Mercy Center Auburn

06/02/2026

Mercy Center Auburn is partnering with Sacramento-area hospitals to bring something their nursing staff rarely get: two days of genuine restoration, professional development, and support through one of the most demanding seasons of their careers.

If your nurses are in midlife — and statistically, many of them are — they're likely navigating the menopausal transition while managing some of the heaviest professional and personal loads of their lives. Burnout isn't a possibility. For many, it's already the reality.

Making Sense of Menopause is a two-day CEU-eligible retreat designed specifically for healthcare professionals. It combines evidence-based education on the menopausal transition with real rest, nourishing meals, and peaceful surroundings in the Sierra foothills.

Your staff will return with practical tools, renewed energy, and the kind of resilience that doesn't come from a wellness app.

📩 Want to learn more about our hospital partnerships? Send us a DM — we'd love to connect.

05/31/2026

Some of the patterns that create difficulties in our relationships (and lives) may actually have started out as survival skills.

Those strategies may have helped us stay safe when we were children. As adults, however, they may be obstacles to our ability to enjoy healthy, supportive relationships.

Join us Saturday, June 27 for a one-day retreat led by Reverend Jeff Paul, where we'll explore healthier, more honest, and more life-giving ways of relating.








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05/29/2026

This one's for the nurses! 🩺

What if menopause wasn't just something to survive — but an opportunity to cultivate real strength, resilience, and insight?

For too long, the conversation around menopause has focused almost entirely on symptoms to manage and changes to endure. But midlife is also a threshold — and how we move through it matters.

Making Sense of Menopause is a two-day CEU-eligible retreat at Mercy Center Auburn that takes a different approach.

Yes, you'll earn those CEUs! But these aren't classroom hours. This is education wrapped in two days of genuine restoration — healthy meals, peaceful surroundings in the Sierra foothills, time to breathe, and space to tend to your own mind, body, and spirit.

You'll leave with a deeper understanding of the menopausal transition — the hormonal shifts, the weight changes, the impact on bone and muscle health, the emotional landscape — and practical tools to support both yourself and your patients through it.

August 29–30 | Auburn, CA
CEUs included | Meals and lodging included | Scholarship funding available

→ Register: https://www.mercycenter.org/all-events/midlife-renewal-and-resilience-retreat

05/21/2026

Healthy relationships begin with compassion.

Compassion for others...and compassion for ourselves.

Some of the patterns that create difficulty in our relationships may have started as ways to stay safe, cope, or survive. But what once protected us may later keep us from the honesty, trust, and connection we long for.

Join us Saturday, June 27 for From Codependency to Interdependency, a one-day retreat with Reverend Jeff Paul exploring healthier, more life-giving ways of relating to ourselves, to God, and to others.

Learn more: https://www.facebook.com/events/27210624268563376/








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05/18/2026

🎓🩺 Meet the facilitators behind Soul & Scrubs™: A Holistic Survival Guide for New Graduate Nurses.

We’re honored to welcome two extraordinary guides for this retreat experience:

✨ Alice Jacobs Vestergaard, Ed.D, MBA, MS, MA, MCHES
An internationally recognized educator, author, and practitioner with decades of experience in healthcare and clinician training. Alice is a certified Caritas Coach through the Watson Caring Science Institute and recipient of the ACNL Friend of Nursing Award. Her work centers on helping healthcare professionals build resilience, compassion, and sustainable practices for caring.

✨ Nancy Symons, MDiv, MA
Nancy has served as a pastor, palliative care chaplain, and faculty member in the College of Nursing at Samuel Merritt University. She has spent years helping clinicians navigate the emotional realities of nursing through evidence-based tools, reflection, and compassionate support.

Together, they bring a rare combination of wisdom, practical experience, emotional insight, and deep care for those entering the nursing profession.

If you know a new graduate nurse preparing to begin this journey, we hope you’ll share this opportunity with them. 💙

📍 Mercy Center Auburn
📅 June 27

Registration link https://www.mercycenter.org/all-events/soul-scrubs

05/16/2026

As summer approaches, it brings an invitation to slow down, breathe more deeply, and tend to what needs care.

At Mercy Center Auburn, our summer programs offer space for rest, reflection, renewal, and spiritual nourishment.

Whether you join us for a single day or a longer retreat, we hope you’ll find a place of welcome and gentle encouragement for the journey ahead.

Explore our calendar of summer programs: https://mercycenter.org

05/12/2026

What better way to observe the final day of than by sharing this wonderful video from our friends at Code You. If you missed any of this wonderful series, the entire thing is available on their page. Share with the nurses you know and love!

P.S. Want more of Tamara Springer Ramirez? So do we!! And she'll be facilitating a weekend workshop for nurses at Mercy Center Auburn this August. Check our events page for more details!

05/12/2026

PLEASE SHARE WITH THE NEW NURSES IN YOUR LIFE! 🎓🩺

The transition from nursing school to real-world nursing can be exhilarating, meaningful… and incredibly hard.

Many nurses say they wish someone had helped them prepare not just clinically—but emotionally, physically, and spiritually—for the realities of the profession.

That’s why we are so thrilled to be partnering with Dr. Alice Vestergaard and Nancy Symons, MDiv, MA, to offer Soul & Scrubs™: A Holistic Survival Guide for New Graduate Nurses.

This one-day retreat is designed specifically for new grads who want to begin their careers with greater resilience, balance, and support. Through guided practices, reflection, and practical tools, participants will learn how to care for themselves while caring for others.

📍 Mercy Center Auburn
📅 Saturday, June 27
🍽 Lunch included

Learn more and register here: https://www.mercycenter.org/all-events/soul-scrubs

05/10/2026

Today, we are thinking of you! Read our Mother's Day greeting here: https://conta.cc/42q0tBi

Email from Mercy Center Auburn Happy Mother's Day! You're on our minds this Mother's Day! Greetings! When I was a child, my grandmother lived across the street from my home. Perhaps the greatest gift

05/08/2026

WE ARE HIRING! https://www.indeed.com/job/administrative-assistant-40884e933df29f08
Join Mercy Center Auburn in creating a welcoming environment of hospitality and compassion. We are seeking an Administrative Assistant to support our team with key organizational tasks and IT assistance for digital assets. This position honors the Sisters of Mercy's charism within a retreat center ministry setting. Some evenings/weekends required.

Mercy Center Auburn