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Other Retreats

Quick Links: Growing In Prayer Through Female Images Of God Various Dates 2010/2011
  Personal Days Upon Availability
  Christianity and the Practice of Zen October 22-24, 2010
  Unwrapping the Gifts of Advent December 10-12, 2010
  A Retreat for Priests and Deacons May 1-6, 2011

GROWING IN PRAYER THROUGH FEMALE IMAGES OF GOD

For Men And Women Desirous Of Exploring God’s Revelation In And Through Female Images And Metaphors

"In the different passages of Sacred Scripture we find comparisons that attribute to God ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ qualities...In the psalms God is compared to a caring mother...In various passages the love of God is compared to a caring mother...In various passages the love of God is shown to be like that of a mother..."  - John Paul II (Mulieris Dignitatem)

Silent Guided Retreat Weekends:   Praying with Female Images of God

These retreats will include opportunities for guided reflection on praying with female images of God, personal and communal prayer, and personal direction.

Guided Retreat A:   November 12 - 14, 2010

Guided Retreat B:    March 25 - 27, 2011   (For those who made Guided Retreat A)

Arrival: 4:00-5:45 PM
Departure: 2:00 PM

Cost: $150
Deposit: $75

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Silent Directed 7-Day Retreat:   Praying with Female Images of God

These retreats offer the opportunity to be companioned as you experience and discern God’s revelation in and through female images and metaphors. Retreatants will have the opportunity to meet with the director each day for personal direction.

August 22 - 30, 2010

August 21 - 29, 2011

Arrival: 4:00-5:45 PM
Departure: 2:00 PM

Cost: $560
Deposit: $280

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Director: Maria McCoy, S.S.J., DMin. and Associate Directors as Needed.
Registration for each is limited.

When registering, please specify: “Growing in Prayer through Female Images of God Retreat.”

For further information email: Maria

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PERSONAL DAYS

The Center Staff invites you to come at a time of your choosing for day(s) of silent retreat without a director, offering the opportunity for personal prayer, reflection, rest, spiritual reading and exercise. Dates can be individually negotiated with the Center registrar.

Cost:

$70 per night with 3 meals
$35 per night without meals

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Deposit:

$35 with meals
$15 without meals

  

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CHRISTIANITY AND THE PRACTICE OF ZEN
October 22-24, 2010
Rev. Robert Kennedy, S.J.

This silent retreat will involve practice in the discipline and philosophy of Zen highlighting its usefulness to one seeking to deepen his/her Christian life.   There will be several intense prayer times throughout the weekend.  The retreat is geared toward those who already know the basic concept of the practice of Zen. It may be helpful for participants to read Fr. Kennedy’s book entitled “Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit” before they arrive.Please bring a mat for sitting. (Straight backed chairs will also be available.)

Fr. Robert Kennedy, S.J., teaches theology and Japanese at St. Peter’s College, Jersey City, NJ, is a practicing psychotherapist, and the author.  He studied Zen in Japan with the Japanese master Yamada Roshi; in 1991, he was made Sensei (teacher) in the White Plum lineage; in 1997, he received Inka, the complete seal of approval and was given the title Roshi or Master.  He holds doctorates in theology from the University of Ottawa and from St. Paul in Ottawa, a Masters in Theology from Sophia University in Tokyo, a Doctor of Ministry in Psychology and Clinical Studies from Andover-Newton in Boston.

Arrival: 4:30-5:45 PM
Departure: 2:00 PM


Cost: $170
Deposit: $85
Commuter Fee: $115 (includes meals)

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“UNWRAPPING THE GIFTS OF ADVENT:
Peace, Courage, Playfulness and Hope”
December 10-12, 2010
Melannie Svoboda, S.N.D.

This silent retreat will provide time to pause amid the Christmas rush and reflect on four gifts that Advent wishes to give us: peace, courage, playfulness and hope.  Using scripture, music, stories, and humor, Sr. Melannie will lead us in a weekend of prayer, input sessions, personal reflection time, and sharing.

Sr. Melannie Svoboda is a Sister of Notre Dame from Chardon, Ohio.  With M.A.’s in English and Spirituality, she has ministered as a high school and college teacher, novice director, assistant novice director for the Jesuit novitiate in Detroit, president of her religious community, writer, and retreat facilitator.  Her ten books include Gracious Goodness (Loyola Press), Traits of a Healthy Spirituality, With the Dawn Rejoicing: A Christian Perspective on Pain and Suffering, and When the Rain Speaks: Celebrating God’s Presence in Nature (Twenty-Third Publications).

If you are staying with us after attending our December 5-11 Directed Retreat, the cost for this weekend is $100 in addition to the $420 fee for the retreat. See page 6 for retreat information.

Arrival: 4:00-5:45 PM
Departure: 2:00 PM

Cost: $170
Deposit: $85
Commuter Fee: $115 (includes meals)

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A RETREAT FOR PRIESTS AND DEACONS
"A Silent Directed Retreat "
May 1-6, 2011

A member of the Jesuit community is assigned to meet with you individually on a daily basis to assist you in processing your prayer, and discerning the movement of the Spirit.  Within an atmosphere of silence, there is time for personal prayer, reflection and liturgy.

Arrival: 4:30-5:45 PM
Departure: 2:00 PM

Cost: $350
Deposit: $175

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