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Retreat Details.
Below is some additional information about the retreats.
February 19 to 21, 2008.
A retreat for the Priests of Vicariate IV.
There is still space available for A Retreat for Priests: Vicariate IV
will come together for a retreat beginning with lunch on February 19, 2008 and concluding February 21 with lunch.
The retreat leader is Rev. Charles Smiech, OFM. Fr. Smiech was ordained in 1981. He received his Masters
of Divinity from Christ the King Seminary in East Aurora, New York. He continued studies in spirituality and preaching at
St. Michael’s College, Toronto; at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago; Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio; and
at St. Bonaventure, New York. Fr. Smiech has served as spiritual director at St. Francis Retreat House, Easton, PA. Fr. Smiech
has led retreats over many years on an international basis, having preached in Canada, Germany, India, Jamaica, Mexico and
Pakistan. Further details about Fr. Smiech are available on his website www.retreatstoday.com.
Amid the busyness of our lives and the society in which we live, and amid the demands of
ministry and the intensity of global concerns, there is an interior journey of clarity and enlightenment which brings us to
be messengers of Jesus’ hope and peace. Using Francis of Assisi as a starting point for this journey, Fr. Smiech will
reflect with you on the way of Jesus.
The retreat begins with lunch on February
19 (first conference at 2:30PM) and concludes with lunch on February 21.
May 2 to 5.
Chicago deacons and wives retreat with Fr. Ronald Kunkel.
Father Kunkel holds degrees
from the University of Notre Dame, the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm. Fr. Kunkel was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Chicago in May, 2000. After completing an advanced degree in sacramental theology in Rome, Fr. Kunkel was
assigned as Associate Pastor at Saint Peter Parish, Skokie, Illinois. From January, 2002 through June 2005, Fr. Kunkel served as Associate Pastor and Director of Liturgy at
Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral. In addition, he was an adjunct faculty member
at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake, teaching courses in liturgical and sacramental theology at Mundelein Seminary
and the Liturgical Institute.
Currently, Fr. Kunkel is pursuing a Doctorate in Sacred Theology
at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake and is a member of the faculty at Mundelein Seminary. He is also an instructor in the Institute for Priestly Formation at Creighton University.
May 5 to 9, 2008.
Priests' retreat with Rev. James Kubicki, S.J.
In this retreat, Fr. Kubicki will combine two of his theological interests--to see how the grace of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus is fostered by a life devoted to Ignatian spirituality.
Rev. James Kubicki, SJ, is the National Director of the Apostleship of Prayer. Fr. Kubicki's
involvement with the Apostleship of Prayer goes back to his high school days when he first encountered the monthly leaflets
with the Holy Father's intentions. In 1995 he became the Wisconsin Province Director of the Apostleship of Prayer, and in
1997 he became a member of the Apostleship's national board of directors. He became National Director on July 31, 2003.Fr.
Kubicki was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He entered the Jesuits in 1971 and was ordained in 1983. From 1984-88 he served
as the Vocation Director and from 1995-99 as the Director of Formation for the Jesuits of the Wisconsin Province, a seven-state
region in the upper Midwest. From 1989-95 he worked at the Sioux Spiritual Center, a retreat house for Native Americans in
western South Dakota. During that time he was also the Assistant Director of the Diocese of Rapid City's deacon and lay ministry
formation program. From 2000-03 he was the Assistant Director of Demontreville, the Jesuit Retreat House in Lake Elmo, Minnesota.
July 7 to July 11, 2008
A preached retreat for women religious with Rev. Albert Haase, OFM.
Living the Lord's Prayer.
In the fourth century, Tertullian referred to the Lord's Prayer as the "summary of the whole Gospel."
And so, we are challenged not only to pray these words of Jesus but to live them in our lives. Through two daily conferences,
daily Eucharist with homily and time for private consultation, the retreat will explore the implications of living the Lord's
Prayer.
Albert Haase, OFM, was ordained a priest in 1983 and received a Ph.D. in Historical Theology from Fordham
University in 1990. He has preached parish missions and retreats across the United States and Cameroon, West Africa.
In 2004, he returned to the US after spending twelve years as a missionary in mainland China, where he ministered as
pastor for the English-speaking Catholic community of Beijing while working as Director of Human Resources for Deloitte Touche.
Author of five books on popular spirituality, he is currently an adjunct professor of spirituality at Catholic Theological
Union and Director of the School of Spirituality at Mayslake Ministries, Westmont, IL. His website is www.albertOFM.net. Information about his next book can be found at www.ivpress.com/cominghome. You may also hear Fr. Albert from time to time on Relevant Radio as a guest commentator, together with
his sister who is a professed woman religious.
The retreat will commence early evening on July 7 and conclude with lunch on July 11. The retreat offering
is $385.
July 18 to July 25, 2008
Spirituality for the Golden
Years.
Sister Constance Krstolic, OSB, will lead a retreat for the pre-retired,
semi-retired and retired.
A new attitude toward one's old being is a gift worth celebrating! New
life, the Holy Spirit's gift, must begin with the ability to claim our lives as they have been and as they are
now. This workshop/retreat provides the means to begin to reclaim more of one's largely neglected personal life,
to recall social changes that have occurred over one's lifetime, and to continue along the road with renewed enthusiasm.
For twelve years, Spirituality for the Golden Years has been offered at the monastery of St. Scholastica for seniors
from across the country. In response to requests of religious communities, the retreat is now being presented at other
locations as "Golden Years on the Road."
Topics include Celebrating the Journey, The Sign of Remembrance,
All the Good Byes, Conversion: Turning and Re-turning to God, The Power of Affirmation, The Wisdom of the Elders, The Ministry
of Encouragement, as well as other presentations.
Sr. Constance, OSB, has over twenty-five years' experience
as a Benedictine, teacher, religious educator, vocation/formation minister and spiritual director. She has given retreats
and workshops for individuals, for religious communities, and for corporations and institutions, both at her monastery in
Atchison, Kansas, and across the country.
The retreat will begin on Friday afternoon July 18 and will continue
through lunch on July 25, 2008. Sr. Constance will be available for private consultation throughout the week, as well
as be the presenter of the reflections. Plans are to also have daily Mass. The cost for this eight day retreat,
for accommodations, meals and materials is $545.00.
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