Music as Prayer Young Adult Retreat
Join us for a summer gathering celebrating music and faith.
Open to young adults ages 18-25 years old
Dates: July 3-5, 2026
Cost: $100 per person (single and double rooms available)
Click here to register online.
Retreat includes:
- Transportation in the Ottawa/Ottawa Valley Area, transportation assistance grants available for other areas
- 2 nights accommodations
- Meals from dinner Friday evening to lunch on Sunday
- Workshops
Program Activities:
- Song writing workshops
- Introduction to Taizé prayer
- Studies of the Psalms
- Evening Campfires
- Private Beach
- Access to tennis court, forest walking paths, and more
This program is made possible by the generous contributions of the Ex Corde Foundation.
A Religious and Philosophical Poem About Music as a Kind of Prayer
When I pray to You, words are not enough.
They fail to tell You what is in my heart
Until I add the midrash of my art.
Music is feeling filtered through fire,
Purified passion, molten desire.
Music is sunlight that shines from the soul.
Words come in fragments, music is whole.
When I pray to You, words are not enough.
My supplication turns into a song,
Asking for the grace for which I long.
Music’s a gift from Your heart to mine.
As I write it, our spirits combine.
Your gift to me twice given proves:
Through it I give You the gift of my love.
(Nicholas Gordon)