Set Your Heart on Fire – Weekend Retreat

What exactly do female Saints and Female Doctors of the Church such as Hildegard, Catherine, Teresa, and Therese have to contribute to our Lenten journeys in 2025? Join us for a weekend retreat filled with diverse opportunities to explore some possible answers to this inviting question. A brief survey of the wisdom-filled writings of these mystics will be considered and contemplated throughout the program. Reflective exercises from editor Vinita Hampton Wright’s Set the World on Fire will inform our dialogue and inspire our prayer. Participants will be invited to connect with these rich resources while deepening their spiritual intentions for Lent. Various rituals will offer participants a space to articulate personal takeaways and integration of what these incredible women are still offering to contemporary spiritual seekers and sojourners. Please bring along a journal for use during the program and comfortable attire for spending (optional) time in nature. Guided by Gordon Creamer.

Check-in begins at 4pm. There will be a brief welcome session at 5:30pm, followed by dinner at 6pm. The retreat begins after dinner at 7pm on Friday and concludes before lunch on Sunday. Mass will be celebrated in the Chapel on Sunday morning for those who would like to attend.