Summer Directed Retreat II 2023
With Sister Cam Banh, ACJ, Sister Carmen Cabrejos, ACJ, Sister Karen Doyle, SSJ, Paul Burgmayer, Ph.D, Sister Jean Marie Pisula, CSFN, Sister Margaret Scott, aci and Fr. Raymond Donaldson, SJ
July 10 - 17, 2023
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: July 10 to July 17, 2023
Time: Starting at 4:00pm
Cost: $580 -$675 (depending on room choice)
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 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 Karen Doyle, SSJ
Karen M. Doyle SSJ, D. Min., a Sister of St. Joseph of Philadelphia enjoys the ministry of spiritual direction, supervision, formation of spiritual directors and Ignatian Spirituality for thirty years. She has ministered to spiritual directors in the United States, Canada, Philippines, Denmark and Taiwan.
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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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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 Margaret Scott, aci
Dr. Margaret Scott, a Handmaid of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, is an experienced spiritual director and retreat giver. Her fluency in several languages, international travel and mission work have provided her with a global view and understanding of the universal church. She is a regular speaker and writer on the Eucharist in different countries […]
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Fr. Raymond Donaldson, SJ
Ray Donaldson, S.J., has been a member of the Society of Jesus for twenty-four years and a Jesuit priest for fourteen. He entered the Society after eleven years as a systems engineer working in telecommunications. As part of his Jesuit formation, he taught for two years in a public elementary school in a disadvantaged neighborhood […]
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