Blending the best elements of a preached and directed retreat,
Sr. Mary Ellen Brinovec, O.S.U. and Fr. Lou Papes
facilitate a reflective retreat experience
for religious, either in-house or at selected sites.
THE UNIVERSE STORY
Our stories are connected to the sacrament of creation.
THE STORY
Our personal stories--which are the stuff of our own sacramentality,
define our identity, our personhood.
THE CALL
Our initiation into the Body of Christ and into a particular religious community
helps shape and refine who we areas individuals and as a community.
THE CHARISM
The very nature of a religious vocation involves the movement of the Holy Spirit
in a web of relationships that brings universal peace.
THE MISSION
A COSMIC BLESSING -- Through service of others life itself becomes Eucharist,
a verb that does justice and issues in the eternal banquet.
"What the world needs,
what religious life needs,
is adult religious
who are always
about something
greater than themselves.
-- Joan Chittister, OSB
"Religious life is alive,
but far from the Promised Land,"
National Catholic Reporter
