A SAMPLING OF PAST RETREATS
(Advent, 2010) Luminescence in the Darkness
Ecclesiastes
tells us there is a time and season for all things. The wintering time
has many qualities and contractions—a time of quiet and hurried
activity, of discouragement and expectancy, of sparklings of light amid
the darkness. Participants are invited to discover this season as
grace and to explore how they wish to respond to God’s gift of
luminescence in the darkness within and around us.
(Spring, 2010) Weeds Among the Wheat: : Treasuring
Ourselves as Earthen Vessels
God
gives us—and we develop—so many qualities! Some we love about ourselves
and other we find hard to live with. Using the Myers-Briggs preference
indicator as a springboard to identify our own spiritually and prayer
preferences, participants engage in Scripture reading, lectio divina,
guided meditation, movement prayer, song and artistic expression, to
integrate and celebrate the person they are and who God calls them to
be—an earthen vessel who contains a treasure—the Triune God.
(Winter, 2009) Praying with Beads
Whether they call them males, mascaras, tarsi or rosaries, members of
many of the great world religions— Hinduism, Judaism, Islam and
numerous
Christian traditions —have been praying with beads, ropes, and strings
for centuries! Join Peg Wuelfing and Leona Manke and examine the
commonalities and distinctiveness in prayer forms that use beads or
string.
Participants have the opportunity to experience prayer in new ways and
to create a set of
prayer beads to take home that deepens their current practice or
introduces them to a new way to pray.
(Advent, 2009) Wine, Women and Psalms
Participants
learn the history, structure and sources, patterns and poetry of “the
Songs of Scriptures and then work through the writing of a landmark in
their life—a story of praise, adoration, petition, lament, or
thanksgiving. Musicians help create a musical refrain so participants
can truly sing a psalm of their own lives!
(Fall, 2008) This Old
House: The Spirituality of Grandparenting
Session 1: Foundations
Take time to remember your foundations,’ the
people, places, and events that helped to shape you as a temple of the
Holy Spirit
Session
2: Renovations
Examine how you had to re-order the
people and events that rearranged and reconstructed your life, in ways
expected and unexpected, and
Session 3:
Building A Legacy
Reflect on the ‘firm
foundation’ you would like to leave to your children, grandchildren and
great grandchildren.
(Lent, 2007)
Like Flowers, Blooming in
the Desert
A day of prayer for women, an opportunity to journey into and past the
dry places in our lives, to discover the flowers, the refreshment and
the joy that God intends for His daughters… “See, I
will lead her into the desert and speak to her heart!”
(Hosea 2: 16).
Guided by
others experienced in a variety of ways to become aware of God’s
presence, to listen to God speak, to respond to God, participants
gather new ways to pray.
Walk through the day, and find the Liturgy of the Hours, solo
and group lectio divina, journaling, prayers of silence and
intercession, of art, movement, and song, a nature walk, and an oasis
of hospitality for spiritual companionship and holy
conversation.
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(Advent, 2007) Clothed in Virtue,
Adorned in Grace: Our Sisters Speak to Us Today
Reflection on and celebrating with women of Jewish, Catholic and other
Christian traditions the stories of our mothers in faith— Eve,
Judith, Esther and Ruth —women of prudence, justice, temperance, and
fortitude, and listen, as they speak to us today!
(Advent, 2006)
How Wondrous Are Your
Stars of Night, O Lord!
An opportunity for stories and silence, music, prayer and reflection in
the midst of a most busy time of year! As storytellers and prayer
leaders, vowed religious and lay women point to the ‘stars’ that God
places in our universe, who, like the angels, “light and guard, rule
and guide” us on our way. Night’s first star, shooting stars,
pole star and cluster stars… remember and thank God for the universe of
stars God has created, just for you.
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