Prayer Retreat

This retreat focuses on cultivating a deeper connection with our faith through contemplation and reflection. Fr. Brendan is joined by nationally renowned Catholic musician and composer Trevor Thomson and Meredith Augustin, our Music & Liturgy consultant.

We are collectively in uncharted waters and how we respond to what happens to us on the journey is what define us. We can transform into something far better; to redefine ourselves as individuals, as a society and as a community.

When we are walking up a mountain, we cannot see the path ahead so we need marker or cairns. Those who have already climbed the mountain before us leave markers to follow. In this retreat we will go deeper using metaphors and analogies to help us integrate our prayer life and enjoy a richer prayer life with God by living life for others

Our most treasured sacrament, the Eucharist, was reaffirmed by the Second Vatican Council to be font and summit of our shared lives as Catholics. If understood in the proper context, it can connect the other parts of parish life and each one of our personal lives. Fr Brendan will give us a life-giving model of discipleship based on the Eucharist that has the potential to transform our parish and our lives.

A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. That old adage is true about every aspect of our lives but even more so when it comes to forgiveness. The end of the journey is not the beginning. We must take the first step of desiring to forgive before we can take that last step of forgiveness. Most people think of forgiveness as an event, but it is more a process to which we commit. I believe it is a journey of the heart.

The core of our Christian faith is that Jesus was raised from the dead, and he promises us the resurrection when we die. If that is true, then we have eternal life now and our souls live forever. Our time here on earth is a preparation for eternity with God. That is the Easter message every year and we spend 50 days celebrating it in the Easter season.

We desire to be people of prayer because a person of deep listening prayer is a person who is able to listen to others, to be peaceful and centered in their own hearts, to be calm in the face of chaos, to be kind and gentle especially those least deserving of it, to be loving at all times and to be present to others in their difficulties. This retreat will help us develop the habit of listening prayer.

Description gOur most treasured sacrament, the Eucharist, was reaffirmed by the Second Vatican Council to be font and summit of our shared lives as Catholics. If understood in the proper context, it can connect the other parts of parish life and each one of our personal lives. Fr Brendan will give us a life-giving model of discipleship based on the Eucharist that has the potential to transform our parish and our lives.

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This retreat is all about the challenge of being present to this current moment…not tomorrow, not yesterday, but NOW. We will focus on keeping this time…sacred and examine how we can invest our time with more sacred ventures that will pay dividends for the rest of our years and indeed for all eternity.

In his book “Together”, Vivek H. Murthy, M.D explains the greatest health risk for US citizens today is “loneliness.” While the book goes into great detail about the data supporting the connection between these diseases, it really focuses on the call to action to address loneliness.