retreat is open to Caron alumni, family members, and friends of Caron who are seeking a weekend of spiritual renewal, reflection, and connection. Whether you're attending for the first time or returning, you'll find a welcoming community where everyone belongs.

No. This retreat welcomes people from all faith traditions, as well as those who simply wish to deepen their spiritual lives. Our focus is on the shared spiritual principles that support recovery, connection, and personal growth.

The weekend includes community gatherings, spiritual practices, reflective experiences, fellowship, outdoor activities, meals, and time for rest and personal reflection. While there is a schedule, we also value unhurried moments for conversation, connection, and simply being present.

Throughout the weekend, you'll have opportunities to participate in a variety of experiences centered around connection with our Higher Power, ourselves, and one another. Offerings may include prayer and meditation, creative arts, nature experiences, sound meditation, reflection, discussion, and other spiritually enriching activities.

Everyone shares in the opening and closing gatherings and community experiences. After you register, you'll receive additional information about selecting the spiritual practices and experiences you'd like to participate in during the weekend.

We recommend bringing comfortable clothing, walking shoes, a journal, weather-appropriate layers, toiletries, bedding and towels (for overnight guests), and anything that supports your personal spiritual practice.

A detailed packing list will be emailed to all registered participants before the retreat.

Absolutely. Whether you're early in recovery or have many years of sobriety, the retreat is designed to meet you where you are. The weekend offers opportunities for personal reflection, meaningful conversation, and connection with others on the recovery journey.

Yes. Commuter registration includes all programming, meals, and Sunday Chapel. Participants are responsible for arranging their own overnight accommodations if needed.

Rather than offering a series of stand-alone workshops, this retreat is designed as one shared spiritual journey. While you'll have opportunities to personalize portions of your experience, everyone gathers as one community to explore the theme Listening with Love through connection with our Higher Power, ourselves, and one another.

Our hope is that you'll leave not only refreshed and inspired, but with meaningful relationships and spiritual practices that continue to support your recovery long after the weekend ends.

We're happy to help. Please contact Keith Rogers at KRogers@caron.org or June Bare at JBare@caron.org.