Weddings
The Peace Abbey and grounds are available for special occasions offering a beautiful and inspirational setting. For weddings, both buildings are open to guests during the day, after school hours, or weekends and evenings.
We ask for a donation of $2,000 for the rental space to help us to continue the special projects which embody peace, nonviolence, and social justice. If the wedding party is small, we will consider an adjustment in the donation.

Special Services
The Peace Abbey is available for special services which include Bar or Bat Mitzvahs, Baptisms and the Anointing of Children for Peace, Funeral Commemorations and other services related to individual faith traditions. We ask for a donation of $1,000 for the rental space to help us to continue our work. If the gathering is small, we will consider an adjustment in the donation.

Personal Retreats
Individual retreats can be arranged for a day or an overnight. Each individual is encouraged to plan this day of reflection with a staff person to meet their own needs. Suggested time frame is 9-4:00 P.M., which would include spiritual direction in the morning, lunch and reflection at the end of the day. A donation of $100.00 is suggested. Overnight retreatants would pay an additional $25.00.

Vegetarian Crash Course
For individuals who have made the decision to take the next step toward vegetarianism, this self-guided course will profoundly effect their view on the food they eat and the clothing they wear. This one day course (9:00-4:00 p.m.) will include selected readings, viewing animal rights films, feeding and communing with farm animals that escaped from slaughterhouses, and in depth discussions with a vegan staff member on issues of health, factory farming, the dairy industry, animal cruelty, meat production, and the effects of a meat centered diet on the planet. The day will conclude with a meditation on peace and nonviolence. Suggested Donation: $100.00 (includes lunch). Overnight participants would pay an additional $25.00. Offered on an ongoing basis.

Day Retreats/Meetings
As a place of solitude and peace as well as a place to imagine and create, The Peace Abbey welcomes people from the wider community to share a day of retreat. Our donation fee is $500 per day ($800 for two days) for the group. Please discuss any situations which might require a fee adjustment. We want people to come and experience the beauty of this spiritual center.

Weekend Retreats
The Peace Abbey offers space to people in the wider community who may need to provide overnight sleeping arrangements for participants. If a group needs special consideration, an adjustment will be considered.
Retreat rates.

Overnight Guests
The Peace Abbey offers overnight accommodations in the tradition of bed and breakfast lodging. Dormitory beds: $30 per person. Please scheduled well in advance. Room rates.

Chaplain Services
Interfaith Peace Chaplains are available to help with the planning and officiating for weddings, blessings, commemoration services and retreats which take place at the Abbey.  Peace Chaplains are also available to go out to places of worship, schools, and community events when scheduled in advance. Fees Arranged.

Individual retreats and spiritual guidance is offered when scheduled in advance. Pastoral counseling for individuals and families can be arranged during the week. Healing and forgiveness guidance available as well.

Workshops
Various workshops are offered throughout the year and will be announced in The Peace Abbey News and the local papers. Donations to be announced.

Colleges & High Schools
The Peace Abbey offers a one day program for students as a regular part of their curriculum studies. The program hours are 9:30 to 1:30 p.m. The curriculum focuses on peace making, social justice, and nonviolence. as a way of life. (Students bring their own bag lunch. Vegetarian please.) Administrators and teachers should contact the Abbey office to arrange date and itinerary.

Sunday Morning Visits
Visitors from various religions are welcome to schedule a private morning visit to explore faith, prayer and rituals within the 12 major faiths. Included in the visit is the the rich history of pacifism in America and throughout the world embodied in the Pacifist Memorial. Suggested donation for group: $75.00.

Consultant Services

Peace Abbey staff members are available to consult with individuals and organizations who want to create a Peace Center, a Peace Room or rituals associated with peace and nonviolence. Chaplains are willing to travel but need advance notice. Fees arranged.