2026 Event Summary

2026 Associate Membership

October 3, 2025 - December 31, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre
Our Associates are your most loyal and valued friends. Many Associates and next generation Associates volunteer in practical ways in the spring and fall, many also make financial contributions to the life and operations of our beloved Centre.

2026 Private Stay August 1-31

Flexible Dates

A short get away, personal retreat or a restful overnight stay on your way through Sorrento, British Columbia! Book a stay at Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre - stay in one of our lodges, cozy cabins, cabanas, or campsites. Give our reservations desk a call at 1.866.694.2409. The grounds at Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre […]

2026 Summer Week 1- Finding Deep Hope in the Climate Crisis: Weaving a seatbelt of joy in a time of threat - Adult Program

With Rev. Dr. Harold Munn

July 27 - 31, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 1, July 26 - August 1 Your summer week features an array of activities, including The Welcome BBQ, The “Finding Deep Hope in the Climate Crisis” program, Continental Breakfast, Day and Evening Activities, Worship and Music, Yoga, and Beach Access. Additionally, we will conclude the week on Friday with […]

2026 Summer Week 1 - Youth Program (Ages 11-18)

July 27 - 31, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 1, July 26 - August 1 Your summer week features an array of activities, including The Welcome BBQ, The Youth program, Continental Breakfast, Day and Evening Activities, Worship and Music, Yoga, and Beach Access. Additionally, we will conclude the week on Friday with an afternoon Eucharist and a Farewell […]

2026 Summer Week 1 - Stay and Play Adult (no program)

July 27 - 31, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 1, July 26 - August 1 Your summer week features an array of activities, including the Welcome BBQ, Continental Breakfast, Day and Evening Activities, Worship and Music, Yoga, and Beach Access. Additionally, we will conclude the week on Friday with an afternoon Eucharist and a Farewell Dinner. click here […]

2026 Summer Week 1- Child Program (Ages 5-10)

July 27 - 31, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 1, July 26 - August 1 Your summer week features an array of activities, including The Welcome BBQ, The Children’s Program, Continental Breakfast, Day and Evening Activities, Worship and Music, Yoga, and Beach Access. Additionally, we will conclude the week on Friday with an afternoon Eucharist and a Farewell […]

2026 Summer Week 1 - Stay and Play Youth (no program)

July 27 - 31, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 1, July 26 - August 1 Your summer week features an array of activities, including The Welcome BBQ, Continental Breakfast, Day and Evening Activities, Worship and Music, Yoga, and Beach Access. Additionally, we will conclude the week on Friday with an afternoon Eucharist and a Farewell Dinner. click here […]

2026 Summer Week 1 - Stay and Play Child (no program)

July 27 - 31, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 1, July 26 - August 1 Your summer week features an array of activities, including the Welcome BBQ, Continental Breakfast, Day and Evening Activities, Worship and Music, Yoga, and Beach Access. Additionally, we will conclude the week on Friday with an afternoon Eucharist and a Farewell Dinner. click here […]

2026 Summer Week 1- Free Preschool Parented Play Group (Ages 0-5)

July 27 - 31, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Monday through Friday, July 27 - 31 We welcome all parents and caregivers with children aged 5 and under for story time, music, fun play, refreshments, snacks, and community connection. The play group will be facilitated by the Sorrento Centre’s Summer Youth Staff! *Parents and caregivers are required to stay and play!  Ages 0-5 click […]

2026 Summer Week 1 - Creative Journaling: Courage To Be Kind - Adult Program

With Kathie MacDuff

July 27 - 31, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 1, July 26 - August 1 Your summer week features an array of activities, including The Welcome BBQ, The “Courage To Be Kind” Creative Journaling program, Continental Breakfast, Day and Evening Activities, Worship and Music, Yoga, and Beach Access. Additionally, we will conclude the week on Friday with an […]

2026 Summer Week 2 - Creative Journaling: Courage To Be Kind - Adult Program

With Kathie MacDuff

August 3 - 8, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 2, August 2 - 8 Your summer week features an array of activities, including The Welcome BBQ, The “Courage To Be Kind” Creative Journaling program, Continental Breakfast, Day and Evening Activities, Worship and Music, Yoga, and Beach Access. Additionally, we will conclude the week on Friday with an afternoon […]

2026 Summer Week 2 - Move into Life - Adult Program

With Phoebe MacRae

August 3 - 8, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 2, August 2 - 8 Your summer week features an array of activities, including The Welcome BBQ, The “Move Into Life” program, Continental Breakfast, Day and Evening Activities, Worship and Music, Yoga, and Beach Access. Additionally, we will conclude the week on Friday with an afternoon Eucharist and Farewell […]

2026 Summer Week 2 - Youth Program (Ages 11-18)

August 3 - 8, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 2, August 2 - 8 Your summer week features an array of activities, including The Welcome BBQ, The Youth program, Continental Breakfast, Day and Evening Activities, Worship and Music, Yoga, and Beach Access. Additionally, we will conclude the week on Friday with an afternoon Eucharist and a Farewell Dinner. […]

2026 Summer Week 2 - Stay and Play Adult (no program)

August 3 - 8, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 2, August 2 - 8 Your summer week features an array of activities, including the Welcome BBQ, Continental Breakfast, Day and Evening Activities, Worship and Music, Yoga, and Beach Access. Additionally, we will conclude the week on Friday with an afternoon Eucharist and a Farewell Dinner. click here to […]

2026 Summer Week 2 - Child Program (Ages 5-10)

August 3 - 8, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 2, August 2 - 8 Your summer week features an array of activities, including The Welcome BBQ, The Children’s Program, Continental Breakfast, Day and Evening Activities, Worship and Music, Yoga, and Beach Access. Additionally, we will conclude the week on Friday with an afternoon Eucharist and a Farewell Dinner. […]

2026 Summer Week 2 - Stay and Play Youth (no program)

August 3 - 8, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 2, August 2 - August 8 Your summer week features an array of activities, including The Welcome BBQ, Continental Breakfast, Day and Evening Activities, Worship and Music, Yoga, and Beach Access. Additionally, we will conclude the week on Friday with an afternoon Eucharist and a Farewell Dinner. click here […]

2026 Summer Week 2- Free Preschool Parented Play Group (Ages 0-5)

August 3 - 7, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Monday through Friday, August 3 - 7 We welcome all parents and caregivers with children aged 5 and under for story time, music, fun play, refreshments, snacks, and community connection. The play group will be facilitated by the Sorrento Centre’s Summer Youth Staff! *Parents and caregivers are required to stay and play!  Ages 0-5 click […]

2026 Summer Week 2 - Stay and Play Child (no program)

August 3 - 8, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 2, August 2 - August 8 Your summer week features an array of activities, including the Welcome BBQ, Continental Breakfast, Day and Evening Activities, Worship and Music, Yoga, and Beach Access. Additionally, we will conclude the week on Friday with an afternoon Eucharist and a Farewell Dinner. click here […]

2026 Summer Week 3 - Becoming the Beloved: Henri Nouwen and Christian Identity - Adult Program

With The Very Rev. Dr. Kyle Norman

August 10 - 15, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 3, August 9 - 15 Your summer week features an array of activities, including The Welcome BBQ, The “Becoming the Beloved” program, Continental Breakfast, Day and Evening Activities, Worship and Music, Yoga, and Beach Access. Additionally, we will conclude the week on Friday with an afternoon Eucharist and Farewell […]

2026 Summer Week 3 - Introduction to Spirituality with a Franciscan Twist - Adult Program

With Rev. Bill Tarter

August 10 - 15, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 3, August 9 - 15 Your summer week features an array of activities, including The Welcome BBQ, The “Introduction to Spirituality with a Franciscan Twist” program, Continental Breakfast, Day and Evening Activities, Worship and Music, Yoga, and Beach Access. Additionally, we will conclude the week on Friday with an […]

2026 Summer Week 3 - Youth Program (Ages 11-18)

August 10 - 15, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 3, August 9 - 15 Your summer week features an array of activities, including The Welcome BBQ, The Youth program, Continental Breakfast, Day and Evening Activities, Worship and Music, Yoga, and Beach Access. Additionally, we will conclude the week on Friday with an afternoon Eucharist and a Farewell Dinner. […]

2026 Summer Week 3- Free Preschool Parented Play Group (Ages 0-5)

August 10 - 15, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Monday through Friday, August 10 - 14 We welcome all parents and caregivers with children aged 5 and under for story time, music, fun play, refreshments, snacks, and community connection. The play group will be facilitated by the Sorrento Centre’s Summer Youth Staff! *Parents and caregivers are required to stay and play!  Ages 0-5 click […]

2026 Summer Week 3 - Child Program (Ages 5-10)

August 10 - 15, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 3, August 9 - 15 Your summer week features an array of activities, including The Welcome BBQ, The Children’s Program, Continental Breakfast, Day and Evening Activities, Worship and Music, Yoga, and Beach Access. Additionally, we will conclude the week on Friday with an afternoon Eucharist and a Farewell Dinner. […]

2026 Summer Week 3- Stay and Play Adult (no program)

August 10 - 15, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 3, August 9 - 15 Your summer week features an array of activities, including the Welcome BBQ, Continental Breakfast, Day and Evening Activities, Worship and Music, Yoga, and Beach Access. Additionally, we will conclude the week on Friday with an afternoon Eucharist and a Farewell Dinner. click here to […]

2026 Summer Week 3 - Stay and Play Youth (no program)

August 10 - 15, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 3, August 9 - August 15 Your summer week features an array of activities, including the Welcome BBQ, Continental Breakfast, Day and Evening Activities, Worship and Music, Yoga, and Beach Access. Additionally, we will conclude the week on Friday with an afternoon Eucharist and a Farewell Dinner. click here […]

2026 Summer Week 3- Stay and Play Child (no program)

August 10 - 15, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 3, August 9 - August 15 Your summer week features an array of activities, including the Welcome BBQ, Continental Breakfast, Day and Evening Activities, Worship and Music, Yoga, and Beach Access. Additionally, we will conclude the week on Friday with an afternoon Eucharist and a Farewell Dinner. click here […]

2026 Summer Week 4 - Youth Program (Ages 11-18)

August 16 - 21, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 4, August 15 - 21 A themed program for youth running from Sunday, August 16, through Thursday, August 20, from 9:45 am – 12:30 pm. Youth will be engaging in activities that promote personal, physical, and spiritual growth. Ages 11-18 Click below to see all of our summer programs: […]

2026 Summer Week 4 - Free Preschool Parented Play Group (Ages 0-5)

August 16 - 21, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Sunday through Thursday, August 16 - 20 We welcome all parents and caregivers with children aged 5 and under for story time, music, fun play, refreshments, snacks, and community connection. The play group will be facilitated by the Sorrento Centre’s Summer Youth Staff! *Parents and caregivers are required to stay and play!  Ages 0-5 click […]

2026 Summer Week 4 - Child Program (Ages 5-10)

August 16 - 21, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 4, August 15 - 21 The children’s program is a themed week of fun, high-energy activities and learning based on age, interest, and abilities, facilitated by the Centre’s Summer Youth Staff Leader and Recreation Coordinator! Click here to see the activity schedule   Ages 5-10   click below to […]

2026 Summer Week 4 - Putting kindness back into the world, one painting at a time - Adult Program

With James Hayes

August 16 - 21, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Summer at Sorrento Centre - Week 4, August 15 - 21 Your summer week features this program, “Putting kindness back into the world, one painting at a time”, Worship and Music, and Beach Access.  Check-in is available from 4:00 pm on Saturday, August 15. The “Putting kindness back into the world, one painting at a […]

2026 Kent and Melissa Wedding Thurs Aug 27- Mon Aug 31

August 27 - 31, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Kent and Melissa Wedding (Thurs Aug 27 - Mon Aug 31, 2026) Come celebrate with Kent and Melissa on their next adventure. With joyous memories for family and friends to make that will last forever surrounded by the people we love.

2026 Kent and Melissa Wedding Fri Aug 28 - Sun Aug 30

August 28 - 30, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Kent and Melissa Wedding (Fri Aug 28 - Sun Aug 30, 2026) Come celebrate with Kent and Melissa on their next adventure. With joyous memories for family and friends to make, that will last forever surrounded by the people we love.

2026 Dylan Paskewitz and Hannah Chalmers Wedding - Accommodation September 4-7, 2026

September 4 - 7, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Join us to celebrate the marriage of Dylan Paskewitz and Hannah Chalmers at the beautiful Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre on September 5th 2026 at 4:00 pm.       To enhance your experience we invite you to partake in the meal program.  A link will be provided to sign up for meals when you […]

2026 Dylan Paskewitz and Hannah Chalmers Wedding - Accommodation September 4-6, 2026

September 4 - 6, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Join us to celebrate the marriage of Dylan Paskewitz and Hannah Chalmers at the beautiful Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre on September 5th 2026 at 4:00 pm.       If you are planning on staying overnight and need accommodation please choose this option.  This is a 1 night stay that will include September 5th […]

2026 Dylan Paskewitz and Hannah Chalmers Wedding - Accommodation September 5-6, 2026

September 5 - 6, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Join us to celebrate the marriage of Dylan Paskewitz and Hannah Chalmers at the beautiful Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre on September 5th 2026 at 4:00 pm.       If you are planning on staying overnight and need accommodation please choose this option.  This is a 1 night stay that will include September 5th […]

2026 Dylan Paskewitz and Hannah Chalmers - Wedding Dinner September 5

September 5, 2026
Sorrento Centre

Every guest that would love to share the dinner please added to your reservation. Meal included at no charge:  

2026 Dylan Paskewitz and Hannah Chalmers Wedding - Accommodation September 5-7, 2026

September 5 - 7, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Join us to celebrate the marriage of Dylan Paskewitz and Hannah Chalmers at the beautiful Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre on September 5th 2026 at 4:00 pm.       To enhance your experience we invite you to partake in the meal program.  A link will be provided to sign up for meals when you […]

2026 Kindness: Fill Up Your Cup

With Henri Lock and Leslie Black

September 25 - 27, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Contemplative & Healing Practices for Troubled Times Gathered in supportive heart-centered community, we will engage in several contemplative and energy-healing practices to build inner strength and resilience for our lives. We will practice opening to the Source of Life to fill up with inner nourishment and kindness. And we will practice contemplative and energy-healing ways […]

2026 "Making Marks" The Natural World

With Catherine Nicholls and Kathy Kinsella

September 27 - October 2, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

For accommodations and program. When you receive your confirmation invoice there will be a link to do your meals separately. This is a new workshop and something I have wanted to do for ages. I am excited to find and make tools for mark making from the “natural supplies” on the Sorrento Centre grounds. Mark […]

2026 Staying the Course in the Life of Service

With Lin Langley MA, CAGS and Kirsten Maier PhD

October 4 - 8, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Those who choose a life of service will tell you it is a rich and gratifying adventure. In a quiet moment, they may also confide that a serving life brings abundant challenge. Social, political and organizational conflict; fire, flood and other climate-related crises; and wicked societal problems such as poverty, addictions, and homelessness can tax […]

2026 Staying the Course in the Life of Service Meals

October 4 - 8, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

2026 Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Dying with Indigo

With Nadine McSpadden and Zoe McDonell

November 6 - 8, 2026
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

7 – 9 pm, Friday Evening: Meet and Greet: Get to know your two presenters and share your hopes for the weekend. We have a tentative plan for the weekend but this can change depending on the experience of those who attend. If time permits, we will start our yellow and red dye pots Saturday: This day is […]