St. Francis
Retreat Center
February-March
Online & In-Person Offerings
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"The spiritual life does not remove us from the world
but leads us deeper into it." Henri J.M. Nouwen
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Online Retreats
Suggested donation is listed on retreat description;
Don't let financial hardship keep you from participating.
If you need a partial or full scholarship,
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Mary Magdalene's
Journey Through Lent
an online lecture with
Fr. Michael Patella
February 15, 2021 - 7:00 PM EST
suggested donation $20
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There are few other women in the Gospels with as high prominence as Mary Magdalene. She is second only to Mary, the Mother of God. When we look at the story of her life, we can see that she moves with increasing faith in following Christ, a true Lenten journey. In this presentation, we will trace Mary Magdalene’s growth from a disciple in Galilee to the apostle to the apostles in Jerusalem.
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FR. Michael Patella is Professor of New Testament at Saint John’s University and its School of Theology and Seminary in Collegeville, Fr. Michael Patella served as the chair of the Committee on Illumination and Text for The Saint John’s Bible. He has written in the area of Luke-Acts, Paul, Mark, and angels and demons. His work, Word and Image: The Hermeneutics of The Saint John’s Bible (Liturgical Press, 2013), addresses the theology, art, and interpretation of The Saint John’s Bible. He has also completed the Gospel of Luke for the Jerome Biblical Commentary, Fully Revised Edition (2021). Fr. Michael is a member of the Catholic Biblical Association and the Society of Biblical Literature.
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Journeying
through Lent:
How to Set Your GPS
an in-person mini-retreat with
Sr. Susan Schorsten, HM
and Sr. Gay Rowzie, HM
at the Mepkin Abbey
Clare Boothe Luce Library
February 23, 2021
10:00 AM-3:00 PM
Suggested Donation $20
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What do I need for the journey
through Lent to Easter?
What do I need to pack for the journey? What do I need to leave behind?
Who or what might be my guides?
What will be the ‘mile-markers’
on the journey?
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This event will have socially distanced seating. Registration is limited to 16 participants, and masks are mandatory. Bring your own lunch. |
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Susan Schorsten, HM has a great interest in women in the Church and has found that getting to know the women in our Scriptures and praying with them has been a great inspiration and source of encouragement to her. She has served for many years in leadership positions within her own religious congregation, with the Diocese of Charleston, SC, and in health care ministry. She joins with Sister Gay in leading retreat programs for women.
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Gay Rowzie, HM loves stories and storytelling. She believes that the stories of the women in Scripture help us to discover who and whose we are. She has ministered at the diocesan and parish levels, in education and health care and is currently leading retreat programs for women with Sr. Susan.
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Listening to The Voice of God
in Your Heart
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an Online Retreat with Fr. Albert Haase, OFM
March 19-20, 2021
Suggested donation: $80
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God speaks to us each and every day in the events and people we encounter as well as in our deepest feelings and most creative thoughts. Are we listening? How do we hear the voice of God in the nitty-gritty of our daily routines?
Franciscan Father Albert Haase, OFM, will help us explore practical ways we can grow in a deeper relationship with God by learning how God speaks in our everyday lives. Partially based upon Fr. Albert’s bestselling book, BECOMING AN ORDINARY MYSTIC: Spirituality for the Rest of Us, this 3-part series promises to be most helpful and worthwhile.
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Ordained a Franciscan priest in 1983, Albert Haase, OFM, is a popular preacher, teacher, spiritual director, and guest on Catholic talk radio shows. A former missionary to mainland China for over eleven years, he is the award-winning author of twelve books on popular spirituality and the presenter on five bestselling DVDs. He has trained spiritual directors for ten years. He is currently chaplain at Cedarbrake Catholic Retreat Center in the diocese of Austin, Texas. Visit his website at www.AlbertOFM.org
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At Work in the World:
Mechtild & The Beguines
an Online Retreat
with
Marjory Zoet Bankson
March 26-27, 2021
Suggested Donation: $80
As women step into more visible public leadership today, the time is right
to explore an earlier women’s movement
of social reform and spiritual renewal.
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Marjory Zoet Bankson is an author, working potter, and seasoned spiritual guide from the Church of the Saviour (CoS) community in Washington, DC. Her books, Call to the Soul and Creative Aging present a spiral template for discerning call at every stage of life. Marjory chairs the CoS Council, publishes their quarterly newsletter, Callings, and curates the website inwardoutward.org. Her sermons are available at seekerschurch.org. She writes, speaks, and facilitates group discernment events around issues of call and transition.
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