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January 2021
A Pilgrim’s Retreat (Online)
We invite you to join us for an online Pilgrim's Day Retreat, the first in which we ask our Retreatants to use their own homes as the Retreat site, and the first time that we will lead the Retreat via ZOOM. A “retreat” as we mean it is a deliberate act of generosity towards God – Who is never outdone in generosity – a making of ourselves available to God with the fullest amount of zeal we can muster. This…
Find out more »February 2021
Women, Arise! Valentine Retreat with Tara Ludwig
"Arise, my friend, my beautiful one, and come!" - Song of Songs 2:13b Join the Women, Arise! group from St Ignatius Parish in Portland for a retreat about God’s love for us and our love for God. Saturday, February 13, 2021 via Zoom 10am – noon Presenters: Tara Ludwig of the Faber Institute & Ana Guizado To register visit the St. Ignatius website at Retreat Sign up Questions? Contact Beth at bschaller@sipdx.org.
Find out more »May 2021
A Mother’s Retreat
Join us for this nourishing retreat for mothers of all ages, from new moms with babies to empty nesters and grandmothers. Tara Ludwig, Spiritual Director at Faber Institute and mother of three little ones, will act as Retreat Director, guiding us through a reverent exploration of the power of “Mother”. Together, we will consider how our spiritual capacities as mothers create depth and meaning within our own homes and families, as well as empower us as agents of tenderness in…
Find out more »The Recollection Retreat
Meal of Our Lord and the Apostles (John 21) by James Tissot “Recollection” is a 16th century word that meant, and means, “serious concentration of thought,” especially in a religious context. Its meaning also, by the early 17th century included the accompanying inner disposition needed for such “recollection” to happen: “composure, calmness of mind, self-possession.” Finally, by the mid-17th century, “recollection” also meant “the action of recalling something to the memory … the mental operation by which objects or ideas…
Find out more »October 2021
A Pilgrim’s Retreat: The Binding and Unbinding
The Raising of Lazarus, Decani Monastery (14th century) The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go." - John 11:44 (NIV) __________________________________________________________________ The world is a complicated place, easily able to distract and to confuse us. And we each are well able to add to its complexities when we have forgotten from where - that is, from Whom…
Find out more »Women, Arise! Fall Retreat with Tara Ludwig as a Speaker
Women’s Fall Retreat Presented by: Women, Arise! Ministry – a ministry for women, by women. “Courage, daughter.” (Matt. 9:22) The Healing of the Woman with a Flow of Blood (Mark 5:22-34), 2017. Artist: Julia Stankova Has your strength left you? Draw near to Christ. Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021 via Zoom 10am – 1pm Presenters: Tara Ludwig (Faber Institute) & Ana Guizado Register online at www.sipdx.org Questions? Contact Beth Schaller…
Find out more »December 2021
Women, Arise! Advent Retreat with Tara Ludwig as a Speaker
This image is from the Basilica of the Visitation in Ein Karem, a village in the hill country of Judea where John the Baptist was born. The Basilica is built on the spot where the Visitation took place. “For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy.” (Luke 1:44) Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021 Loyola Jesuit Center 1:00-4:00 p.m. Presenters: Tara Ludwig (Faber Institute) & Ana Guizado Cost: $25*…
Find out more »February 2022
POSTPONED: A Marriage Retreat
DUE TO COVID AND NOT BEING ABLE TO MEET IN PERSON, WE HAVE DECIDED TO POSTPONE THE MARRIAGE RETREAT FOR A TIME WHEN RESTRICTIONS ARE LIFTED AND WE CAN, IN FACT, MEET IN PERSON! The Marriage Retreat is first and foremost a “retreat”; that is, it is a time that each of you set aside for God, letting God have access to you in a more than typical degree. A Retreat works to help a person (a “retreatant”) become more…
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