Home › About Pendle Hill
Pendle Hill is a Quaker center for spiritual growth, study and service.
At Pendle Hill, students and staff live, work, worship and study together. Located on 23 wooded acres just outside of Philadelphia, PA, Pendle Hill is where adults and youth come for inspiration and renewal. Founded by Quakers in 1930, Pendle Hill is a community that welcomes people from many faiths and countries.
Pendle Hill provides an environment of love, challenge and support for people seeking to gain insight and prepare for service in the world. Through our Resident Study Program, adults of all ages spend up to a year in reflection and service.
Our short-term retreats and workshops provide deep insight in a shorter timeframe. For youth and young adults, we offer leadership programs. Our bookstore has a unique selection of spiritual and educational publications.
Pendle Hill welcomes people from across the country and the world for:
- A residential study program for adults of all ages
- Retreats like Whole Body, Whole Mind, Holy Spirit and workshops like Awakening the Imagination: Tools for Transformational Education.
- Personal retreats, sabbaticals and sojourns
-
Lectures including Jack Patterson presenting the first Steve Cary Memorial Lecture
- Leadership training for youth and young adults
- Compelling books such as Early Quaker Writings 1650-1700, edited by Hugh Barbour and Arthur O. Roberts, and pamphlets including Turnaround: Growing a Twenty-First Century Religious Society of Friends
- A full-service bookstore
- Rental of Brinton House and our other facilities for your conferences and retreats
We hope to welcome you to Pendle Hill soon!
