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DECEMBER 2011 RETREATS, PROGRAMS AND EVENTS

December 2
A Day of Spiritual Renewal - The First Friday of the Month

December 6
Tea with the Queen

December 2 to 4
Noel Retreat for Women in Recovery #1

December 9 to 11
Noel Retreat for Women in Recovery #2

December 17
Advent Retreat Day

December 31
Praying into the New Year

December 2
A Day of Spiritual Renewal
The First Friday of the Month

The First Friday of the Month (October through June) is offered for you to come and enjoy the peace, quiet and prayerful environment of Stella Maris. Arrive any time after 9:00 a.m.  There will be a half-hour input session on a spiritual topic at 10:00 a.m.  Read, pray, walk, reflect, rest and have lunch with us. 

Departure is by 3:00 p.m. Registration is required.  This experience is only offered the First Friday of the month from October through June.
Offering: $15.00 A Day of Spiritual Renewal

December 6
Tea with the Queen
Gather your friends and enjoy the company of Queen Victoria at High Tea.  Enjoy a cup of Tea, Scones and Sweetbreads, Savory Soup, Assorted Tea Sandwiches and a delectable assortment of desserts.  Arrive by 11:30 for the arrival of Her Majesty, the Queen.  Offering $25.00 per person.  Space limited on each date, advance reservations are required.
Offering: $25.00

December 2 to 4
Noel Retreat for Women in Recovery #1

The Noel Retreat for women is an opportunity to rediscover the 12 Steps at a deeper level.  This time away is a gift to yourself to be still and to reconnect with your power to change.  Conference will include the peace of the lived moment, the freedom to let go, the art of listening to yourself, and the empowerment of gratitude.  This weekend, first of two, will be facilitated by Sister Anne McNulty, OSF.  The program opens with dinner at 6:00 pm and ends on Sunday morning. 

Offering: $150
Women of the Bible Scripture

December 9-11
Noel Retreat for Women in Recovery #2

The Noel Retreat for women is an opportunity to rediscover the 12 Steps at a deeper level.  This time away is a gift to yourself to be still and to reconnect with your power to change.  Conference will include the peace of the lived moment, the freedom to let go, the art of listening to yourself, and the empowerment of gratitude.  This weekend, the second of two, will be facilitated by Sister Ellie Martinez.  The program opens with dinner at 6:00 pm and ends on Sunday morning. 

Offering: $150 Noel Retreat #1

December 17
Advent Retreat Day

“In the Silence... in the Stillness… A Breathless Love Awaits”
Take time from your busy schedule to give yourself the gift of quiet in order to relish the unfathomable love of God shown in the Christmas story.  Breathless love waits.  We need only increase our awareness of God’s constant love in our everyday lives.  As we come aside to rest in the love of God, we will reflect on the immense love shown to us in the gift of the Incarnation.  Starting with the Annunciation, we will travel the rocky path to the real life problems faced on the roads leading to Bethlehem.  Looking at the characters in the Christmas story we find how to live a more peaceful, loving life in the midst of our hectic modern world.  Presented by Sr. Pat Larkin, OSF; 9:30 – 4: 00.

Offering: $35 for day; $150 Weekend Praying into the New Year

December 31
Praying into the New Year
Standing at the gate of the New Year, we will pause to reflect on the past year, and pray into the year to come with alternating periods of prayer in common and quiet reflection time.  We will conclude our time with Mass at 4 pm.
Overnight arrangements with breakfast at 8:00 am can be made.
Day Program Offering:  $35.00 per person; Combination Day Program and Overnight Offering:  $75.00 per person

Offering: see above