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The St. Iakovos Retreat Center:

A Special Place for Today, A Spiritual Home for Tomorrow

 

Open your heart to a Special Place 

The St. Iakovos Retreat Center represents an opportunity to give in a way that nourishes our children and families, strengthens our Faith, supports and extends the Community, and serves the Lord. This is a gift to be embraced by generations and generations.

With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Iakovos, we prayerfully ask for your support for this worthy project.


We believe the St. Iakovos Retreat Center will prove to be a truly special place for our Greek Orthodox Community. We hope you will open your heart to this special place.

A Place of Our Own to Benefit Us All

For many years, the need for our own retreat center has been a priority of His Eminence Metropolitan Iakovos of Chicago, the Clergy throughout our parishes, and the laity. Now, by and with the consent of the faithful, that need has been met in the St. Iakovos Retreat Center.

Groups and activities that will benefit immediately from the Center and its facilities include: 

  • Family Synaxis
  • Metropolis Council
  • Philoptochos
  • YAL & GOYA
  • Fanari Camp
  • Sisterhood of Presvyteres
  • Archons
  • Youth Ministries
  • Clergy Syndesmos
  • Social programs (i.e. The Bishop’s Task Force on Aids)
  • Cultural / Ethnic Celebrations

 

St. Iakovos Retreat Center Existing and Planned Facilities 

Existing Facilities

  • 137 acres in a rural setting; 35 acres of pristine woods and hills
  • Sparkling eight-acre lake
  • Classic century old farmhouse with 1600 sq. ft., 2 stories, 5 comfortable bedrooms, large kitchen, spacious living room
  • Historical 2000 sq. ft. Community Center, comfy screened porch, large game room, wide screen television/video, outdoor pool
  • Indoor pool with jacuzzi
  • Sports facilities: basketball court, baseball diamond, tennis court, grounds for volleyball, socceer, cross-country skiing
  • 4 car Mini-train with 20 person capacity that circles the grounds
  • 930 sq. ft. barn
  • Two car garage with attached shed

Planned New Facilities

  • Chapel
  • Hotel-style rooming facility for up to 128 children
  • All-purpose building with kitchen/dining and meeting facilities

 

A Place to Celebrate our Faith and Heritage

Our Hellenic Values are embedded in our Orthodox Faith, and the St. Iakovos Retreat Center provides an ideal environment in which to appreciate, celebrate and strengthen the Greek Orthodox Church community 

The Center is a place to reflect upon what we share– and to share in fellowship the precious spiritual, social, and cultural gifts with which we have been bestowed. 

With the frantic pace of life today, amidst the chaos in the world, finding a place of peace and quiet can be challenging. The beautiful, natural setting of the Center, with ample facilities for a wide array of gatherings, answers this challenge gracefully for members of our community.

 

A Place Where God's Creation Speaks

 

Set on 137 breathtaking acres in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, the St. Iakovos Retreat Center is a testament to the wonder of the Lord’s creation. Away from worldly cares, this natural setting has 35 acres of original growth woods and hills, a sparkling eight-acre lake, streams, tree-lines paths, even a bountiful apple orchard. There are fenced pastures where horses roam, domesticated animals like llamas and dazzling peacocks, as well as wild deer and other creatures that dwell on the land. Where better to reflect upon the many gifts we have been given and how we should live our lives?

Centrally located to serve all parishes and communities within the Metropolis, the Center is 60 miles from Chicago and 35 from Milwaukee. It is easily accessible from all parishes of the Metropolis.

 

A Place For Our Youth to Grow In Their Faith

 

“Let alone the little children to come to Me, and cease hindering them; for of such is the kingdom of Heaven.” The St. Iakovos Retreat Center will greatly help us in reinforcing the loving qualities of children the Lord called attention to— and in bringing our children closer to God through Faith.

An ideal pastoral setting, perfect for youth ministries, Fanari camps, and gatherings of our youth organizations like YAL and GOYA, the Center provides a safer yet stimulating environment for our children to meet, to gain greater understanding of our faith and its traditions, and to build the spiritual foundation that will serve them throughout their lives.

The St. Iakovos Retreat Center meets our immediate needs by providing an ideal setting to meet individual, family, group, education, and church requirements for a special seeting away from the cares of the world, by eliminating the rising outflow of church resources to ‘outside’ facilities, and by creating a physical and spiritual asset that will appreciate four our community over time.

The nature of The Center itself — its scale, structure, and flexibility — ensures that this Retreat will be able to grow as our community grows and meet our needs however they emerge and develop.

 

St. Iakovos Retreat Center

1070 224th Avenue

Town of Brighton, Wisconsin 53139

 

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