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SUMMARY:Advent Day of Prayer: Prepare Him Room
DESCRIPTION:A guided day of prayer\, silence\, and conversation — a spacious time to reflect on the mystery of God made flesh through art and poetry. To care is to prepare. As we ready our homes to welcome guests\, we’re invited to ready our hearts to welcome the True Guest\, Christ himself. Together we’ll pause amid the season’s busyness to listen\, create\, and open our hearts to the hope and wonder of Advent. \nRegistration by November 25
URL:https://www.straphaelacenter.org/event/advent-day-of-prayer-prepare-him-room/
CATEGORIES:Advent Program
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SUMMARY:Advent Directed Retreat Weekend 2026
DESCRIPTION:A directed retreat at St. Raphaela Center is a time of quiet in order to enhance attentiveness to God’s voice within you and in your life. A reverent silence is maintained throughout the Retreat Center at all times including during meals. Each retreatant meets with his/her director twice for approximately 45 minutes.  Each director possesses the necessary skills to guide their directees compassionately and peacefully\, allowing them to listen to God’s voice and to journey closely with their loving God\, both within the retreat setting and going forth into their daily lives.  The number\, nature and length of periods of formal prayer each day will depend upon the ability and needs of the individual and will be determined in conversation with the director. Retreatants are provided suggested scripture passages tailored to their own prayer. Ideally retreatants will have some experience in meditative prayer\, the desire to enter into prolonged silence\, and sufficient self-awareness to recognize their own inward movements. All retreatants have the opportunity for daily liturgy and reconciliation. \nDate: December 4 - 6\, 2026 \nTime: Starting at 4:00pm; Ending December 6 after lunch \nRegistration by November 29\n 
URL:https://www.straphaelacenter.org/event/advent-directed-retreat-weekend-2026/
CATEGORIES:Advent Program,Silent Directed Retreat
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SUMMARY:Advent Abundance in Enough-ness: A Guided Weekend Retreat
DESCRIPTION:“Within abundance lies the belief that what you need will be available when you need it.” \nAdvent is the spiritual season of hopeful expectation and preparation for the coming of Christ. However\, in our modern secular society it can feel more like a precursor to permissive end-of-year capitalistic consumption. When we live\, move\, and have our being in a culture steeped in a market economy\, it is easy to slide down a slippery slope into assumptions of scarcity and competition\, instead of staying rooted in a theology of abundance and collaboration. Using the work of Robin Wall Kimmerer\, we’ll consider G-d’s economy and how we are invited to participate in holy gift-giving systems for mutual flourishing. Through radical acceptance of what we have\, instead of focusing on what we want but don’t have\, perhaps we can encourage one another this Advent season to recognize G-d’s extravagant enough-ness and cultivate our own prodigal practices of gratitude. \nPreparatory expectations for attendees include reading The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer in advance of the retreat. Purchase of the book is included in the registration fee and available to be picked up at the Center\, or shipped for an additional cost. \nDate: December 4 – 6\, 2026 \nTime: Starting at 4:00pm; Ending December 6 after lunch \nRegister here by November 29
URL:https://www.straphaelacenter.org/event/advent-abundance-in-enough-ness-a-guided-weekend-retreat/
CATEGORIES:Advent Program
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