|
Home Programs
|
Click below for specific
programs
NOVEMBER 12 – 14, 2010
During this weekend, participants will engage in a trusting
journey and depend on each other to form their authentic faces through
mask-making techniques. Everyone will make at least four masks of their own
face and will also decorate them. Each will have a chance to meet
individually with the provider who will process and analyze their
“authentic” selves. Prayers, reflections and personal sharing will also
serve as tools for this spiritual journey. Cost: $170.00
NOVEMBER 12 – 14, 201
There is power in the Word of God. Christ is the WORD made
flesh and through Him the Father offers peace. This weekend will focus on
the growth in faith that happens as we follow Jesus and witness the healing
power of His presence. Our relationship with Him is deepened through every
day events. Cost:
$150.00 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Top
NOVEMBER 26 – 28, 2010 Have you ever taken a good, long look at your hands? Over the course of centuries, Christians have been called to be the “hands, the feet and the heart of Christ” in the world. Today, this continues to be our challenge. During this time of retreat, we will look more closely at the hands of Christ; hands that prayed, touched, healed, served, fed the hungry and hands that were pierced and wounded. In looking more closely at Christ’s hands, we will be invited to look with gratitude at our own hands which continue to be Christ’s presence in the world today. Cost:
$150.00
Throughout
the centuries and across the world, Mary has visited ordinary people of
every race and culture, from scholars to illiterates, from devout to
unbelieving, from children to the dying. The Apostles, Saint Ignatius,
Teresa of Avila, and Marie Rivier were awakened by Mary’s presence to the
love of Jesus and invited into God’s heart.
To linger in the domain of Mary is a divinely great thing.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Top
From the very first
moment we were born, there was and is a need for us to be connected to
others. For most people those persons were our parents, particularly
our mothers. They were the ones who provided us with stability,
security and reliability.
Cost: $145.00
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Top
DECEMBER 10–12, 2010 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.) 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.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Top
JANUARY 7 – 9, 2011 Laughter is good for the soul. It is one of our unique gifts form our Creator God. This retreat for men is designed to help recognize the infinite love and care our Creator has in providing each of us with an appreciation of humor and all things funny. There is a time to weep and a time to laugh. This is your time to laugh and look at life with “fresh eyes” as you journey from wholeness to holiness. Won’t you join and share with us your amazing gift of humor!
Cost: $150.00 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Top
MARCH 11 – 13, 2011
God’s Word is always fresh and new, multi-layered like an
onion. This retreat on the Word of God is not a
theological, historical, analytical study of the Bible. The focus is simply
learning to better pray with Scripture. Please bring your Bible. Cost: $150.00
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Top
MARCH 18-20, 2011 I began to
think of the soul as if it were a castle made of a single diamond or of a
very clear crystal in which there are many rooms, just as in heaven there
are many mansions… In the center and midst of them all is the chiefest
mansion where the most secret things pass between God and the Soul …
Teresa of Avila from the Interior Castle
Cost: $150.00 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Top MARCH
25 – 27, 2011 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Top
APRIL 15-17, 2011
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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Top
MAY 13-15, 2011 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Top
MAY 27-30, 2011
Cost: $ 250.00 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Top
FEBRUARY 27 – MARCH 6, 2011 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 include obstacles to prayer, blocks to freedom, God’s passionate love, passion for God, 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. Cost: $ 475.00 Arrival: 3:00 PM / Sunday Departure: Sunday after breakfast
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Top
MAY 15 – 22, 2011 In the beatitudes, Jesus identifies qualities of those who find themselves in the Kingdom of God. This retreat focuses on how the beatitudes may be used as a blueprint for living a happy, blessed and full life.
Cost: $ 475.00
NOTE: The two preached retreats above are the annual retreats for the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary. Once the sisters of the Community have registered, they will be open to Sisters of other Religious Congregations. Registrations can be
made after January 1st.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Top
JUNE 11– 18, 2011
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.
Cost: $475.00
JULY 2 - JULY 9, 2011 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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Top
AUGUST
20 – 27, 2011
|