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Taize prayer song originated in Taize, France. The Taize community is a microcosm of the Christian world and stands as a living example of the gospel of Christ. Their unique style of music and worship bridges denominational and cultural barriers. Bethany will offer this lyrical form of modern chant and prayer in the candlelit Bethany chapel. Coordinators: Sr. Pat Reid, OSF and Ms. Peg Green. Third Tuesday of each month, 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Donation accepted Bethany Spirituality Center offers this opportunity for prayerful renewal in a peaceful, serene setting. The program includes coffee upon arrival, communal prayer, reflection based on Scripture, and private prayer time. Lunch is included. Coordinator: Sr. Pat Reid, OSF. Last Tuesday of each month, 9:30 am to 2:30 pm. Offering: $35/ $25 Seniors The Spiritual Book Club provides participants with an opportunity for group sharing on the reflective reading of selected spiritual books.Each participant reads the text beforehand,and every two weeks personal reflections are prayerfully shared in the group. Title of book: Bridges to Contemplative Living. Coordinators: Erma E. McCarthy, Sr. Catherine McIntytre, RJM. Sessions are held on Mondays every other week, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm. Offering: $5/session Confirmation and Graduation Youth Retreats Bethany offers youth retreats in preparation for Confirmation and Graduation. Available throughout the year. Offering: $25 per student Confirmation Retreat Schedule Weekend Retreat for Women in AA and/or Al-Anon March 7-9, 2008 Sr. Maurice is a highly esteemed retreat leader. Her experience and humor, her affable style of presentation, her understanding of the daily struggle, and her own “living of the program” make for insightful and enjoyable sharing. Sr. Maurice has been coming to Bethany for many years. Her retreats fill up very quickly. Arrive at 6:30 pm on the first evening. Opening conference is at 8:00 pm. Depart after morning conference on Sunday. Offering: $130. Deposit:$50 “Launching Out Into the Deep” March 14-16, 2008 The Directed Retreat serves as a powerful tool for focusing one’s attention on continually developing spiritual growth and realization. The Directed Retreat calls for silence, if not solitude. This allows the retreatant to grow in awareness of the inner depths of self and the workings of God’s Love. The second important element in a directed retreat is the presence and assistance of a companion. This person helps to hold up a mirror for the retreatant, to reflect back what has been said and heard. The third important element is scripture, and especially the gospels. These serve as a window into the heart of God. The Directed Retreat can be a great gift. If you’ve never made one, give it a try, and you will probably be happy you did. Bethany is a great place for such a retreat experience. Give us a call! Your silence, your director, and some special scriptures are awaiting you! Jesus invites us to “launch out into the deep.” If you have had an experience with directed retreats, this weekend would also be appropriate for you. The Retreat Directors are Sr. Doris Bissonnette, RJM, Sr. Stella Herrera, RJM, Sr. Catherine McIntyre, RJM, and Sr. Patricia Reid, OSF. Direction in English, Portuguese and Spanish. Rev. Ned Coughin, SJ, will preside at Eucharistic Liturgy on Saturday evening. Arrive in time for dinner at 5:30pm on Friday, and opening session at 7:00pm. Easter Triduum Retreat
March 20-23, 2008 The Holy Days invite us to a prayer-filled celebration of the most profound realities of the Christian life. The Triduum will begin with a Passover Agape celebration on Thursday at 6:30 pm, leading into the evening meal. Then, at 8:30 pm, the Holy Thursday Liturgy will be celebrated in the chapel. Eucharistic Adoration will follow, and prayerful silence begins. On Good Friday, there will be Morning Prayer for Peace at 9:15 am, and the Liturgical Celebration of the Lord’s Passion at 3:00pm. There will be a special Vigil Prayer at 7:30 pm. On Holy Saturday, Morning Prayer will be at 9:15 am. and Evening Prayer at 5:10 pm. The Easter Vigil will begin at 8:00pm and will be followed by refreshments in parlor. The Triduum retreat will conclude with the 10 am Eucharistic Liturgy on Easter Sunday. Those who wish to come some days earlier, to enter into the sacred silence of the season at a more leisurely pace, are welcome to do so. Just call, fax, write, or email to make arrangements. Offering: $220. Commuters: $110 (includes all meals). Deposit: $75 by March 15th. “Working from Within: April 11-13, 2008 A weekend of reflection, discussion, and prayer to enable healthcare workers to identify and expand the spiritual dimension of their work. The weekend will include: Exploration of personal and professional experiences; Discussion about the theology and reality of suffering; Examination of how personal spirituality affects one’s work and how one’s work affects one’s personal spirituality; Reflection on receiving as well as offering healing to patients; Time to Relax. Arrive for 5:30 pm dinner on Friday and depart late morning on Sunday. Tenth Annual Day of Remembrance of Sr. Mary Catherine Kenny, RJM Saturday, April 19, 2008 Sr. Janice Farnham, RJM, has a doctorate in church history and is a professor of modern church history and spirituality at the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. For the past four years, she has been a member of the provincial council of the RJM andof formation for the US. She has spent many years of research and writing on the charism and life of the RJM foundress, St. Claudine Thevenet, giving retreats and presentations on the gift of forgiveness as a call to our contemporary church and world. Bro. Loughlan Sofield, ST, Senior Editor of Human Development magazine, is a Missionary Servant of the Most Holy Trinity. He has served as Director of the Missionary Servant Center for Collaborative Ministry; Director of the Washington Archdiocesan Consulation and Counseling Center; and Assistant Director of the Center for Religion and Psychiatry, Washington, D.C. Registration begins 9:00 am and ends with Eucharistic Liturgy at 4:00 pm. Or come for the weekend and some personal quiet time. Arrive for 5:30 pm dinner on Friday, April 18, and stay to late morning on Sunday, April 20. Offering Day Program: Gratis. Weekend: Offering Accepted 5 Day Spring Conference Retreat
April 20-25, 2008 There is much interest in how our human lives unfold, develop, and come to fullness, as well as the letting go and diminishments that are part of living. This retreat will help the participants to remember, to celebrate and to reconcile with their past, as well as come to understanding of the processes that are common to all of us on our human journey. The retreat will include focus on the following: Facing the Truth of Our Elder Years; God’s Forgiving and Healing Embrace; Befriending One’s Deepest Self; The Call to Witness to the End, Even Unto Death Sr. Barbara has extensive experience in retreat ministry, spiritual direction, formation, and parish missions in the US, Canada, Africa, and Ireland. Fr. John has also ministered in retreat work, spiritual direction, renewal and formation, and parish missions in the US, Canada, Africa, and Ireland. Arrive between 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm on Sunday, dinner at 5:30 pm, first session at 7:00 pm. Depart after 12:00 noon lunch on Friday. There will be time for both silence and interaction. Mother-Daughter Overnight Retreat May 9-10, 2008 “The Loveliest Masterpiece of the heart of God is the heart of a mother.” This overnight retreat will be guided by Bethany staff and will provide participants with an opportunity to spend time together in a prayerful, peaceful setting in preparation for Mother’s Day. Friday- Saturday- Offering: $55 per person. Please register by May 4th. Justice Through the Window of God’s Word June 5-8, 2008 The retreat will provide a reflective experience for all who hear God’s call to contribute to the building of a kingdom of peace and justice on earth. The schedule will include communal prayer, reflections by Fr. Mark, Eucharistic Liturgy, group discussion, and personal quiet time. Rev. Mark Hallinan, SJ, is a member of the New York Province of the Society of Jesus and presently serves as Provincial Assistant for Social Ministries. In that capacity, he seeks to engage Jesuits and their colleagues on issues of social justice, such as, affordable housing, labor rights, juvenile justice, and other areas of concern. Arrive between 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm for 5:30 pm dinner, opening session at 7:00 pm on Thursday. Depart late morning on Sunday. Offering: $210. Deposit: $75, due by May 31st. Six-Day Conference Retreat
June 8-14, 2008 Forgiveness is at the heart of the Christian Gospel, shaped by the life and mission of Jesus. This guided retreat will explore call to forgiveness as it is found in the Scriptures and in our world today, and consequences of living out of such a stance. Sr. Janice Farnham, RJM, has a doctorate in church history and is a professor of modern church history and spirituality at the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. For the past four years, she has been a member of the provincial council of the RJM andof formation for the US. She has spent many years of research and writing on the charism and life of the RJM foundress, St. Claudine Thevenet, giving retreats and presentations on the gift of forgiveness as a call to our contemporary Sr. Rosemary Mangan, RJM has graduate degrees in Theology and Spirituality from Catholic University of America and Boston College. She has thirty years of experience in retreat ministry and spiritual direction as well as teaching experience in Education for Parish Service (a lay ministry training program). Sr. Rosemary has served many years in formation and leadership for RJM at Provincial and General levels. There will be daily presentations, for personal prayer and reflection, and small group sharing, in an atmosphere of silence. Eucharist will be celebrated daily. Arrive between 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Sunday, dinner at 5:30 pm, first session at 7:00 pm. Six-Day Conference Retreat
June 16-22, 2008 Sr. Carolyn Gorny-Kopkowski, OSB, will direct this retreat, based on “Twelve Steps to Inner Freedom: Humility Revisited”, by Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB The 21st century has much to re-learn about humility, and the Rule of Benedict may be its best model. Benedict identifies 12 steps, or degrees, of humility, 12 levels of personal growth, that lead to inner peace, to the achievement of a state of mind that enables us to live a truly human life. Sr. Joan writes in chapter 1, entitled, A Changing World: “Perhaps the things we have acquired have become blinders on our souls, jangle in our minds, confusion in our hearts. What we have really lost is the sense of who we are and where we belong in the universe – and what that means for everything we do.” Bethany is happy to have Sr. Carolyn Gorny-Kopkowski, OSB, long-time associate and friend of Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB, with us as retreat director for the first time. She has been recommended by other retreat centers that have experienced her retreats based on Sr. Joan’s works. Arrive between 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm on Monday, dinner at 5:30 pm, first session at 7:00 pm. Depart after 12:00 noon lunch on Sunday. There will be time for both silence and interaction. July 1-9 July 12-20 July 23-31 A directed retreat provides time for prayer, solitude, and daily guidance from a personal director trained in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. In addition to individualized scheduling throughout the year, Bethany offers three eight-day directed retreats during the summer season: July 1-9, 12-20, 23-31, 2008 Arrangements can be made for a six-day or seven-day directed retreat beginning on the same dates, namely, July 1, July 12, and July 23. Offering: 8-Day: $490. 7-Day: $440. 6-Day: $390 Weekend Retreat with Margaret Silf September 26-28, 2008 The weekend retreat will give participants an opportunity to explore their own story in the broad context of Ignatian spirituality. It will offer a flavor of the story of Ignatius of Loyola in a way that engages the imagination and invites reflection on participants' own experiences. The story, whether personal or universal, includes the shattering of dreams, the discovery of how moods and feelings can reveal God's movement within our hearts, our experience of both spriritual heights of "peak experiences" and the depths of despair, leading to a deeper understanding of spiritual consolation and desolation. We will reflect on the challenge to relinquish all that is not leading to God, and our commitment to follow closely in the steps of Jesus. Participants will also take notice of their visionary moments and reflect on how they desire to live by them and respond to them. No prior knowledge of Ignatian spirituality is required. The retreat will "tell the story". Arrive on Friday for dinner at 5:30 pm, opening session at 7:00 pm. Depart on Sunday after 12:00 noon lunch. Offering: Bethany: $175, Tuition: $45, Total: $220 Or stay for the following retreat, at no additional cost for overnight stay on Sunday. Weekday Retreat with Margaret Silf September 29 - October 3, 2008 Participants will explore some of the most important aspects of Ignatian spirituality, based on their own experience and in the light of the experience of its founder, St. Ignatius of Loyola. This retreat will lead participants to reflect on: our own dreams, desires, times of despair, the art of discernment, and the importance of discovering. This retreat is free-standing and requires no prior knowledge of the story of Ignatius or Ignatian spirituality. However, those who are already very familiar with Ignatian spirituality should find new directions and approaches during the week, and anyone able to join us for the preceding weekend retreat on Ignatius' story would find this helpful. Arrive on Monday for dinner at 5:30 pm, opening session at 7:00 pm. Depart on Friday after 12:00 noon lunch. Offering: Bethany: $260, Tuition: $70, Total: $330 Or combine with the preceding retreat, at no additional cost for overnight stay on Sunday. Retreats and Programs in Spanish See the En Español page for information on Retreats and Programs conducted in Spanish. |
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