Lift High the Cross! Malvern Retreat House celebrated a momentous occasion on November 11, 2024 with the installation of the Papal Cross that Pope St. John Paul II had blessed during his 1979 visit to Philadelphia. The cross now stands proudly on the retreat house property, as a symbol[...]
A young adult retreat at Malvern Retreat House changed my life! It was a few decades ago, but it feels like yesterday. I asked a priest on retreat, “Doesn’t it say somewhere in the Bible that God knew us before we were born?” Hardly had I asked that question[...]
In 1921, John Cabrey and Richard McSorley were tasked with finding a site better suited to the League’s retreats. After viewing more than 100 locations, the two were inspired[...]
In 1923, Malvern Retreat House, also dubbed St. Joseph’s-in-the-Hills, acquired 50 additional acres of land. This purchase was made possible through a donation from Lowell Gabble and his wife.[...]
In 1938, William Lennox and Matthew McCloskey were tasked with the creation of a new hall that would allow St.-Joseph’s-in-the-Hills to accommodate additional retreatants. They hired John Neeson as[...]
