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November 11-13, 2011
Our
faith in God reminds us that the Holy Spirit guides us each day and
leads us to a still place where God's voice can be heard. All
that Jesus said and did allowed for the face and heart of his Father
to be seen, because of His willingness to be led by the Spirit.
This same spirit calls to us so that the face and heart of Jesus can
be seen in and through us. This time of retreat will help us
quiet down, to let go of distractions and allow us to hear His voice
call us to a change of heart and perhaps even a new direction.
It will be an invitation to abandon our normal spaces and
spend time with Him. What is He calling us to do and who is He
calling us to be? When we get way with Him, we find Him
more than willing to help us with the answers, and to help us see
the unique role He has prepared for us in the Body of Christ.
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NOVEMBER 18-20, 2011
During this weekend, each participant
will continue to journey through processes and experiences of
watercolor painting that will lead to discoveries of his/ her
spiritual strengths and struggles. New watercolor techniques
will be presented that will serve as tools for the spiritual
journey. Participants will have the opportunity to meet
individually with the provider who is an art therapist.
Participants will also take with them a deeper appreciation for art
expression in the spiritual life.
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December 2-4, 2011 25th Annual Rivier Retreat Jesus: Cause of our Joy Your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart.
(Jer. 15: 16) and a team of Rivier Associates
It's the 25th Anniversary of our Annual Rivier Weekends! What better way to celebrate than attempt to discover the multiple pathways to joy revealed in the words and actions of Jesus? I have told you there things, so that you will be filled with joy! And that your cup of joy may overflow! (John 15:11).
Joy is meant to be the distinguishing mark of a follower of Jesus. There are "101 pathways to joy" hidden in His words. We will trace a few and explore how the joy of the Lord is our strength. Hopefully, this celebration weekend will help us catch its overflow and set our feet a-dancing with a bouncing Magnificat for the marvels the Lord has done for the Association during 25 years of pondering His love. If we do not truly enjoy our faith, nobody is going to catch the fire of joy from us. (Madeleine L'Engle)
* For members of Rivier's Family.
Cost: $150.00
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DECEMBER 17 & 18 2nd ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT Featuring Tim Janis The American Christmas Carol
Saturday December 17, 2011 ~ 6:30 PM Sunday December 18, 2011 ~ 2:00 PM free will offering.
***Special Option*** Overnight accommodations at Marie Joseph Spiritual Center with Tim Janis Ensemble! Includes Breakfast. $60.00 single / $75.00 couple FMI, please call
Limited space- please RSVP @ 284-5671 by Dec. 12
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JANUARY 6-8, 2012 The Gift of a Lifetime~ Just for You Men's Retreat
with
Our Advent season has come and gone and gifts have been exchanged. The best gifts are the ones we cherish, use and share with others. Do you remember the best gift you ever received and who gave it to you? What about the gift of Christ and the gifts He brought with Him- just for you. Ever wonder why? Won't you come and share with us as we walk with Jesus on the road to Calvary- and just maybe, you will find an answer for, why you.
Cost: $150.00 Arrival: 6:30 PM/ Friday Departure: 1:00 PM/ Sunday
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February 17-19, 2012 Seeing the Familiar with New Eyes with Ann Harriman
In truth we gaze but do not see, and hearken but do not hear; we eat and drink but do not taste. And there lies the difference between Jesus of Nazareth and ourselves. His senses were all continually made new, and the world to Him was always a new world... To Him, the root of a buttercup was a longing towards God, while to us it is naught but a root. Kahill Gibran - Jesus: The Son of Man. This weekend will give us an opportunity to step back and remember when we had the childlike gifts of Wonder and Awe. An important part of the spiritual life is learning to pay attention. We will look into our hearts and find that we too, are a wonder; created and loved by God. The goal of St. Ignatius of Loyola was finding God in all things, meaning that every part of our lives can lead us to God. Our eyes must be opened to see the extraordinary in the ordinary!
Cost: $150.00 Arrival: 6:30 / PM Friday Departure: 1:00 PM / Sunday
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MARCH 16-18, 2012 Living with a Grateful Heart Gratitude: A Spiritual Path to Wholeness and Holiness With gratitude in your hearts sing psalms and hymns and inspired songs to God. (Colossians 3:16) A Women's Retreat with Susan Frederick, p.m. and Sylvia Genesse, p.m.
Why a retreat on gratitude? Life is a continual invitation to gratitude. Using the Scriptures. we will uncover the fullness of seeking to live life with a grateful heart. Looking at the person of Jesus in the Gospels, we will ponder the ways He draws gratitude out of His followers. The retreat will offer the opportunity to discover the pathway of gratitude found in our ordinary life experiences. Come with an open heart during this Lenten season to encounter the active presence of our good and giving God.
Cost: $150.00 Arrival: 6:30 PM / Friday Departure: 1: 00 PM / Sunday
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MARCH 30 - APRIL 1. 2012 Palm Sunday Young Adults Retreat: By His Wounds We Are Healed (Is. 53:5) with William Brown, OMV and Jeremy Paulin, OMV
In Richard Rohr’s series, On Transformation,
he notes that what is not transformed is transmitted. Unless
we transform the pains and sufferings in our lives, we are bound to
transmit them onto others. In order to be transformed, however, we
have to be willing to face and deal with the pains and their root
causes. Presenting them to Christ, by whose wounds we are
healed, (Is. 53:5) is the key to experiencing the healing God
desires for us. In preparation for Easter, this Lenten retreat for
young adults in their 20’s and 30’s provides an opportunity to
discover how the sufferings we have experienced in life can be the
means by which we are transformed by God’s grace, and helps us to be
empathetic instead of reactive in our relationships with others.
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MAY 4 - 6, 2012
Praying
with Hearts and Hands
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
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This guided retreat will introduce you to four Gospel women whose lives were changed by an encounter with Jesus. You may have heard their stories many times. However, you are invited to come and meet them again -- face to face and heart to heart -- and discover how their empowering stories can become yours. In addition to the conferences, Kim will lead the participants in watercolor exercises that will enrich and deepen the themes associated with each of the Gospel women's stories. Opportunities for individual sessions will be available.
Cost: $265.00 Arrival: 6:30 PM / Friday Departure: 1:00 PM / Monday
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SPECIAL 5 DAY RETREAT
JUNE 10 - 15, 2012 A Call to the Church with Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy
Fr. McCarthy, who has presented thousands of conferences over more than forty years on the Nonviolent Jesus of the Gospels and His Way of Nonviolent Love of friends and enemies, illuminates in this retreat, the centrality of this truth of Jesus and His Way, and why reforming the Churches of Christianity is not a reform that can be ignored, but one which, if chosen, will renew the face of the earth. In this retreat, he tackles difficult questions which are essential to salvation, such as: * Jesus saves but how? By mere animal pain he endured or by the Spirit with which He responded to those inflicting this pain on Him? * The absolute necessity of loving one's enemies. * How do Christians participate in the salvific process? * How to thrive without military arms or protection. * How and why the Church veered from Christ's truth.
* Did Jesus know what He was talking about and if so, why has the Church and its members ignored it? This retreat is absorbing. Tom Roberts, Editor at Large for the National Catholic Reporter, wrote, "Fr. McCarthy presents one of the most academically rigorous and thorough expositions I've encountered of Gospel nonviolence and love of enemies as core teaching of the Christian Scriptures... Dare to listen in knowing that you will be challenged and that your understanding of Christianity and your life as a Christian, will be altered." This is an unparalleled opportunity for Catholic or Protestant clergy, Sisters or Brothers, as well as laity, who would like to become more seriously informed and to more seriously ponder the much misunderstood, but crucially important issue of the Nonviolent Jesus of the Gospels, and His Way of nonviolent love of friends and enemies.
Cost: $360.00 Arrival: 3:00 PM / Sunday Departure: Friday after lunch
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WEEK LONG RETREATS
FEBRUARY 19- 26, 2012 How to Forgive Yourself and Others with James Mattaliano, S.J.
Jesus commands us in the Gospels to forgive others in order to be forgiven. This retreat will focus on what forgiveness is and what it is not in an attempt to put Jesus' command into action. We will address many of the steps and obstacles to true forgiveness and how there can be applied to others (both living and deceased), to oneself, to God and to institutions, both religious and secular. Many practical and prayer suggestions will be provided.
Cost: $475 Arrival: 3:00 PM / Sunday Departure: Sunday after breakfast
Note: This retreat dated February 19-26, 2012 is an annual retreat for the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary. Once the sisters of the Community have registered, the retreat will be open to Sisters of other Religious Congregations. Registrations can be made only after January 1, 2012.
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JUNE 16 - 22, 2012 Saying Yes to the Call of Aging with Ann Billard, OLM, Ph.D.
This guided retreat is for older adults who wish to deepen their ability to live more fully. This experience invites them to say, "Yes" to the call of aging by living in the promise of the resurrection while surrendering to the losses of aging. The retreat will guide participants in using spiritual tools to grow into a deeper relationship with God. There will be two conferences daily with time for prayer, personal reflection, optional processing with retreat facilitator and occasional group sharing. Other spiritual tools will include scripture, elder tales, guided reflections on the day's theme, rituals and silence.
Cost: $475.00 Arrival: 3:00 PM / Saturday Departure: Friday after breakfast
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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: Saturday after breakfast
Note: This retreat dated June 23- 30, 2012 is an annual retreat for the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary. Once the sisters of the Community have registered, the retreat will be open to Sisters of other Religious Congregations. Registrations can be made only after January 1, 2012.
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JUNE 30 - JULY 7, 2012 Claiming the Promise I came that you may have life and have it to the full. (Jn.10:10) with Helene Cote, p.m.
Jesus' words expressed in John 10:10 are both a promise and a challenge. They promise the "more" that we are all seeking and they challenge us to trust in God's presence in our lives. During this time of retreat, we will explore how to open ourselves to these life-giving words, how to re-examine the choices we make and thus live in a way that is both fully human and deeply spiritual. There will be one conference per day.
Cost: $475.00 Arrival: 3:00PM / Saturday Departure: Saturday after breakfast
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AUGUST 18 -25, 2012 The Passionate Love of God with Michael Laratonda, FMS
This retreat will explore the passionate love God has for each of us and the passionate love for God that we are invited to have nurtured within us. Each day will include Morning Prayer and a daily conference. Conferences will cover obstacles to prayer, blocks to freedom, God's passionate love, our passion for God, the mystery of suffering, forgiveness and the compassionate life. Brother Michael's retreat work often uses the arts (film, poetry, etc.) to exemplify particular themes which help to deepen the spiritual journey. Please note: *This same retreat was held in February 2011. Cost: $475.00 Arrival: 300 PM/ Saturday Departure: Saturday after breakfast
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Saturday at 3:00 PM only
Women’s Silent Retreats: Private Directed Retreats
July 21 - July 28 July 28 - Aug 4
Cost: $405.00 / Private $475.00 / Directed
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June 16 - 22 "Saying YES to the Call of Aging"
June 23 - 30 "Transformative Aging"
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June 30 - July 7 "Claiming the Promise"
August 18- 25 "The Passionate Love of God"
(Please
see above for description of the guided retreat)
Cost: Guided Retreat: $475.00
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JULY 7 - 14
Cost $405.00 / Private $475.00 /Directed
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Women Religious’ Vacation Weeks
August 4-11 August 11-18
Cost: $ 405
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DAY RETREATS
Parables of Jesus with Aline Plante,p.m.
2011 2012
October 20th May 17th November 17th
What are Parables? Why did Jesus speak in Parables? Are they still relevant today? Jesus was a stroryteller par excellence. When Jesus spoke to the people of his day, he captured their attention by using real life experiences. His stories (Parebles) were simple, yet filled with eternal, spiritual truths. They were were not meant to entertain his listeners, but to instruct them. These "day retreats" will begin promptly at 10:00 AM and end at 2:30 PM. They will consist of a talk on one or two Parables, a prayer ritual, some quiet time to assimilate the meaning and the truth behind the Parable and some time of sharing.
Cost: $18.00 includes hot meal / $10.00 bring bag lunch.
Bring a Bible Time: 10:00 AM -- 2:30 PM
For each One Day Retreat of Day Program, please call (207) 284-5671 to register
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