Mission: St. Mary's Sewanee: The Ayres Center for Spiritual Development is dedicated to providing spiritual hospitality to persons of diverse religious and spiritual backgrounds, in a place of natural beauty, simplicity, silence, tranquility and warm spiritual rest through retreats, renewal and learning. During our 30-year history, St. Mary's Sewanee: The Ayres Center for Spiritual Development has built numerous programs to meet the needs of individuals and groups looking for rest, renewal and re-connection. Whether you are looking for a place for a renewing personal retreat or building spiritual unity within a group, St. Mary's Sewanee has the beauty, peace and quiet you need. (Less)

St. Mary's Sewanee is a 501(c)(3) organization, with an IRS ruling year of 1989, and donations are tax-deductible.