offering an alternative
to the stress of today’s living,
and instead focuses retreatants on living
lives of faith and deepening spirituality,
which is life-giving and lasting.

Shalom is an ideal place for retreats, conferences, and meetings. Featuring 55 bedrooms (some double-occupancy), Shalom can sleep up to 75 people, and is handicapped accessible. Nutritious, home-cooked meals are served with warm hospitality. A wide variety of AV equipment and free Wi-Fi is also available.

Retreat leader name: Tim Bascom
Author of the memoir, "Chameleon Days: An American Boyhood in Ethiopia" (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) and a collection of essays titled, "The Comfort: Trap: Spiritual Dangers of a
Convenience Culture." Bascom won the Bakeless Literary Prize

• April 17 and 18, 2009
  Spirituality in the 21st Century: Ecospirituality and the Universe
  

Modern science challenges us to step beyond some of our long-held ideas into new and astounding concepts about the universe in which we live, a universe that offers amazement.
The integration of science and spirituality today offers us a compelling story which seeps into our awareness.

Retreat leader name: Judy Cannato
Judy Cannato, M.Ed., MA has been a spiritual director on the staff of River's Edge at St. Joseph Center in Cleveland, Ohio. She is the author of "Quantum Grace: Lenten Reflections on Creation andonnectedness," "Quantum Grace: The Sunday Readings," and "Radical Amazement: Contemplative Lessons from Black Holes, Supernovas and Other Wonders of the Universe."

• PEACE THROUGH RECONCILIATION: Our Search for Common Ground Retreat Day
  Saturday, June 20, 10:00am – 3:00pm
  

DIRECTOR: JOE NASSAL C.P.P.S.
Author of eight books including The Conspiracy of Compassion, Rest Stops for the Soul, Moments of Truth, Premediated Mercy, and Stations of the Crib

Engaged in retreat, renewal and reconciliation ministry since 1988

Missionary of the Precious Blood

Helped establish Precious Blood Center for Reconciliation in Chicago


Reconciliation reveals the desire to live in right relationship with God and with one another. During this day of reflection, we will examine our call to be ministers of healing and hope in a war-scarred and weary world. It is a call, Paul reminds us, that has its origin in a Divine Source: “God has made us agents of reconciliation . . . and commissioned us with the ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5, 18).”

Offering: $40. Registration deadline: June 12.

• TENDING THE MYSTERY
  Sun., June 28, 5:30pm – Sat., July 4, 9:30am
  

DIRECTOR: ELIZABETH CUMMINS, OSF
Member, Sisters of St. Francis, Dubuque IA
Spiritual director and grief counselor in private practice, Phoenix, AZ
MA in Theology, St. John University, Collegeville, MN
Certification in Spiritual Direction & Bereavement Counseling

This retreat will weave insights of emerging consciousness, earth spirituality, poetry and Franciscan intuitions. Retreat participants will be invited into Stillness to recognize and attend the Mystery of God’s Presence in their lives and the world. Daily Eucharist.

Offering: $340. (A $50 nonrefundable deposit secures your reservation and is credited to the offering for the retreat.

Early Bird Discount Rate: $315, if registered by May 28.

• THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE EVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
  Sun., July 5, 5:30pm – Sat., July 11, 9:30am
  

DIRECTOR: DON GOERGEN OP
Preacher, teacher, lecturer, writer
Author of four volume series on the Theology of Jesus
Member: “Friends of God,” a Dominican Ashram, Kenosha, WI
Past Provincial for Dominican Friars of the Central Province

One of the most important social ministries of our time is the promotion of a contemplative consciousness. In this retreat, we will explore the relationship between contemplation and mission in the context of the mission of the Holy Spirit. Evolution has given birth to matter, life and mind. There is more to consciousness than mind, and we are now on the threshold of higher stages of consciousness. We will focus our spiritual practice so as to be more conscious participants in the evolutionary process. There will be daily Eucharist and times for silent meditation, presentations, and discussion. Daily Eucharist.

Offering: $340. (A $50 nonrefundable deposit secures your reservation and is credited to the offering for the retreat.)

Early Bird Discount Rate: $315, if registered by June 5.