Retreats & Talks
Upcoming Retreats
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The Heavens Declare the Glory of God, Notre Dame Retreat House, Canandaigua, NY
5-6 April 2024
A total eclipse of the sun is an awesome and unsettling sign in the heavens. Shadows of leaves double themselves on the ground, making us wonder about our vision. Night descends abruptly, though the sun is still high in the sky. Eclipses have much to tell scientists about how the universe works, from orbital mechanics to Einstein's theory of relativity. Likewise these events have something to say to us about creation and the Creator, for as St. John of Damascus said, "the whole earth is a living icon of the face of God." Join us as we explore some of the science that surrounds solar eclipses, and to reflect on what these signs in the sky might have to tell us about the glory of God.
Recent Retreats
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Theology on Tap, Holy Cross Parish, April 2023
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Impractically Practical: Are Scientists Mystics?, Thomas Paine Unitarian Church, April 2023
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The Way of Love: Practices for a Jesus-centered Lent, Holy Cross Parish, March 2023
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In the beginning was the Word: Praying with the Psalms, IHM Center, January 2023
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Extravagantly Unbusy: An Advent Evening of Reflection, St. Genevieve Parish, December 2022
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Making the desert bloom, St. Anastasia Parish, March 2022
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Springs in the desert, Notre Dame Academy, March 2022
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Hildegarde of Bingen: A Practical Mystic, IHM Conference Center, 18 January 2022
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Advent by Candlelight, St. Genevieve Parish, Flourtown, 1 December 2021
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Amid the Burning Layers of Grace: Science as Prayer, MIT Catholic Community, 14 April 2021
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Advent: Encountering the Divine, Our Mother of Good Counsel Parish, Bryn Mawr, PA, 4-18 December 2020
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The Way of Love: Practices for a Jesus Centered Lent, St. Anastasia, Newton Square, PA, 4 March 2020
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To Be All Flame, Love at the Heart of the Cosmos: Living in Relational Wholeness, Chestnut Hill College, 7 December 2019
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Quantum Spirituality, Phyllis Martin Lecture, Daylesford Abbey, June 2019
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Faculty Retreat, Rosemont School of the Holy Child, 10 May 2019
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Women's Tea, St. Mary of Assumption, Delaware, 26 January 2018
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Sacramental Preparation for Parents, Sacred Heart Parish (Havertown), 11 October 2018
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The Prayer of Science, St. Bede's Circle, 21 June 2018
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Be Still: Praying In Busy Seasons, Our Mother of Good Counsel, Bryn Mawr, PA, 30 November 2017
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Fall Evening of Reflection, St. Denis, Havertown, PA, 14 November 2017
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Be Still and Know That I am God: Praying Through Busy Seasons, Malvern Retreat House, 5 November 2017
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What did Jesus pray? Our Mother of Good Counsel, 23 March, 30 March and 6 April 2017​
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Be still and know that I am God: praying through busy seasons, Advent by Candlelight, St. Anastasia's, Newtown Square, PA, December 2016
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Mercy-ing, IHM Conference Center, Bryn Mawr, PA, 3 February 2016
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Give me a word: practical wisdom from the desert solitaries, Immaculata University Spirituality Days (3 afternoon series), June 2014
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God Walks Among the Pots and Pans, Spirituality Under the Dome, Immaculata University, 12 April 2014
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Praying from today into tomorrow: St. Ignatius of Loyola's Examen, St. Margaret, Narberth, PA, 10 April 2013
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Trip to the Desert: Praying with the Desert Fathers and Mothers, Our Mother of Good Counsel Parish, Bryn Mawr, PA, Three-part series March 2013
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Of garlic and sapphires in the mud: It's about time, A New Year's Reflection, IHM Conference Center, Bryn Mawr, PA, 15 January 2013
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Be still and In quiet and trust, St. Simon Stock, Berlin, NJ, 16 and 17 December 2013
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Springs in the desert, day of reflection for Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Philadelphia), 18 and 24 October 2013
Media
Recorded version of reflection for St. Simon Stock.