A Gift in Memory of Claudia McQuillan has been made with an offer to match every donation up to $5000 given between June 21st and September 22nd. This coincides with our once a year 2008 Summer Appeal and will be used for building improvements, repairs and retreat scholarships.

Please help us make the most of this wonderful opportunity as each gift, small and large helps greatly. Every donation will be matched whether made online or via snail mail.

With your support it is possible to continue to offer Sky Farm Hermitage as a place of spiritual renewal and respite for many people of all ages and backgrounds. Again and again those who come on retreat thank us for holding this place as sacred and making it available for retreat.

Sky Farm Hermitage came into existence over 30 years ago, as the result of a very generous gift of land by Mr. Norrbom to Fr. Dunstan Morrissey, a Benedictine hermit monk, who had been looking for a place of hermitage along the California coast. Fr. Dunstan saw the benefit that sharing the gift of solitude provided towards the well-being of society and on August 25, 1975, Sky Farm was incorporated as a non-profit corporation - 501 C (3).

Over the years the generosity of friends and benefactors have built a chapel, hermitages, a beautiful refectory and all that you see in the photos. This support has benefited the life of prayer led by the hermits and contributed to the development this unique and prayerful setting. We continue to count on you and offer daily prayer for all who make this possible.

In 2003 a new guest room was completed, to which was added a bathroom and kitchenette making it a self-contained hermitage. In 2006 a hermitage named for St. Francis, with a bathroom and kitchenette was added. We will always be grateful to everyone who helped wth this. These are rarely without a guest and always deeply appreciated.

Special thanks to everyone who helped make the 2007 Summer Appeal so successful. Thank you to everyone who has come for retreat time here. Again we rely on your support for a fruitful 2008 Summer Appeal with a chance to your grant match and be a double blessing.

Because of your financial support once, monthly, as a retreat guest or by a remembrance in your Will or Charitable Trust it is possible for Sky Farm Hermitage to offer the gift of peace to many people. Thank You!

All donations are tax-deductible and will be personally acknowledged.

Donate Online in Memory of a loved one or help us feed the Birds 

Donations By Mail:  Sky Farm Hermitage
                               Attn: Sister Michaela
                               16321 Norrbom Rd

                               Sonoma, CA 95476

Sky Farm is listed on the Guide Star website: Guidestar.org