DAY PROGRAMS
Women
Gathered Together in Faith
with
Sylvia Genesse, p.m.
This monthly program is for women
who desire quiet time and space to grow in their relationship with
God. Following a Scripture centered presentation, there is personal
time for prayer with directives to ponder the Word of God.
Participants are enriched as they come together to share insights
gleaned from their prayer experience.
Held the 1st Wednesday
of the month from 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM
2010
2011
November 3rd
February 2nd April 6th
December 1st March 2nd May
4th
Cost:
$10.00 Bring Bible and a bag
lunch.
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The Journey of Praying Throughout Our Lives
For Single Women Ages 18 – 35
with
Linda Mae Plourde, p.m., and Team of Presenters
The Spirit within us moves us to pray… and so we approach our
God with all of our longings, with all we are grateful for and all
that besets us. At times, we wonder: Is there a fitting way to
pray? Even the first apostles had this concern. Seeing Jesus at
prayer they asked: Lord, teach us to pray. Jesus taught by example
the value of personal prayer and the importance of praying in common.
The
following one day retreats will focus on the various ways to pray
throughout the seasons of our lives.
September 25,
2010 Praying Through the Seasons of our Lives
“Speak Lord, I’m listening”
March 19, 2011 Eucharistic
Adoration
Forms of Common Prayer
May 14, 2011 Liturgical Worship and Liturgy of the
Hours
Praying the Psalms
Arrival: 10:00 AM
/ Saturday
Departure: 4:00 PM / Saturday
Registration is required at least three days prior to
the retreat and is made by calling Sr. Linda Mae at 207-284-5671.
Insufficient number of registrations will result in the cancellation
of the retreat day.
DECEMBER 10 – 12, 2010
God Calls ~ We Respond
For Single Women Ages 18 – 35
with
Linda Mae Plourde, p.m. and the Vocation Team
For those who are about to give
direction to their adult life, this weekend retreat will provide
adequate information on vocations: Married life, single life and
religious life. Thought provoking questions, the process of
discernment, personal time to reflect, common prayer and informal
sessions to address questions or comments will be woven into this
weekend retreat. If you are interested in strengthening your
relationship with God and others, and want to consider how you can
best do that, this retreat could be of great value to you.
Cost: $135.00 (This includes five
meals and two overnights.)
Arrival: 7:00 / Friday
Departure: 1:00 PM / Sunday
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE.
Registration is to be done by phone to
Sr. Linda Mae at 207-284-5671 due by Dec. 6. Insufficient number of
registrations will results in the cancellation of the retreat.
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MARCH 25 – 27, 2011
Open Your Heart to Pray the Psalms
Your ways, O Lord, make known
to me,
teach me Your paths, guide me in Your truth.
(Ps. 25:4-5)
with
Susan Frederick, p.m. and Sylvia Genesse, p.m.
How can the Psalms
guide and enlighten our prayer? The way of prayer modeled in the
psalms involves the bringing of one’s heart into obedient, faithful
harmony with the ways of God. By offering us the gift of expression,
the psalms give us powerful words and images to express our deepest
desires to God. Wholeheartedness in prayer involves attentiveness,
decision, choice, emotion and willingness to see threads of connection
between our identity and experience, and the identity and way of God.
The Psalms help us express the various moods of the soul and direct us
to the Holy Spirit who purifies our heart and unites us to God. We
will explore praying with the psalms.
Cost:
$150.00
Arrival: 6:30 PM
/ Friday
Departure: 1:00 PM / Sunday
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MAY
13-15, 2011
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: $150.00
Arrival: 6:30 PM /
Friday
Departure: 1:00 PM / Sunday
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SUMMER
RETREAT PROGRAMS
WEEK LONG SUMMER RETREATS
FOR LAY AND RELIGIOUS WOMEN
June
11-18, 2011
July 2-9, 2011
August 20-27, 2011
Women's Silent Private and Directed
Retreats
Cost: $405.00 / Private
Retreat $475.00 Directed Retreat
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JUNE 11– 18, 2011
In His Image: A Journey
with St. Teresa of Avila
and St. John of the Cross
with
Fr. William Jarema
St. John of the Cross invites us into
a dynamic journey and teaches us how to adventure the Pathways and
Prayerways up the mountain to the Ascent of Love. During these
spiritual awakenings, St. John reveals how an intimate relationship
with God can be borne from human suffering and transformed into
redemptive suffering.
We will then explore the
Seven Dwelling Places of St. Teresa of Avila. Each dwelling place
offers the spiritual pilgrim opportunities for conversation, radical
encounters with transforming grace and mystical experiences that will
lift us into a heavenly language and divine knowledge of God’s
presence in our life. This retreat is not for the faint hearted or
beginners. Intensive prayer, humble self-disclosure and a readiness
to meet God’s unpredictable ways are included in this opportunity for
inner exploration and the quest for holiness.
Cost: $475.00
Arrival: 3:00 PM
/ Saturday Departure: Saturday after breakfast
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JULY 2 - 9, 2011
Living Into a Healthy Spirituality
with
Br. Don Bisson, FMS
This guided, silent retreat will invite us to a deeper awareness of a
healthy, holistic spirituality of surrender, authentic prayer and self
knowledge. It will also invite us to let go of our unhealthy
perfectionism, control and addiction issues which block a full life in God.
Cost:
$475.00
Arrival: 3:00 PM / Saturday
Departure: Saturday after breakfast
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This
retreat is open to women who desire to reflect on their life
experiences. With the Biblical figures of Ruth and Naomi as
companions, we will explore what it means to be whole women, spiritual
women, women of God. We will ponder some of the defining moments in
every woman’s life … moments of loss, change, transformation, aging,
self-definition and how our responses to these shape who we become.
There will
be one conference in the morning, reflection papers on the theme of
the day and prayer in late afternoon.
Cost: $ 475.00
Arrival: 3:00 PM / Saturday Departure: Saturday after breakfast
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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
