Retreats
Choosing to set aside a day, a weekend, even a week for a spiritual retreat can be a worthwhile experience. On retreat, there is quality time for bringing one's life situations, events, and experiences to prayer and a deeper connection with God. The retreat offers one the grace to be oneself, the opportunity to be refreshed physically and spiritually, and the invitation to deeper transformation.
Custom Retreats and Winter Sabbaticals
Come to Marywood Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center for a retreat or winter sabbatical that is customized for wherever you may be in life.
Whether looking for greater meaning in life, transitioning in life, or just needing a period of rest, we invite you to include
us in this time. Our cozy cabins include fireplaces and gas heat, bedding, and fully equiped kitchens. On-site facilities include
our chapel and library. Facilitators are available to work with you during your stay.
Attention Interested Retreatants!
• Plan Ahead
• Register Early • Space is Limited
Call ahead for space availability after the registration date, as occasionally space becomes available.
For more information on any retreat, or to register:
Call 715-385-3750 or e-mail:
marywood.center@gmail.com
Retreats Information
VACATION WITH A PURPOSE: Mixed Media
July 8-12, 2013 - Monday thru Friday
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Instructor: Karen Kappell, FSPA
We will use fluid acrylics, and gels (supplied) with various media to create paintings that stimulate and work with mediums such as watercolor, pastels, gouache, etc. If you have a favorite media that you are working in, but want to push it further, this workshop is for you. Bring what you like to paint with and a suggestion of other materials will be sent to you in advance. We will gather each day from 9:00 to 3:00. We will take a break at noon for a home-cooked meal and instruction will stop at 3:00 to give you time for personal relaxation. Cost: commuters: $300.00 residents $450.00 with arrival on the evening of July 7. Limit of 8. Register by Monday, June 10 and include a $100.00 deposit.
FRANCISCAN RETREAT:
July 21-25, 2013 Sunday 5:30 PM to Thursday 1:00 PM
Facilitators: Marla Lang, FSPA and Kathy Lentsch, OSF
Using Part III of Michael Crosby's book Repair My House, we will address approaches to God, self and others that involve the practice of cosmic awareness, Christic centeredness, increasing consciousness, greater connectedness, deepening contemplation, and expanding compassion - all of which find their best realization in what is truly Catholic: life-giving community. There will be input, dialogue, and extended periods for quiet reflection. Register by Monday July 1. Include $50 deposit for commuters and $100 for residents. Fee: Residents $299 includes room in a shared lakeside cabin and all meals. Commuters $190 includes noon and evening meals.
DIRECTED RETREAT
August 4-11, 2013
Director: Miriam Cecile Ross, SSND
Retreat begins with a simple supper at 5:30 PM on Sunday; departure at 10:00 AM on the following Sunday. This is a silent retreat. Each retreatant meets once each day for one hour with the spiritual director. Meals are shared in silence. The rest of the day is spent in prayer and solitude enjoying the water, woodland environment and lakeside cabin. Register by Friday, July 5. Please include $100 deposit. Fee: $450 includes private room in shared lakeside cabin and meals.
EXPERIENCING GOD THROUGH EARTH’S BEAUTY
September 27-October 2, 2013 - Fri. 5:00 PM to Wed. 10:00 AM
Facilitator: Roselyn Heil, FSPA
As Earth moves us into autumn, God speaks to us in wind, coloring leaves and bird migrations. All are invitations to experience the Divine around and within. We'll explore Earth's music and poetry of forest, water, wind and fire in the Northwoods (carpool travel required). Evenings will be free for campfires or creative expression. Arrive after 3:00 Friday; Depart by 10:00 am Wednesda. Register by Friday, September 20. Fees: Resident $450 includes private room in shared lakeside cabin and all needs (deposit $100); Commuters $300 (deposit $50).
REST and RENEW
October 13-16, 2013
Sunday 5:00 PM to Wednesday 10:00 AM
Facilitator: Kathy Lentsch, OSF
This is a get-away time to nourish one's spirit by enjoying Marywood's lovely environment and cozy fireplace. Retreat begins with simple supper at 5:30 PM on Sunday. Monday and Tuesday mornings will begin with prayer followed by discussion, with afternoons free for personal reflection and or meet with a guide. Guided contemplative prayer together in the evenings. Departure is 10:00 AM on Wednesday. Register by Monday, September 16. Fee: $280 includes room in a shared lakeside cabin and all meals and spiritual direction. Please include $100 deposit (refundable if reservation is cancelled one month prior to retreat).
BREATHE BEFORE CHRISTMAS: Now Is A Sacred Time
December 13-15, 2013
Friday 7:00 PM to Sunday 10:00 AM
Facilitator: Kathy Lentsch, OSF
Sometimes we simply need to withdraw and choose how we will live the holidays with family, friends and perhaps memories of how life has changed in the past year. This time is meant to re-balance or ground ourselves before the expectations and crowds. Guided group prayer, personal time alone and with a personal guide will shape the weekend. It will be designed to your personal journey. Register by Friday, November 15. Fee: $150. Please include $50 deposit (refundable if reservation is cancelled one month prior to retreat), Fee includes all meals, facilitator and private room in a shared lakeside cabin.
END OF THE YEAR & FIREPLACE FILMS
December 30-January 1, 2014
Monday 3:00 PM to Wednesday 10:00 AM
Facilitator: Marla Lang, FSPA
This relaxing time around the fireplace includes moments of reflection as closure comes to 2013, engaging conversations and the viewing of films chosen from a variety of options provided by Marywood or brought by participants. Suggested donation for your needs in a shared cabin: $99.00, plus a dish to pass.
THREE-DAY WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP for Beginners
January 17-19, 2014 - 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM each day
Instructor: Karen Kappell, FSPA
This workshop will focus on beginners in watercolors. It is improtant to have quality paints and brushes. If you are not sure what supplies to purchase, you will learn that, too. Beginning supplies will be available for use on site for the classes and are included in the fee. We suggest that you wait to purchase more watercolors until after the workshop. Register by Monday, December 30. Bring a lunch each day. Fee: $90.00. If you want to stay in a cabin on site, please make those arrangements with the office manager when you register
CHARGED WITH GOD’S GRANDEUR
March 21-26, 2014 - Friday 5:00 PM to Wednesday 10:00 AM
Facilitator: Roselyn Heil, FSPA
The back and forth of transitions into new Life are breaking out all around us. All are invitations to experience Divine presence in and around us. We’ll explore Earth’s colors, music of melting water, fly with the breezes and soak in the growing warmth of Sun in the Northwoods (carpool travel required). Evenings will be free for campfires and creative expression. Arrive after 3:00 on Friday; supper at 5:30 pm. Register by Friday, March 7. Fees: Resident $450 includes private room in shared lakeside cabin and all needs (deposit $100); Commuters $300 (deposit $50).
HOLY WEEK RETREAT
April 13-20, 2014 - Palm Sunday 5:00 PM to Easter Sunday AM
Facilitator: Marla Lang, FSPA
This special week will include time for personal and communal prayer. Enrichment that delves into the events of Holy Week as well as experiences at local expressions of the week’s mysteries are options. Participants will be invited to celebrate meaningful liturgies at the local Holy Family Church, Woodruff. Each person will have a private room in a shared cabin. Suggested donation: $375.00 (details available on request.)
BEGINNER’S EYE: Photography from the Soul
May 16-18, 2014 - Friday 6:30 PM to Sunday 1:00 PM
Facilitator: Thomas Roberts
Beginners Eye is a unique experience that utilizes photography to help us to discover the fascination and beauty inherent in the small and deceptively trivial patterns, colors and textures that exist in the world around us. Cultivating Beginner’s Eye deepens our connection with our true selves and our world around us; ultimately emphasizing our “being serene in the oneness of things.” No photography experience is necessary, nor is fancy camera equipment. Cell phone cameras are acceptable. Join us in this meditative/contemplative approach to photography.
Thomas Roberts is a psychotherapist and hypnotherapist with more than 30 years of experience. He is adjunct professor at Viterbo University in La Crosse, WI. Roberts is the author of The Mindfulness Workbook: A Beginner’s Guide to Overcoming Fear and Embracing Compassion. Fee: Commuters $175. Residents $225 includes facilitator and private room in a shared lakeside cabin. Call for more details: 715-385-3750.
VACATION WITH A PURPOSE: Water Media
May 25-30, 2014
Instructor: Karen Kappell, FSPA
Focus will be described in Fall issue of Roots & Ripples. Reserve your cabin well in advance as this is a popular time of the year for people to be in the Northwoods. Fee: $450.00; commuters $200.00.
QUIET TIME OF SOLITUDE: Private Directed Retreat
June 15-20, 2014 - Sunday 5:30 PM thru Friday 10:00 AM
Director: Kathy Lentsch, OSF
Retreat begins at 5:30 PM on Sunday with departure at 10 AM on Friday. Registration is limited. This is a silent retreat. Each retreatant meets once each day for one hour with the spiritual director. The rest of the day is spent in prayer and solitude enjoying the woodland environment and lakeside cabin. Register by Thursday May 15. Please include $100 deposit (refundable if reservation is cancelled one month prior to retreat. Fee includes 5-night cabin stay, and spiritual direction (details available on request). Fee: $450.00.
For more information or to register for a Retreat, e-mail marywood.center@gmail.com or call 715-385-3750.
Healing in America
Course 1: November 1-3, 2013
Participants learn how to give healing to people who are sitting on a chair.
Course 2: June 28-30, 2013
Participants learn how to give healing on a massage table
Course 3: August 23-25, 2013
Participants leave able to conduct a full healing on a massage table in a professional setting.
For more information, please click here.
Sabbaticals and 30-day Retreats are available November thru April each year. Call or e-mail early to reserve your space!
Private Directed Retreats
Private Directed Retreats
can be scheduled at your convenience throughout the year, and for the duration of your choosing, subject to availability of cabins and director. Please plan ahead. For more information, and/or to plan your Directed Retreat, call Sr. Kathy Lentsch (715-385-3750).
At-Your-Site Retreats Available
Let us come to you!
You Choose:
• whole day • half day • evening
Themes focused for Liturgical Ministers; Vatican II
Sr. Marla Lang, FSPA
Prayer and general spirituality themes
Sr. Kathy Lentsch, OSF
Eco-spirituality and Healing themes
Sr. Roselyn Heil, FSPA
For more information or to explore other possibilities or to schedule a retreat at your site contact Marywood:
marywood.center@gmail.com
715-385-3750
Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center offers the serenity and amenities for the retreat experience you may have been seeking.
Plan Ahead • Register Early • Space is Limited
(Late registrations welcome; call for possible space availability)
For more information, please call 1-715-385-3750 or e-mail us at marywood.center@gmail.com
Personal Time Away
Some persons look for a quiet, peaceful, restful place to think and pray. The center provides some options for personal reflection and renewal; personally designed time, planning assistance from staff members, art expression opportunities and others.
Private Retreats
Individuals are welcome to schedule a number of days for creating a personal retreat format. The grounds, chapel, library, and listening room are resources available for quiet reflection.
Guided Retreats
Some of these retreats are scheduled by the center. Usually a presentation is given, to be followed by silent time, personal reflection, and group discussion. Groups of eighteen or less are also able to schedule a time with a presenter of their choice.
Individual Directed Retreats
Experienced retreat directors are available for a daily meeting in this style of retreat. On an individual and personally guided retreat, solitude, prayer, scripture and connection with nature are usual elements.
For all of these retreats, our cabins on the shores of Trout Lake and in the midst of tall pines, provide an ideal setting for renewal of one's whole person. The size and types of buildings offers a coziness and warmth which is unique among retreat centers.
Winter Sabbatical
Plan your own program for two weeks, a month or more. You can connect with regularly scheduled programs at Marywood. Staff, resources and spiritual direction are available as desired. A Chapel is on location. Trails for snow shoeing and cross country skiing are close at hand.
Contact us for additional information, individual prices and available dates.
