“We are all meant to be mothers of God, for God is always needing to be born…” Meister Eckhert 

God’s love is placed in our hearts each Christmas yet there is a season just before — the season of Advent — that asks us to awkwardly wait.  It is because expectations have a lot to do with how we experience holy days; and the fruits of waiting — hope, joy, love — are spiritual habits of the heart worth cultivating.   Join us at the start of Advent for a weekday retreat of healing prayer, storytelling, guided meditation, and quiet time that will pave the way for re-learning how to “trust in the slow work of God.”  Includes all meals.

FEES:
$160 Commuter

$285 Private Room with Bath - limited, please provide 2nd choice
$255 Private Room with Hall Bath
$230 Shared Room with Private bath
$215 Shared Room with Hall bath

Br. Mark Gregory D’Alessio is a Franciscan friar in the new religious society of the Companions of Francis and Clare. A leader in The Guild for Spiritual Guidance, he is also an inter-spiritual Christian priest, spiritual director, chaplain, retreat leader, author, and past President and Executive Director of the Psychotherapy & Spirituality Institute, which draws together the inspiration of the church with the wisdom of psychological care.is a Franciscan friar in the new religious society of the Companions of Francis and Clare. He’s also an inter-spiritual Christian priest, spiritual director, chaplain, retreat leader, author, and past President and Executive Director of the Psychotherapy & Spirituality Institute, which draws together the inspiration of the church with the wisdom of psychological care.