Archive: Retreats

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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

Retreats

Another Year of ESCAPE Retreats Comes to a Close

I was fortunate enough to attend the second-to-last ESCAPE retreat of the 2018-2019 school year this past February. ESCAPE is only open to first-year and transfer students and is…

April 26, 2019