What is The Village Retreat?

This retreat is a highly curated experience for mamas of stillborn babies to come and share their story, honor their baby, and connect with other mamas on the same path. These women show up authentically, with no need to worry about anyone else around them for an entire weekend. They are free to BE just as they are. We are here to listen to their stories, love on them, connect with them and offer ways to cope and learn to manage this lifelong grief suitcase as they continue to live their daily lives.

Mamas from all over the United States attend, in different stages of their grief journey. We have mamas who have recently lost their baby and we have mamas who lost their baby many years ago. Everyone is welcome, regardless of religious affiliation or if your stillbirth was full-term or during the second trimester. Each year the Lord brings together the perfect group, it never fails.

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The Village Retreat 2025

Nov 6-9, 2025 - Murrells Inlet, SC

Registration opens in August on this page and it is open to anyone with a stillborn baby. All you pay for is travel (financial assistance is available) and a $100 non-refundable registration fee (this gets donated to another nonprofit supporting stillborn families).

The Village Retreat - Past Retreats

2023 - Banner Elk, NC

This year, we welcomed four new stillborn mamas and their babies into The Village Retreat community.

2022 - Blowing Rock, NC

This year, we had four new mamas and babies join our intimate retreat community.

2021 - Banner Elk, NC

We moved to the mountains for the first time this year and welcomed five new mamas into our retreat circle.

2020 - Carolina Beach, NC

We welcomed six new mamas from across the U.S. into the retreat circle and two from 2019 came back to mentor the new group!