Community Partners
We are looking for community partners to help us create an inviting and spiritual landscape, enhance identity and arrival experience, create multiple engagement spaces with green trees and budding bushes with the purpose to promote wellness, healing, interconnectivity, education, and environmental stewardship. A lush outdoor living space supports the mission of St. Raphael’s to promote spiritual enrichment in a welcoming environment.
Thank You!
Complete Landsculpture is an inaugural Community Partner offering landscape design and renderings for Phase I upgrades and providing ongoing advisement on campus beautification, water conservation, product sourcing, and outdoor event staging. Chris Strempek, founder and president of Complete Landsculpture, says, “We are excited to be a part of the green initiative at St. Raphael’s. It is by God’s design that we can reconnect people with elements of natures.”
Bless This House
We are inviting our friends, groups, parishes and individuals to continue participating in this wonderful project. Our houses are looking nicer every day however we still need to complete this wonderful project by renovating the bathrooms in all the casas.
Bless This House is a project that relies on private donations and fund-raising efforts. With the generous support of those who care, we are changing one home at a time. Your generosity will make a difference in our Ministry and will directly benefit over 5,000 individuals who stay at the SRRC every year.
There are many ways to participate, please visit our Bless This House page by clicking the link:
Leave a Living Legacy
A canopy of 100 trees will beautify our campus and offer natural shade, solace, and serenity. We want to enhance our 13-acre campus with attention to tree diversity, soil preparation, water conservation, and natural beauty. The Holy Father “pope Francis” though his encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’ encourages individual and collective responsibilities in his ‘call for immediate action to protect our common home,’ and we are doing our part in the Saint Raphael Retreat Center. A variety of trees will provide many natural benefits – for clear air, habitat for birds and wildlife, and outdoor beauty. It is by God’s design that we can reconnect people with elements of nature. If you want to give a gift of green to show appreciation for nature, please help us by donation.
Confirmation Retreats
We at the SRRC are now offering sponsored Confirmation Retreats to low-budget and nearby parishes. Some of these parishes do not have a large venue nor the resources to host a camp or a large conference for the kids. If you want to help these kids to have high quality Confirmation Retreat, please help us by making a contribution below.
To learn more about these programs and how to engage with us, please contact us at
bdebastiani@cathdal.org or 214-943-6585