Advent Guided Weekend Retreat: The Expectant Mary

With Tricia Gardner

December 6 - 8, 2024

Date and Time Details: Starting December 6 at 4:00pm; ending December 8 after lunch

Location: St. Raphaela Center

  • Commuter Rate – $160.00
  • Hermitage – $280.00
  • Individual Room – $250.00
  • Individual Room - 1st Floor – $250.00
  • Floor 1 - Private Room with Bath – $280.00
  • Private room with bath – $280.00
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Preparing for Advent with Mary 

Let’s travel with Mary this season to help alleviate our own expectations,  to meet the “God of Surprises”, and to cling to the sure expectation that our salvation has and is coming in the form of baby Jesus, the Christ child. 

Themes of the weekend:

  • Ever wonder what Mary was expecting as she said “yes” to the angel Gabriel? (Luke 1:26-38)
  • What was she expecting when she informed Joseph of her pregnancy? (Matthew 1:18-25)
  • Surely her delivery and its circumstances were not what she was expecting! (Luke 2:1-20)
  • Could she have expected the visits by the shepherds and Magi? (Luke 2:15-20, Matthew 2:9-11)

About the Spiritual Director

Tricia Gardner

Tricia Gardner received her Bachelor's in Theology from Boston College and her Master's in Counseling Psychology from the Adler Institute in Chicago. Presently, she is working towards her certification in  Spiritual Direction at Fairfield University. She has written two books.  Traveling with Mary is her first book on prayer, And Her Name Is Lucia, is […]

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