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PROGRAMS: 2005 - 2006
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WEEKEND
PROGRAMS
OCTOBER 28–30, 2005
Creative
Expressions:
Journey into God’s Heart through
Watercolor
Kim Le
Nguyen
Participants
will learn the basic skills of watercolor. With guidance, they will
discover the parallel between these skills with the spiritual life
experiences. The joy of surrendering or the denial of
one’s own uniqueness will be revealed through individual and/or small
group projects. Private image analyses and reflections will be
provided.
Cost: $150.00
Art materials provided
Arrival: 6:30 PM /
Friday
Departure: 1:00 PM Sunday
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NOVEMBER
18–20, 2005
Jesus
Christ:
Our Companion and Guide
Fr. Daniel
O’Connell
As Church, we are
called to mediate Jesus Christ to the world. We do so by realizing
that He is our companion through life and that He asks us to be actively
involved in “companioning” each other. Just as the story of Emmaus
can be understood as a “chance encounter” with Christ, so is our life
filled with similar “encounters”. It is through these encounters
that we are given the grace to share our faith with others and
proclaim His word to our contemporary world. This weekend
retreat will offer us the opportunity to pray, listen and connect our
needs and desires to the presence of the God who “companions” and
calls.
Cost: $135.00
Arrival: 6:30 PM /
Friday
Departure: 1:00 PM / Sunday
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NOVEMBER 25–27, 2005
Exploring
Old and New Images of Jesus
Christ is the image of the
invisible God
The firstborn of all creation…
He is before all things and in
Him all things hold together.
(Colossians 1:
15,17)
Helene Cote,
p.m.
This retreat is open to
anyone who desires to become more intimate with Jesus. The focus
will be on the images of Jesus revealed in the Gospel stories, and how
through Jesus’ words and actions, the face of His Abba God is revealed to
us. It is hoped that we will not only come to see Jesus in a
different light, but that we will also be drawn to a new way of living and
praying.
Cost: $135.00
Arrival: 6:30 PM /
Friday
Departure: 1:00 PM / Sunday
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DECEMBER 2–4, 2005
Annual Rivier Retreat:
Eucharist – The Heart of Divine Mercy
I have established a throne of mercy on earth,
the tabernacle,
and from this throne I desire to enter into your
heart.
(Jesus to St. Faustina)
Marie May
Lausier, p.m.
and a Team of Rivier Associates
This Advent
retreat will re-focus on the 5th Beatitude: Blessed
are the merciful, for mercy shall be theirs, in the light of the
Eucharist and the message of mercy that Jesus gave to Sister Faustina for
our times. The beatitudes call us to see ourselves, and to live in a
way that does not come easily. They stand in opposition to all the
standards and value systems of our world. The weekend offers
concrete and practical ways to respond with passion to God’s vision and
call of mercy. This experience is opened to anyone who has made the
Rivier Retreat.
Cost: $135.00
Arrival: 6:30 PM /
Friday
Departure: 1:00 PM / Sunday
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DECEMBER 9–11,
2005
Young Adults’
Retreat:
“I Was Blind, but Now I See”
William
Brown, OMV
David Nicgorski, OMV
One of the most
overlooked things in the spiritual life is the obvious: The ability
to see. While most people have physical sight, many of us fail to
see the deeper aspects of our lives as it relates to God, others and
ourselves. The reasons for these are many, but one is not taking the
time to be aware. Awareness is one of the most important things in
the spiritual life, if our relationship with God and others is to
grow.
In preparation for Christmas, this Advent retreat for young
adults in their 20’s and 30’s will provide an opportunity to learn how we
can become more aware of God’s presence in our lives through discernment
and practices that foster awareness. There will be individual and
community prayer, as well as quiet moments to get away from the busyness
of life and draw close to Christ, who gives us the ability to
see.
Cost: $135.00
Arrival: 6:30 PM /
Friday
Departure: 1:00 PM / Sunday
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DECEMBER 16–18, 2005
Advent: A
Season of Waiting
Become aware of what is in
you. Announce it, pronounce it,
produce it and give birth to
it. (Meister
Eckhart)
Helene Cote,
p.m.
Advent is a season that often goes untended and unexplored because
of all the Christmas preparations that can become overwhelming. This
weekend offers a special gift of sacred time and space to anyone who is
willing to put aside holiday busy-ness and spend time being still and
reflecting on what is being born within. Come and savor the true
meaning of “Advent Waiting.”
Cost: $135.00
Arrival: 6:30 PM /
Friday
Departure: 1:00 PM / Sunday
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DECEMBER 30,
2005 – JAN 1, 2006
End of Year Retreat
Fr. Leonard Tighe
“Just remember, in the
winter, far beneath the bitter snows, lies a seed,
that with the sun’s
love, in the spring, becomes the rose.”
(The Rose – Bette Midler)
As in the song, many seeds have to be
frozen or die, before they can blossom in the spring. Come,
join us, as 2005 dies and gives way to 2006 - another
chance for new life.
Cost: $135.00
Arrival: 6:30 PM /
Friday
Departure: 1:00 PM / Sunday
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JANUARY 6–8,
2006
Sharpening and Using the Carpenter’s Tools
(Men's retreat)
Donald Harriman
The carpenter came and left
His tools among us. He said He would return for them and asked if we
would take, sharpen and use them to complete the work he started.
This retreat will explore ways men can sharpen and use the tools which
Jesus left with us in order to praise, revere and serve our God. It
is open for all men who are committed to the way of Jesus and would like
to strengthen their commitment through prayer, meditation, healing and
reconciliation.
Cost:
$135.00
Arrival: 6:30 PM /
Friday
Departure: 1:00 PM / Sunday
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JANUARY 20-22 2006
The
Eucharist Revealed
Fr. Bob Vaillancourt
We are a
Eucharistic People, nourished by the very Body and Blood of Our Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ, that we may become His Body for others.
Nourished with the Eucharist, are we truly aware of what happens at Mass
right before our eyes? Fr. Bob will attempt to share with you what
actually goes on at Mass beyond the veil of our humanity. With the
help of Pope John Paul’s encyclical, Ecclesia de Eucharistia, and
the many saints who witnessed countless things happening at Mass, we will
grow in appreciation of this powerful gift of MASS.
Cost: $135.00
Arrival: 6:30 PM /
Friday
Departure: 1:00 PM / Sunday
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FEBRUARY 3–5, 2006
Grateful Life – Graceful Life
Ann Harriman
There are some things about which nothing can be said
and
before which we dare not be silent.
(T.S. Eliot)
Gratitude is
much more than being thankful for what pleases us. True gratitude is
the willingness to embrace whatever occurs in our life – pleasing or
not. A grateful life is a graceful life because gratitude allows us
to move with ease, not resisting, but accepting the whole of our
lives. Gratitude rests on the belief that whatever is happening
should be happening and we are called to address it...(Tom
Stella)
This will be a time to take a look at how the “attitude of
gratitude” can become a way of being in the world, even when life
hurts.
Cost:
$135.00
Arrival: 6:30 PM /
Friday
Departure: 1:00 PM / Sunday
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FEBRUARY 10–12,
2006
Eating Tear Soup:
Grieving the Losses in Life
Helene Cote,
p.m.
Some cooking
requires that you measure ingredients exactly. But making soup is
different. With soup making, you improvise and your only goal is to
create something that will both satisfy your hunger and soothe what hurts
you. This weekend we will look at the ingredients that are needed to
make Tear Soup, that is, the time and the space needed to grieve,
to reflect on what will support us as we move through the grief and to
explore the opportunities for growth that accompany any
loss.
Cost: $135.00
Arrival: 6:30 PM /
Friday
Departure: 1:00 PM / Sunday
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MARCH 24-26, 2006
Retreat for Women in AA
Ann Harriman
Sharon St. Amand
We will
complement readings from The Big Book (Alcoholics Anonymous) with
selections from Scripture. By attaining a conscious contact with
God, we will seek knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that
out – that is, we will claim spiritual progress.
Cost: $135.00
Arrival: 6:30 PM /
Friday
Departure: 1:00 PM / Sunday
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MARCH 31 – APRIL 2,
2006
Matriarchs in the Scriptures:
Revealing a
Faithful God
Susan Frederick, p.m.
Sylvia Genesse,
p.m.
A women’s retreat to
explore the questions: Do women of biblical times have anything to
say to today’s women? Can their attempt to relate with a faithful
God and their struggles in a society that denied them personal rights,
appeal to 21st century women?
The intent of the weekend
is to explore the Scriptures and discover in the stories of biblical
women, a common thread that binds women of all centuries. Despite
differences in time, culture, lifestyle and attitude, women share similar
experiences. They are motivated by the same passions of love,
compassion, hope and fear, as they seek to live their fidelity to a God
who is forever faithful.
Cost: $135.00
Arrival: 6:30 PM /
Friday
Departure: 1:00 PM / Sunday
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APRIL 7–9, 2006
Young
Adults: “I Call You Friends”
William
Brown, OMV
David Nicgorski, OMV
In the book of Sirach, the
writer says that, “A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; he that
has found one has found a treasure” (6:14). Friendship is one of the
greatest gifts we can experience in our lives. It teaches us a lot
about ourselves, others and God and also about the friendship Jesus
enjoyed and shared with His disciples.
This Lenten Retreat
for young adults in their 20’s and 30’s, will provide an opportunity
to examine the friendships in our lives and how they can give us a glimpse
of the friendship that God desires to have with each of us. There
will be individual and community prayer as well as quiet moments to get
away from the busyness of life and draw close to Christ, who is our
friend.
Cost: $135.00
Arrival: 6:30 PM /
Friday
Departure: 1:00 PM / Sunday
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APRIL 13–16, 2006
Holy Days’ Celebration
Marie Joseph
Retreat Staff
The holy days’ liturgical celebrations lived in an atmosphere of
silence provide the structure for this sacred time. Individual and
communal prayer, meditation and worship enable us to enter more fully into
the Passion and Resurrection of Christ.
Cost: $
165.00/Single $265.00/Couples
Arrival: 4:30 PM /
Thursday
Departure: After Sunday breakfast
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APRIL 21–23,
2006
There’s a Hole in My Chest:
Healing the Mother and
Father Wound
Fr. William Jarema
This weekend will offer an
in-depth review of the adult life skills that are given by our mother and
father. If you have struggled with procrastination, setting
boundaries, self-sabotage, addictions with food, drug, alcohol, sex, money
or control, this weekend will contribute to your overall healing and
well-being. There will be time for prayer, small group discussion
and mandala assessment.
The weekend will conclude with creating
your personal Health Care Plan, so that you can “live life to the
full”, (John 10:10).
Cost:
$150.00
Arrival: 6:30 PM /
Friday
Departure: 1:00 / Sunday
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MAY 19–21,
2006
Encounters with Jesus
Each story can
say something new every time it is read.
Helene Cote,
p.m.
This weekend
is open to women who desire to enter into the experience of two Gospel
women whose lives were changed by an encounter with Jesus. You may
have heard their stories many times; the woman who anointed Jesus, and the
bent-over woman. Come and meet them again – face to face and heart
to heart, and discover how their empowering stories can become
yours.
Cost: 135.00
Arrival: 6:30 PM /
Friday
Departure: 1:00 PM / Sunday
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MAY 26–28, 2006
Married
Couples Retreat
Donald and Ann Harriman
We will,
“together ~ as a couple”, explore with God, the cup of our lives
through greater openness, trust, listening and receiving. Please
bring to the retreat your favorite drinking cup or mug.
Cost: $265.00
Arrival: 6:30
PM /
Friday
Departure: 1:00 / Sunday
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WEEK LONG
PROGRAMS
MAY 28 –JUNE
3, 2006
The Choice to Be Healed
(John 5:2-9)
April M.
Noonan, Ed.D., ACPC
Denis T. Noonan, III, D.Min.
Helene Cote,
p.m.
A retreat
focused on healing from the perspectives of spiritual, emotional and
physical awareness for those who experience depression, stress, anxiety or
grief. Participants have the opportunity to discern God’s presence
during these times and explore how to engage their spiritual discipline
with medical and mental health resources. There will be
opportunities for individual and group spiritual direction, guided
physical activity, worship and private reflection. Pre-registration
will include a brief personal questionnaire and phone consult.
Cost: $600.00
Limited to 15 participants
Arrival: 6:30 PM /
Sunday
Departure: 1:00 PM / Saturday
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JUNE 4–10. 2006
Mid-Life Directions
Vacation/Workshop for
Personal & Spiritual Growth
We cannot live the afternoon of life
according
to the program of life’s morning –
(C.G. Jung)
Sr. Helene Cote, p.m.
Mid-Life / Long life Directions Consultant
A Mid-Life
Directions vacation/workshop is an opportunity for any adult ages 35 –
70+, to explore his/her spiritual and psychological growth in a
non-threatening atmosphere. It combines insights from Jungian
Psychology with Judeo-Christian Spirituality. The workshop includes
facilitated discussion, meaningful spiritual exercises, journaling and
time for reflection and prayer. The afternoons are free for rest and
relaxation.
Cost: $415.00
Limited to 15 participants
Includes workbook
Arrival: 6:30 / Sunday
Departure: 1:00 PM / Saturday
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JULY 22–29,
2006
Tending the Soul
(Women's retreat)
Ann
Harriman
The central message of
Scripture is Love. Nearly all of God’s words are an expression on
God’s love. Sacred Scripture, therefore, becomes a meeting place
where you and the One who loves you can meet in honesty and intimacy…and,
where two hearts speak as
one.
This retreat will focus on the invitation to “drink freely of
Love”. (Song 5:1)
Cost: $455.00 / Guided
Retreat
Arrival: 3:00 PM /
Saturday
Departure: 1:00 PM / Saturday
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AUGUST 19
–26, 2006
The Spirituality of the Beatitudes
Helene Cote,
p.m.
The
Beatitudes, found in Matthew’s account of the Sermon on the Mount, were
exciting words that offered a new vision, a new way of life for all who
had come to follow Jesus and to believe in the Kingdom of God. Two
thousand years later, we continue to hear the Beatitudes proclaimed, but
what do they mean to us? Have they lost their power, their ability
to challenge and empower? This retreat will focus on exploring the
relevance of these same Beatitudes for
Christians of
the Twenty-First Century and on discovering how they can still be the
source of a new vision for each of us.
Cost: $455.00 / Guided
Retreat
Arrival: 3:00 PM /
Saturday
Departure: 1:00 PM / Saturday
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SUMMER PROGRAMS
Arrival time for retreats
and vacations begins on Saturday at 3:00 PM.
Departure is after the
following noon meal.~
JULY 1-8
JULY 29 - AUGUST 5,
2006
Women’s Silent, Private and
Directed Retreats
Private Retreat:
Cost: $385.00
Directed
Retreat: $455.00
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JULY
8–5, 2006
Men’s Silent Private &
Directed Retreats
Private Retreat:
Cost: $385.00
Directed
Retreat: $455.00
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JULY 22–29,
2006
Women’s Silent Guided,
Private & Directed Retreats
(Please see
above for description of the guided retreat)
“Tending the
Soul”
Ann
Harriman
Private Retreat:
Cost: $385.00
Directed
Retreat: $455.00
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AUGUST
5–12
AUGUST 12–19, 2006
Women Religious’ Vacation
Weeks
Cost: $385.00
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AUGUST 19–26,
2006
Women’s Silent, Guided, Private
& Directed Retreat
“The
Spirituality of the Beatitudes.”
(Please see above for description
of the guided retreat)
Private Retreat:
Cost: $385.00
Directed
Retreat: $455.00
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ANNUAL & SPECIAL INTEREST
PROGRAMS
~ Please call the Center for specific
program information ~
Mid-Life Directions: Workshop for Personal and
Spiritual Growth
Helene Cote, p.m.
A Mid-Life
Directions workshop is an opportunity for any adult ages 35 – 70+,
to explore his/her spiritual and psychological growth in a non-threatening
atmosphere. It combines insights from Jungian Psychology with
Judeo-Christian Spirituality. The workshop includes facilitated
discussion, meaningful spiritual exercises, journaling and time for
reflection and prayer.
On Tuesdays for 7 weeks, beginning
Oct. 4, 2005
9:30–11:30 AM
Cost: $10.00 per session
Workbook - $14.00
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Women Journeying Together in Faith
Sylvia
Genesse, p.m.
1st
Thursday of the month, 1:00–4:00 PM
Cost: $10.00 per
session
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Lenten Series
Helene Cote, p.m.
Sylvia
Genesse, p.m.
Ann Harriman
1st five Tuesdays
of Lent, 6:30 – 8:00 PM
Cost: Donation
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Rivier Retreat: A Journey in
Faith
Sylvia Lariviere, p.m.
Fall ’05 and Spring ’06 in
area parishes
Updated October 29, 2005
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