Back to the Tennessee…
Stop #1 - Dubose Conference Center in Monteagle, TN. The property, like some other Episcopal centers, started out as a school, back in 1872, it was a varity of instituions. Its final version after World War I, was DuBose Memorial Church Training School, “to train mature men with professional and business experience for the rural ministry”. The school closed down and in 1956 was bought by then the one Diocese of Tennessee. Now is a fully operational Conference and Retreat Center.
Above is Claiborne Hall – Built in the 1920’s, is now one of the main lodging areas of the center.
Camp Gailor-Maxon is the name of the summer camp program at Dubose, and they have a rich history going back to 1936. One of the neat things they have a the center is a wall dedicated to group shots of youth/summer gatherings.
Stop #2 – St. Mary’s Sewanee – A Center for Spiritual Development in Sewanee, TN. Located on 230 acres of the Cumberland Plateau, with a peaceful bluff overlook.
Also originally a school, St. Mary’s Preparatory School for Girls—which closed at the end of the 1967-1968, it was run by an order of nuns, The Community of St. Mary (CSM), it is an Episcopal order (yes there are Episcopal Nuns!) that orginated from 1865. The center is one of the ECCC centers that is non-diocesean, although they have members of the Sewanee School of Theology and Diocese of Tennessee on their Board of Directors.
St. Mary’s Sewanee is now focused on being a Center for Spiritual Development, and hosts a wealth of there own Programs.
Stop #3 – Sewanee University of the South and School for Theology
So much going on in this very small and isolated community.
Comment by Tom Eshelman — June 26, 2009 @ 3:11 pm