Franciscan Retreats and Spirituality Center is a spiritual oasis for people of all faiths who are seeking a deeper relationship with the Almighty. Our lovely grounds, beautiful chapel and comfortable accommodations, along with the care and concern of the friars and staff provide a quiet and reflective environment for personal prayer and reflection. We are situated on 60 acres of land near the communities of Prior Lake and Savage, southwest of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Mn
LENTEN DAYS OF PRAYER: "Lent is About Living and Loving"
Lenten Day of Prayer Flyer - 2012.pdf
Wednesdays: Feb. 29, March 7, 14 & 21, 2012 (9:30 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.)
All Lenten Days of Prayer Presented by Fr. Juniper Cummings, OFM Conv.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Baptism & Confirmation
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Eucharist
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Anointing of Sick, Matrimony, and Holy Orders
Cost: $20.00 per person (pre-registration, pre-paid)
$25.00 per person (day of the program)
Please visit our Register page or call 952.447.2182 to make your reservations.
2012 Retreat Theme:
"Darkness and Light are But One: Embracing Our Seasons of Faith"
Life is filled with peaks and valleys, with direct routes and with many detours (on some of these detours the road can be quite rough or uneven). Each of these moments offers us an opportunity for grace. Popular culture would have us believe that grace is found most readily in the “warm-fuzzy” times of our lives. But it is often during moments of pain or crisis that we are invited to plumb the depths of our being; during moments like these, grace seems to be conspicuous by its perceived absence. Like Job, well-intentioned “comforters,” try to ply us with platitudes and sound-byte answers when we really need someone to respect our experience, to listen to us, and to walk with us, no matter how rocky or uncertain the path ahead.
Conferences:
1. Embracing Our Seasons of Faith
2. Forget Fairness; Find Forgiveness
3. The Mystery of Suffering
4. Staying Faith-Full
Our 2012 retreat theme will focus on honoring the various seasons of faith in our lives. How can we honor and embrace the totality of our faith life? Does our preoccupation with the apparent lack of fairness in life impede us from really living? Where is forgiveness in all of this? How does the paradox of the Cross speak to our hearts and form our responses to the demands of everyday life? What are the ways in which we nurture and support our Faith?
