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ALL 2021 SPECIAL WEEKEND RETREATS ARE CANCELLED. PLEASE SEE OUR WEEKEND PROGRAMS FOR 2022. THANK YOU.

Weekend Programs For 2021

Most weekend programs begin with 6:00pm supper on the first day and end before lunch on the last day. PLEASE arrive at the Center between 4:00 and 5:30 p.m. on the afternoon the program begins. All programs require pre-registration and all programs of more than one day also require a non-refundable $75 deposit.

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An Introduction to the Directed Retreat

Nelda Turner and Center Staff
Friday—Sunday, January 15-17
Fee: $180.00

An Introduction to the Directed Retreat is designed for someone making a silent directed retreat for the first time. Group and individual sessions will focus on how to pray, to journal, and to communicate prayer experiences with one’s director. This retreat also will prepare participants for a longer 3, 5, or 8-day retreat.

Nelda Turner, a retreat director on the staff of the Spirituality Center, is an accredited full-time retreat director trained in the Internship Program in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. She is certified in spiritual direction through the Spiritual Director training program in the Diocese of Lake Charles. Mrs. Turner holds a certificate in Theology with a focus in Pastoral Studies from Loyola University, New Orleans. She has been a retreat director for 15 years and a spiritual director for 20 years. She and her husband, Bendal, have been married for over 40 years. They have two children and 10 grandchildren.
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An Ignatian Retreat
Finding God in All Things: Encountering the Living God in our Everyday Lives

Robin Hebert
Thursday—Sunday, February 18-21
Fee: $300 (commuters $225)

Saint Ignatius of Loyola believed that we encounter God at every moment of our existence. His Spiritual Exercises provide a means to help us to become more and more aware of the tender gaze of this ever-present God— a gentle Shepherd who longs to lead us along the sacred paths of our life.
As Lent begins, join author and spiritual director Robin Hebert as we journey through the Exercises and encounter this living God who invites us this Lent to follow Him with trust wherever He leads. This is a silent retreat open to all.

Robin Hebert is a spiritual director, retreat leader, and the co-author with Lyn Holley Doucet of When Women Pray and When Wisdom Speaks. She serves Our Lady of Wisdom Church and Catholic Student Center as marriage ministry coordinator and is a spiritual mentor to many.
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A Retreat for Young Women, 20's to early 40's (CANCELLED)

Jane L. Hebert and Stephanie K. Newell
Friday—Sunday after lunch, April 23 – 25
For information and registration: Contact: retreatsforyoungwomen.org
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The Little Way: A Journey along St. Therese's Path of Confidence and Love (CANCELLED)

Robin Hebert
Thursday– Sunday, September 30—October 3
Fee: $300.00 (commuters $225.00)

The depth and breadth of Thérèse’s “Little Way” continues to have much relevance for us today. It is a simple, yet profound path to encountering Jesus. Join Robin Hebert and walk this journey with Thérèse through the Exercises of St. Ignatius, and embrace both of their spiritualities in a way that nourishes your own soul. Come celebrate St. Thérèse’s feast day! This is a silent retreat for women.

Robin Hebert is a spiritual director, retreat leader, and the co-author with Lyn Holley Doucet of When Women Pray and When Wisdom Speaks. She serves Our Lady of Wisdom Church and Catholic Student Center as marriage ministry coordinator and is a spiritual mentor to many. Robin is a past national president of Theresians of the U. S. and has studied for years the writings and spirituality of St. Thérèse and St. Ignatius.
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Zen Practices for Christian Living (CANCELLED)

Fr. Robert Kennedy, S.J.
Thursday-Sunday, November 11-14
Fee: $300.00 (commuters $225.00)

Zen practices integrating Christian life, prayer, and liturgy. Come develop a deeper contemplative prayer life. Zazen or sitting meditation is the practice of stilling the mind through whole-hearted attentiveness to the breath. Together with stillness of the body, this frees the mind from its ordinary activities of thinking, daydreaming, and speculating. This is a silent retreat and is open to persons of all faiths. It includes instruction, talks, and one-on-one interviews.

Fr. Robert Kennedy, S.J. is a professor emeritus of Catholic Theology and Buddhism at St. Peter’s College, Jersey City. He is a practicing psychotherapist and the author of Zen Gifts to Christians and Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit.
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A Retreat for People in 12 Step Recovery (CANCELLED)

Fr. Tom Weston, S.J.
Wednesday, December 1—Sunday, December 5
Fee: $375.00 (commuters $290.00)

The 12 Steps help us live a better life. This is a weekend for women and men in recovery. Addicts, alcoholics, and family and friends are welcome. We will go through the 12 Steps and focus on the practical tools of recovery from this tragic illness. There will be time for quiet, for reflection, for conversation, and for meetings—for some refreshment and renewal.

Fr. Tom Weston, S.J., a counselor and retreat director, is a specialist in giving 12-Step and AA retreats. He has been involved with people in Twelve Step Programs since 1976. A former Director of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps and a teacher, he has degrees in counseling, education and theology. He lectures, counsels, and conducts workshops and seminars throughout the U. S. and internationally.
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Jesuit Discernment Retreats

The Jesuit Vocation Office for the USA Central and Southern Province of the Society of Jesus sponsors annually two Discernment Retreats for those considering a vocation to the Society: mid-December and early January. Part of the time is spent with Jesuit novices who are studying here at St. Charles College, and the remainder of the time is spent with a Jesuit director in a silent, individually directed retreat.

If you have been giving some thought to a possible vocation to the Jesuits, you are invited to consider participating in one of these retreats. The retreats are provided free of charge. While it is presumed that participants will cover the cost of their travel, there are funds for those who would need assistance.

In addition, the Jesuit Vocation Office also hosts two Come & See weekends during the school year:

* Late September / early October (St. Louis)

* February (Kansas City).

If you would like to participate in a Jesuit Discernment retreat, please contact the Jesuit Spirituality Center and we will put you in contact with the appropriate person.

Thank you for your interest in the Jesuits!