Monthly Event the 3rd Thursday of each month
(September to June)
A Day of My Own
Explore Stella Maris Retreat Center on the 3rd Thursday of each month (September through June). Spend time resting, praying, reading, walking the grounds and be nourished in body and spirit in any way that fits your needs.
Arrival time is any time after 9:00 am depart 3:00 pm
Offering $15.00 (includes lunch!)

March 17
Celebration of St. Patrick's Feast
Help us celebrate this special “wearing’ of the green” Feast! Join us for dinner and some beautiful Celtic Harp music. Back by popular demand will be professional harpist Gail Lyons to entertain. Authentic Irish dinner served at 6:00 p.m.
Offering $20 per person

March 19-21
Women’s Weekend Retreat;
“The Geography of Our Soul”
Gloria Ulterino and the “Women at the Well”
Gloria Ulterino and the “Women at the Well” will tell stories of some of the women of the Gospels. Their stories will help us all map out the geography of our own souls. There will be group prayer, quiet time for reflection and writing and small group discussion. The ministry of the “Women of The Well” is one of healing and reconciliation.

Take this special time for yourself to renew your unique relationship with God. This retreat will open on Friday with Dinner at 6:00 p.m. and conclude by 11:00 a.m. on Sunday. Time is provided for conferences, Mass, personal prayer and reflection.
Offering $150 per person

March 31-April 1
Holy Week Triduum Retreat
What better preparation for Easter than to come apart and celebrate these holy days. Father Aedan McKeon, OP will offer daily conferences and facilitate our worship. Opening with dinner on Wednesday evening and closing on Saturday evening following the Easter Vigil.
Offering $150 per person

Additions to the Summer 2010 Programs

July 4-10, 2010
The Gift of Years, "Growing Older Gracefully"
based on the book by Joan Chittister and presented by Sr. Carolyn Gorny-Kopkowski. Joan Chittister invites us to embrace older age as a natural part of life that is both active and contemplative, productive and reflective, and a deeply rewarding. She encourages us to cherish the blessings of aging and to overcme its challenges. Life is about living into the values offered every day, about groving older with grace. The gift of these years is not merely being alive, it is the gift of becoming more fully alive than ever.

JULY 25- 31, 2010
“Women of Our Times-Mystics and Rebels, Past and Present"
with Edwina Gateley

During this week we will explore some of the women mystics who have gone before us and take a look at those valiant women - the Beguines of the Middle Ages - who forged their own path in a repressive society. We will also explore our own possibilities for new life.