Women's Retreat # 0

July 24 - 26, 2020

Date and Time Details: Check in starts at 4:00 p.m. on Friday and concludes with lunch on Sunday. Meals and linens are provided. If you need additional information on this retreat, please contact the captain as listed below or call the retreat center.

Location: Saint Joseph Abbey Retreat Center

Address: 75376 River Rd Saint Benedict, La 70457

Contact PersonLynette Kendall
clc@sjasc.edu
985-892-3473

Captain(s):

Donna Leininger,Raceland *985-860-0781

Sissy Bourgeois,Raceland 985-804-5339

Elizabeth Williams,Monroe 501-259-1843

Theme: "Be Not Afraid: Finding God's Peace Amidst Life's Uncertainties"

Double Occupancy: If you would like to share your room with someone register now and call for second occupants registration.

COVID-19: We require that everyone wear a mask while in the common areas

  • Single Occupancy – $280.00

SCHEDULE

FRIDAY

4:00 PM  Registration upon Arrival (Rooms not available until 4:00 PM)
6:00 PM   Welcome Wine and Cheese (St. Thomas Aquinas Room)
6:30 PM   Supper
8:00 PM  Mass (Retreat Center Chapel)
Night Prayer

SATURDAY

7:20 AM   Rising Bell
7:50 AM   Morning Prayer (Retreat Center Chapel)
8:00 AM   Breakfast
9:00 AM   Conference (Retreat Center Chapel)
9:30 AM    Sacrament of Reconciliation
10:30 AM  Rosary (Retreat Center Chapel)
11:15 AM   Mass (Retreat Center Chapel)
12:00 PM  Lunch
1:00 PM   Free Time or Spiritual Direction (see sign-up sheet @ check in)
4:00 PM   Conference (St. Thomas Aquinas Room)
6:15 PM   Supper
7:15 PM   Conference (St. Thomas Aquinas Room)
8:00 PM  Eucharistic Adoration(Retreat Center Chapel)

SUNDAY

7:20 AM   Rising Bell
7:50 AM   Morning Prayer (Retreat Center Chapel)
8:00 AM   Breakfast
9:00 AM   Conference (St. Thomas Aquinas Room)
Renewal of Baptismal/Marriage Vows
10:00 AM  Rosary (Retreat CenterChapel)
11:00 AM   Mass (Abbey Church)
12:15 PM   Lunch
Departure
NOTE: Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the Abbey Church is currently closed to retreatants and visitors.

SILENCE IS OBSERVED IN AND AROUND THE RETREAT HOUSE FROM AFTER MASS ON FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL AFTER MASS ON SUNDAY.  PLEASE RESPECT THIS POLICY

Retreat Master:  Rev. Paul S. Hart

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Rev. Paul S. Hart, our Director of Retreats, welcomes you to the Abbey Retreat Center. A New Orleans native, Fr. Hart is celebrating his 31st year as a priest of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. He is a Spiritual Director for Saint Joseph Abbey and Seminary College and Chaplain for Brother Martin.

Speaker :  Fr. Ephrem Arcement, O.S.B.

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Fr. Ephrem Arcement, OSB has been a monk of St. Joseph Abbey for the past ten years and serves as the primary monastic liaison to the retreat center.  He is originally from Lockport, LA and holds a PhD in Spirituality.

Spiritual Direction:  Br. Meinrad Carmago, O.S.B.

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Br. Meinrad Carmargo, OSB, was born in southern Brazil in 1981. He graduated from Law School in 2007 and practiced law before entering into monastic life. He joined a Trappist monastery in Brazil in 2014 and came to Saint Joseph Abbey in 2018. He currently is a monk in simple vows.