Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center

12/05/2025

Thank you, Laura Gardner, for taking and sharing this photo at our beloved retreat center. Also featured in the Placer County newspaper!

05/01/2025

We have Spring updates! Read our latest newsletter and see the baby birds video at the lake on our homepage.

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08/03/2022

We are hiring staff! If you've wanted to work at a retreat center now is the time. Job pays up to $22/hr and is perfect for people who don't want to site at a desk all day.

You would be working as a staff member at the retreat center and be in training to become a Site Director which means you could manage your own retreat center which comes with housing. All the retreat centers we manage are on beautiful properties, see Applegate Retreat Center in the pic.

Even if you're not interested in training to take on your own retreat center - apply and inquire, we need people to help serve our guests.

Full job description in the link and you can apply on our website very easy. Please help spread the word and share - we need you!
https://www.uccr.org/app-hiring-associate-site-director

05/05/2022

We are Hiring an Associate Site Director!

Come join the team in Applegate, CA. This position is designed to train the employee with practical learning experiences to successfully lead a UCCR-managed facility. Job description and application in link: https://www.uccr.org/job-opportunities

12/13/2021

It's such a beautiful blustery December day at Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center we had to share this gorgeous photo of the colorful trees over the pond.

12/08/2020

https://www.uccr.org/news/beautiful-buck

Beautiful Buck at Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center.

11/09/2020

Neaby Attractions for Guests of Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center of the Sierra!

We love to encourage our retreat center guests to enjoy local attractions. Not far from Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center is Apple Hill. Just 40 minutes away in Placerville you can find apple fritter ice cream sandwiches, apple pies and apple cider! Apple Hill is a delight to experience, our staff agrees!

https://www.uccr.org/news/nearby-apple-hill-for-guests-to-enjoy

Apple Hill is a delight to experience, our staff agrees!

10/26/2020

One of the things we greatly appreciate at Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center, is the natural setting and that we share our facility with many wild animals.

While our guests may be familiar with the deer, geese, and rabbits that are year round residents, the occasional transient black bear does meander through in search of food before hibernation.

So with the humans safely tucked into bed, we quietly photographed this curious bear who seems to be asking, “Any food around here before I settle into my long winter sleep?”

We do what we can to preserve our retreat center in this natural setting and our guests have a healthy respect for wildlife. This meeting of urban life and nature is what makes the nature-scape so perfectly apt to host groups for people that need a reconnection to the natural rhythms of life away from constant media attention.

While the black bear is not the most social creature, the site director recommends bringing a friend while out hiking our trails, as talking with them will cause the bears to scamper away. Our site director also recommends that your friend be a slower runner than you, as you don't have to outrun the bear, only the other person!

Of course we are only joking, yet if you do encounter a bear, simply make noise and don't run. Give bears plenty of space, and if needed, walk away backwards while still facing the bear. We also ask our guest to keep any food or food trash secured inside buildings and not in cars or in outside trash cans.

While our guests may be familiar with the deer, geese, and rabbits that are year round residents, the occasional transient black bear does meander through in search of food before hibernation.

10/19/2020

New decking, come enjoy!

https://www.uccr.org/news/2020/10/8/after-pics-new-decking-at-applegate-jrc

The summer is coming to a close and so is the work on our new desk at Redwood Lodge.