Day Retreats
Journey Through Grief Laura Gormley, SSL
Saturday, January 28, 9:30 am to 2:30 pm
The loss of a beloved spouse, parent or other relative, or close friend sends us on a journey of grief. On this journey we struggle with our hopes and fears, our longings and expectations, as we learn to accept our new way of being and move forward with our individual lives. We will explore ways that may help us along this path.Lunch included.
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Orando Con San Juan De La Cruz
Carmen Maldonado, MA
Sábado, Febrero 4, de 1:00 pm a 4:00 pm
¿Quieres saber quien era esta gran santo y místico? En este taller exploraremos la vida y obra de este Doctor de la Iglesia. Además emplearemos algunas de sus poesías como instrumento de oración. Ven con el corazón abierto y tu alma dispuesta a bañarse en el amor de Dios a través de los versos de San Juan.
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A Journey to Freedom Through the Lord’s Prayer
Kay Murdy, MA
Saturday, February 11, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Kay takes you on a provocative journey, moving from the all-too-real world in which we live to intimacy with the Holy One. By meditating on the Lord’s Prayer you recreate, in effect, the journey of the Israelites in the Exodus – from Pharaoh to the Father. Click here for full information.
Valentine’s Day Couples Dinner & Celebration
Dn. Walt & Sue Lauderdale and Fr. Augustine Chang
Saturday, February 11, 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Christ continues to re-present Himself to all through the sacrifice of the Mass. Living the sacrament of marriage requires couples to re-present their love to each other in some way each day and needs a oneness that can only come from Christ. Join us as we explore this wonderful sacrament together. Click here for full information.
Lenten Journey: Scriptural Stations of the Cross
Julia Costello, DMJ
Friday, February 24, begins at 12:30 pm
Scriptural Stations of the Cross will be prayed on Fridays during Lent. These devotions will be led by Retreat Center staff and the Daughters of Mary and Joseph. As we journey in the footsteps of Christ we will remember the suffering and marginalized people in our world.
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Lenten Labyrinth: The Scriptural Stations of the Cross
Tammy Ichinotsubo-Ezzi, PhD
Friday, February 24, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
The Labyrinth is a walking meditation symbolizing our journey through life. Walking the path leads naturally to an inner quiet and increased ability to reflect openly with God. This Lent, walk the Via Dolorosa through the Stations of the Cross in the Labyrinth to an encounter with Christ.
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“Chants” of a Lifetime Ted Ley, SM, DMus
Sundays, February 26, March 11 & 25, 3:00 pm-4:30 pm Want to learn more about Gregorian Chant? How to sing it, lead it and use it in modern Liturgy? Teach congregations? Join Fr. Ted Ley and The Schola Cantorum of the Pacific® on a prayerful pilgrimage into a full Gregorian experience. Learn a complete set of chants and sing these at Mass with the Schola during a Schola concert presentation of chant and Sacred Polyphony. This program consists of 3 workshops and the concert performance.
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Lectio Divina: A Lenten Reflection
Julia Costello, DMJ & Melissa Guttman
Tuesday, February 28, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Lectio Divina is a way of listening to the still, small voice of God – a slow, contemplative reading of Scripture that enables the Word of God to become a means of contemplative union with God. Our time together will include a presentation on Lectio Divina, and afterwards, using a Lenten Scripture text, we will listen with the ‘ear of the heart’, reflect deeply on the meaning of the text and move into silent communion with God.
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Midlife & Menopause: The Hidden Gifts
Nancy Siskowic, RN, MSN, NP and Linda Schultz, PhD
Saturday, March 10, 9:30 am to 2:00 pm
Hormonal fluctuations and decline can propel women into a new stage of life: a time of crisis – a time of grace. Midlife issues invite us to reflect and re-negotiate life’s journey - its losses and its invitations to new growth. Today will focus on menopausal symptoms, your physical and emotional health, the role of bio-identical hormones, and guide you in a process through the spiritual and emotional terrain of midlife change.Click here for full information.
Castle of the Soul Concert: A Contemplative Prayer Experience Liam Lawton, Tony Alonso, Chris de Silva Saturday, March 17, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Teresa of Avila said, “Our soul is like a castle created out of a precious jewel, with many very interesting rooms. You can live your whole life and never discover what it’s like inside.” Join us for this prayer experience as we take time to journey into this castle. It is an exploration of contemplative life in a contemporary setting. How can we make time in the midst of the busyness of modern life to meet God in the interior place of the soul? Using reflections and musical settings based on the early desert pilgrims, the writings of the mystics – ancient and contemporary – come discover the eternal beauty of God’s presence. The concert will be held at Holy Trinity Church in San Pedro.
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Lectio/Visio Divina: Reflecting on the Crucifixion
Julia Costello, DMJ & Melissa Guttman
Tuesday, March 27, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Listening with the ‘ear of the heart’ and seeing with the ‘inner eye’ we will reflect on the Scripture account from John’s Gospel and gaze reverently at an image of the Crucifixion from Saint John’s Abbey Illustrated Bible. This way of divine hearing and seeing will lead us gently into deep communion with Jesus in His ultimate act of love.
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Ritual and Reality! Discovering the Reality Within the Rituals of Holy Week Fr. Ken Deasy
Saturday, March 31, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Holy Week is Traditionally the highest week of meaningful Liturgical Ritual within our Catholic liturgy. What inner meaning; comforts given/received; resurrection does this Holiest of Weeks offer us? Fr. Ken Deasy will take us through creative discoveries of "how this all applies to us today" as we look to the saving reality of Jesus recalled during Holy Week. Click here for full information.
To register for any of these events contact Irma Manley at (310) 377-4867 ext 234 or email Irma.
