Day Programs & Retreats

Saturday, October 13
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Cost: $45

Presented by Sr. Kate Hine, SND & John Ropar

Living well takes an attentive heart and a courageous spirit. This day of reflection will offer an opportunity to renew our commitment to living in the moment, to living mindfully so that our prayer and action become a single response of love to God and to one another. We will explore the meaning of mindfulness and practice mindful awareness. As we deepen our understanding of prayer, we’ll also incorporate prayer practices into our experience. Finally, we’ll look at kindness to ourselves and to others as a fruit of mindfulness and prayer.

Sr. Kate Hine is a Sister of Notre Dame. As an educator and a spiritual director she facilitates retreats and workshops and has worked with young adults in retreat settings and in volunteer service programs. John Ropar is a counselor in private practice, a certified spiritual director, and has done numerous programs on mindfulness in the community.

Monday, October 29
9:30 am – 11:00 am
Cost: $8

Women from all walks of life are invited to pray together and learn more about the beauty of prayer. Led by Sr. Mary Ann Flannery, S.C., this prayer group will refresh your spirit and help you find strength in regular prayer habits. Just bring your Bible and come as you are!

Price includes coffee and pastry. Registrations are encouraged, but walk-ins welcome!

Monday, November 5
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Cost: $45

Presented by Sr. Rosemarie Carfagna, OSU

The crises of life are turning points from which we can grow spiritually. The day offers reflections on spiritual wisdom gained through crisis with examples from the lives of Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, Henri Nouwen, Catherine Doherty, Cardinal Bernardin and others. It will be a chance to reflect on God’s action in their lives and in our own. There will be time for presentation, silent prayer and group sharing.

Rosemarie Carfagna is an Ursuline sister with experience in college teaching, spiritual direction and retreat work. She has a doctoral degree in spirituality and is the author of several books, most recently Crisis and Contemplation.

Monday, November 26
9:30 am – 11:00 am
Cost: $8

Women from all walks of life are invited to pray together and learn more about the beauty of prayer. Led by Sr. Mary Ann Flannery, S.C., this prayer group will refresh your spirit and help you find strength in regular prayer habits. Just bring your Bible and come as you are!

Price includes coffee and pastry. Registrations are encouraged, but walk-ins welcome!

Program offered twice; choose your preferred date/time:
Tuesday Evening, November 27 (scroll up to register for the 27th)
6:30–9:00pm
or
Wednesday Morning, November 28 (register here)
9:30 am–12:00pm

Cost: $25

Presented by Janet Lehane & Paula Fitzgerald

Spiritual direction is a ministry of presence. Join us for an evening (or a morning) of prayer and reflection and allow the Spirit to be present to you. Come and explore your call and your experiences as a director, as well as the graces of accompanying others in spiritual direction. There will be ample time for individual prayer as well as time to share with others involved in this ministry.

Janet and Paula are both certified spiritual directors and experienced retreat leaders and have served at St. Ignatius High School and John Carroll University, respectively.

Monday, December 10
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Cost: $30

Presented by Sr. Kathleen Glavich, SND

Mary, who faced the extraordinary challenges of her vocation with love and faith, is a perfect Advent model. This presentation offers realistic views of our Blessed Mother based on Scripture with insights from historians. From her spirituality, it will draw three practices that strengthen our relationship with God and prepare us for his coming — listening, trusting, and loving.

Sr. Mary Kathleen Glavich, SND, is an author, editor, and international speaker who has produced various faith formation materials, including more than eighty books – among these are The Catholic Companion to Mary and Heart to Heart with Mary: A Yearly Devotional.

Sunday, December 16
10:30 am– 4:30 pm
Cost: $45

Presented Fr. Matt Linn, SJ

What keeps you from feeling really good right now? Advent can be a time where we are longing for new life because we have been hurt by life. All of us encounter hardships – a difficult person or situation, the loss of a loved one, a health crisis, or worry about an uncertain future – that can make it hard to sing “joy to the world.” This day will focus on how to move from longing for new life to receiving new life especially during the closing healing Mass.

Fr. Matt Linn, SJ is a prolific author, retreat leader and spiritual director based in Minnesota. In conjunction with Dennis and Sheila Linn, he has authored more than 20 books and focuses his ministry on integrating physical, emotional and spiritual healing.

Monday, December 17
9:30 am – 11:00 am
Cost: $8

Women from all walks of life are invited to pray together and learn more about the beauty of prayer. Led by Sr. Mary Ann Flannery, S.C., this prayer group will refresh your spirit and help you find strength in regular prayer habits. Just bring your Bible and come as you are!

Price includes coffee and pastry. Registrations are encouraged, but walk-ins welcome!

Monday, December 24
4:00 – 5:00 pm

Please join us for Christmas Eve Mass with Father Matt, Roche, SJ in the Jesuit Retreat Center chapel.  Register below so we can save you a seat.

Freewill offering accepted that evening.