In today’s fast paced world, it can be a challenge to find the time or a place to slow down, engage in reflection, and to savor those sacred moments of time with God. The Center for Spiritual Development offers a serene and welcoming environment including a beautiful garden, comfortable rooms, and inviting meals. Please join us for a day, weekend or week for renewal and refreshment of the mind, body and spirit.
Day Retreats
TO PAUSE BY RESTFUL WATERS: A Caregivers Mini-Retreat
Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Presented by: Claire Frazier-Yzaguirre, MFT, M.Div.
Whether caring for parents, children, or those in physical, mental or spiritual need, the around-the-clock demands that are required of a caregiver can exact a toll that can unfold as fatigue, anger, spiritual desolation, and anxiety. This retreat provides a setting to experience renewal of mind and soul, and to learn self- care skills that integrate psychological and spiritual approaches.
Location: St. Joseph Center, Mother Louis Room $40 (includes lunch)
NEW YEAR’S EVE SACRED TIME: “Beholding God Beholding You and Smiling”
Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Presented by: Ingrid Honoré-Lallande, CSJ, M.Div.
This mini-retreat will be a time Anthony de Mello, SJ wrote about how we might meditate on God loving us. We begin this new-year by reflecting on an image of God that delights the human heart: God smiling! This mini-retreat will be a time for allowing yourself to be loved by the One who is looking at you and smiling. (Includes light refreshments and Eucharistic Liturgy for January 1st).
Location: St. Joseph Center, Mother Louis Room $30 Retreats
ASH WEDNESDAY RETREAT: Doorways to Depth
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Presented by: Cecilia Magladry, CSJ, MA
Lent is a forty-day retreat preparing us for the fullness of the Easter celebration. Join us on Ash Wednesday to ask the question; “What doorway is God inviting me to walk through during this holy season?” There will be presentation, quiet reflection and sharing for those who wish. The day includes Eucharistic Liturgy, distribution of ashes and a light lunch.
Location: Center for Spiritual Development $35 (includes a light lunch)
RCIA RETREAT: Baptized into Apostleship with St. Patrick
Saturday, Mar. 17, 2012, 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Presented by: Ellen Jordan, CSJ, MA
St. Patrick was sent by the pope to be the apostle to Ireland. As the elect and their sponsors gather for this retreat, we will consider our own call to apostleship through baptism and how we can become what Jesus called, “my witnesses to all the world.” Bring your bible, pens and enthusiasm for a day of reflection and small group sharing.
Location: St. Joseph Center, Mother Louis Room $35 (includes lunch)
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Mid-Week Retreats
A RETREAT FOR MINISTERS: Trusting the Holy Spirit in Your Ministry
Monday, Nov. 7, 3:00 p.m. – Wednesday, Nov. 9, 12:00 p.m.
Presented by: Steve Bruce, BS
Open to all ordained ministers, participants will have time to rest, pray, and reflect together on the importance of trusting God’s creative action in your church or pastoral community. Ministers will be invited to explore new ways of hearing and responding to the abundant gifts of the Holy Spirit at work in them and their faith communities, through the practice of imaginative contemplation. $265, commuters $215
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Weekend Retreats
CONSCIOUS CONTACT WITH GOD: A Weekend Retreat for People In Recovery
Friday, Dec. 2, 7:00 p.m. – Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, 12:00 p.m.
Presented by: John McAndrew, M.Div.
Join other men and women, singles and couples, AAs, Al-Anons, etc. for a weekend experience of fellowship, sharing and spirituality. Using the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous, as our guide, we’ll consider how we can deepen our relationship with our Higher Power through the practice of the Steps. $275, commuters $225
PRAYING IN POETRY: Lenten Retreat
Friday, Mar. 16, 7:00 p.m. – Sunday, Mar. 18, 2012, 12:00 p.m.
Presented by: Christine Hilliard, CSJ, MA and Cecilia Magladry, CSJ, MA
Our own creative energy echoes God’s ongoing creativity. We will Contemplate the richness of others’ poetry to awaken us to new vistas and explore ways to use words to trace the dynamics of our own sacred journeys. This Lenten experience offers a lens through which to see God in all things. $275, commuters $225
WOMEN’S RETREAT: Mother Night and Seeing in the Dark
Friday, May 18, 7:00 p.m. – Sunday, May 20, 2012, 12:00 p.m.
Presented by: Esther Kennedy, OP, MSW
The Creative life force is urging and nudging us to move into the realm of mystery, dreams, darkness and the unexpected. This retreat brings us back in touch with the Divine Darkness and that it is often through the Dark that we awaken to the Holy Mystery. We can awaken and welcome the Medial woman within, the one who walks between the worlds. What if the world is calling for the soulful gifts only you carry? $275, commuters $225
A RETREAT FOR FATHERS: How Jesus can Bless Fathers with a Renewed Spirit
Friday, June 8, 4:00 p.m. – Sunday, June 10, 2012, 12:00 p.m.
Presented by: Steve Bruce, BS
How might a fresh look at Jesus’ relationships with all of those whom he encountered enlighten us as fathers (and sons)? Using the Ignatian practice of imaginative contemplation we will hear again the gospel stories of Jesus’ relationship with his Heavenly Father as a model for us to continue to grow in love with our children. We will have time to reflect and pray in solitude and as a group. $275, commuters $225
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6-Day Retreats
HOLY WEEK RETREAT: “But you… who do you say that I am?”(Mk 8:29)
Sunday, Apr. 1, 7:00 p.m. – Sunday, Apr. 8, 2012, 10:00 a.m.
Presented by: Margaret Scharf, OP, D.Min.
“Mark is a genius, a prophet, and an irritant who will always disturb our comfortable, unquestioned lives. A Christian without compromise, his message is one of the most challenging documents of world history,” (Leonard Doohan, 1986, 5). Participants will explore Mark’s passion narrative, and be challenged to reflect on their commitment to both Jesus and his message. $425, commuters $300
THE OTHER SIDE OF CHAOS: Exploring a Spirituality of Transition
Saturday, June 23, 7:00 p.m. – Friday, June 29, 2012, 10:00 a.m.
Presented by: Margaret Silf, MA
Margaret Silf leads this retreat based on her most recent book of the same title. “We will explore some aspects of both the chaos and the possibilities of new creation inherent in the changes we face in our lives and our world today, and some ways of nourishing an authentic spirituality of transition. We will also make a reflective journey through some of the events of the Exodus story, and relate them to our own experience.” $425, commuters $300
MUSING WITH THE MYSTICS: 6-Day Guided Retreat
Thursday, July 5, 7:00 p.m. – Thursday, July 12, 2012, 10:00 a.m.
Presented by: CSD Team
Christian Mysticism is told through various everyday human stories and writings. Join us as we muse on such characters as Bernard of Clairvaux, Teresa of Avila, The “Jesus Prayer” of the Russian Orthodox tradition, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Karl Rahner. Add your story to the mix! $425, commuters $300
8-Day Retreats
IGNATIAN RETREAT: The Gift of Spiritual Intimacy
Friday, July 13, 7:00 p.m. – Sunday, July 22, 2012, 10:00 a.m.
Presented by: Ingrid Honoré-Lallande, CSJ, M.Div. and Loyola Institute for Spirituality
Aware that God is the Passionate one who desires us and for whom every fiber of our being reaches out, we discover ourselves in an even deeper relationship of lived intimacy with God in the world. This 8-day silent retreat incorporating the dynamics of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola offers participants time for personal prayer, reflection and daily spiritual direction. For more information please contact Ingrid Honoré-Lallande, CSJ at Sr.Ingrid.Honore-Lallande@csjorange.org or 714-744-3175 ext 4428. $575
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Private Retreats
Accommodations are available for individuals who wish to make a private retreat. Stay for a day, week, month or longer. CSD staff can assist with planning your retreat time. Two week’s advance reservation is appreciated and rooms are subject to availability. For reservations contact Gerri Scharff at (714) 744-3175 ext. 4409.
The Thirty-Day Spiritual Exercises
The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola is a month-long period of prayer, silence, and spiritual direction. Those entering into this month-long retreat agree to enter into silence at the start of the retreat and to remain silent (including mealtimes) throughout the 30-day program. It is highly recommended that you make at least one eight-day silent directed retreat before making the full Spiritual Exercises.
The Spiritual Exercises can be made at any time of the year, as space and director availability allow. There is a special application form for the Spiritual Exercises which can be obtained through the reservations office. We ask that reservations be submitted at least six weeks in advance along with the application form and a non-refundable deposit of $200.
For more information please contact Ingrid Honoré-Lallande, CSJ at Sr.Ingrid.Honore-
Lallande@csjorange.org or 714-744-3175 ext 4428. |
