During this season of Advent we are called to uncomplicate, free ourselves from excess and prepare our hearts to reflect on the significance of the birth of Jesus Christ.  Simplicity of lifestyle both physically and spiritually will be the focus of our time together through talks, silent reflection, small group processing, meditation and Taizé prayer. Join us from 9 am – 3 p.m. Lunch is included.    

Start the New Year and follow your Desire to Deepen your Relationship with God. This retreat invites you to experience the intimacy of God’s unconditional love for you. It adapts material from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola whose contemplative practices have enlivened and transformed the lives of countless participants for over four Centuries. The retreat is open to all men and women of all denominations and no prior experience with Ignatian Spirituality is necessary. Participants will seek to deepen their personal relationship with God/Christ by using the “Ignatian Prayer Method” of praying with Scripture and experiencing &…

Each group of five individuals at the retreat will have a spiritual director who will suggest two or three Scripture readings per day for prayer.  The readings will be particular to each retreatant.  Participants are asked to spend about an hour with each passage, entering the story using his or her imagination.   The group will come together twice: on the first day of the retreat and at its conclusion.  The retreat includes a daily meeting with a spiritual director to help process one’s prayer and to discern the movement of God’s Spirit in one’s life.   Kathy Tosney directs…