Bethany Retreat House Offerings

Bethany Retreat House Offerings

a day away for peace and quiet. . . to slow down, rest, and re-center to come home to yourself and to God to pray and journal, alone or with guidance in spiritual direction	*individually directed retreat* A special opportunity, usually five, eight, or 30 days in length to let God love you to learn to pray more deeply to listen and respond to God’s personal invitations to you In a directed retreat you spend the time alone, letting God’s Spirit fill each day and taking several times of more focused prayer. Once each day you meet with a spiritual director who draws from a variety of resources to encourage and facilitate prayer: your experience, scripture, journaling, dreamwork, artistic expression, guided imagery, fairy tales, Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.
private retreat an opportunity to spend time alone in prayer You schedule each day as you wish, with time for prayer, rest, spiritual reading, exercise, journaling, and creative expression. Bethany’s library provides many reflection resources for your private retreat. Though daily spiritual direction is not part of a private retreat, an occasional session could be scheduled.
30-day retreat a variety of options. . . the full 30-day Ignatian Spiritual Exercises an individually directed retreat of 30 days a sabbatical time of silence and solitude in which to do inner work, pray, and read with Bethany’s library and spiritual direction as resources	spiritual direction an ages-old Christian practice At Bethany you can meet with a professionally trained spiritual director, either during retreat or on an ongoing basis. Spiritual direction provides a listening ear and an encouraging presence from one who is attuned to the spiritual life. The spiritual direction relationship provides a safe and enlightened place in which to reflect on your life experience and prayer for support, encouragement, and help with discernment in living your Christian life.
*occasional group programs* Peer Supervision Group There are currently openings in a peer supervision group for professionally trained spiritual directors which meets at Bethany. Please call for more information if you are interested. retreat house library The library includes books, conference cassettes, and videos on prayer, spirituality, dreamwork, journaling, loss and grieving, and human development. It also has cassettes and CDs for meditation and liturgical music.	*retreat in daily life* An at-home experience in which you continue your ordinary work and social life, but commit to a daily prayer period as you move through the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius over a period of about nine months while meeting weekly or bi-weekly for spiritual direction. retreat house bookstore The bookstore offers the opportunity to take home something to continue to nourish your spirit: books on prayer, spirituality, journaling, loss and grieving, dreamwork, self-help, etc. cassettes and CDs of meditation and liturgical music gift certificates for bookstore items or time at Bethany.