Thomas Berry Place Campaign

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Thomas Berry Place - Now Open for Retreats & Events!

a new beginning...together

As we come to the conclusion of The Passionists’ 300th Anniversary celebration year, we are excited to remind all that we are just about complete in re-imagining and improving of the old Bishop Molloy Retreat House into a new Passionist Center, now named Thomas Berry Place, that fulfills our re-focused mission, creates new partnerships, and offers new, mission-based utilization of the renovated physical spaces to meet the needs of our greater community. We have already started Retreat days and are taking reservations going forward!

Our initial goal of $1.5 million was quickly met, increased to $2.5 million and thankfully has been exceeded to over $3.2 million. Our new goal is now $4 million! We invite all to view our video, read the Campaign Brochure (click on the picture below), see our naming opportunities and support the completion of this visionary project that will transform how truly mission-driven retreat houses will thrive in the future.

 Campaign Brochure - click on picture ►                            Gift Naming and Memorial Opportunities:

For more information about this transformational project or to discuss gift pledges, naming recognition opportunities or other ways to help, please contact Joseph Geraci, Director of Development & Mission Fulfillment at 929.419.7501 or email: [email protected]. To make an initial gift to the Campaign, please click here to make a secure donation online: Please Support Us Now 

Thank you and God bless you always for your continued love and support of The Passionists!

FR. THOMAS BERRY, CP

You will notice that the name of our retreat house has changed from Bishop Molloy to Thomas Berry Place. Fr. Thomas Berry, C.P. (1914-2009) was a Passionist scholar and great thinker in the area of ecology and sustainability of the earth as a home to be shared with all people. Berry spent his life raising greater awareness to see the earth as a home to care for and not a product for human consumption. Berry’ work was a foundation for our Catholic-Christian understanding of ecology in Pope Francis’ encyclical letter “Laudato Si: on the Care of our Common Home.”

As Passionists, our pride in Thomas Berry as one of our own is calling us to move beyond admiration to putting his vision into practice. His own training and formation gave Berry a foundation of prayer, solitude and a special gift of remembering the passion of Jesus by focusing on an area of the passion that was largely neglected: the crucified earth, our common home that was not being treated with dignity and life giving care. Both Thomas Berry and St. Paul of the Cross’ foundational principles for his community have invited us to go back to our roots as we plan to minster and share our life with you in this new venture of Thomas Berry Place.

The vision of the new Thomas Berry Place will accomplish these goals by maintaining a Retreat House to provide spiritual direction for attendees while partnering with ReconnectNYC, Hour Children and other mission-aligned communities to serve the needs of the socially disconnected in society – the “crucified of today”.