Are you feeling worn, yet restless? Do you long to lead your everyday life from a deeper, less anxious place? Does Jesus’s invitation to “come away for awhile” seem impossible? 

The Catholic Information Center in collaboration with Dominican Center Marywood have designed an experience of retreating to weave into your regular life so that you can come away for awhile and root in the Holy.

This unique retreat experience offers you collective space and personalized guidance to meet God within the fullness of your busy life. We will learn about and experience spiritual practices, bring awareness to our energy resources, time management and spiritual health, and explore what might root you in the deep peace of God’s holiness so that you can be strengthened, focused, and fruitful in your daily life.

You can expect to commit to three 2-hour gatherings where we learn and practice on Sunday afternoons, 2 1-hour individual sessions with a Spiritual Director at times that work with your schedule during the first two weeks of November, and between 10 minutes and half an hour each day to try some of the spiritual practices and prayer. In all spaces, we will practice reflective listening so that we can hear the whispers of God within our lives.

For those who attended in 2024, this is a new offering, so join us!

“Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
    whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
    and never fails to bear fruit.” ~Jeremiah 17:7-8

Spiritual Direction

The spiritual director is a companion to help hold sacred space to listen deeply. If you have never tried spiritual direction, this is a good introduction to see if it is a practice that God is inviting you into. Dominican Center Marywood will match you with a certified director. Be sure to fill out the pairing form during registration.

“In the spiritual life it’s much more important to know how to listen than to know how to talk…All one can do is walk with the other and help others rightly to hear themselves…When they are heard, it seems, they can begin to hear [God].” Richard Rohr, What the Mystics Know, 47-48

When we slow ourselves down enough to really listen, we encounter truth, we encounter God. We connect more deeply within ourselves, with others, and with God. Our fragmentation integrates and we discover what to hold on to, what to let go—vital actions for anyone in transition.

Come for some intentional time to meet with God within your life!