|
Take a Tour
Overview of Mercy Prayer Center
-------------
Mercy
Prayer Center offers a variety of
spiritual opportunities:
days of reflection for groups, parishes, organizations
a day to call your own for individuals seeking quiet space
spiritual direction
weeklong and weekend directed retreats
weeklong and weekend guided retreats
Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
monthly morning women’s faith sharing group
bi-monthly evening faith sharing group
monthly evening series on a relevant topic
massage overnight retreats
men’s retreats
autumn/spring prayer days at High Acres in Geneva, NY
Vision Statement
-------------
Mercy Prayer Center, a ministry of
spirituality offers a quiet place for wholistic growth and healing. We are
centered in an awareness of God’s compassionate love and the hospitality of Catherine McAuley,
foundress of the Sisters of Mercy of the
Americas. Through collaboration and mutuality we provide opportunities for
the formation of Christian leaders; we encourage people of all faiths to come
and discern, claim, and respond to God’s ongoing call.
The
house, which is now Mercy Prayer Center, has a long-standing history beginning
when a gentleman farmer built it in the early 1860’s as his retirement
home.
He
left it to his son and from then on the house went through many
transfers. For a time the property was part of a tree nursery and once again was
owned by a family who built another house on the land as a wedding gift for
their daughter. The original house first took on a special religious character
when purchased by the Precious Blood Fathers as a minor seminary.
Subsequently,
a Jewish sect lived in the house for awhile but were unable to meet the
financial obligations. On the market once again the home became the House of
God’s Goodness when purchased by Mr. Will Gundlach and his wife who used it as
a haven for people in need.
The
final act of transferring the property to the Sisters of Mercy of Rochester in
1986 was Will’s prayerful leaving of an angel of protection in every window.
|
