Conference & Preached Retreats
Lenten Retreat: Transformation–The Music of God
Dates: Sunday, February 26, 5:30 p.m. – Friday, March 2, 2012, 9:30 a.m.
Director: Thomas Hartle, OFM
Location & Contact: Shalom Retreat Center, 1001 Davis Street, Dubuque, IA 52001-1306
Phone: (563) 582-3592 FAX: 563.582-5872
Email:
info@retreats.org
Web: www.shalomretreats.org
Fee: $365 includes $75 deposit. Early Bird: $340 if registered by February 1, 2012.
Theme: Using the Lenten Scriptures, and drawing upon Francis and Clare, we will come to understand Metanoia as the Music of God, Prayer as the Music of God, and Penance as the Music of God. Daily Eucharist.
I Want to Know Christ–A Retreat With St. Paul
Dates: Sunday, June 3, 5:30 p.m.–Saturday, June 9, 2012, 9:30 a.m.
Director: Wendy Cotter CSJ
Location & Contact: Shalom Retreat Center, 1001 Davis Street, Dubuque, IA 52001-1306
Phone: (563) 582-3592 FAX: 563.582-5872
Email: info@retreats.org
Web: www.shalomretreats.org
Fee: $420 includes $75 deposit. Early Bird: $395 if registered by May 7, 2012
Theme: When I was a graduate student, I dreaded taking the necessary course on Paul because I thought he was sexist and caught in the first century, endorsing slavery and women’s subordination. Then I discovered in the courses, that those are precisely the letters that Paul did not write! Instead we see the Apostle with women friends and leaders and married couples on whom he counted! Together we will share a retreat with St. Paul and be inspired by his love of Christ and longing to reach out to everyone in the world in Christ’s name. Daily Eucharist.
Daring to Embrace the Other: Doing Peace in Our Day
Dates: Sunday, June 10, 5:30 p.m.–Saturday, June 16, 2012, 9:30 a.m.
Director: Kathy Warren OSF
Location & Contact: Shalom Retreat Center, 1001 Davis Street, Dubuque, IA 52001-1306
Phone: (563) 582-3592 FAX: 563.582-5872
Email: info@retreats.org
Web: www.shalomretreats.org
Theme: Too many people in this world are having a difficult time living peacefully with those who are “other.” Peacemaking occurs when people hear about and see peace initiatives–whether simple and ordinary ones or bold and unusual ones. Francis of Assisi’s timeless vision and spirituality is at the core of this retreat as we reflect on both ordinary and extraordinary ways to “do” peace. Francis’ encounter with the Sultan of Egypt, Malek al-Kamil, stands as a poignant paradigm for our time as we seek ways to respect differences among people and to tame the violence in our world. This retreat explores the questions about how to live as neighbor with those we do not know or understand even as we commit ourselves to being more forgiving and accepting of those closest to us. Daily Eucharist.
Sisters Retreat
Dates: Saturday evening, June 16 – Friday, June 21 (noon meal)
Director: Sr. Jolynn Brehm, FSPA
Location & Contact: American Martyrs Retreat House, 2209 North Union Road, Cedar Falls, IA 50613
Phone: (319) 266-3543
Email: DBQAMRH@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us
Web: www.americanmarytrs.tripod.com
Earthbound & Mystical: Using the Psalms as a School of Prayer
Dates: Sunday, June 24, 5:30 p.m. – Saturday, June 30, 2012, 9:30 a.m.
Director: Nancy Schreck OSF
Location & Contact: Shalom Retreat Center, 1001 Davis Street, Dubuque, IA 52001-1306
Phone: (563) 582-3592 FAX: 563.582-5872
Email: info@retreats.org
Web: www.shalomretreats.org
Fee: $400 includes $75 deposit. Early Bird: $375 if registered by May 28, 2012.
Theme: This retreat will explore prayer (psalms) in the light of issues of personal suffering and national disaster, individual hope and the collective aspirations that constitute the human spiritual terrain. It will explore the deep concerns that form the heartbeat of the book of Psalms, questions of suffering, social justice and worship.
Format: Two formal sessions a day, with time for faith sharing and psalm praying throughout the retreat. Daily Eucharist.
Engaging Women in the Ordinary Mysteries of Life
Dates: Sunday, July 8, 2012, 5:30 p.m. – Saturday, July 14, 2012, 9:30 a.m.
Director: Ann Willits OP
Location & Contact: Shalom Retreat Center, 1001 Davis Street, Dubuque, IA 52001-1306
Phone: (563) 582-3592 FAX: 563.582-5872
Email: info@retreats.org
Web: www.shalomretreats.org
Fee: $400 includes $75 deposit. Early Bird: $375 if registered by June 11, 2012.
Theme: We all know by heart the joyful, sorrowful, and glorious mysteries of the Rosary. Some people even know the luminous mysteries! But there are other mysteries within the pages of scripture which seem to be ordinary mysteries. If we listen to our lives we discover how many ordinary mysteries there are, and in that discovery, the gospel happens. We will reflect on some of these mysteries which we find not only in the life of Jesus and Mary and the early disciples but also in our lives. We will reflect on these ordinary mysteries like displacement, gratitude, friendship and others. Daily Eucharist.
