Winter Directed Retreat 2024
With Sister Carmen Cabrejos, ACJ, Sister Cam Banh, ACJ, Sister Jean Marie Pisula, CSFN, Sister Maria McCoy, SSJ, Sister Mary Carboy, SSJ, Paul Burgmayer, Ph.D and Sr. Trudy Ahern, SSJ
January 26 - February 2, 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. 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: January 28 – February 2, 2024
Time: Starting at 4:00pm
Cost: $580 – $675 (depending on room choice)
Registration: No later than January 19, 2024
About the Spiritual Directors
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 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 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 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 […]
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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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Sr. Trudy Ahern, SSJ
Trudy Ahern a Sister of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. She has served on the SSJ Center for Spirituality Staff for 14 years and 25 years as Co-Director of the Upper Room Spiritual Center in Neptune, NJ which she recently completed. In addition to offering programs on Spiritual Direction and Supervision at Creighton University, […]
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