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September 2025
2025 Echoes of the Earth – Day at the Mountain
Join us on Saturday, Sept 20 at the Mountain for a day of outdoor crafts, canning, tree planting, hiking and more! Rides leave from Café LaVerna at 1 pm and will return to campus at 8:30 pm or you can drive yourself - follow the directions you can find HERE on our website and do NOT use GPS. Make sure to dress for outdoor activities. Sign up below to let us know you are coming. <!-- If you embed multiple…
Find out more »October 2025
Mountain on the Road in Buffalo!
Join us on October 2! Register on the SBU website by clicking HERE.
Find out more »Mountain on the Road in Rochester!
Join us on October 15! Register on the SBU website by clicking HERE.
Find out more »SBU Men’s Overnight at the Mountain
Calling all Bonaventure Men! If you’re looking for a break from campus life, an evening with other men, a home-cooked meal and good conversation, come to the Mountain! Instead of heading back to campus on Saturday morning, we invite you to spend Saturday with us at the Mountain for our fall workday - your helping hands would be greatly appreciated! Join us October 17 at Mt. Irenaeus for the Men’s Overnight – vans leave Café La Verna at 4:00 pm…
Find out more »2025 Fall Community Work Day
Students and Friends of the Mountain - please join us on Saturday, October 18 for our annual Fall Workday! We would appreciate your help as there is always much to do! SBU Men - there will be a Men's Overnight on Friday, Oct 17. Please consider coming on Friday night and staying through to dinner on Saturday! You can sign up for the overnight on the Mountain's Event page. We will be starting our day about 10 am with prayer…
Find out more »SBU Women’s Overnight at the Mountain
Calling all Bonaventure Ladies! If you’re looking for a break from campus life, an evening with other ladies, a home-cooked meal and good conversation, come to the Mountain! Join us October 24 at Mt. Irenaeus for the Women’s Overnight – vans leave Café La Verna at 4:00 pm on Friday, October 24, and will return to campus around 11:00 am on October 25. If you're driving yourself, please don't use GPS, follow the directions you will find HERE on…
Find out more »November 2025
2025 Fall Intercollegiate Retreat
Are you a college student? We'd like to invite you to our annual Fall Intercollegiate Retreat at Mt. Irenaeus! We are very excited to host you and other young adults from area colleges and universities for a weekend of reflection, relaxation, fellowship, faith and fun! Our Intercollegiate Retreat will run the weekend of Nov 14-16. Participants are asked to arrive by 5:30 p.m. on Friday and stay until after brunch on Sunday, at approximately 2 p.m. Ready to commit to a…
Find out more »2025 SBU Thanksgiving Dinner at the Mountain
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…
Find out more »December 2025
2025 Advent Overnight
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…
Find out more »2025 Winter Reading Day Away
Are you looking for a quiet place to study for finals? Where can be more ideal than the Mountain? With our fiber-optic internet, we can provide you a quiet place to study, get papers written or do work. Need a break from studying? Take a short walk or hike to clear your head. Need to say a prayer for a class that has you totally stressed out? The Chapel is the right place for calm, meditation and prayer. Vans will…
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