How you can help!

If you have time on your hands, we would like hands on your time!

Consider making the retreat house a volunteer opportunity with:

• Office work – general mailings, stuffing of envelopes, etc.
• Landscaping assistance – cleaning the shrines, clearing shrubbery
• Maintenance – painting, lock repairs, carpentry work
• Plumbers - needed to help repair leaky faucets, tighten screws and to perform minor plumbing problems on an ongoing basis

Call our Main Office at 610-644-0400 if you would like to volunteer.


Continue Building the Legacy of Faith

From 1922 until 1989, the Laymen’s Retreat League depended on volunteer envelope contributions from weekend retreatants for funding. It is important to note that Malvern Retreat House is lay owned and operated and not funded by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, by any religious order or foundation.

What, Why and How!

In 1989, recognizing the need to increase the level of giving, the Laymen’s Retreat League launched its Development Program. The Development Program consists of an annual fund appeal, periodic capital campaigns, major gifts from individuals, bequests from estates, wills, trusts, memorial gifts, endowment gifts, foundation grants and special events like the annual Golf Outing and the Malvern Travel Club.

For details about any Development activities, call Dave White
at 484-321-2521 or email DWhite@MalvernRetreat.com

Learn more about Development at Malvern by using these quick links

The Annual Appeal

Each year, Malvern Retreat House asks its members to make a gift to the Annual Appeal. The Annual Appeal is the cornerstone of the Malvern Development Program. The revenues help support capital improvements, determined each year by the level of giving. The goal in 2005 is to raise $500,000 to pay for resurfacing the lower road, new windows and a new bathroom in Corrigan Hall, repainting and renovating St. Joseph’s entrance and porch area, new carpets in the Our Lady’s chapel and library area. We ask each member to prayerfully consider making a gift to the Annual Appeal.

For details, call Dave White 484-321-2521 or email DWhite@MalvernRetreat.com

Download the Annual Appeal donation form as a PDF. Simply print, fill out and mail.

Donate to the Annual Appeal online using your VISA or MasterCard


The Endowment Fund

The purpose of the Endowment Fund is to provide revenue for the long-term financial health of the Malvern Retreat House. While we have always managed to be financially stable, we have not been able to build our endowment to a satisfactory level for an institution of our size. Besides providing financial stability for a “rainy day’, endowment income can also create an additional stream of revenue to help offset the increasing costs of retreats. Retreatants want to pay their way and continuing increases may deter a retreatant from participating in the retreat experience here at Malvern Retreat House.
For details, call Dave White 484-321-2521 or email DWhite@MalvernRetreat.com


Gifts of Stock

Malvern Retreat House has set-up a brokerage account to accept gifts of stock. Members with securities may carefully consider the tax advantage of gifting stock to Malvern Retreat House. One can deduct the fully appreciated amount of the gift and avoid paying for capital gains by giving shares to Malvern Retreat House or any charitable organization. Malvern Retreat House receives the full value of the appreciated securities.
For details, call Dave White 484-321-2521 or email DWhite@MalvernRetreat.com
Note: Do not put stock in League's name.


Major Gifts

"Give freely the gift that has been given to you."
Matthew 10:8

A key component of every development program is major gifts. We know that some Men or Women of Malvern have been more financially blessed than others. We also know that many people would be open to making a major gift to Malvern if they are personally asked to do so. At Malvern we are confident we can show a prospective major gift donor how his or her gift to Malvern can make a difference in changing peoples lives for the better.
If you know someone who is capable of making a major gift to Malvern, call Dave White 484-321-2521 or email DWhite@MalvernRetreat.com


Matching Gifts

The Malvern Retreat House is a non-profit charity and, as such, is eligible to receive matching gift funds. If your company has a matching gift program, would you please consider making a matching gift? It’s a simple process. Simply complete and send in to the Development Office at Malvern a copy of the matching gift form from your company along with your check. The Development office will acknowledge receipt of your gift by completing your matching gift form. This is a unique way for you to double your gift to Malvern Retreat House, helping us to enhance our mission for the future.
For details, call Dave White 484-321-2521 or email DWhite@MalvernRetreat.com


Memorial Gifts

If you would like to remember a loved one, a memorial gift to Malvern is a wonderful way to do so. Memorials may include room renovations art items or contributions to the Malvern Memorial Fund. A gift of $200.00 or more will enable us to list the name of a deceased friend or relative on the Men of Malvern Memorial plaque in lower McShain Hall. All gifts are personally acknowledged.
For details, call Dave White 484-321-2521 or email DWhite@MalvernRetreat.com

Living Memorial Gifts

Gifting opportunities exist through the McShain-Horstmann Family Life Center
For details, call Dave White 484-321-2521 or email DWhite@MalvernRetreat.com


Tree Of Life 

The Tree of Life is a sculpture, in the atrium of the Myung and Young Sim Song Elevator Pavilion in Upper McShain Hall. Made of cast bronze and acrylic, each leaf and the boulders at the bottom of the tree may be engraved with the name of a loved one, a friend or retreatant, or someone you wish to honor. All you have to do is complete the Tree of Life Request Form and mail with a check for $250 to the Malvern Development Office.  

Complete the Tree of Life Request Form 
or call Dave White 484-321-2521 or email DWhite@MalvernRetreat.com


Other Planned Gifts 

There are many ways to contribute to Malvern Retreat House and support its mission for the future. In addition to cash, checks, securities, bequests, gifts of personal property, or real estate, insurance policies can be changed to make Malvern a beneficiary. Charitable Remainder Trusts, Lead Trusts and annuities are among the many financial instruments that can be used in a way that is advantaged for the donor as well as the charity. We recommend you see your financial consultant or planner to explore the opportunities that making a planned gift might offer you.
For details, call Dave White 484-321-2521 or email DWhite@MalvernRetreat.com


Remembering Malvern in your will

A bequest to the League is a noble and lasting gift.  The Good Shepherd Club has been established to memorialize members and spouses who have chosen this way to say "thank you" for a lifetime of spiritual gifts received at the feet of Christ in the hills of Malvern. 

The Good Shepherd Club has been established to memorialize members and spouses who have included the Malvern Retreat House in their will or estate plan. The have chosen to this say to say “thank you” for a lifetime of spiritual gifts received from Malvern Retreat House. Good Shepherd Club names are engraved on a plaque in Lower McShain Hall. Special Malvern Good Shepherd membership pins are sent to all who include Malvern in their will. Over 120 member have chosen to do so and we are grateful.
For details, call Dave White 484-321-2521 or email DWhite@MalvernRetreat.com


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