SBU Students, Faculty and Staff - Are you missing a good home-cooked meal yet? You can always find one at the Mountain - but especially on Sunday, November 23! We are planning on a full home-cooked Thanksgiving Dinner and inviting you and all of your friends to join us (but please sign up before Nov 20)!  We will give thanks to you and the goodness of God, our family and friends. Sign up below for this Thanksgiving feast!  If you’d…

Come help us decorate the tree and make a wreath using real pine boughs!  This overnight is an experience that will not disappoint.  We will decorate the tree that Br. Joe cut from the property.  Learn how to assemble and decorate a wreath that will be hung outside on the House of Peace for all visitors to see.  Help make dinner and then enjoy cocoa and cookies with friends while sitting snug around the fireplace. The Mountain vehicles will leave…

Join us in the Great Room of University Ministries on January 23.  The doors open at 6:30 pm and the event will start at 7.  Come for food, fun, friendship - and win prizes!!  Learn what the Mountain is and who the fabulous people are who live there, work there and visit!   Let us know that you're thinking of coming by registering below - we need to plan for food and prizes! <!-- If you embed multiple forms on your…

Come to the Mountain on Saturday, January 31 and have some fun in a winter wonderland!   Come join us to play in the snow and then warm up in the House of Peace with hot cocoa and help prepare dinner! What are some of the activities we have done in the past? Sledding Snow sculpting   Hand-feed the wild birds! Rides leave campus from Café La Verna on Saturday, Jan 31 at 2 pm.  Rides back to campus will leave about…

SBU men - do you need a break?  Just some time away with other men? Join us on Saturday, February 21 for an overnight of good conversation and good food!   If you need a ride, we will be leaving campus from Café LaVerna at 2 p.m. If you are driving yourself, directions can be found under the Visit Us tab above - or click HERE. All you will need to bring are your personal items and clothing. Sturdy shoes are…

Are you weighing the idea of doing a year (or more) of volunteer service after graduation?  Would meeting some other young people currently doing the same help your decision? Meet, eat, reflect and pray with members of the Franciscan Volunteer Ministry (FVM) on Tuesday, March 10. Franciscan Volunteer Ministers "live in community and live a life of simplicity, expressed prayer and ministry."  Currently FVMs serve in Philadelphia, PA and Durham, NC. Transportation leaves Café LaVerna at 4 pm and return…

You've celebrated his feast day, but what do you really know about St. Patrick and Celtic Spirituality? Join us for an Overnight at the Mountain on Friday, March 13 for good food, good conversation and fellowship! If you'd like a ride, transportation will leave Café La Verna on Friday at 4 pm and return at about 11 am on Saturday. If you'd like to drive yourself, please use the directions you will find above under the "Visit Us" tab but…