Summer 2008 Retreat


Graduate Theology and Pastoral Ministry

P R E S E N T S

Spirituality: Ever Ancient, Ever New
A Summer Retreat With
Martin Pable, O.F.M., C.A.P.
July 20-25, 2008

 

THE RETREAT SCHEDULE

Sunday, July 20
Registration - 3:00-5:30 p.m.
Dinner - 6:00 p.m.
Orientation - 7:00 p.m.
Reception - 8:00 p.m.

Monday—Thursday,  July 21-24
Morning Session - 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Afternoon Session - 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Eucharist - 4:30 p.m.

Friday, July 25
Morning Session - 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Eucharist - 11:45 a.m.

To register for this event, please download the registration form and mail the completed form along with payment to:

Graduate Theology and Pastoral Ministry
Saint Michael’s College
One Winooski Park, Box 252
Colchester, VT 05439
Phone: 802.654.2579
E-mail: emahoney@smcvt.edu 

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The Retreat Focus
This retreat is for anyone seeking to develop their relationship with God. Martin Pable will explore the following ideas within a context of lectures, open dialogue, prayer, silence and meditation:

Now more than ever the Spiritual Journey needs to be grounded in our earthly reality.  We live in a time of immense change, of great challenge and opportunity. Many of the ideas and values that served us in the past no longer sustain. There is a hunger for the spiritual dimension of life and a search to live in ways that are more authentic and satisfying.  At this time much old and new knowledge is available that can radically change the way we perceive ourselves, the world, and God.  

During the retreat, participants will be invited to awaken to the spiritual dimensions of their lives in relation to the rich spiritual tradition that is our inheritance, and to move away from the small, disconnected view of self and life which imprisons us and impedes our relationship with God and all of God’s creation. The retreat will help awaken our deepest longing for connection with God and all that lies around us that is good, beautiful and true.

Christian Spirituality at its best is grounded in Sacred Scripture and Tradition and in dialogue with contemporary insights from psychology and anthropology. Our retreat will invite us to reflect on our own experience in the light of wisdom that is "ever ancient, ever new."

About Martin Pable
Martin Pable, O.F.M., C.A.P. is a native of Wisconsin. He entered the Capuchin Order and was ordained to the priesthood in 1958. He received his doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the Catholic University of America in 1965.

He taught courses in Pastoral Counseling at St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukee and at Sacred Heart Seminary in Hales Corners, WI. He has done extensive counseling with priests, religious and laity. He conducts retreats, workshops and continuing education programs around the country. Presently he is on the retreat staff at St. Anthony Retreat Center in Marathon, WI.

He has written two books on evangelization: Catholics and Fundamentalists and Reclaim the Fire: A Parish Guide to Evangelization, a book on prayer: Prayer: A Practical Guide and two books on spirituality for men: A Man and his God and The Quest for the Male Soul He has also published many articles in the area of psychology and religion.

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RETREAT ARRANGEMENTS AND TRAVEL

Accommodations
Participants will be housed in the Cashman Residence Hall on the campus of Saint Michael’s College. The living-learning facility is air-conditioned, and residents are housed in single rooms in six-room suites with shared baths. Each suite has a large sitting room with amenities.

Getting to Saint Michael’s College
The Burlington International Airport (BTV) in South Burlington and Amtrak station in Essex Junction are both 10-minute drives from campus. The Greyhound Bus station in Burlington is within 15 minutes of campus. Taxi service is available throughout the area.
For driving directions, visit www.smcvt.edu/directions.