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Join members of NACSAM for our first ever retreat titled, Justice and Hope: Living the Gospel Message. Retreat director, Aimee Shelide Mayer, Interim Executive Director of the Catholic Labor Network, will lead participants through an inspirational two and a half days that will leave participants feeling refreshed, rejuvenated, and grounded in why we continually say 'yes' to doing the work of social action ministry.
Dates:
July 15 - 17
Location:
Seminary of the Immaculate Conception
Huntington NY
Fee:
$425.00
includes private room and bathroom, all meals, and program materials
*Tentative Schedule:
Tues., July 15
12:00 - 2:30 PM
Arrival/Check In
3:00 PM
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
3:30 PM
Opening Prayer
5:00 PM
Mass
6:00 PM
Dinner
7:00 PM
Session I - Coming to the Well (Jn. 4:7-15)
8:00 PM
Personal Prayer (including Sacred Silence and Reflection Time)
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Wed., July 16
7:45 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM
Morning Prayer
9:30 AM
Session II - What are you thirsting for? (Ex. 17:3-7)
11:00 AM
Sacrament of Reconciliation and Mass
12:30 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM
Session III - Being tended by the Good Samaritan (Lk. 10:29-37)
4:00 PM
Partnered Prayer Walk
5:30 PM
Dinner
7:00 PM
Evening prayer
7:30 PM
Group reflection and discussion
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Thur., July 17
7:45 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM
Morning Prayer
9:30 AM
Session IV - Living Water
10:30 AM
Personal reflection using art
11:15 AM
Concluding prayer service
12:00 PM
Lunch
Departure
**BONUS: An optional pre-event is scheduled for Monday, July 14. Additional fees will apply. NOTE: We are limiting the pre-event to 25 participants.
Participants will visit key sites in New York City, including a guided tour of the United Nations (where NACSAM has consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)); St. Patrick's Cathedral, including the crypt where Venerable Pierre Toussaint's tomb is located, and finally, Mass and dinner with Msgr. Kevin Sullivan, Executive Director of Catholic Charities New York. Participants should plan to arrive to the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception on Sunday evening, and this separate registration fee covers two additional nights at the retreat house.
Fee:
$475.00
Tentative Schedule:
Sunday, July 13
Check in to Seminary of the Immaculate Conception at 4 PM
*Participants for the pre-event will need to arrive on Sunday evening.
Dinner
Monday, July 14
Breakfast
6:45 AM
Depart for train station
(roundtrip tickets will be purchased in advance)
7:20 AM
Depart Huntington train station
8:25 AM
Arrival to Penn Station and rideshare to United Nations Headquarters
9:00 AM
Arrival to UN for security check
10:00 AM
Guided tour of United Nations Headquarters with briefing
Lunch on your own
1:00 PM
Visit to St. Patrick's Cathedral
(including the crypt to see the grave of Venerable Pierre Toussaint, the only layman buried in the cathedral crypt)
3:00 PM
Visit and address at the Holy See Mission
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
Mass with Msgr. Kevin Sullivan, Executive Director, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York
6:00 PM
Catered Dinner at Our Savior
8:00 PM
Train back to Huntington
*Schedules are subject to change.
**Pre-event registration is required, and space is limited.
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