Facilities & Grounds
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The Spirit Center offers a facility center with a fully-equipped kitchen, a covered pavilion, and dorms that sleep up to 96 people with separate showers and bathroom facilities. The trees and plants that are native to the property make it a perfect place to nature watch! Come to enjoy all the wildlife that call The Spirit Center home. Our accommodations are an inviting environment for the spiritual, educational, and social development for youth and adults.
JOIN THE SPIRIT CIRCLE!
The Spirit Circle is an opportunity for our generous family of supporters to help grow our important ministry with a recurring monthly gift!
EVENT BOOKING
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The Spirit Center provides a safe, quiet setting with beautiful facilities for men, women, and youth to stay for a few hours, a day, or a few nights. The Spirit Center is the perfect setting for your next event! Bring your group to The Spirit Center, nestled in picturesque Bluntzer, Texas, to disconnect from the distractions of the world and reconnect with God.
Let the Spirit Move You!
How can spiritual retreats impact today’s youth and our community in life-changing way?
Read “A Case for Retreats”…
As we look to complete our Rosary Path, we want to offer our Spirit Center family the opportunity to honor or memorialize a loved one through the engraving of a paver stone. This stone serves as one of the "Hail Mary" beads along our Rosary Path. We currently have only 25 more available. If you are interested in sponsoring one of these stones, please give us a call, or you can make a donation at the button below. Thank you for your support of The Spirit Center!
Make the Retreat Center the site for your next religious retreat, business meeting, or educational field trip.
CALL US AT 361-888-7537 TO RESERVE THE DATE OF YOUR EVENT
About
The Congregation of Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament came to Texas in 1852 and for over 150 years has served the people of south Texas in a variety of educational and spiritual ministries. In 1964, the Sisters received the Bluntzer homestead as a bequest. In 2002, the Spirit Center obtained 501(c)(3) status and was included in the Diocese of Corpus Christi section in the Official Catholic Directory. In 2003, the Sisters established a Board of Directors, composed of Sisters and laypersons with delegated responsibilities to develop The Spirit Center.
Our mission is to provide a place for the spiritual, educational and social development of youth in south Texas. To accomplish this, we rent our facilities to churches, schools and other groups seeking a place to host a true retreat experience. We also are beginning to host our own series of programming to enhance the lives of young people and their families across the Coastal Bend region. We are truly unique in that there is no other similar retreat facility in our region that is aimed at serving primarily youth. Our rural location offers the invaluable opportunity for young people to experience a retreat close to home, but miles away from ordinary. The groups that use the Center have opportunities to experience holistic growth and enrichment that will positively impact their lives and the lives of their families.
We Need You.
HELP US SUPPORT OUR MISSION OF CONNECTING YOUTH TO SPIRITUALITY THROUGH NATURE
