The Peace Center at our monastery seeks to: "Let all guests who arrive be received like Christ, for He is going to say, "I came as a guest, and you received Me". And to all let due honor be shown, especially to the domestics of the faith and to pilgrims (Rule of Benedict 53: 1-2).
As the Liturgical season of Lent approaches, the sisters of our Peace Center are reaching out through Scripture studies, theology institutes, and Holy Week retreats.
Our spring Theology Institute will be held on Saturday, March 15th beginning at 9 AM. Father Leslie Hoppe, OFM will be speaking about "Religion and Modernity: The Fundamentalist Response". He will address how the terms "fundamentalism" and "fundamentalist" were first coined to describe conservative American Protestants who rejected the tenets of early 20th century liberal Protestant theology. The presentation will begin with a description of the basic beliefs of Protestant fundamentalism before describing the fundamentalist impulse in Roman Catholicism and other world religions such as Judaism and Islam.
The Benedictine Peace Center will also be preparing for Holy Easter with one of our Catholic mystics. Guests are welcome to join us for "Reflections with Julian of Norwich: A Lenten Retreat" on Saturday March 29th.
The final welcome to guests is a Holy Week Retreat over Triduum for women who are discerning a religious vocation. The retreat begins the afternoon of Holy Thursday and continues through Easter Sunday afternoon and includes celebrating Liturgy of the Hours and Eucharistic liturgies with the monastic community, sacred silence, and reflection on sacred symbols of Triduum and God's call.
We welcome you as a guest in our retreat center...come to pray, to listen, and continue to deepen your faith in Jesus Christ.
Blessings,
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