A Peaceful Place to Pray and Ponder.
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April 15, 2019, 4:30 PM - April 17, 2019, 1:00 PMHoly Week Retreat for WomenTo Die with Him Is to Live with HimFr. Gregory Cleveland, OMV
Drawing on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and the Song of Songs, Fr. Greg invites us into a mystical participation in the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus. Fr. Greg's meditations will ponder the power and meaning of suffering and the new life of union with Christ...Come and be more attuned to God’s presence and will in the circumstances of life. Becoming more conformed to Christ and His call invites us to make better choices. The Exercises are geared to an apostolic life of the active person consistently making choices to follow Christ in the Church and in the world. $223 per person, $137 commuters This retreat is silent.
Bio – Father Gregory Cleveland, OMV
Fr. Greg is a native of Chicago and the youngest of 11 children. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in Business Administration and worked in marketing for a major midwestern railroad in Chicago. He followed God’s call to priesthood in 1987, joined the Oblates of the Virgin Mary [OMV], attending Our Lady of Grace Seminary and St. John’s School of Theology in Boston. After completing an M.Div. in Theology and an M.A. in Spiritual Theology, Fr. Greg was ordained a priest in 1995. His first assignment was to St. Andrew’s parish in Avenel, New Jersey, where he worked especially with the poor, disabled and imprisoned. He obtained certification in spiritual direction from the Center for Spiritual Development in New York City, and returned to Boston to work seven years in seminary formation, as Rector and Novice Master.