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Busy World Retreat
What is a Busy World Retreat?
How Does It Work?
Who Can Participate?
Registration
For More Information
Our Next Busy World Retreat
Busy
World Online
Lenten Retreat
Sunday, March 21-Sunday, March 28
(Participation fee: $5.00 per
participant)
Small Group Discussions:
Monday, March 29 (Times TBA)
Rectory Parlor/Sacred Heart Parish
2010 Theme:
You Are My
Friends
Reflections by Fr. M. Basil Pennington OCSO
Commentary by Archbishop Daniel Kucera OSB
About the Theme
In his introduction to this series of Lenten
reflections, first published in 2005, Fr. Pennington wrote: "The
Whole Story
of the Bible, of the Revelation, is the story of Gods love for
us, the story of his friendship with the men and women whom he
is creating. In the opening pages, we find him coming in the
cool of the evening to walk in the garden with his friends Adam
and Eve. On the last pages, we find him knocking at the door of
our hearts, wanting to come in and sit down side by side with
his friends to have a little supper....
"Some may say that this is all myth,"
Fr. Pennington continued, "but myth is a story that
tells the truth. And friendship is based on truth. What is the
truth? Who are we? Remember, go the words at the
imposition of ashes..., you are dust and into dust you will return. Yes,
we are dust but we have been raised up to be friends, made
sharers in divine life by being baptized into Christ. Our Lenten
journey is to the font: to the renewal of our baptism and the
renewal of our friendship with the Divine.
As
Fr. Pennington's editor, Mark Neilsen wrote,
These words, born of a lifetime of prayer and reflection on
Scripture, are both a challenge and an invitation to us today.
With the help of Fr. Basils reflection and prayer, may our Lent
draw us closer to the greatest friend we could ever have.
About the Author
Fr. M. Basil Pennington,
O.C.S.O.
(19312005) was a
Trappist
monk, priest and leading Catholic spiritual writer, speaker,
teacher, and spiritual director. He entered the Order of
Cistercians of the Strict Observance at St. Josephs Abbey in
Spencer, Massachusetts in 1951. He received a licentiate in
Theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)
and a licentiate in Canon Law at the Pontifical Gregorian
University. In 2000, he was elected Abbot of the Monastery of
the Holy Spirit in
Conyers,
Georgia. He retired as abbot and returned to St.
Joseph's Abbey in 2002. He died from injuries sustained in a car
accident in 2005. Over the course of his life as a monk, Fr.
Pennington wrote over 60 books and over 1,000 articles. He was
internationally known as one of the major proponents of the
Centering Prayer movement begun at St. Joseph's during the 1970's.
About the Commentator
Archbishop
Daniel Kucera OSB served as Archbishop of Dubuque from 1984 to
1995. He is a native of Chicago and former abbot of St. Procopius
Abbey in Lysle, Illiniois. He has a masters and doctorate
degrees from the Catholic University of America. He was
professed as a monk in the Order of St. Benedict in 1944 and was ordained
to the priesthood in 1949. He served on the faculty and as
president of St. Procopius College (now Illinois Benedictine
College) before being appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet in
1977 and bishop of Salina, Kansas in 1980. He is presently retired and lives in Dubuque.
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What is a Busy World
Retreat?
A Busy World Retreat is designed for adults and young adults
who are too busy to participate in a traditional weekend or
weeklong retreat outside the home. It is a seven day retreat
experience which takes place in the midst of everyday life.
During a Busy World Retreat, the individual's time for prayer
and quiet reflection takes place in their home, work, or another
environment of their choosing, at whatever time of day is
convenient for them.
How Does a
Busy World Online
Retreat Work?
Participants
register for the retreat and are given access to daily prayers
and reflection material posted online.
During the next seven days, participants reflect privately each
day on a scripture passage or spiritual reading and on the
reflection questions assigned by the retreat guide.
Participants may share their thoughts and insights online with
other participants.
At the conclusion of the retreat there is an opportunity for participants
to gather in small
groups of four or five with a retreat
guide to share the insights and
reflections which have come to them over the past week.
If
helpful, participants may arrange to meet privately
with the retreat guide following the final group discussion.
Who Can
Participate in a Busy World Retreat?
Adults and young
adults of any age are welcome to participate in a Busy World
Retreat. This is an opportunity for anyone who wishes to
spend some time reflecting on God's presence and goodness in
their lives. You do not need to be actively participating
in a faith community, and you do not need to be familiar with
the format or techniques of spiritual reflection in order to
grow from a Busy World Retreat. What you need is a desire
to do this, and the commitment to spend 20 to 30 minutes each
day in quiet reflection in an environment of your choice.
Registration
By phone: call
319-234-9912
By email:
DBQ208s3@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us
Online:
Click here to register online
For information contact:
Director of Adult
Faith Formation
320 Mulberry St., Waterloo IA 50703 Phone:
319-234-9912
email: DBQ208s3@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us
Posted 01.06.10
Last Update:
01.18.10
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