Archive: Retreats
11 Articles
- Retreats
Doctor, Heal Thyself
GU Medical School Students Rest and Reenergize on Retreat By Jennon Bell Hoffman Cura personalis, or “care for the whole person” is the Catholic, Jesuit concept that suggests…
October 10, 2023
- Retreats
Being Hoyas for Others: Rebuilding our Campus Community
By Madeline Vitek Memenza, Associate Director in the Office of Campus Ministry. In the Fall of 2021, Georgetown University carefully negotiated a physical return to campus life.…
January 18, 2023
- Retreats
Catholic Retreats a Place for Spiritual Grounding
By Michelle Siemietkowski, (C’92, G’98), Catholic Chaplain for Spiritual Formation Be Still and Rest in God, our newest Catholic retreat, is being offered this semester at…
January 18, 2023
- Retreats
Shifting Perspectives: Jewish Life Shabbat Retreat
An old Hasidic tale tells the story of a rabbi’s son who used to wander off into the woods. One day, the rabbi asks his son why he went wandering each day. The boy said to…
December 7, 2022
- Retreats
(Re)discovering God’s Love and Purpose on the Protestant Ministry Retreat
Riddle me this: All things it devours. Birds, beasts, trees, flowers. Gnaws iron, bites steel. Grinds hard stone to meal. Slays king, ruins town. And beats high mountains down.…
December 7, 2022
- Retreats
Catholic Retreats Return To The CCC
As a Catholic retreat leader, I have been fortunate enough to lead the Loyola retreat for first-year students, a Catholic Women’s retreat, and the Pamplona retreat for all…
January 12, 2022
- Retreats
Returning to the CCC and ESCAPE
I write this reflection from my cabin at the Calcagnini Contemplative Center (CCC). We just finished the second of three days of Team Training for the new ESCAPE team. I forgot…
September 16, 2021
- Retreats
Connecting first-year students to the Georgetown community one retreat at a time
The shift to an online semester did not deter Campus Ministry from its mission of helping students to lead lives of deeper meaning, belonging, and purpose. One way for us to…
December 3, 2020
- Retreats
Making Intentional Time and Space
During my undergraduate years at Boston College, I majored in theology and participated in many Campus Ministry retreats and service opportunities. Although Georgetown University…
February 28, 2020
- Reflections
- Retreats
Interfaith Spaces: a reflection on the Women in Faith Retreat
I grew up in a secular household. Although my parents had their individual conceptions of spirituality, they wanted my siblings and me to find (or not find) religion on our own…
February 26, 2020