Discernment Retreats

Monthly Discernment Events

Sisters of the Most Precious Blood

Sanguis Christi Spirituality Center   3401 Arsenal Street    St. Louis, MO  63118

Spiritual Direction     Date &Time:   A mutually agreed upon time

Directors:      Sr. Ginny Jaskiewicz, CPPS   Sr. Carol Orf, CPP  Cost: $25.00-$35.00 (sliding scale)

Description:  Each human person has a deep desire to be in relationship with the Divine.  But the noise, busyness and stresses of life often leave many people too frazzled to experience God's presence for more than a nano-second here and there.  Spiritual direction encourages one to explore a closer relationship with God as one discovers a sense of one's own answers from within.  Spiritual direction is not counseling or therapy. 

Private Day of Prayer and Recollection      Date & Time:    A mutually agreed upon time

Cost:  $30.00 or donation    Lunch Provided

Description:  Take time away for solitude and silence to listen to God's invitation to you at this time in your life.  The Sanguis Christi Spirituality Center is located within walking distance of beautiful Tower Grove Park. Be still and know that I am God.  (Psalm 46:10)

Private Overnight Retreats: Individual or Small Group    Date & Time:    A mutually agreed upon time

Cost: $45.00 per night or free will offering   Meals provided 

(Direction is available - cost is $55 per night or donation)

Description:  Come away and rest awhile in silence and solitude as you allow your God to renew your spirit.

For I know well the plans I have in mind for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare, not for woe! Plans to give you a future full of hope.  (Jeremiah 29:11)

Space for Gathering   Large Gathering Space   Dining Room      Cost:  Negotiable

Register here - Registration Form Sanguis Christi Spirituality Center.pdf Complete and return form with check to:  Sr. Carol Orf, CPPS   3401 Arsenal Street St. Louis, MO  63118  Phone:  314.223.7508 or 314.560.1028 Email:   corf@cpps-ofallon.org

February 2012

 Sisters of the Most Precious Blood

Sanguis Christi Spirituality Center   3401 Arsenal Street    St. Louis, MO  63118

Taizé Prayer for Peace (2nd Friday of each month)

Dates:  February 10, 2012   thru   March 9, 2012       Time:   7:00 - 8:00 pm

Place:   St. Elizabeth Academy Chapel, 3401 Arsenal  

Description:  This simple and beautiful chant music of Taizé Monastery in France promotes inner unity and allows one's spirit to be more attentive to the heart.  Join with the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood as they live out their charism of reconciliation by praying for peace in our world, our cities, our neighborhoods and in our own hearts. After a busy, hectic week, come and rest in God's presence.

 Busy Persons Retreat       Dates:   February 6-10, 2012           

Meeting Time:   Mon.,Tues.,Wed.,Thurs. Fri.  (Morning, afternoon, OR evening)

Directors:  Sr. Carol Orf, CPPS      Sr. Ginny Jaskiewicz, CPPS       Cost:         Free will offering

Description:  What would it be like to live your life in a continual awareness of the holiness of everything?  This retreat for busy people continues the journey to a deeper relationship with God. The retreatants continue their ordinary activities and are amazed that there is time for God too! Using the method of Lectio Divina, the retreatants commit themselves to pray with Sacred Scripture 30 minutes each day and to meet 30 minutes daily with a director. 

Lectio Divina    Date:    Thursday, February  16, 2012    Time:    7:00 - 9:00 pm

Facilitators: Sr. Ginny Jaskiewicz, CPPS    Sr. Carol Orf, CPPS

 Deadline for registration: Thursday, February 9    Cost:$20.00

 Description:  Lectio Divina is Latin for sacred reading and represents a traditional Christian practice of prayer.  Lectio Divina begins with cultivating the ability to listen deeply, to hear "with the ear of our hearts" and is intended to promote communion with God and to deepen God's Word in our lives.  The practice of Lectio Divina requires that we first quiet down in order to hear God's word to us.  We listen for the still, small voice of God who will speak to us personally--not loudly, but intimately. Come, experience and practice Lectio Divina in a sacred place. 

Register here - Registration Form Sanguis Christi Spirituality Center.pdf Complete and return form with check to:  Sr. Carol Orf, CPPS   3401 Arsenal Street St. Louis, MO  63118  Phone:  314.223.7508 or 314.560.1028 Email:   corf@cpps-ofallon.org

Desert Day      Date: Monday, February 20, 2012     Time:  9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost:  Free Will Offering   Lunch Provided

Description: How often have you said to yourself:  I really need a day of prayer and quiet! Desert Days are just that.  The desert has always been a symbol for a meeting place with God. The day will begin with Lectio Divina on the day's Scripture.  The remainder of the day is solitude, quiet, reflection, and rest.  The day will end with prayer.  Come to the quiet and listen as God speaks to your heart. 

I will allure her into the desert and speak to her heart. (Hosea 2:16)

March 2012

Apostles of the Sacred Heart   March 23-25, 2012    

The Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus are offering a discernment weekend retreat for single, Catholic women (ages 18-30) at Queen of Apostles Spiritual Life Center in Imperial, MO from March 23-25, 2012. The retreat begins Friday at 5:00 p.m. and concludes Sunday at noon. The retreat will include Eucharistic liturgies, Eucharistic adoration, Liturgy of the Hours prayed in common, vocation talks and time for quiet prayer and reflection. For more information contact Sr. Colleen Smith, ASCJ at vocations@ascjus.org or by calling 203-988-4742 or download Registration Flyer ASCJ 2012.pdf