Rocky Mountain Retreat
Rocky Mountain Retreat
Rocky Mountain Retreaters share a love and respect for Mormon roots, whatever their current affiliation

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The Rocky Mountain Retreat for women combines stimulating speakers and discussion on scholarly, spiritual and cultural topics with rest and recreation in a beautiful retreat setting.

Rocky Mountain Retreaters share a love and respect for Mormon roots, whatever their current affiliation.

The Power of Connectedness


October 13-15, 2023

Franciscan Retreat Center, Colorado Springs

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Keynote presenter Caroline Kline will help us see past the lens of liberal Western white feminism to better understand, empathize with, learn from and love women of different backgrounds, experiences, beliefs and races.

Caroline Kline

Caroline Kline is the assistant director of the Center for Global Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University. She holds a PhD in religion from CGU, and her areas of interest include contemporary Latter-day Saint women's communities, feminist theory, and oral history. Kline is the author of a number of articles or book chapters that center on Mormonism and gender, including "The Mormon Conception of Women's Nature and Role: A Feminist Analysis," (Feminist Theology, 2014) and "Saying Goodbye to the Final Say: The Softening and Reimagining of Mormon Male Headship Ideologies," (Out of Obscurity: Mormonism Since 1945, 2016). Her book, Mormon Women at the Crossroads: Global Narratives and the Power of Connectedness (2022), explores Latter-day Saint women's lived experiences in Botswana, Mexico, and the United States.

The Rocky Mountain Retreat registration will open soon!


 
 

Explore

After many years in gorgeous Granby, Colorado, we have decided to move to the foothills to the gorgeous Franciscan Retreat Center in Colorado Springs The center is located in the foothills of Colorado Springs with over 160 acres for relaxing meditative walks and beautiful views.

The Retreat Center is a peaceful, breathtaking setting in the foothills of the Colorado Rockies, located on the western edge of Colorado Springs, but a world away from the city.
 

Over 160 acres provide the opportunity for relaxing meditative walks and beautiful views of Blodgett Peak and Mt. Cedar
 

The Labyrinth and Peace Park are places of quiet comfort and reflection
 

Native rock walls built 100 years ago surround the campus and are the primary construction of all our buildings

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Rest & Relax

Come rest and relax!

 

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Interested in attending?

 
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