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The Way of Love: An Interspiritual Convergence


  • Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT, 06107 United States (map)

The Way of Love: An Interspiritual Convergence

Overnight Contemplative Retreat
February 13-16, 2025
Rev. Matthew Wright and Rabbi Shefa Gold

Each of the Abrahamic traditions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—has at its core a commitment to step onto the Path of Love. When we delve deep into our diverse spiritual practices, it shows us hints of our true identity and glimpses into Unity consciousness.

This retreat will explore the Way of Love woven through the mystical heart of these three great religions, engaging practices and elements of vision from each tradition. We’ll open to an interspiritual dialogue between traditions grounded at the experience level.

Offering: Private Room with Private Bath - $600
Private Room with Hall Bath - $475
Commuter - $375

“More if you can, less if you can’t…”
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center has a long-standing tradition of making retreats available to everyone – regardless of their financial situation and their ability to pay. If you are interested in this retreat but unable to pay the full offering, please contact our registrar, Ted Jastrzebski at 860-760-9705 for more information.

We also ask that if you are able to make a donation over and above the suggested offering of the retreat, to help support this tradition and those who are less fortunate, we would be grateful for the added contribution.


Presenter Profiles

Rev.  Matthew Wright

Rev.  Matthew Wright is an Episcopal priest, writer, and retreat leader working to renew the Christian Wisdom tradition within a wider interspiritual framework. He is a student of Cynthia Bourgeault. Alongside his practice of Christianity, Matthew has studied and practiced within the Islamic Sufi and Vedanta lineages.


Rabbi Shefa Gold

Rabbi Shefa Gold is the Director of C-DEEP, the Center for Devotional Energy and Ecstatic Practice. Shefa has produced ten albums and is the author of four books. Her new project, Love at the Center, is an immersion in the “Song of Songs,” a mystical text that is meant to transform our lives so that we can transform the world.


Dietary restrictions? Holy Family is committed to making your stay as comfortable and enjoyable as possible, and to that end, we can accommodate most dietary needs. Please email Ted, our registrar, at tjastrzebski@holyfamilyretreat.org, if you have any dietary restrictions or food allergies, so that we may make preparations in advance of your retreat.