The International Center for a Culture of Compassion

Located in the Catskills (2 hours of New York City), the International Center for a Culture of Compassion (ICCC) encom­passes 125 acres of rolling hills, maple woods, and breath­taking land­scapes.

Founded in 2007, the ICCC is:

• a retreat center for artists, a place that offers them inspiration and support, regardless of their backgrounds, social or religious;
• a home for anyone in search of community, silence, and spiritual renewal;
• the central venue of Heart’s Home to build and promote, through cultural events and residencies, a genuine culture of compassion.

In addi­tion to wel­coming guests throughout the year, the ICCC has hosted artists for summer res­i­den­cies and orga­nized sem­i­nars and roundtable dis­cus­sions on the incor­po­ra­tion of com­pas­sion into dif­ferent cul­tural fields, including art, busi­ness, science and pol­i­tics.

One guest house is already fully func­tional, a second is cur­rently under con­struc­tion and sched­uled to be com­pleted in the Fall of 2012. The con­struc­tion agenda of the ICCC extends over the next 10 years. It includes guest rooms to accom­mo­date up to 50 people, indi­vidual cabins, a con­fer­ence center, and a com­mu­nity space.

The Center is meant to become an aca­demic research center in the dis­ci­plines of phi­los­ophy, the­ology, science, and eco­nomics. The inves­ti­ga­tions of the scholars hosted in the center will seek to clarify the impact of Compassion on their specific field of research.