2012

• It was so wonderful to be back!  Thank you for your hospitality. May God continue to bless your work here.
• Qi Gong with Paul Weiss:
  - Paul, Your wisdom shines through at every moment! 
  -Paul is an outstanding presenter.
  -Paul needs to make this a two-night retreat.
  -Another stellar retreat, Paul.  I will be back.  Thank you.
  --This was a wonderful experience.  Thank  you.   

2011 Highlights

• I loved it all!! Appreciated the extra time for quiet time to reflect, pray and the centering payer time.
• What gifts the presenters have to give each of us. I came to this retreat feeling far different than how I am leaving. Timing, material, love, and support felt like it was put together for everything I needed but fought extremely hard. This environment is so safe and healing and God felt. Thank you.
• Spiritually & physically nourishing, met my needs, was very personal as if it had been written for me. Thank you!
• Awesome!  I have been recharged with serenity, grace & silence.
• So peaceful here.  Love walking the trails - even wet :-) - Nice to "just sit", read, crochet in a quiet, comforting place. 
• My first impression of the building and surroundings changed after I arrived. Once in the building I was welcomed into a calm sanctuary. Enjoying the grounds also took you into another realm of peace!
• For heaven’s sake find a way to stay open!!! God bless!
• I’m just so sorry you’re having to close! Praying for a miracle to keep open this perfect mid-state (meeting place). Living Water Spiritual Center, a “center” in more ways than one.
• Maine is blessed to have you here and so am I and all those you touch.  I won't think of this place without remembering your love and kindness and giving, the radiant river, the meals which were a work of art and love, the help always behind the scenes making sure needs were cared for, the lovely orange zinnia flowers greeting us and Jesus present in you and the chapel!  With gratefulness and prayers.
• The hospitality at Living Water reflects God’s love so clearly and beautifully. Thank you...we could not ask for more.
• A nice environment for praying and reflecting.  I liked the chair and the desk.  I loved all the people that were present.  I’ve been enriched and given some spiritual direction.
• Nice to learn different ways of integrating God in your everyday life.  Comforting to hear other women talk about things from the heart.  Makes  you feel like you are not alone in this journey of life. 
• I love this sacred place.  Thank you to all for your service.  So appreciated. 
• Meals - absolutely fabulous.
   

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2010 Highlights

• One of the easiest logistical experiences I've had planning an event with regard to venue needs...many thanks for this!  Everyone was friendly, welcoming, helpful and organized.  Also - the food was fantastic - I heard nothing but raves all afternoon.  The price point for the quality and service was also excellent. 
• Thank you for operating such a perfect site for a retreat with all the support needed for success.

• So many people are seeking to connect “who they are with what they do.” These workshops are appropriate to meet this need.

• I felt like my favorite flannel pjs to be in this warm, comfortable environment.  The food was the highlight every day - beautifully displayed, thoughtfully prepared & scrumptious!  With gratitude.
• Hug the cook!
• Canonize the chef ♥ She and all of you are angels on my journey.  Thank you.  Home-like, nice, clean, warm, loving, sacred, smiles, tender, caring, bright, nurturing.

• Living Water Spiritual Center means:  caring hospitality, excellence, a haven of peace & tranquility. A home away from home.  Each of you is very special.  Grateful thanks! 

• Living Water continues to enrich and support me in my spiritual journey.  It is a holy place for me. 
• I felt nourished, welcomed, and revived as soon as I set foot here.
• Had no expectations beyond resting and being taken care of and that I got in multitude.
• This is the finest retreat location I have ever been to and the food was divine.

• What a beautiful serene environment.  You all do a fantastic job.
•  It is like eating at a very fine restaurant with a well-known chef! (famous)

• It is a gentle, warm and inspiring place to be.  Thanks to all of the staff for treating us so well!
• Gracious, welcoming hospitality in the most loving, inclusive sense.  You invited us to use the space and furnishing as it met our needs.  Living Water is a blessing, an oasis. 
• This was my first time here - loved it!
• What a lovely environment.  Thanks for the trails and labyrinth. 
• LWSC seems a world apart from the everyday bustle, and it’s tranquility set the tone for a meaningful spiritual retreat.  Thank you!  There are several aspects of the facility that specifically added to the wonderful experiences I had: the beautiful trails, the outstanding meals, the comfortable rocking chairs, the cleanliness of the bedrooms and the meeting spaces.

• Beyond expectations!!  I'm quite touched by your hospitality.
• The silence and solitude were renovating! I could have have stayed 40 days!

• Loved the “homey” feeling. Fabulous, warm, welcoming staff. The food ROCKS! And all the very thoughtful extras.
• Trails are beautiful.
• Love, Love, Love!  Peace to you.
• As usual this was a powerful spiritual experience just to be here with you.
• Impeccable hospitality, and the spirit which pervades this space greatly enhanced our experience.
• Perfect in every way.  What a ministry.
• The warmth, the beauty, the attention to detail, so many details is so appreciated.  Thank you, Namaste, Blessings. Y
•  Blessings and gratitude for this beautiful tranquil space! 
• I love this place! 
• Your flowers are beautiful and the grounds are well maintained.  The meals are terrific!  Thank you!
• I felt warmly welcomed - informed and helped.  I especially enjoyed the presence of flowers and the views of the grounds. The soft colors and small personal touches in my room helped create a relaxing space.  
• Wonderful facility and mission to support all approaches to the Divine.  Remarkable.
• Wow!
• I bought a cookbook!  Thanks, Leslie, Denis and staff!! 
• Loved always able to have coffee and snacks. Wonderful food and comfortable room.
• Another wonderful weekend at  your place, thank you and everyone involved. 
• Very peaceful place.  Enjoyed access to library and chapel, grounds.  Would like to learn more about the history of labyrinths.  I had a very comfortable, pleasant stay.  Thank you.
• I loved everything, the food is the best I’ve ever had. 
• It is a delight to be here!
• Everything is always wonderful, perfect - here. 
• Beautiful - relaxing - I feel filled up again after weeks of stress - commitments.
• Excellent in every way! 
   

2009 Highlights

• A million dollar weekend for $185!  Unbelievable!!
• I totally felt the sacredness of this place.  Thank you.
• Walked around the grounds - they are very peaceful!!
• I truly feel at peace when I am here.  I need to come more often and feel all the love that surrounds me. 
• The meals and food are amazing, healthy, homemade, and utterly delicious. 
• Great place - always can get so much done in such a rest filled placed.  God is here!! 
• Your hospitality is a prayer.
• Thank you! There are so many blessings here! Tranquil, great food. Like being home only better. Trails were delightful. People helpful and calming!
• As in the past, the facility was spotless and accommodating, the food was excellent and the atmosphere fosters a relaxed restful and spiritual frame of mind. 
• Meals: Off the charts! Best center I’ve been to.
• Healings for me this weekend. I feel pounds lighter, rested and relaxed; it seems I’ve been here away from the world for weeks. My food limitations were met 150%. Finally, someone (Leslie) understood and met par excellence.
• Your facility is generous in so many aspects, quiet, respect, comfort. 
• Appreciated the time to reflect in love and grace. Brought attention to the cycles of/in my life and need to be aware with gratitude.
• Surely the Holy Spirit was moving in, on, and around us this weekend. Thank you.
• Thank you for sharing this inspiring Center with all of us.  Superb food, company, and joy filled grounds.  Lots of lights, space, and happiness.  Lovely quiet chapel and labyrinth.
• As soon as I saw the comfy rocking chairs I knew I’d be coming back again and again.  This place focuses on COMFORT which is awesome.  
• The facility was perfect for our needs.
• I absolutely love the rocking chairs!! J

• That old Steinway could be even more of a treasure – so glad to use it.  Blessings on you all. 

• The meals were a 10 of 10 for me.  The bedrooms were “home” for me. 

• I loved the labyrinth exercise.

2008 Highlights 

• Your hospitality and warmth were awesome.  A perfect environment to do my work!

• WONDERFUL weekend enhanced by comfortable room, bed, towels, restful place.  SUPER meals with attention & creativity for diet limitations.  And great gathering space.  All of us warmly welcomed and prayed for by your sisters.
• Loved my room.  This was the first time I came for an individual retreat.  It was such a relief to be here. To know that you were praying for me was a gift. Quiet was a gift.  I’ll be back. 
• Thank you so much for the spaciousness and ease in the physical sense and the spiritual sense.
• Fabulous sacred space for growth/renewal/transformation.
• I greatly appreciate your environmental consciousness – using mugs, fair-trade coffee and teas, providing recycling containers. I had never thought to recycle toilet paper cores until I visited here but I do now!
• I always feel renewed spiritually and physically whenever I am here. Thank you!!
• We enjoyed our retreat and were welcomed and treated like royalty.
• I had a spectacularly lovely time.  I appreciated not only the contemplative quiet but also the orderly, clean comfort of the building and all the great nooks, crannies, chairs, rockers, and other places for quiet spirituality to choose from.  I was certainly not disappointed by the direction sessions, the food, or the polarity session with Yolande.  All fit together become food for body and soul. 
• Thank you for this sanctuary that you have created here at Living Water.  The retreat was wonderful and refreshed my mind, body and spirit.  Our presenter was excellent. She struck a good balance of information, prayer exercises, and fun.  I would attend another retreat here and look forward to seeing what you might be offering in the summer of 2009.  I found the trails, cosmic walk and labyrinth to be very spiritual.  The pool was wonderful, too.  I got to float with God.  The food was inviting, fresh and healthy.  Yum!
• If and when you invite Betsy Quinn to lead another retreat here, you can sign me up!  Between her excellence and the excellence of this place it is a win-win situation.
• Your use of local products for meals and provision of fair trade coffee witnesses your love of all people.  Thank you for all your kind attentions and let us pray for each other. 

• This is the best place I’ve been on a retreat. 

• I was impressed with the silence and with the attentiveness of the staff.  I enjoyed my week at Living Water and I would recommend it highly to anyone wanting to get away for a time of quiet and prayer. 
• It is such a spiritual delight to come here yearly for our annual retreat!!!  I do not feel that anything can be improved upon – it is “all” here, and one leaves here spiritually and physically refreshed.  Thank you, dear Sisters of St. Joseph for your precious spiritual gift to us. 
• Everything was great.  The food was delicious and beautifully presented. There were many places to go to sit and reflect or read or just sit.  May God continue to bless your ministry.
• I think this may be the best retreat I have ever been at.  Such a warm environment. 
• I’d rather be here than any other place besides home!

   

2007 Highlights

• The facility is very conducive to introspection and retreat.  Seclusion/private areas and group interaction areas are very homey and comfortable.  Meals, snacks and beverage service are awesome and nourishing.
• I hope to return for many years. 
• How can you improve on something that is already outstanding?
• The food was delicious!  The best of any retreat I have attended! 
• The serenity & calm of this retreat is wonderful. 
• I just loved the program – the prompts opened up so many thoughts and opportunities to reflect on life, faith, and my spiritual journey.
• The best experience ever! 
•  I don’t want to leave & I’ll be back for sure. 
• Five star kindness, grace, and generosity.
• Meals are delectable beyond the imagination.  Challenging any intentions of self-restraint. 
•  I feel God’s grace & presence here all around.
• Wonderful retreat!  Holy, peaceful, loving.
• The quietness is very healing!
• I appreciated so much the energy and tone of the entire Center.
• Beautiful sacred healing space meeting my needs for regeneration, renewal, growth, transformation, community.  The best food I’ve had this entire year.  Flavorful, great variety, creative unusual recipes PLUS fabulous for a vegan (I was one of that group). Met all my needs for nourishment, comfort, enjoyment, celebration. Thank you. Namaste.
• Such a lovely welcome – calm serene environment.
• I appreciate your hospitality very much. I didn’t know what to expect and you definitely went far beyond them.  The meals were wonderful and I felt so nurtured.  The privacy of the bathrooms and bedrooms was something I didn’t expect and really appreciate.  My room was absolutely fine with so much attention given to the fine details of comfort.  You’ve provided magic.  Thank you.
• I loved the feeling of home here and the quiet tangible support and care around me.  Blessings given, blessings returned.  Thank you.