About WVIS
The West Virginia Institute for Spirituality (WVIS) Retreat and Training Center provides a place for men and women alike to nurture their spirits. Just as Saint Marie Victoire Therese Couderc, the namesake of this beautiful facility dedicated her life to retreat ministry, so too do the men and women associated with WVIS seek to do today.
Garden of Stillness
Nazareth House of Prayer
The West Virginia Institute For Spirituality is dedicated to providing space and opportunities for deepening mindfulness, prayer practice, interior peace, and for integrating moral and ethical values.
History of WVIS
The Cenacle Retreat House (1114 Virginia Street, East) came to be when The Most Reverend Joseph H. Hodges, Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston requested the Religious Sisters of Our Lady of the Cenacle to develop a retreat house in downtown Charleston.
Initially, three volunteers came to staff the Cenacle: Sister Dorothy O'Brien, Sister Anna Carulli, and Sister Mary Pellicane from the Sisters of Eastern Province. Sister Carole Riley, a Sister of Divine Providence, offered to be an adjunct member.
The Cenacle was: a living prayer, in the heart of the city; a sacred space, in constant ministry, training disciples, among the faiths. For twenty-two years many activities were provided, including: directed retreats, seminars, spiritual direction, training of spiritual directors, contemplative prayer, retreats for youth, programs and workshops, 30-day retreats, women's retreats, as well as community and international programs. Click HERE to read more about the history of WVIS.
WVIS Board of Directors and Officers are elected to serve beginning in October each year. To view the Board of Directors, Members, Mission, Constitution and Bylaws as well as the WVIS Strategic Plan, click HERE.
WVIS continues to expand its mission into new regions as its Associate Spiritual Directors are located across the country. Our directors meet with individuals either face-to-face or via Zoom (or other technology).
For a complete list of WVIS Associate Spiritual Directors, their locations, and their bios, click HERE.
For a list of WVIS geographic locations, click one of the links below.
South / Southeast
1601 Virginia Street East, Charleston, West Virginia 25311 304.345.0926 (main) 304.345.8206 (fax)
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1601 Virginia Street East, Charleston, WV 25311. 304.345.0926 (main) 304.345.8206 (fax)