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Silent Prayer Retreat – 5 day
July 29 – August 2, 2024
Prince of Peace Abbey – 650 Benet Hill Rd, Oceanside, CA 92058
Come away and rest with Jesus in prayer. Join a small group for a five day silent prayer retreat near the Pacific coast at beautiful Prince of Peace Abbey. We will gather for a short opening together and set off in silence and come together to close the time.
Cost
Regular Registration: $695.00
General Member Registration: $625.00
Full & Professional Registration: $590
Transportation not included in the cost.
Quiet Retreat
August 14-16, 2024
Franciscan Renewal Center – 5802 E Lincoln Dr, Scottsdale, AZ 85253
A retreat to refresh your soul and be renewed in yourr calling. We will meet three times a day to pray morning, noon, and evening prayers. Each retreatant will have the rest of the time for quiet reflection with a question/invitation for each day. This will be a time to simply be with God. One on one spiritual direction will be offered the first morning and the second morning.
Private room, 2 dinners, 2 breakfast and 2 lunches, snacks, and materials included.
Cost
Regular Registration: $295
General Membership Registration: $266
Full and Professional Membership Registration: $251
Spiritual Formation Discovery Retreat
presented by the Spiritual Formation Society of Arizona and Imago Christi
Spiritual Formation Discovery is a process designed for Christians well into the process of Christian maturity. The three-day Discovery event provides a series of interactive modules comprised of stories, instruction, spiritual exercises that help participants interact with the Lord to discover His invitations to deepening relationship with Him. In these modules you will explore:
- Your Spiritual Timeline
- Your Longing for God
- Your Place in the Journey
- Hindrances to Your Longing
- Your Journey of Abiding Prayer
- Spiritually Forming Community
- Your Spiritual Formation Plan
2 Options to Attend
WEEKDAY
September 16th – 18th
9:00am – 5:00pm
Location: Franciscan Renewal Center
EVENINGS & WEEKEND
October 17&18 – 6:00pm – 9:30pm
Oct 19 – 8:30am – 5:00pm
Location: Vineyard Gilbert Church
Cost:
Regular Pricing – $170
Professional and Full Members – $145
General Members – $153
Cost does NOT include lodging. If you would like to secure a room at the Franciscan Renewal Center for the September event please contact Kevin at [email protected] for more information.
For more information about Spiritual Formation Discovery see www.imagochristi.org/discovery
Spiritual Directors and Counselors Gathering
(with Dr. Sharon Siler, Healing Care Ministries)
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 // 12p-2p (3pm-5pm EST)
Location: Online
Cost: Free – donations accepted
As a spiritual director or counselor, you have likely cared for individuals whose stories include traumatic events and wounding experiences that impact their thinking, behaviors, and attitudes towards self, others, and God. In these instances, the ability to integrate a trauma-focused model may make all the difference in the care you provide. This workshop presented by Dr. Sharon Siler, the Year 2 Coordinator of Healing Care Ministries’ Spiritual Formation – Spiritual Direction Program and a certified Thanatologist will discuss how Formational Care, an inner-healing model developed by Dr. Terry Wardle can be integrated into spiritual direction and counseling to care for persons challenged by unresolved trauma.
24 Hour or 48 Hour Silent Prayer Retreat
24 Hour Retreat November 14-15, 2024
48 Hour Retreat November 13-15, 2024
Location: Spirit in the Desert – 7415 E Elbow Bend Rd, Carefree, AZ 85377
We live in a noisy, busy world. It can be exhausting and discouraging. Jesus invites us to something different that can shape the way we are interacting with the noise. In Mark 6:31-32, we read: “Because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Come away with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.’ So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place.” Take some time away to follow Jesus in this invitation to rest.Come for 24 hours or make it a 48 hour retreat. Gentle facilitation at the beginning and end with options for how you might spend this time with the Lord.
Refund Policy
In-person events: 30 days or more prior to event: 100%, 14-29 days before event: 90%, 7-13 days before event: 60%, 1-6 days before event: 30%
No refunds available after an event.
Ongoing Contemplative Prayer Offerings
simple silence
Day & Time: 2nd TUESDAYS @6:30pm
Cost: No cost
2024 Dates: We’re on a break until the fall! Check back for dates or sign up and receive an email when the dates are posted.
Be/Still
Contemplative Prayer Group
Taizé Prayer
Other Offerings
Renew
Renew: individual private retreats designed by our SFSAZ team to fit who you are and where you are in your life with God. Retreats include accommodations and meals at a retreat center as well as time with a Spiritual Director and Pastoral Counselor to help process all that you are experiencing as you spend time with God. Retreats can be anywhere from 2-5 days. Let us know and we can consult with you in designing a retreat. Great for times of discernment, transition, and/or simply needing the space to reflect and be renewed in your life with God and the ministry to which He has called you.
Please fill out this form to initiate the process https://sfsaz.breezechms.com/form/0f32fd
FORMATIO: the art of caring for souls
A two-year cohort journey in learning the art of soul care. Based around six retreats, participants will learn to more fully care for their own soul as well as coaching others in the ways and rhythms of Jesus. The art of caring for souls is companioning someone in their journey of experiencing God in awakening to the love of God, growing awareness of self and God, increasing attentiveness to His presence and voice, and abiding in/with God. This invites a lifestyle of intentional practices and rhythms that form us in the image of Christ. Some of those practices include: silence and solitude, prayer and listening, and discernment and detachment in the context of Scripture and community. Click here for more program information.