Archive: Retreats
53 Articles
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Finding Unity in Diversity
By Roudah Chaker, C’24 As a Muslim student at Georgetown, the past few months have been a challenging journey, navigating through a landscape marred by current events that have…
April 15, 2024
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The Things We Value and Strive For
Paul Rochford is a sophomore in the College majoring in History and minoring in Russian and Jewish Civilization How has this semester been for you so far? Returning to Georgetown…
November 29, 2017
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Finding Community Through ESCAPE
Dajour Evans is a sophomore in the College and an ESCAPE leader. The Dajour from this time last year had it more together than I do right now. At that point in my life, I was a…
November 20, 2017
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What I’ve Done Matters Less Than Who I’ve Become
Sophomore Truc Nguyen is a human science major in the NHS. Here, she reflects on her time at the Montserrat Retreat. Catholic Ministry’s annual sophomore retreat. How has…
November 7, 2017
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Finding God’s Presence in Everyday Life
Eva Lucchino, COL’19, is an English major and history and theology minor. This year, she is serving the Hoya community as a Catholic Retreats Leader. While junior year has…
November 1, 2017
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Finding Nachas at the Jewish Life Retreat
Something we love talking about here at Georgetown is “cura personalis,” or care of the whole person. What exactly does this mean? For some, it refers to self-care: taking…
March 3, 2017
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The Importance of Awareness: A Reflection on the CM Student Leadership Retreat
The Campus Ministry Student Leadership Retreat is an annual, interfaith overnight opportunity for leaders from across our programs. Students share and build upon existing…
January 19, 2017
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The Perfect ESCAPE Weekend
The last time I went to the Calcagnini Contemplative Center, I packed my bag full of worksheets, practice exams, and review problems—I think I even brought my calculator in. …
January 9, 2017
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My Penultimate Jewish Life Retreat
The semi-annual Jewish retreat is always an event I look forward to. Georgetown often gets a bit too hectic, and disconnecting from it for 28 hours is a great way of stopping to…
December 8, 2016
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Every gift for ESCAPE will be doubled this year
Every gift for ESCAPE will be matched dollar for dollar this year. Please give today to help enhance this important campus ministry program for freshmen and transfer students.…
December 7, 2016