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  • Manna House to Offer Six Week Lenten Series

    Posted on December 27, 2022 by in

    • Lenten Series
      March 1, 2023 - April 5, 2023
      6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

    Manna House of Prayer will be offering a Lenten Series from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays available in-person or via Zoom. Dates will be March 1, 8, 1, 22, 29 and April 5. Cost is $15 per person/per session or $75 for all 6 sessions. You can register for one session, or make reservations (more…)

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  • Holy Week Retreat: Women Mystics and the Following of Jesus

    Posted on February 1, 2023 by in

    • Holy Week Retreat: Women Mystics
      April 2, 2023 - April 8, 2023
      4:00 pm - 11:00 am

    Director: S. Gilla Dubé Mysticism is the search for and experience of the Divine. Church history is filled with women and men mystics who have passionately witnessed a deep belief in God. During this Holy Week, we will spend time with the following women mystics: Mary of Magdala, Julian of Norwich, Ruth Burrows, Dorothy Day, (more…)

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  • Directed Retreat

    Posted on February 2, 2023 by in

    • Directed Retreat
      June 4, 2023 - June 10, 2023
      5:00 pm - 1:00 pm

    Directors: Paula Drass, CSJ, Karen Guth, SCL, Manna House Staff Retreatants meet daily with an experienced spiritual director. Together they discern the spiritual path on which the Holy Spirit is leading the retreatant. The director suggests Scripture passages that may assist the retreatant in further considering her/his spiritual journey and Christ’s call to discipleship.  Sunday, (more…)

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  • Bobbin Lace Retreat~ Come Find Rest: The Grace of Creativity

    Posted on February 1, 2023 by in

    • Bobbin Lace Retreat
      June 14, 2023 - June 21, 2023
      5:30 pm - 1:00 pm

    Retreat Directors: Ronna Robertson, Janet Lander, CSJ and Mary Jo Thummel, CSJ Every “retreat” worthy of title, allows us to step back from the bustle and worries of our everyday lives and find that inner place where joy and peace abide. We renew the simplicity of heart, spiritual childhood, even while we ripen in the (more…)

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  • 2023 Theological Institute “Start a Revolution”: Climate Change, Ecological Conversion, and Systemic Catholic Action

    Posted on December 27, 2022 by in

    • Theological Institute
      July 13, 2023 - July 16, 2023
      5:00 pm - 1:00 pm

    Presenter: Daniel R. DiLeo, PhD July 13–16, 2023 Climate change is a moral issue that implicates the Church’s mission and core commitments of Catholic social teaching. Pope Francis has urged persons and communities to “start a revolution” of encounter and action that will prevent accelerating climate catastrophe. These actions include internal “ecological conversion” and advocating (more…)

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  • Picnic With God

    Posted on February 2, 2023 by in

    • Picnic With God
      July 28, 2023 - July 30, 2023
      12:00 pm

    Directors: Dian Hall, CSJ and Lorren Harbin, CSJ You are invited: Come be our guest! Take a long weekend to cool off from the summer heat and celebrate with God, creation and us. Enjoy fellowship with others, rest and relaxation. Enjoy God’s sunrise with a mini pilgrimage through our historic Nazareth Motherhouse with its grounds, (more…)

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  • Truly Religious! A Retreat for Agrégées and Agrégée Candidates

    Posted on March 8, 2023 by in

    • Truly Religious!
      August 27, 2023 - September 2, 2023
      4:00 pm - 12:45 pm

    A time to reflect together on our religious way of life that reflects the founding moment. You will have the opportunity to explore your vocation and its meaning, purpose and importance privately and in communion with others with like vocations.   “Was that when they began to come together in order to ‘become’ together  – (more…)

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  • Legacy Retreat

    Posted on January 31, 2023 by in

    • Legacy Retreat
      September 24, 2023 - September 30, 2023
      8:00 am - 5:00 pm

    What am I leaving?  To whom am I leaving it? These days are for those of us “of a certain age” who experience the questions of quality and capacity of life more frequently than ever before. Facing old or old, old age is the time to begin to examine the meaning of our successes and (more…)

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  • Quilting Retreat: Hanging Gardens

    Posted on February 1, 2023 by in

    • Hanging Gardens
      October 5, 2023 - October 8, 2023
      5:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Class Teacher: Joyce Schultz The black accents in “Hanging Gardens” add a “Wow” factor to this quilt. It gets your attention without being too bold or distracting. This quilt uses 2 1/2″ strips (jelly roll) and includes instructions for three quilt sizes. Thursday, 5:00 – Sunday, 3:00 p.m. Cost: $215. (more…)

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  • A Seasoned Religious Life

    Posted on January 31, 2023 by in

    • A Seasoned Religious Life
      October 22, 2023 - October 27, 2023
      4:00 pm - 12:30 pm

    Directors: Marcia Allen, CSJ and Gilla Dubé, CSJ Religious Communities are making decisions that are reinventing our lives. This “unsettlement” gives rise to a spectrum of emotions that need to be processed. Like the seasons in nature and within us, there is also a season in religious life. Come away for five days to greet and (more…)

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