Cardinal Gibbons Short Journey Retreat Center

Cardinal Gibbons Short Journey Retreat Center Short Journey is a second campus to Cardinal Gibbons High School and the home to spiritual retreats. Eva Cooper was principal for all forty-four years!

Short Journey began as a one room, one teacher frame school building serving the African American community. The school received its name because it was only a “short journey” to Wesley Chapel Church, which still exists one mile east of Short Journey. The present building, completed in 1926, was made possible through the efforts of the Rosenwald Fund. The local community was successful in raising

$500 to match the funding necessary to construct the new school. The school operated for forty-four years before closing with desegregation after the 1969-70 school year. In 1983, the Catholic Diocese of Raleigh purchased the facility to serve the needs of it's youth, young adult and campus ministry programs. On May 1, 1988 Short Journey Retreat Center in Smithfield was dedicated as “the home for Youth, Young Adult and Campus Ministry for the Diocese of Raleigh which encompassed 86 parishes from Burlington to the coast” After serving the Diocese for 35 years Cardinal Gibbons High School purchased Short Journey Retreat Center from the diocese. In 2019 Cardinal Gibbons Short Journey Retreat Center opened. The center is used for spiritual retreats and team building. Short Journey provides a home for retreats where they will experience the love of God, and the formational experiences of prayer, worship, and reflection.

01/30/2025

Excited to host the annual Guys Retreat Thursday- Friday, an All Parent Spiritual Retreat on Saturday and the annual Girls Retreat Sunday-Monday!

09/22/2024

Take a journey with us!

Moon Tree lands at Short Journey!
08/21/2024

Moon Tree lands at Short Journey!

Fr. Luke Rawicki recently blessed a Moon Tree dedicated to the students and educators of the former Short Journey School, the namesake of our retreat center. The seedling flew around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis I mission in 2022, journeying 270,000 miles from Earth.

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Thankful for the generosity of the Gibbons Community!
05/13/2024

Thankful for the generosity of the Gibbons Community!

Thanks for joining us today. Looking forward to having you back next year!
03/13/2024

Thanks for joining us today. Looking forward to having you back next year!

Spending mid-winter break with Men’s and Women’s lacrosse teams. Beautiful weather for team building, game planning, pra...
02/22/2024

Spending mid-winter break with Men’s and Women’s lacrosse teams. Beautiful weather for team building, game planning, prayer and competition. Best of luck to both teams this season!

Hosted the 3rd Annual Girls Retreat this past weekend. Over 140 female students and educators had the opportunity to gro...
02/07/2024

Hosted the 3rd Annual Girls Retreat this past weekend. Over 140 female students and educators had the opportunity to grow in faith, love and friendship!

Check this out!A well written and informative article published in the Gibbons Globe!
01/26/2024

Check this out!

A well written and informative article published in the Gibbons Globe!

Almost every Cardinal Gibbons student visits the Short Journey Retreat Center at some point in their high school experience. The building, located in Smithfield, provides various opportunities for students to join together in faith with the community. However, the history of the building started lon...

Gibbons Leadership Institute thank you for spending your weekend with us!
01/06/2024

Gibbons Leadership Institute thank you for spending your weekend with us!

Great day for brunch with Santa! Merry Christmas to all!
12/17/2023

Great day for brunch with Santa! Merry Christmas to all!

Thanks to the swim team for stopping by on the way to their meet in Smithfield. They had a chance to build community, ta...
11/27/2023

Thanks to the swim team for stopping by on the way to their meet in Smithfield. They had a chance to build community, talk about their faith and share in a service project of making rice crispy treats.

The first picture was taken on May 9, 2018 just days after Cardinal Gibbons purchased Short Journey. Look how this area...
11/09/2023


The first picture was taken on May 9, 2018 just days after Cardinal Gibbons purchased Short Journey. Look how this area has transformed over the last 5 years.

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2323 Cleveland Road
Smithfield, NC
27577

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(919)8341625

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