January 17 - 22, 2010

Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center, Sierra Madre, California
This beautiful facility is located in the charming City of Sierra Madre and is nestled against the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains.   Enjoy a peaceful, tranquil atmosphere only 5 minutes from Pasadena and 30 minutes from downtown Los Angeles.

 
Cost:  $875 (Retreat Center Accommodations)
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Presenters include:

Reverend Carl Arico
Theme:  A Taste of Silence

Lectures:

• Prayer as Relationship
• Centering Prayer/Contemplation/Silence
• The Human Condition
• Transformation/Unloading of the Unconscious
  
  

Reverend Timothy Gallagher, OMV
Theme:  Spiritual Discernment 
(Lectures to be announced.)

 
Reverend Albert Haase, OFM
Theme:  Like the Air We Breathe: An Approach to the Spiritual Life
Lectures:

•  The True Self
•  The False Self
•  Growth Towards Freedom
•  The Spiritual Journey
•  The Eucharist
  
  

Dr. Damon Owens
Theme:  Proclaiming the Theology of the Body
Lectures:

•  Theology of the Body:  An Education in Being Human
•  Who am I really?:  Created, Redeemed, &  Raised as Male and Female
•  How must I live to be truly happy?:  The Two Great Vocations
•  Freedom to Love:  Love, Sex, & Fertility

 
Reverend Msgr. Robert Wister
Theme:  The American Church:  Where we are and how we got here
Lectures:

•  What do Today's Catholics Believe?
•  Changing Parishes:  Demographics and History
•  Vatican II:  Different Historical Interpretations
•  Priestly Life and Priestly Formation:  Yesterday and Today