Dan Egan Subiaco Retreat
Join us December 5-7, 2025
Held the First Weekend in December at Coury House Retreat Center at Subiaco Abbey, Arkansas. The retreat is open to anyone who is in recovery from all types of addiction.
2025 is the 40th year of the retreat. And to celebrate the Coury House has lowered our rates to allow for more people to attend. We want to fill the retreat with past, current and new attendees!!
Our Dan Egan Retreat is named after the late Father Dan Egan. Whose work with addicts began in 1952, when he was preaching in a church in Manhattan and saw a troubled woman. She was addicted to narcotics and in need of help. He telephoned a number of hospitals in the city but none would take her. ''She was considered a criminal,'' he said.So Father Egan, a Franciscan Friar of the Atonement, became a certified alcohol- and drug-abuse counselor and a chaplain of Narcotics Anonymous. In 1962, he founded Village Haven, a halfway house for women who were addicted to drugs, in Greenwich Village. Before long, 8 or 10 women a week, most of them newly released from jail, were going to Village Haven for help.
In 1970, he founded New Hope Manor at Graymoor for teenage girls who were addicted to drugs. Over the years, he also worked as program director at St. Joseph's Rehabilitation Center at Saranac Lake, N.Y., and in programs elsewhere. He had received various honors, including awards for pioneering anti-drug programs in the armed forces and was the subject of a biographical book published in 1970 called The Junkie Priest by John D. Harris.
2025 is the 40th year of the retreat. And to celebrate the Coury House has lowered our rates to allow for more people to attend. We want to fill the retreat with past, current and new attendees!!
Our Dan Egan Retreat is named after the late Father Dan Egan. Whose work with addicts began in 1952, when he was preaching in a church in Manhattan and saw a troubled woman. She was addicted to narcotics and in need of help. He telephoned a number of hospitals in the city but none would take her. ''She was considered a criminal,'' he said.So Father Egan, a Franciscan Friar of the Atonement, became a certified alcohol- and drug-abuse counselor and a chaplain of Narcotics Anonymous. In 1962, he founded Village Haven, a halfway house for women who were addicted to drugs, in Greenwich Village. Before long, 8 or 10 women a week, most of them newly released from jail, were going to Village Haven for help.
In 1970, he founded New Hope Manor at Graymoor for teenage girls who were addicted to drugs. Over the years, he also worked as program director at St. Joseph's Rehabilitation Center at Saranac Lake, N.Y., and in programs elsewhere. He had received various honors, including awards for pioneering anti-drug programs in the armed forces and was the subject of a biographical book published in 1970 called The Junkie Priest by John D. Harris.
Location
Coury House
Subiaco Abbey
405 North Subiaco Ave.
Subiaco, AR 72865-9798
Subiaco Abbey
405 North Subiaco Ave.
Subiaco, AR 72865-9798
Date & Time
Dec. 5-7, 2025
Location
Coury House
Subiaco Abbey
405 North Subiaco Ave.
Subiaco, AR 72865-9798
Subiaco Abbey
405 North Subiaco Ave.
Subiaco, AR 72865-9798
Located between Clarksville and Paris Arkansas, Coury House Retreat Center is located on the grounds of the Subiaco Abbey.
Schedule
Friday 6:00 PM Dinner
Friday 7:00 PM Vespers
Friday 8:00 PM Conference
Saturday 8:00 AM Breakfast
Saturday 9:00 AM Conference
Saturday 11:00 AM Conference
Saturday 12:00 PM Lunch
Friday 6:00 PM Dinner
Friday 7:00 PM Vespers
Friday 8:00 PM Conference
Saturday 8:00 AM Breakfast
Saturday 9:00 AM Conference
Saturday 11:00 AM Conference
Saturday 12:00 PM Lunch
Schedule
Saturday 1:00 PM Abbey Tour or Reflective Time
Saturday 6:00 PM Dinner
Saturday 7:00 PM Vespers
Saturday 8:00 PM Open NA Meeting
Sunday 08:00 AM Breakfast
Sunday 09:00 AM Conference
Sunday 11:00 AM Retreat Close
Saturday 1:00 PM Abbey Tour or Reflective Time
Saturday 6:00 PM Dinner
Saturday 7:00 PM Vespers
Saturday 8:00 PM Open NA Meeting
Sunday 08:00 AM Breakfast
Sunday 09:00 AM Conference
Sunday 11:00 AM Retreat Close
Retreat Leader:
Fr. Tim Meier
Fr. Tim Meier
Retreat Information
Who? We invite members from all recovering communities to attend. The retreat is open to all religions (or lack thereof).
Join us for a weekend that includes meetings, conferences and reflective time with a focus on prayer and meditation, the 12 steps and spiritual principles. Within a group setting our intention is to improve one’s spiritual condition as a recovering person. Whether you are new to recovery or someone that has been in recovery for years, our retreat can help to do something good for yourself and your recovery.
Fees include all content of our retreat, the two overnight stays and all meals starting with Friday's dinner and ending with breakfast on Sunday. Many of us bring snacks and beverages to share in our community room. If your hungry when you walk in the door you won't be when you leave!
You'll be full spiritually when you leave also. Spending time before the holidays at the Subiaco Abbey and Coury Retreat Center is a yearly event for many of us. 2025 will be our 40th year of holding the retreat. We are now the longest running retreat at the Coury house. What happens at the retreat? The retreat is a time to rejoice in recovery in an incredibly spiritual place. This is not a quiet, solitary retreat. It is a retreat that is led by a clergy member that has had experience in spiritual retreats. We've had multiple religions represented as retreat leaders. We have several gatherings led by the retreat leader and we have lots of time to visit, spend time alone, spend time on the Abbey grounds and there is a lot of grazing on snacks in our community room. The retreat allows you to get what you need in a spiritual place.
For our 40th year Coury House has lowered our costs which is $160.00 per person or $320.00 per married couple. This price includes all meals and lodging (linens and towels are furnished). All rooms are double occupancy with private bath. Every effort will be made to accommodate choices for roommates, if requested. Otherwise you will be assigned a roommate. Space is limited to 64 attendees. Reservations will be confirmed on a first come first served basis. If space is available requests for a private room at additional cost may be granted.
Our costs for the retreat are totally funded by your registration fees, therefore no refunds are available. If you cannot attend the retreat, the committee will arrange for transfer of your registration fee as a scholarship. Please contact us if you are unable to attend, and we will make arrangements to provide a scholarship to a worthy recovering person. If you would like to make a donation for a scholarship so that others may attend please we have an option during the registration process. Smoking will be limited to the designated areas only. All registrations/fees must be received by November 20, 2025.
Join us for a weekend that includes meetings, conferences and reflective time with a focus on prayer and meditation, the 12 steps and spiritual principles. Within a group setting our intention is to improve one’s spiritual condition as a recovering person. Whether you are new to recovery or someone that has been in recovery for years, our retreat can help to do something good for yourself and your recovery.
Fees include all content of our retreat, the two overnight stays and all meals starting with Friday's dinner and ending with breakfast on Sunday. Many of us bring snacks and beverages to share in our community room. If your hungry when you walk in the door you won't be when you leave!
You'll be full spiritually when you leave also. Spending time before the holidays at the Subiaco Abbey and Coury Retreat Center is a yearly event for many of us. 2025 will be our 40th year of holding the retreat. We are now the longest running retreat at the Coury house. What happens at the retreat? The retreat is a time to rejoice in recovery in an incredibly spiritual place. This is not a quiet, solitary retreat. It is a retreat that is led by a clergy member that has had experience in spiritual retreats. We've had multiple religions represented as retreat leaders. We have several gatherings led by the retreat leader and we have lots of time to visit, spend time alone, spend time on the Abbey grounds and there is a lot of grazing on snacks in our community room. The retreat allows you to get what you need in a spiritual place.
For our 40th year Coury House has lowered our costs which is $160.00 per person or $320.00 per married couple. This price includes all meals and lodging (linens and towels are furnished). All rooms are double occupancy with private bath. Every effort will be made to accommodate choices for roommates, if requested. Otherwise you will be assigned a roommate. Space is limited to 64 attendees. Reservations will be confirmed on a first come first served basis. If space is available requests for a private room at additional cost may be granted.
Our costs for the retreat are totally funded by your registration fees, therefore no refunds are available. If you cannot attend the retreat, the committee will arrange for transfer of your registration fee as a scholarship. Please contact us if you are unable to attend, and we will make arrangements to provide a scholarship to a worthy recovering person. If you would like to make a donation for a scholarship so that others may attend please we have an option during the registration process. Smoking will be limited to the designated areas only. All registrations/fees must be received by November 20, 2025.
Dan Egan Subiaco Registration
December 5-7, 2025
Coury House Retreat Center, Subiaco Abbey, AR
Coury House Retreat Center, Subiaco Abbey, AR
Please click the above link to register or provide a scholarship. Our committee pools donations for scholarships and helps those that may otherwise not be able to attend the retreat.
Contact Us
The Dan Egan Subiaco Retreat is coordinated by a group of trusted servants who have attended the retreat for many years. The retreat is self supporting through registration fees. Our committee members are a diverse group from several recovery groups. Our sole purpose is to continue the Dan Egan Subiaco Retreat so that others in recovery can be blessed as we have been by the retreat.
You may contact us using the this form or call committee member Michael White at 417-483-2069