The Word is Still Becoming Flesh (Advent Retreat 2024)
We are thrilled to announce that our annual Advent retreat will take place on Friday, December 6, 2024 thru Sunday, December 8, 2024, and the tremendous trio of Steve Givens, Lucia Signorelli, and Fr. Tom Santen will once again be our presenters.
The theme is “The Word is Still Becoming Flesh,” and the retreat will include time and space for silence, fellowship, scripture-opening teaching, experiences of various kinds of contemplative prayer, opportunities for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, Sunday Mass, and small group sharing,
Doors will open at 5:00 pm on Friday night, December 6, 2024 and the retreat will begin at 7:00 pm sharp. Dinner will not be served on Friday evening, so please eat before you arrive. The retreat will end on Sunday, December 8, 2024 after lunch is served.
The cost of this weekend retreat is $285 for a single person or $375 for a married couple couple. Cost includes a private room, all retreat materials, five meals (3 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday), and access to many outdoor prayer experiences on our beautiful 120-acre property which includes 3.5 miles of hiking trails.
Our Presenters
Rev. Tom Santen has been priest of the Archdiocese of St. Louis for 54 years. He has served as a parish priest (including 18 years as pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Manchester, MO), a high school religion teacher, a college campus minister, a youth retreat director, spiritual director, director of continuing formation of priests, and personnel director for priests. He has been involved in retreat work throughout his priesthood. He is “retired” and living at Regina Cleri, serving as the Holy Spirit beckons him.
Lucia Signorelli is a spiritual director who has served as a retreat director, coach, and a long-time educator. Her Catholic education ministry included teaching junior and senior high school, elementary school administration and serving as Regional Director of Schools for the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
Steve Givens is a retreat and spiritual director, a widely published writer on issues of faith and spirituality, and a prayer companion for those praying the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola. He serves as executive director of the Bridges Foundation, which offers the Spiritual Exercises in the greater St. Louis region.
To register, please fill out the form below. Registration deadline is midnight on Sunday, December 1, 2024.