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Retreat Details.

Below is some additional information about the retreats.

January 18 to January 21, 2010

A Retreat for the Priests of Vicariates V and VI

Fr. Kevin Huber is the Vocation Director for the Diocese of Gary. Bishop Norbert Gaughan, second bishop of the Diocese of Gary, ordained him as priest on June 1, 1991.  Bishop Melczek appointed Fr. Kevin as Vocation Director in 2003.  He has also served as the Coordinator of the Office of Priestly Life and Ministry and Chaplain at Bishop Noll Institute.  In 18 years of priestly ministry, Fr. Kevin has also served in numerous parish assignments.  Originally from Portage, Indiana, Fr. Kevin entered Saint Meinrad Seminary College in 1983 after graduating from Portage High School. In 1987, he graduated from Saint Meinrad College with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. He continued priestly formation at Saint Meinrad School of Theology and graduated from Saint Meinrad School of Theology in 1991. In May, 2008, Fr. Kevin received the Doctor of Ministry Degree in Preaching from Aquinas Institute of Theology, St. Louis, Missouri.
The most satisfying experience in priestly ministry for Fr. Kevin is the opportunity to make a significant contribution to the lives of the people he meets, the Church he serves, and the culture in which he lives.

January 29 to January 31, 2010 

A Retreat for the Deacons and Wives of the Ordination Classes of '97, '98, '99 and all other deacons and wives interested.

One of Fr. Kubicki's loves is the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  In fact, he preached a retreat here on that topic in 2008 for the Chicago priests and he was warmly received.  For this retreat, Fr. Kubicki has entitled his presentations as "Living the Eucharist with the Heart of Jesus."  He sees two movements to dwell in this way of living.  First, there is the call to go deeper in our prayer lives by entering into the Heart of Jesus and feeling and thinking with his thoughts and feelings.  Second, we are given this Heart in the Eucharist and we are called, as Pope Benedict put it in Sacramentum Caritatis, to not only believe and celebrate the Eucharist, but to live it as well.  The questions to be considered then are, What does that mean? and How, concretely, do we live in the Eucharist?

Fr. James Kubicki, S.J. was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and entered the Jesuits in 1971. He was ordained in 1983 and served as the Vocation Director of the Wisconsin Province from 1984 to 1988. From 1989 to 1995, he directed retreats at the Sioux Spiritual Center, a retreat house for Native Americans in western South Dakota. During that time, he was also the Associate Director of the Deacon and Lay Ministry Formation Program of the Rapid City Diocese. From 1995 to 1999, he was his province's Director of Formation and Assistant to the Provincial for Native American Ministry. In 2000, he became the Assistant Director of the Jesuit Retreat House in Lake Elmo, Minnesota, a position he held until 2003, when he became the National Director of the Apostleship of Prayer.

February 12 to February 14, 2010

A Retreat for Deacons.

Fr. William Zavaski will be preaching on some of Paul's letters as a source for lectio divina and spiritual growth. Fr. Zavaski is pastor of St. James Parish in Arlington Heights and a gifted and enthusiastic preacher. Fr. Zavaski comes to us on the strong recommendation of Fr. Ahlstrom (and from the retreat house too!).  This is an opportunity to take the time to develop a prayer discipline necessary for us all.