Fall Directed Retreat Weekend II 2024
With Sister Cam Banh, ACJ, Sister Jean Marie Pisula, CSFN, Sister Carmen Cabrejos, ACJ, Sister Pat Mensing, SSJ, Leigh Murray, Sister Catherine Anne Soley, ra and Fr. Joe Schad, SJ
October 25 - 27, 2024
A directed retreat at St. Raphaela Center is a time of quiet in order to enhance attentiveness to God’s voice within you and in your life. A reverent silence is maintained throughout the Retreat Center at all times including during meals. Each retreatant meets with his/her director daily for approximately 45 minutes. Each director possesses the necessary skills to guide their directees compassionately and peacefully, allowing them to listen to God’s voice and to journey closely with their loving God, both within the retreat setting and going forth into their daily lives. The number, nature and length of periods of formal prayer each day will depend upon the ability and needs of the individual and will be determined in conversation with the director. Retreatants are provided suggested scripture passages tailored to their own prayer. Ideally retreatants will have some experience in meditative prayer, the desire to enter into prolonged silence, and sufficient self-awareness to recognize their own inward movements. All retreatants have the opportunity for daily liturgy and reconciliation.
Date: October 25-27, 2024
Time: Starting at 4:00pm
Cost: $250
About the Spiritual Directors
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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Sister Jean Marie Pisula, CSFN
Sister Jean Marie Pisula is a Sister of the Holy Family Of Nazareth, who just recently returned from 26 years of missionary service in the Philippines. Her Masters degree in Spirituality at Creighton University and her studies and practicum at the Ignatian Spirituality Center in the Philippines have helped her to do ministries like Bible […]
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Sister Carmen Cabrejos, ACJ
Sister Carmen Cabrejos is a Handmaid of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Born in Peru, she has lived in the United States since 1986, in Miami, Athens and Atlanta GA, Philadelphia, and is coming back to Haverford. She has worked in Hispanic ministry, adult faith formation, work with the homeless and Spiritual Direction. She holds […]
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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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Leigh Murray
Leigh feels so honored to accompany sincere seekers on their interior journey to know themselves and God. She trained as a contemplative spiritual director at the Kairos Spiritual Direction program in Lancaster, PA. She leads retreats and has a particular interest in esoteric teachings and mysticism, offering experiential journeys into the teachings of the Christian […]
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Sister Catherine Anne Soley, ra
Catherine Soley is a Religious of the Assumption who has been involved in the ministry of spiritual direction for about 10 years. She has a certificate from the Jesuit Retreat Center in Guelph, Ontario and in 2023 completed the Spiritual Director Internship Initiative program. Catherine has also directed members of her congregation on retreat. Catherine […]
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Fr. Joe Schad, SJ
Joe Schad, SJ, is originally from South Philadelphia. He attended St. Joe's Prep, where he first encountered the Jesuits. He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), with a BFA in the graphic arts program. Afterwards, Fr. Joe spent most of a year discerning his vocation at a Trappist monastery in North Carolina. Following […]
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