Join us for our fall retreat, The Spiritual Journey: A Pilgrimage into the Heart of God
The Spiritual Journey: A Pilgrimage into the Heart of God
Life is a journey, not simply from childhood to adulthood and moving on to old age. It is a spiritual journey, a pilgrimage from the necessary egocentric state of childhood, where we learn to navigate the emotional minefields of our families, towards the all embracing heart of God where we learn the deepest truth of our existence: we are God’s beloved daughters and sons. And there is nothing that we can do, no matter how bad, to change that. Nor is there any good we can do to enhance that truth, to make us somehow even more beloved. God loves each one of us as much as God loves Jesus.
Join us for The Spiritual Journey: A Pilgrimage into the Heart of God. We will explore this deep truth of being God’s beloved from the moment of our conception, how life obscures this truth, and how the spiritual journey allows our belovedness in God to break through and blossom.
Fr. Dennis Berry, ST, a familiar face to the CLM community, will be one of our presenters along with Robert Fontana. Fr. Dennis has presented at many retreats and family camps for CLM. He is a priest of the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity. Most recently, he was the director of the Shrine of St. Joseph in Stirling, NJ; and now he is in Senior Ministry and lives in Chicago where he accompanies young men in preparation for the missionary life. He is also involved in giving retreats, workshops, and spiritual direction. Ordained in 1974, he holds a doctorate in spiritual theology and has worked throughout the United States and Latin America. He also served ten years as the international spiritual guide for the lay missionaries of the Missionary Cenacle Apostolate and eight years as a Councilor General of his congregation. He has written extensively and developed retreats and spiritual exercises based on the life and spirituality of Father Thomas Judge, founder of the movement of lay missionaries, sisters, brothers and priests called the Missionary Cenacle Family.
Saturday, October 8, 9:30 am – 5 pm
Peace & Spirituality Center, St. Mary-by-the-Lake
¨ Address: 1663 Killarney Way, Bellevue, WA
¨ Cost: $20 (single), $35(couple) / Scholarships available.
¨ Please bring your own brown bag lunch.
¨ Snacks/drinks will be provided.
¨ To register: Email: Robert@catholiclifeministries to sign up. Pay registration fee online at catholiclifeministries.org/donate/ OR bring a check to the retreat, payable to CLM.
¨ The Spiritual Journey will conclude with Mass!
