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Dates and Locations for the Deacons' School

The retreats, running Friday evening through Sunday mid-afternoon, are held at the Shalom House Retreat Center outside of Montpelier, Virginia and Chanco on the James, the diocesan retreat center for the Diocese of Southern Virginia outside of Spring Grove, Virginia.

 The Next Class (2019-2021)

To ensure a critical mass of students for the Deacons' School and maintain the communal integrity of the school, the Deacons' School welcomes a new class every two years, rather than every year. The third class of the Deacons' School will begin in January 2019 (full list of dates below). 

However, be sure to consult with your diocesan website about discernment and postulancy application timelines, which often take about a year to be done faithfully. Click here for enrollment instructions. 

All Deacons' School students will need to complete the Bible journaling project by April 2019, and should have most of the journal complete by the orientation weekend in January 2019. All potential Deacons' School students are welcome to begin the project.
Click here for the Bible journaling project instructions. 

2019-2021 Weekends

Click here for the 2016-2018 dates. 

2019

January 11-13
Orientation Weekend
Shalom House
April 5-7
Scripture
Chanco
July 12-14
Connecting Theology
​Shalom House
October 11-13
Homiletics
​​Chanco

2020

January 10-12
Our Story & Tradition
​Chanco
April 17-19
Human Awareness
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Shalom House
July 10-12
Ethics & Pastoral Implications
Shalom House
October 9-11
Liturgics & Capstone Projects
​​Chanco

2021

January 8-10
Presentation of Capstone Projects
Shalom House

Camp Chanco Map

Camp Chanco directions. 

Shalom House Map

Shalom House directions.
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The Deacons' School + Dean's Email: thedeaconsschool@gmail.com 
Office: (804) 643-8451 ext. 1015 + 
110 West Franklin St., Richmond, VA 23220

The Deacons' School is a collaboration between the three dioceses of Virginia: Southern Virginia,
Southwestern Virginia, and Virginia, dioceses in the Episcopal Church and members of the Anglican Communion.