Shrine Mont is turning 100 years old this year! Come visit and celebrate with us during our Homecoming Weekend! We have lots of fun activities planned including a parade, ole time carnival, live music, and much more. Check out the weekend itinerary below with all the details and stay tuned for more additions.
The Association of Visual Artists of the Diocese of Virginia will meet at Roslyn on the second Saturday of each month on the picnic pavilion from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm through October, to make art together, share ideas and resources, and support one another.
Take a break from your busy life with a weekend yoga retreat in the cool beauty of the Shenandoah Valley. Richmond area instructors Bonnijean Boggess, Leah Husk and Julian Desta will be leading a variety of all-level yoga classes in indoor and outdoor spaces in and around the historic Shrine Mont Retreat Center located in the quaint town of Orkney Springs, Virginia.
Come explore the natural world through painting with award-winning artist and teacher Theodora Tilton. Choosing oil or watercolor, you’ll join students at all levels painting “en plein aire” in the beautiful mountains surrounding historic Shrine Mont. Students will start with the basics and work through the process of creating a painting with each day taking you to a new location.
Nancy Ross Hugo, David Pippin and Kate Vernon will demonstrate a variety of arranging techniques. Attendees will participate in activities that take the angst out of arranging and showcase techniques that make the process both easier and more fun. Emphasis will be on using local, readily available flowers, greens, and line material.
Here is your opportunity to experience two of life’s great joys. Shrine Mont will be hosting a pickleball workshop from May 16 to May 18. If you have never played pickleball or are new to the game, this workshop will go over the rules, basic drills, some strategy and lots of playing time.
Yoga at Shrine Mont is very notable this year. Shrine Mont is 100 years old and everything planned this year is extra special. The Simply Yoga Retreat marks its 9th year and each retreat held at Shrine Mont has been different and awesome because we always have wonderful people who attend. Shrine Mont offers hiking and space for contemplative strolls, a labyrinth, pure mineral spring water, and nourishing and delicious, homestyle southern meals. Chefs are also able to accommodate vegetarians and gluten free diets.
An ingathering of Black, Indegenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) from within the Diocese of Virginia, hosted by Trinity Church, Arlington. Parishes and individuals are warmly welcomed.
The Association of Visual Artists of the Diocese of Virginia will meet at Roslyn on the second Saturday of each month on the picnic pavilion from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm through October, to make art together, share ideas and resources, and support one another.
In the retreat, sociologist, best-selling author, humorist and deacon, Bertice Berry, PhD., will guide us on a journey into joy as a resource of hope for the times ahead.
On August 6, 1925, Bishop William Cabell Brown consecrated the Cathedral Shrine of the Transfiguration in Orkney Springs, VA as the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia and began the journey for what we now know and love as Shrine Mont.
Shenandoah County will be on full display in the Ballroom of the Virginia House at Shrine Mont on Saturday during Shenandoah County Heritage Day 2025, co-hosted annually by the Shenandoah County Historical Society (SCHS) and the Shenandoah County Library Archives.
