Campus Mini-Retreat

Our Stories Disclose

We are hosting a mini retreat on our campus on August 25-27, 2025. Led by Fr. Mark Stelzer, our director of education, this retreat is designed for our clients, but we’re also inviting our alumni to join us. The retreat will start with dinner at the mansion on Monday, August 25, at 5:30pm and conclude with lunch on Wednesday, August 27.

The title of this retreat is Our Stories Disclose.

At the heart of Twelve Step recovery is the invitation to explore and embrace one’s life story. This mini-retreat affords participants the opportunity to appreciate ways in which an embrace of their life story strengthens the work of recovery.

Retreat Leader

Fr. Mark joined the Guest House staff as education director on January 2, 2018. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1983 for the Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts. Currently, Father Stelzer serves as a Co-Vicar for Clergy for the Diocese of Springfield and as special assistant to the president for Catholic identity and professor of humanities at College of Our Lady of the Elms in Chicopee, Massachusetts where he regularly offers courses in addiction studies and twelve-step spirituality.

In addition to these responsibilities, Father Stelzer facilitates workshops and retreats throughout the United States and beyond on topics related to addiction and recovery. Father Stelzer holds a doctorate in sacred theology and is a master’s level registered addiction specialist. He holds active membership in the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC). An alumnus of Guest House, Father Stelzer served on the Guest House Board of Trustees and the Guest House Men’s Advisory Board, prior to his appointment as education director.