Day Program
Sponsored or Personal Day of Prayer
We have one day set aside each month for individuals to come and enjoy the peace and quiet of the Center. The retreat begins with a common opening prayer to set the tone for the day, after which retreatants are free to spend their time in personal prayer or quiet reflection. The Center is also […]
Centering Prayer
We have one day set aside each month for individuals to come and enjoy the peace and quiet of the Center. The retreat begins with a common opening prayer to set the tone for the day, after which retreatants are free to spend their time in personal prayer or quiet reflection. The Center is also […]
Handmaid Feast Days
Desert Day
We have one day set aside each month for individuals to come and enjoy the peace and quiet of the Center. The retreat begins with a common opening prayer to set the tone for the day, after which retreatants are free to spend their time in personal prayer or quiet reflection. The Center is also […]
Writing & Spirituality Workshop
With John Dougherty
Writing can be a spiritual act, a way for us to process our experiences and engage in conversations with God. In this workshop, Catholic writer John Dougherty (America Magazine, National Catholic Reporter, Jesuit Media Lab) will offer some skills for bringing our spiritual stories to life on the page and, even more importantly, some time […]
Holy Saturday Desert Day
Come and savor the peace and quiet of the Center.... and lean into this Holy Day of waiting. The retreat will begin with a common opening prayer to set the tone for the day (8:30am), after which retreatants are free to spend their time in personal prayer or quiet reflection anywhere in the house until […]
Saved by Beauty: Making Art in the Easter Garden
With Brother Mickey McGrath, OSFS
What connects us as one human family? Our intrinsic creative urge to SEEK, MAKE, and SHARE BEAUTY! Join Brother Mickey McGrath as he shares his own ART and STORIES celebrating Wise Saints and Talented Prophets of Beauty who inspire us to live in HOPE not despair, and in LOVE not fear. Dorothy Day's life motto […]
Spiritual Directors Circle: Grace and Grief
With Nancy Santamaria
The Spiritual Directors Circle of the Philadelphia Region presents, Grace & Grief You are warmly invited to a gathering to focus on our practice of spiritual direction when Grief is present. Our experience affirms that Grace is present there too. How can we best create an expansive space for grief and grace during these times? […]