Life at the Center

Quiet Days

First Friday of each month, 9am-1pm
We gather for three hours of silence, followed by soup, bread and conversation.
suggested donation: $5 please call (207 244-1060) to register

In conjunction with the Northeast Guild for Spiritual Formation, The Alcyon Center offers a Quiet Day once a month. This is a time for practicing silence in a small community of other practitioners. We gather by 9am and after a short meditation the group sits in silence for 20 minutes in the same room. Following the sit each person is free to meet their own needs for spiritual rest or renewal on the grounds of the Center until noon. We have a short period of gleanings from the silence, and then everyone sits down at table for soup and bread and soul conversation until 1pm.

Please download the 2012 calendar of events for programs, events and tuition/board details.

Please note: we are in the process of renovating alcyoncenter.org and will have program details available here by mid-January 2012!

Soul Friends for Women

Third Friday of each month, 7-9pm
A monthly gathering of shared silence, insight and conversation built on a theme with sacred readings.
suggested donation: $5-10, please call (207 244-1060) to register.

Please download the 2012 calendar of events for programs, events and tuition/board details.

Please note: we are in the process of renovating alcyoncenter.org and will have program details available here by mid-January 2012!

Alcyon Breakfasts

Third Saturday mornings, 7:30-9:30am
Come for silent prayer, breakfast potluck and thoughtful conversation around the kitchen table.
suggested donation: potluck or $5; please call (207 244-1060) to register

While planning our new main house at the Alcyon Center, a friend suggested that we surround our dining table with an eckbank. After we learned that an eckbank is a corner bench - sometimes a window seat - around a kitchen table, we agreed. So we have a lovely, sunny eckbank surrounding our kitchen table. We imagine it serving as the locus for many transformative conversations. Once a month we are inviting guests to join us for a simple breakfast following the night of Soul Friends. Both men and women are welcome to the breakfasts. Conversation will follow a spiritual thread unwinding from the mysterium tremendum.

Please download the 2012 calendar of events for programs, events and tuition/board details.

Please note: we are in the process of renovating alcyoncenter.org and will have program details available here by mid-January 2012!


Contemplative Services

First Saturday of each month, 5-6pm
A service of Taize chant, scripture, silence, and communion.

Please download the 2012 calendar of events for programs, events and tuition/board details.

Please note: we are in the process of renovating alcyoncenter.org and will have program details available here by mid-January 2012!