OLPH offers a beautiful, spiritual, and peaceful setting to host a single or multi-day retreat. We are located along the Myakka River in Venice, Florida, a little over 1 hour south of Tampa. OLPH offers conference center and full-service dining facilities that can be used for religious-themed retreats, parish and religious groups, diocesan meetings, and workshops. Click here to view a video that provides an overview of OLPH from current and prior Spiritual Directors, Retreat Leaders, and participants.
We offer our facilities for single day or multi-day retreats. To learn more about our facilities, please click here.
Our campus includes four Villa buildings available for overnight accommodations of retreatants, totaling 22 private bedrooms, each with an ensuite bath. Most rooms provide for double occupancy, allowing for up to 40 overnight retreatants in a shared-room. Each villa has a communal gathering space and kitchenette. The kitchenette is furnished with a toaster oven, Keurig coffee maker, microwave, and refrigerator. The minimum number of participants is twelve (12). This includes facilitators, attendees, instructors, chaperones, etc.
A multi-day retreat generally has a duration of 2-3 days. Retreatants check-in the afternoon of the first day, followed by dinner in the Dining Room. The following days include a full breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Full use of the conference center and the chapel are made available to the group.