Iona House offers group experiences for between 5-20 guests who know each other to come together and enter as a group into the Iona House Community and the ongoing daily rhythm of life at Iona House. Iona House is not just a place, it’s a community consisting of on-campus residents, staff, volunteers, and local participants who live into a shared rhythm of life. In other words, your group will participate alongside others who are also engaging life together at Iona House. Like a monastery, our shared rhythm of life includes fixed hour prayer times (9am, noon, 4:30pm), care for animals, study & learning, manual labor / serving in the garden, rest, silence & solitude, as well as fellowship.

Focus / Specialization: If there is a particular theme that your group is interested in exploring, we may be able to provide teaching, group facilitation, and group experiences to add focused content into the rhythm of life for your group. If your desire is to make sure your group has group-specific / private time together to fellowship, share, or process, that can be achieved in the evenings.

Food: We provide Friday dinner each week (via Friday Night Feast) to all guests of Iona House. Groups are responsible for their own food - using the kitchens in the houses which are stocked with pots, pans, utensils, plates, etc.

Note that we do not offer Iona House as a place to host your own private off-site, separate retreat experience, or content. We are not a conference center or an Airbnb. Instead, we provide an immersive experience for your group that engages the rhythm of life already transpiring on the campus. If you are looking for a place to convene your own retreat / content, we can recommend some conference centers if that would be helpful.

If you would like to convene a group to bring up to Iona House, please reach out to hospitality@ionahouse.org and we will work on scheduling that with you.