Heart Ridge is currently closed this week due to power outages, clean-up, and road blockages to get here.   Please keep us and especially our friends right over the border in Rosman and the rest of Western NC in your prayers.  Here's some pictures of the wrath Helene left on Heart Rigde. 

Thank you to so many of you that have offered your help!  Many trees are still precariously hanging and we have no power, no facilities, and the roads to get here are blocked.  We are planning to take you up on your help at a future date.  We'll get some professionals to come in and take care of any dangerous ones, and we'll have plenty of cutting and loading to do with our volunteers.  Please look for more info in our next newsletter.  

We are a full service retreat center that offers many opportunities for individuals, families, and groups. 

 Please read our values below and browse our website. For the latest news and information on the Retreat and Cultural Center be sure to like and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.  And please. . . 

Heart Ridge Mission and Values 

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​​Through Catholic Hospitality, Heart Ridge helps people  renew, create, and connect,  ultimately to encounter God.

WE VALUE:
  • Familial bonds, deep friendships, and meaningful community
  • Wonder, awe, and the discovery of God through nature, art and each other
  • Education that promotes understanding and dialogue, and helps one discover the true, the good, and the beautiful
  • Music (in all of its genres) and other forms of art for what they awaken in the human heart and reveal about man and God
  • The restorative power of time spent in nature
  • Local farming, sustainability, and ecological responsibility
  • Technology and media that communicates the truth and facilitates real-life connections
  • Time, space, and resources to facilitate healing
  • Diversity in people and programs
  • Opportunities for all families and individuals regardless of their ability to pay
  • ​​The Roman Catholic Church with Mary, the saints, and Pope Francis our Shepherd, with all her rich traditions, through which we see the world and grow in our relationship with Christ
​“Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, 
whatever is just, whatever 
is pure, 
whatever is lovely, 
whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” (Philippians 4:8)"
 
 WE will support these values through our programs primarily offered at the retreat and cultural center,  but also with our Heart Ridge produced online programs and media.