by Meldan Heaslip, 2023 Congress Chair
Save the date! Our 2023 Subud CA Regional Gathering will be held over Memorial Day weekend, May 26–29, at the beautiful, and new to us, San Damiano Retreat.
This St. Francis of Assisi retreat center is nestled in the oak-filled hills above Danville, looking out to Mount Diablo in the San Francisco Bay Area. For those traveling by air, the center is just 40 minutes from Oakland airport.
The center is wonderfully set up for us to make the best of our time together, with a central courtyard of plants, trees, and a fountain offering many places to sit and be, onto which the meeting rooms, dining hall, and block of bedrooms open. We have the retreat center to ourselves from Friday afternoon to Monday lunch, for three days of latihan, kejiwaan sessions, hanging out and enjoying good, healthy food.
The bedrooms are small, each with its own bathroom, and rooms can be arranged for single or double occupancy. Families with little ones can be together in one room. We are very eager for our young families and children to attend; there will be childcare and special low rates for kids.
It is always wonderful when we get together, and even more special when we gather at a place where we can so easily just be ourselves. The lodging, dining room and latihan halls are all very close to each other, and there are many hiking trails for when it’s time to stretch ones legs. More information coming soon. Please do save the date!
Thank you organizers! This venue sounds ideal.
I am interested in attending. If my wife arrives from Thailand, she will want to come, too. Please advise me of rates. I am a member for 54 years; she is a member for about 7 or 8 years.
Respectfully,,
Sebastian Tiano
San Damiano Retreat looks wonderful. I wish I could have made it. In part, it’s because I
am scheduled for shoulder replacement surgery on the fifth of June, which will use most of ‘airfare money”. If you can share photos, I’d love to enjoy them—will forward to my wife.
Thanks again, Sebastian