Questions and Answers

Where do we meet? 
At a location convenient to you, e.g., a retreat house, a church, or a meeting place.

How often do we meet? 

• For a weekend recovery retreat, four sessions plus a Saturday evening
  prayer.
• For an eight-day Jesuit Retreat, a retreat house setting.
• For a parish mission, a morning and evening session each day.

What does a typical session consist of?
Some informative and entertaining discussions as well as small group sharing .

What is the content of the sessions?

• Weekend recovery retreat includes: spirituality, images of God,
  overview of the 12-steps (see below), trauma and grief, founders and early women of the program, and the promises.
• Eight-day Jesuit retreat includes: individual direction according to the individual spiritual growth and movement.
• Parish mission includes: fourfold process of spiritual growth, images of God; Eucharist, Jesuit spirituality.

Who should attend?
Those seeking a deeper relationship with God or higher power and other people, plus a better understanding of their own identity.

What are the fees? Fees are negotiable.

Steps: Uncover, Discover, Recover

Participants in a Spiritual Direction Retreat will take a new look at the 12-step recovery process listed below. 

1. Honesty regarding powerlessness.
2. Openness to ask for help
3. Willingness to surrender.
4. Soul searching about fear, resentments, relationships, and secrets.
5. Integrity that leads to personal growth.
6. Acceptance to embrace the struggle.
7. Humility to become grounded and embrace the true self.
8. Willingness to make amends.
9. Forgiveness with self and others to create right relationships and let go of the past.
10. Maintaining spiritual growth through daily inventory.
11. Intimacy with God to discover His will for future direction.
12. Practicing these principles and serving others.