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Welcoming God's Embrace: Navigating the Whitewater of Transitions
An Alumni Overnight Retreat
With Retreat Director, Sister Nancy Brousseau, O.P.
 
June 5 & 6, 2010
 
Location: Aquinas College Campus
 
Stressed? Seeking spiritual direction? Just need time alone with God? The Offices of Alumni Relations and Campus Ministry invite you to come back home to Aquinas for a weekend of prayer, reflection, sharing, and relaxation.
 
This year's theme:
Through scripture, story, mandalas, and reflection on life experience, discover within you new strength and understanding of the change process as invitation to transformation.

Together we will ponder Jesus' passion, dying and rising, the Christian Paschal Cycle as the lens for greater awareness & making some sense of life's changes, the difficult, painful, and confusing times of our lives.

Opportunities for silence, reflection & solitude provided.

 
Comments from last year's participants:
"i knew the weekend would be great, but did not realize how life changing it would be"
"It was inspired and inspiring"
"I've never participated in a retreat, but I was positively impacted-by others experiences and input and my own discoveries"
 
>>Register Online (Deadline for overnight accommodations is May 20th. Deadline for the retreat only is June 1.)
 
Tentative Schedule
Friday, June 4
Optional early check in between 5-8 p.m. Cook Carriage House
 
Saturday, June 5
Time Event Location
9 am to 10 am Arrival & Registration Cook Carriage House
10 am - 12:00 p.m. First Conference Cook Carriage House
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Lunch  
1:30 to 2:45 p.m. Second Conference Cook Carriage House
2:45 to 5:30 p.m. Free Time*  
5:30 to 6:45 p.m. Dinner  
7 to 8 p.m. Third Conference Cook Carriage House
8 to 9 p.m. Group Sharing Cook Carriage House
9 to 11 p.m. Free Time*  
 
Sunday, June 7
Time Event Location
8 to 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Available Cook Carriage House
8 to 9 a.m. Physical Activity TBD
9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Closing Cook Carriage House
10 a.m.-12:00 pm Tour of Marywood & Mass Marywood
 
Fees
Retreat fee includes overnight accommodations in one of AQ's apartment buildings, all meals, retreat materials, and spiritual direction (optional). Bodywork carries additional cost. Retreat fee is based on occupancy. Price is per person.
  • Single Occupancy in Apartment: (private bedroom, private bath) = $100
  • Double Occupancy (shared bathroom, shared bath )= $90
  • Friday night stay: Add $45 for single occupancy and $35 for double occupancy
  • Commuter Option (No overnight accommodations) = $55
>>Register Online
 
Optional Opportunities

Spiritual Direction will be offered during blocks of free time. Indicate on your registration form if you are interested.

 
*Bodywork Specialists from Marywood Dominican Center will be available. Please indicate on your registration form if you would like to take advantage of this relaxing and spiritual experience.
Bodywork cost is $50 per half hour/$70 per hour, payable to your massage therapist. Cash or checks made out to Marywood Dominican Center are accepted. Please indicate preference on your registration form.  24 hour cancellation required. >>Descriptions of bodywork modalities