Welcome to Mount Alvernia's Web Site!

Mount Alvernia Retreat Center is a ministry of the Franciscan Friars of the N.Y. Province of the Immaculate Conception. The Center conducts and hosts spiritual programs for persons of all faiths, although its major focus is Roman Catholic spirituality. It has served the community since 1968.  It is located in the village of Wappinger Falls, New York, on 204 acres overlooking the Hudson Valley in Dutchess County.

To contact Mount Alvernia Retreat Center, call (845) 297-5706 ext. 112 or send a fax to (845) 298-0309 Attn: Retreat Center. Or send e-mail to mtalverniaretreat@gmail.com.  

Retreats are scheduled throughout the year and their topics vary. All faiths are invited to attend. In addition to retreats, Mount Alvernia offers numerous services, events, and activities. 

• Retreat and workshop information and schedule (Revised!)
• Marriage preparation (pre-cana) programs (Revised!)
• Upcoming programs that are being planned
• Book-of-the-month club 2016 schedule
• The Year of Mercy monthly evening gatherings schedule
• Bible study evening session 2016 schedule
• Chapel hours 
• The library
• Contact list and frequently-asked questions
• Visitor's information ,directions, and a physical address for GPS devices and Internet map searches
• St. Francis
• Order of Franciscans Secular --The Most Holy Stigmata Fraternity --Have you ever considered the Secular Franciscans? Join us at our Secular Franciscan Information Night.
• Gift Shop and Heavenly Delights Cookbook
• "Sons of St. Francis Sing" --Mount Alvernia's Franciscan Friars Choir--recordings on compact disk
• "Christmas in a Monastery" --Mount Alvernia's Franciscan Friars Christmas Choir--a bit of nostalgia on compact disk or cassette
• Icon Writing Retreat 2016 directed by Mother Sophronia of the Hermitage of St. Elijah, Berlin, NH.
• Photographs from the 2011 Icon Writing Retreat
• More photographs of Mount Alvernia

We invite your comments, suggestions, and inquiries. Please send your e-mail to Mount Alvernia Retreat Center at mtalverniaretreat@gmail.com. 

For information about Monastery of St. Clare, visit the St. Clare website at www.poorclaresny.com.

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This site was updated as of 9/11/16.
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