BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS REGION

ANNUAL REGIONAL GATHERING

Life Way Conference Center – Ridgecrest, North Carolina

Aug. 3-5, 2018

For directions to the Life Way Conference Center please visit: http://ridgecrestconferencecenter.org/directions

Our Annual Regional Gathering is Aug. 3-5 at the Ridgecrest Conference Center, near Asheville, N.C.

Since 2007, we have been holding this annual event at Ridgecrest, and we’ve certainly grown over these past 11 years.

This year will be a visitation from the National Fraternity for us. Father Christopher Panagoplos, TOR, will be our pastoral visitor; Joan Geiger, OFS, one of our national councilors, will be the fraternal visitor.

Yes, just like the local fraternity has preparatory paperwork for a visitation, so do we. That’s the beauty of community!

This Year’s Rates

Last year, Ridgecrest gave us private dining at no extra charge. This was because a very large group was at the conference center at the same time.

If you were at the 2015 ARG, you’ll remember this group, so large (1,000 or more people) that it was hard for us to find seats in the dining room.

Our members loved the private dining last year, as indicated by the evaluations we received.

Ridgecrest is willing to provide the catering this year but will add $5.00 to the cost of each meal. This will raise the meal cost from $58.00 to $83.00 for five meals.

“When you have catering, we have to bring in separate staff to work your event,” said Angela R. Beattie, Ridgecrest’s account manager, via email. “The $5.00 per person pays their wage to work your event.”

The meal plan is Friday evening dinner; Saturday breakfast, lunch, and dinner; and Sunday breakfast.

Here are the rates for this year:

Single (1 person in room) — $301.00 per person ($109.00 per night x 2 = $218.00 + $83.00 meal plan)

Double (2 people in room) — $192.00 per person ($109.00 per person + $83.00 meal plan)

Triple (3 people in room) — $162.33 per person ($79.33 per person + $83.00 meal plan) 

Quad (4 people in room) — $147.50 per person ($64.50 per person + $83.00 meal plan)

Commuters — $12.00 per day or $25.00 for the weekend + whatever meals are purchased. The individual meal rate will include the additional $5.00 catering fee.

Fraternities can use one of the forms below to register.

Registration deadline is July 3.

ARG 2018 Registration Forms PDF

ARG 2018 Registration Forms DOC