Creative thinking gives birth to a place for spiritual growth and renewal
The Bon Secours Spiritual Center was born of the creative thinking of one courageous sister who wanted to promote spirituality to others hungering for God. In the late sixties, Sister Mary Margaret Burger saw that the community needed a place for all people to gather for prayer. She felt it would also serve well the needs of women who might be contemplating religious life. The Provincial House piqued her interest. Sister Mary Margaret recognized a new use for the space and the sisters began to invite people into their home for retreats and prayer.

At first, the retreats were based exclusively on spirituality and mostly clergy, sisters, and women discerning a call to religious life attended.

	Spirituality Statement of the Sisters of Bon Secours, USA Called through Baptism to enter into communion with the life of the Blessed Trinity and to bear witness in the world to the great love of God; Chosen by Christ, who draws us to a closer following with Him in and ecclesial, apostolic community to share more fully in His Paschal Mystery; Consecrated in a new way because of our religious profession of the Evangelical Counsels, we are called to grow in the love of God and neighbor as Sisters of Bon Secours. We are sent to continue the saving Mission of Christ, to be witnesses to His Good News of love, justice and peace, hope and joy. Disciples of Christ, we give testimony by the love we have for one another. It is He we serve without distinction in all to whom we are sent. We have at heart to make all those we approach aware of their dignity as God’s children, and of the redemptive value of suffering and death. United to the Virgin Mary who first revealed Christ to the world, we seek in our life and work to reveal the compassionate Christ to others. In our life of prayer, the Father draws us into union with Himself and reproduces in us through His Spirit the warm, human features of Christ, listening and healing, always open to the needs of others.

In time, some retreats incorporated advances in psychology and wellness with spirituality. Presenters gave workshops on stress and stress management, the development of a well-balanced life, and "hard emotions" such as anger. Now, with a more comprehensive and contemporary understanding of holistic spirituality, Sr. Joan Fronc notices that a whole new wave of lay people and members of the community are coming to the retreat center for spiritual retreats focused on the integration of body, mind, and spirit.

Visitors include people who have been coming to the center since its inception as well as many first time visitors. Sr. Joan says that when she leads a retreat, she invites the participants to introduce themselves, and to share what their experience at the center has been. If they are first time visitors, she gives them an especially warm welcome to the "Bon Secours Family."

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