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WOMEN'S  RETREATS

NOVEMBER 20-22, 2009
God Calls... We Respond
with
Linda Mae Plourde, p.m.
and Vocation Team

     This weekend retreat will provide thought provoking questions to discern God's call.  How can I respond to God's calling?  What am I to offer: my talents, my skills, my entire being, life with another?  We have all been chosen by God and asked to live through love with Him.  For those who are about to give direction to their adult life, this retreat will provide guidance and assistance for considering all the possibilities.  Above all, God's grace will provide confidence upon the journey of discernment.

For single women ages 18-35
Cost: $135.00 (This includes five meals and two overnights.)
Financial assistance is available
Arrival: 6:30 PM/ Friday                           Departure: 1:00 PM/ Sunday
 

 

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MARCH 19-21,2010
Walking in the Bright Darkness of Faith
Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus (Heb.12:2)
Susan Frederick, p.m.
Sylvia Genesse, p.m.

     The victory of faith requires a daily search for truth, and an availability to God in whatever happens.  The struggle of faith is faced day by day in the midst of routine, business and fatigue.  How can we keep the lamp of faith lit, find consolation and hope in the scriptures?  How can we grow in our faith and believe that “nothing is impossible to God”?
     Jesus praises the faith of those who come to Him in the Gospel, believing in His presence and power.  What do these Gospel people tell us today about our own faith journey?  The retreat will allow time to listen, ponder, reflect and respond to Gospel passages.

Cost: $145.00                                             Please bring your Bible.
Arrival: 6:30 PM / Friday                            Departure: 1:00 PM / Sunday

 


               
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MAY 21 – 23, 2010
Praying with Hearts and Hands
While the mind and body are toiling,
the heart can also be at its own work. – (Blessed Marie Rivier)

with
Connie Bartelson
Marylee Johnson
Beverly Libby

      Join the Holy Knitters Prayer Shawl Ministry as we joyfully share in the care of God’s people by using the gifts of our hands to knit or crochet sacred prayer shawls.  Our prayers and blessings are woven into the shawls as our hands work to fashion them. Shawls are then given to people for comfort, healing or in celebration.  Whether you will be making your first shawl or you are a seasoned prayer shawl disciple, you will experience helpful assistance and new ideas in a beautiful and prayerful setting.

*Basic knitting or crocheting skills are a prerequisite for this retreat. 
*A list of required materials will be sent upon registration.

Cost: $145.00               
Arrival:  6:30 PM / Friday                        Departure:  1:00 PM / Sunday

 

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 WEEK LONG SUMMER RETREATS
FOR WOMEN
 

July 3- July 10, 2010
July 24 -31, 2010
July 31- AUG. 7, 2010
 

Women's Silent Private and Directed Retreats

Cost: $405.00 / Private Retreat      $475.00 Directed Retreat

 

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JUNE 12– 18, 2010
Transformative Aging: 
The Journey to Emmaus
with
Ann Billard, OLM, Ph.D.

       Emmaus is an inner space, an experience, and a place.  As the disciples journeyed on their way to Emmaus grieving their loss of Jesus and the hopes and dreams that He offered them, they were awakened to a new freedom.  This retreat invites older adults to enter into the journey to Emmaus.  This experiential guided retreat will provide tools to facilitate healing from life’s losses and broken dreams.  The retreat journey, like that of the disciples, can provide a renewed hope for the journey forward.

Cost: $475.00
Arrival:  3:00 PM /  Saturday                Departure:  Friday after breakfast


 

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JUNE 26 – JULY 3, 2010
The Evangelical Call: 
Invitation to Witness to Holiness
with
John Malich, FMS

      This guided retreat will invite us to reflect on our call to evangelical life, and to holiness.  Our fast-paced society seems so in need of balance and perspective.  We need to examine our lives, personally, communally and in ministry to see what wisdom we live by and if we bring that gift to one another and our world.
     During these days of retreat, there will be one conference a day with options for personal prayer.  The days will be blessed with silence and the gift of nature, where sea and sky speak to us of peace and hope and wonder.  The facilitator will be available for personal conferences.

Cost:  $ 475.00         
Arrival:  3:00 PM / Saturday         Departure:  Saturday after breakfast


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AUGUST 21 – 28, 2010
Desert Spirituality:
Topographical Maps for Religious Pilgrims
with
David Nicgorski, OMV

       Spiritual deliverance and spiritual development happen in the desert.  To follow in the footsteps of God’s Chosen People, or the footsteps of the great prophet, Elijah, or the footsteps of the last prophet, John the Baptist… indeed following in the footsteps of Jesus, means each of us must trod through the desert.  Understanding why God chose the desert as the theater of deliverance and spiritual development is a meditation essential to every pilgrim.

Cost:  $ 475.00
Arrival:  3:00 PM / Saturday                Departure:  Saturday after breakfast


 

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SUMMER RETREAT PROGRAMS
 

Arrival time for retreats  begins on Saturday at 3:00 PM.
Departure is following Saturday after breakfast.

 Private Retreat: Cost: $405.00          Directed  or Guided Retreat: $475.00

 

 

  Updated February 15, 2010

 

 

 

 


 

Contact: Sr. Claire Gagnon, p.m.   

  Updated: February 15, 2010