“Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” (Mark 6:31)

The Merciful Heart Hermitage: A House of Prayer for Priests provides an environment of silence and solitude wherein a priest may grow in his communion with the Blessed Trinity. Priests who come here on retreat discover that the Father is inviting them to rest deeply and abide in the Heart of Jesus, tasting and receiving His merciful love. The retreatant’s sole occupation in the hermitage is to seek this intimacy with God. The invitation is to leave the world behind and focus only on prayer, Scripture reading, and one’s relationship with the Lord.