Welcome
to San Alfonso Retreat House
Celebrating 100 years of retreat ministry in 2025!
We are so blessed and ever grateful for the continued prayers and support of our mission and ministry at San Alfonso which has welcomed guests and retreatants for 100 years! Your financial support is a great gift which helps sustain the good works of this retreat ministry. Help us continue the ministry for years to come by supporting our upcoming fundraisers and our 100th Anniversary Gala Dinner. May God bless you for all your goodness to us! Thank you!
Celebrating 100Years!
The Mission Continues...
During this 100th anniversary year, we hope you can join us for our special events:
- June 30: A taste of Broadway right here in Long Branch - fundraiser dinner-theater with Broadway actor Jenn Gambatese
- August 3: Christmas in August - Ornament Bingo Fundraiser
- September 20: Mass of Thanksgiving followed by light luncheon reception
- November 15: Gala Benefit Dinner with special guest honoree: Rev. John McGowan, C.Ss.R.
Spotlight on our Upcoming Retreats
Retreat For Deacons 2025
Be Not Afraid: The Journey of Christian Hope
June 6 - 8
At San Alfonso Retreat House, and conducted by the Redemptorist Retreat Staff
In this retreat, Christ invites us to journey from fear to trust, from separation to communion, and from death to new life.
U.S. Catholicism and Pastoral Ministry in a Brave New World
Priests and Deacons Renewal Week
June 9 - 13, 2025
San Alfonso Retreat House, Long Branch, NJ
Join Fr. Ricky Manalo, CSP, for an engaging series of presentations that address the dynamic challenges and opportunities in pastoral ministry today.
Come to the Water:
Relax & Renew Week
August 8-13
Come for a week of rest and renewal here at San Alfonso
Retreat House. Design your own schedule with time for some quiet prayer outside by the ocean / in our own Prayer Garden; or inside in our chapel / lounges.
Join us for an entertaining night filled with
music and faith!
June 30, 5 – 9 PM
Sunday, August 3, 2025 @ 4 PM
San Alfonso Retreat House
755 Ocean Ave, Long Branch, NJ 07740
Proceeds to benefit the Retreat Ministry at San Alfonso Retreat House. This event is organized by Manresa Columbiettes SI, NY.
If anyone would like to donate new basket items, please email [email protected] for donation information.
More details to come...
Prayer for the Jubilee
Father in heaven,
may the faith you have given us
in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother,
and the flame of charity enkindled
in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,
reawaken in us the blessed hope
for the coming of your Kingdom.
May your grace transform us
into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel.
May those seeds transform from within both humanity and the whole cosmos
in the sure expectation
of a new heaven and a new earth,
when, with the powers of Evil vanquished,
your glory will shine eternally.
May the grace of the Jubilee
reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope,
a yearning for the treasures of heaven.
May that same grace spread
the joy and peace of our Redeemer
throughout the earth.
To you our God, eternally blessed,
be glory and praise for ever.
Amen.
