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Villa Pauline Retreat and Spiritual Center offers a variety of retreats and programs to Lay women and men, Religious women and men, Priests, and anyone desiring to deepen their relationship with God.
A registration form is provided for each retreat and program which can be printed and mailed. Please be sure to make checks payable to Villa Pauline Retreat and Spiritual Center. Program and Retreat registrations are non-transferable/non-refundable.
For more inforamtion you can call Sister Carol Makravitz at 570-704-9903.
PROGRAMS FOR 2019-2020
Women's Cancer Survivor Prayer Group Beginning October 2019
With Open Hands A Day with Henri Nouwen Saturday October 19, 2019
The Wisdom of Age Tuesdays October 22 and 29, 2019
Taking Care of soMEone Else Saturday February 15, 2020
Lenten Prayer: Constant Hope Begins March 3, 2020 Tuesdays of Lent
GENERAL REGISTRATION FORM/documents/2019/2/General%20Registration%20Form-1.pdf
RETREATS FOR 2020
[Please note: Some Preached Retreats will be given in the Motherhouse and our Sisters will be attending, You may stay at Villa Pauline but will need to walk a short distance to the Motherhouse for conferences and meals.]
PREACHED RETREAT: May 29—June 5, 2020 Motherhouse Facilitator: Judy Schiavo
THEME: Come and Journey with Me
Come to a time and a place where you can reflect on the continuing journey of your relationship with God. Do you need to leave anything behind? Do you need to take something with you on this journey? During this retreat, there will be time to listen, reflect, and pray about how Jesus speaks to each one personally through our baptismal commitment, the beatitudes, the works of mercy, and the Gospel parables.
The retreat will focus on those moments of our past and those of our present time in dealing with aging and illness and how they help us to be in touch with the power and presence of God. At the center will be the Easter candle and the symbols of the five wounds of Jesus to help us see our “sacred wounds” in life and how they help us find and bring new life to others.
DIRECTED RETREAT: June 21-28, 2020 Villa Pauline
Directors: Carol Makravitz, SCC, Teresa Skierkowski, SCC, Ed Salmon, SJ
The focus of this retreat is a person’s relationship with God. Scripture, prose, poetry and other materials are offered for prayer and reflection. Retreatants will have the opportunity to meet daily with a spiritual director for guidance, discernment and affirmation in developing a deeper and richer relationship with God. Daily Eucharistic Liturgy and the Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available. This six day Ignatian directed retreat is an invitation to reflect on how we are meeting God in our prayer and in our life experiences.
GUIDED RETREAT: July 5-11, 2020 Villa Pauline Facilitator: Josita Marks, SCC
THEME: “Pondering the Castle Within”
Spend these days with St. Teresa of Avila: a strong determined WOMAN...TRAVELER...MYSTIC...DOCTOR of the CHURCH...and above all a WOMAN OF PRAYER. This guided retreat will start each day with a Prayerful Reflection, and an offering of a number of resources for pondering Teresa’s insights for the remainder of the day. The heart of the retreat will center on Teresa’s image of how the soul is like an INTERIOR CASTLE. She reminds us that the goal of the spiritual journey is to be united with God, the One who resides at the center of the ‘Castle Within.’
PREACHED RETREAT: July 12- 19, 2020 Villa Pauline Facilitator: Fr. Daniel Murphy
THEME; "I have come to bring you LIFE, LIFE in Abundance" John 10:10
In the midst of the fullness of life we see around us in mid-summer we can reflect on how the Resurrection of Jesus calls us to embrace this new life to the full.
PREACHED RETREAT: August 8-14, 2020 Villa Pauline Facilitator: Rev. Peter J. Krebs, S.T.
Theme: “Neglect not the gift that is in you.” 1 Timothy 4:14
We have been entrusted to look after something precious. We are to guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
IGNATIAN SPIRITUAL EXERCISES May 29--July 3, 2019
Directors: Carol Makravitz, SCC and Teresa Skierkowski, SCC
The full Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Loyola is an individually directed live-in retreat made over thirty days. In an atmosphere of prayerful silence you will have sabbatical time for meditation, reflection and liturgy. The dates given include the preparation days before the 30-day retreat and the reflection days at its conclusion. There will be rest or repose days built into the retreat. Cost: $2,000 all inclusive. Applications due by May 1, 2019. Call the Spiritual Center [973-543 9058] for an Application Form or email steresaskier@gmail.com requesting a form.
19th ANNOTATION of the SPIRITUAL EXERCISES
The 19th Annotation of the Spiritual Exercises is a profound and transformative retreat experience that is made over a period of nine months in daily life. The Exercises are organized around four “weeks” as they were originally given during the structure of a 30 day retreat. St. Ignatius himself found that many people could not, because of family or business reasons, take thirty days off, leave home, and go away for a retreat. So he created an adaptation of the Exercises, which would be extended over a period of time. This is what is known as the 19th Annotation.
September 2019--May 2020 $750—$1400 sliding scale. To register call S Teresa at 201-602-2235 or S Carol at 570-704-9903 to register or for more information. Register by August 1, 2020.