ALL are welcome to be guests at St. Christopher. Those who wish to come as a group should contact Sue Mahaffee for reservations. If you are interested in a personal retreat or a day pass, contact Lisa Marrone.

We do permit day passes for guests, but they must be registered with our Welcome Center. This requirement is primarily due to safety concerns. Due to scheduled programming, we may request that guests visit on a different day. Please contact Lisa Marrone in the Welcome Center for more information.

Our beach access is only available to registered guests at St. Christopher. If you would like to visit or stay with us, please contact the Welcome Center.

Please see our rate information here. We do have discounted rates for youth, for Episcopal and ACNA groups, and for clergy and lay church professionals seeking respite opportunities.

Please contact Sue Mahaffee for all group reservations, and Lisa Marrone for all personal retreats.

St. Christopher loves to provide meals for our guests! Chef Frankie, Chef John, and their whole team serve delicious meals for groups, and for personal retreaters who are scheduled at the same time as larger groups. Please see our Dining Services page for more information.

Yes! We provide free wifi in our lodge rooms and in our conference center spaces. However, please note that there is no wifi available in two of our worship spaces: Chapel of the Palms or the Chapel of the Dunes.

We do not have a public boat landing here at St. Christopher. If you wish to bring your own kayaks, please speak to the Welcome Center prior to your arrival so we can prepare the necessary waivers and record your float plan.

Unfortunately, we do not have kayaks or sailboats that we rent or allow our guests to borrow. Our fleet of boats are used as part of our educational and summer camp programming, and for guided tours of the estuary. If you would like to kayak during your time here at St. Christopher, please contact our Outdoor Encounters office to schedule an excursion with them!

Guests who carry a South Carolina saltwater fishing license are welcome to fish on our property. We offer many options, including shore fishing along our beach, from the crab dock on Privateer Creek, and from the Point at the end of our beach.

At this time, we do not host weddings at St. Christopher.

We do not have an ATM at St. Christopher. If you need to make a withdrawal, the ATM at Freshfields Village at the entrance of Seabrook is your nearest option.

We offer one soft-drink vending machine, located on the ground floor of the Bishop Temple Conference Center building.

While we love animals, out of consideration for the health and safety of all of our guests, we do not permit guests to bring pets or emotional support animals to St. Christopher. Service animals are welcome. Please contact the Welcome Center if you have further questions about our animal policies.

Because of our location, we frequently have alligators on our grounds. We do not permit guests to bring pets (other than service animals), nor permit swimming in our freshwater ponds, for this reason. At no time should guests approach an alligator they may see on our property. We have been able to coexist with alligators, successfully and peacefully, by giving them their space.

Unfortunately, at this time we do not have the infrastructure to safely charge the electric vehicles of our guests.

Our lodge rooms do not have televisions, to facilitate an atmosphere of rest.

If we are already serving meals to a group who is staying on site, you are welcome to add meals onto their reservations. We have a minimum number of diners required before offering meals, so please check with Lisa when you make your reservations to see what is possible. There are restaurants and a grocery store 15 minutes away, in Freshfields Village.

Yes, we have coffee available 24/7 in Susanna’s house and other areas on campus. We can clarify the closest coffee access point for you once your room is reserved!

Lodging is offered by availability. We have rooms (all with private bathrooms and wifi) in four different buildings: Live Oak, Palmetto, Sea Oats, and Jamie’s Lodge. We also have two small apartments that can be reserved as well. Typically, those spaces are reserved by guests who wish to stay longer than a night or two. Unlike our lodge rooms, the apartments have a separate cleaning fee associated with the reservation.

We do not practice monastic silence at St. Christopher, but we do have quiet hours from 10 pm to 7 am, out of consideration for all of our guests. Our grounds are peaceful, but you may hear the laughter and joyful conversation of children in Susanna’s house, near the cabins, and on the beach, especially if camp is in session! We consider this a feature, not a bug - for us, there can be no sweeter sound than children having fun and making memories in this beautiful place!