Guided Retreats
Sacred Windows to the Divine: Icon Writing Retreat/Workshop
Dates: Sunday, April 29, 7:00 p.m. - Saturday, May 5 (mid-morning)
Director: Master Iconographer Philip Zimmerman
Location & Contact: Franciscan Spirituality Center, 920 Market Street, La Crosse, WI 54601-4782
Phone: (608) 791-5297
E-mail: 
jweisenbeck@fspa.org
Web: www.franciscanspiritualitycenter.org
Fee: $625 includes retreat/workshop, bedroom and meals. Commuter fee: $505 includes retreat/workshop and meals. $150 non-refundable registration fee to reserve a place. Register early. Limited to 20 participants
Theme: One icon of your choice can be written at this workshop. Choose either St. Clare of Assisi or St Herman of Alaska. The image of St. Clare of Assisi is written in honor of the 800th anniversary of the dedication of her life to following the way of St. Francis of Assisi. St. Herman of Alaska was one of the first Eastern Orthodox missionaries to the new world and is considered by Orthodox Christians to be the patron saint of the Americas. Icons will be written from start to finish, guided in a step-by-step gradual process by Phil Zimmerman, ending with a completed icon, varnished and ready to display. All materials and supplies are included. Anyone can enter into this process, expressing through the icon the mystery of the image portrayed. We begin each day by meditating and praying with icons. Phil supplements these sessions with information about the history of Byzantine and Russian iconography. Visit www.philzicons@gmail.com for information or his rendition of the icons to be painted.
Virtual El Salvador Pilgrimage Retreat
Dates: Sunday, June 24, 7:00 p.m. - Friday, June 29 (after the evening meal)
Director: Marie Des Jarlais FSPA
Location & Contact: Franciscan Spirituality Center, 920 Market Street, La Crosse, WI 54601-4782
Phone: (608) 791-5297
E-mail: jweisenbeck@fspa.org
Web: www.franciscanspiritualitycenter.org
Fee: $375 includes retreat, meals and housing. Commuter fee: $215 includes retreat and meals
Theme: This five-day retreat will focus on an encounter with specific people, places, and recent events from El Salvador. Without the hassle of international travel, experience the courage, hopes and dreams, and vision of a people who live and act from deep faith. Meet those who carry on the legacy of Archbishop Romero in seeking justice for the poor, the majority.
Format: The retreat will use some PowerPoint presentations, prayer, quiet times, reflections and rituals to deepen the experience of the attendees.
Walking on the Path with the Mystics
Dates: Sunday, July 8, 7:00 p.m. - Friday, July 13 (noon)
Director: Fr. Charles Smiech OFM
Location & Contact: Franciscan Spirituality Center, 920 Market Street, La Crosse, WI 54601-4782
Phone: (608) 791-5297
E-mail: jweisenbeck@fspa.org
Web: www.franciscanspiritualitycenter.org
Fee: $375 includes retreat, meals and housing. Commuter fee: $215 includes retreat and meals
Theme: In every generation, the faithful have acknowledged men and women who have been considered mystics. They journeyed toward God in faith. Our retreat will study some of their writings so the “words of old” might enrich our journey into God. During our time together, you will be invited to journal so that your “written word” will intensify your journey into God, as it did for the saints of long ago. Please join me on this retreat as we share the power of the written word, both in tradition and in Scripture.
Sacred Windows to the Divine: Icon Writing Retreat/Workshop
Dates: Sunday, July 22, 7:00 p.m. - Saturday, July 28 (mid-morning)
Director: Master Iconographer Philip Zimmerman
Location & Contact: Franciscan Spirituality Center, 920 Market Street, La Crosse, WI 54601-4782
Phone: (608) 791-5297
E-mail: jweisenbeck@fspa.org
Web: www.franciscanspiritualitycenter.org
Fee: $625 includes retreat/workshop, bedroom and meals. Commuter fee: $505 includes retreat/workshop and meals, $150 non-refundable registration fee to reserve a place. Register early. Limited to 20 participants
Theme: The image of St Luke the iconographer will be written at the July icon session. This retreat is for advanced students only. Anyone coming to this workshop must have previously written three or more icons. Icons will be written from start to finish, guided in a step-by-step gradual process by Phil Zimmerman, ending with a completed icon, varnished and ready to display. All materials and supplies are included. Anyone can enter into this process, expressing through the icon the mystery of the image portrayed. We begin each day by meditating and praying with icons. Phil supplements these sessions with information about the history of Byzantine and Russian iconography. Visit www.philzicons@gmail.com for information or his rendition of the icons to be painted.
