The Spiritual Journey Week
Spring 2025
Mission San Luis Rey
4050 Mission Ave, Oceanside, CA 92057
If you would like to be contacted with details regarding the 2025 program, please join our interest list.
Where are you on your Spiritual Journey?
The Spiritual Journey creates time and space to be still, listen and cultivate deeper meaning in your life.
Sometimes we need a place to catch up with our souls’ yearning. A place to stop and linger to deeply listen. To hear with the ear of our heart, what our life wants us to know. Such opportunities allow us to reconnect with God and our own inner wisdom so we can see more clearly the path that is beckoning us. Stillpoint programs are designed to help you practice listening deeply to God and your own inner wisdom within a small group community.
The Spiritual Journey creates the much-needed time and space for you to be still, listen and cultivate deeper meaning and Sabbath in your life under the guidance of Stillpoint’s seasoned staff and in the community of other seekers. Guided contemplative experiences, time for solitude in nature, shared wisdom and journeys are components to help us restore our souls and rest deeply. Participants are grateful for the friendships that are kindled in the closeness of the small group experience.
Accept this invitation to take time for yourself for spiritual nourishment, all within the beautiful Oceanside, CA celebrating God’s creation and sacred community.
COST
The total program amount includes tuition, room and meals in Oceanside. Cost varies slightly based upon room selection. Commuter rates are available on request. Rooms are assigned on a first come, first serve basis.
Single Occupancy: $2,100
Double Occupancy: $1,920
Commuter pricing available upon request
If you would like to be contacted regarding our 2025 program, please click the button below to join our interest list.
Faculty
Krystle Hart first learned about the art of holy listening as a young child in a Pentecostal Church, taught to attune oneself to the Spirit in prayer and seek what might be revealed through words and images. As her faith journey progressed, she found her home in contemplative spirituality and felt deeply drawn to the sacred work of spiritual direction. “There is no greater gift than being invited to listen for the holy as someone unfolds their sacred story.” Krystle resides in Long Beach, CA, serving as co-pastor of Parish Long Beach. She's a spiritual director, Stillpoint's Administrator and currently raising two wildly tender boys.
Vel Roman worked in Social Services for 43 years before retiring last year. Vel is a graduate of Stillpoint Spiritual Direction and Stillpoint Group Spiritual Direction Programs. Vel is a graduate of Compassion Based Soul Care: Internal Family Systems as a Model for Spiritual Companions. She is a Certified Veriditas Labyrinth Facilitator and a Certified Trainer in Capacitar practices of Healing and Trauma Recovery, including collective and intergenerational trauma. Vel is a Spiritual Director at the Mary and Joseph Retreat Center in Palos Verdes and has co-facilitated retreats there. Vel enjoys yoga, body prayer, poetry and travel. Vel is active in anti-racism work, particularly within spiritual/religious circles.
Elizabeth I. Rechter has been an Episcopal priest serving in parish ministry since 1991. She is an experienced teacher, retreat leader, and spiritual director and served as Stillpoint’s Executive Director from 2015 to 2023. Stillpoint is well known for its Spiritual Direction Training program at Ghost Ranch and in Southern California. Having experienced the gift of Spiritual Direction throughout her 30 plus years of ministry, she wishes to help share this ministry to a widening circle in a world in great need of spiritual listening companions. Her spirituality is formed by the Rule of St. Benedict,Contemplative Prayer and she is a trained facilitator in BioSpiritual Focusing, the spiritual practice of connecting with the Wisdom of the body.
Do you have questions?
If you have specific questions regarding the program, please email Krystle Hart: khart@stillpointca.org