Fall Directed Retreat
With Sister Mary Carboy, SSJ, Sister Jessica Kerber, ACJ, Sister Lyan Tri, ACJ and Sister Cecilia Tong, ACJ
September 25 - October 2, 2017
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. Our Spiritual Directors on staff will be conducting this 6-day retreat. Each one 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: September 25 – October 2
Time: Starting at 4:00pm
Cost: $500
Registration: No later than September 18
About the Spiritual Directors
Sister Mary Carboy, SSJ
Sister Mary has been a Spiritual Director at St. Raphaela Center for many years. Her internship program in spiritual direction began with the Sisters of St. Joseph’s Center for Spirituality in Chestnut Hill, PA. She earned her undergraduate degree in Education at Chestnut Hill College and a Master's of Arts in Spirituality from Duquesne. She has […]
Learn more about Sister Mary Carboy, SSJSister 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 […]
Learn more about Sister Jessica Kerber, ACJSister 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 […]
Learn more about Sister Lyan Tri, ACJSister Cecilia Tong, ACJ
Sister Cecilia is a Handmaid of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She is a Vietnamese-American and has previously served in the United States as a counselor for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees for 13 years. She holds a Master of Arts in Counseling from Villanova University and a Master's Degree in Religious Studies from […]
Learn more about Sister Cecilia Tong, ACJ