Advent Directed Retreat Weekend 2020
With Sister Maria McCoy, SSJ, Sister Lyan Tri, ACJ, Sister Jessica Kerber, ACJ, Sister Pat Mensing, SSJ, Nicholas Collura, Paul Burgmayer, Ph.D, Heather Makowicz, M.S.W. and Sister Cam Banh, ACJ
December 11 - 13, 2020
Advent seems like it is light years away, but before we know it our consumer world will be showing signs of Christmas. It is never too early to begin to ponder how am I going to make this Advent season more spiritually focused than other Advents?
Why not consider setting aside some time now to schedule an Advent Directed Retreat Weekend at St. Raphaela Center.
What is a Directed Retreat Weekend? It’s a weekend of prayer and silence to listen more deeply to the voice of God within, and to share what is heard during this silence with an experienced spiritual guide.
Date: December 11 – 13, 2020
Time: Starting at 4:00pm
Cost: From $210 – $240 (depends on room choice)
Registration: No later than December 8, 2020
About the Spiritual Directors
Sister Maria McCoy, SSJ
Maria McCoy SSJ, is a Sister of Saint Joseph of Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. She recently completed 23 years of ministry as a member of the Spiritual Growth Staff at the Jesuit Center, Wernersville, PA. In addition to spiritual direction, retreats, offering programs, Maria leads retreats and workshops on Praying with Female Images of God. Maria’s […]
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Sister Lyan Tri, ACJ
Sister Lyan, Business Manager and Spiritual Director at St. Raphaela Center, was assigned to the Center in 2015 and was its Director from 2018-22. She holds a Master’s degree in Spirituality and Retreat Directing from Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo De Manila, a Jesuit University in the Philippines. Sister Lyan has been doing retreat ministry […]
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Sister Jessica Kerber, ACJ
Sister Jessica Kerber entered with the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus 13 years ago, after serving with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps and later meeting the Sisters on a mission trip in El Salvador. After professing her first vows, she completed her philosophy and theology studies at the Jesuit Pontifical University in Madrid, where […]
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Sister Pat Mensing, SSJ
Sister Pat is a Sister of St. Joseph of Philadelphia who has served in education and parish ministries. She earned Master’s Degrees in English at Villanova University and Theology at St. Michael’s College in Colchester, VT, as well as her certificate in Spiritual Direction and Ignatian Retreats from Creighton University. She has directed weekend and […]
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Nicholas Collura
Trained in the Narrative Enneagram tradition, Nicholas Collura is a spiritual director and Enneagram teacher whose work draws on the wisdom of the creative imagination. He studied film and literature at Yale University and earned a Master of Divinity at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. He is also a board-certified chaplain and serves as the Director […]
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Paul Burgmayer, Ph.D
Paul has been accompanying others in spiritual direction for twelve years now. A former industrial chemical researcher and high school teacher, Paul has a master’s degree in Holistic Spirituality and a certificate in spiritual direction from Chestnut Hill College, certificates in supervision of spiritual direction from Together in the Mystery (affiliated with San Francisco Seminary), and […]
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Heather Makowicz, M.S.W.
Heather Makowicz has been serving as a Certified Spiritual Director as well as a retreat Leader through the Daylesford Abbey as well as Malvern Retreat House for over five years. In 2017, she founded Peak Encounter Ministries, to create a space for people to encounter God in nature through outdoor experiential retreats integrating scripture, prayer, […]
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Sister Cam Banh, ACJ
Sister Cam, who is of Chinese decent, was born and grew up in South Vietnam. She immigrated to the United States (Pennsylvania in 1982, and in 1989 entered the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the USA Province. After finishing her religious formation, she studied and completed her Bachelor’s degree in Theology and […]
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