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Program sponsored by Nazareth Retreat Center

Drum Circles

With Maggie Hettinger and Lorinda Jones

June 17 - July 29, 2025
June 24, Mayors Park, July 1, 8, 15 22, and 29th Gazebo

We will idle away an hour together every Tuesday beginning June 24th from 7 - 8 p.m.   Share simple melodies, profound thoughts, heartbeats and soft drum tones. Bring your chair, Bring your voice, Bring hand drums or simple instruments, Bring openness to experience, Participate as you wish as we approach the summer sunset hours […]

Dan Misleh Catholic Climate talk

June 18, 2025

Carolyn Cromer is working with Fr. Jim Flynn on this event.  Dan Misleh was instrumental in the Catholic Climate Covenant.  The Archdiocesan Creation Care Team is bringing him for a presentation in Louisville on June 17th.  

Summer Solstice Soundscape: Sound Healing

With Kayla Baker

June 22, 2025
Banner room

Sound healing meditation can help restore balance.  Through specific sound waves and frequencies, sound healing session can gently guide your body back to its natural state of well-being, promoting relaxation, reducing stress, and reconnecting with your higher self. What to Bring: A yoga mat or comfortable blanket A pillow for neck support Blankets for additional […]

Paula D'Arcy presenter

June 23 - 29, 2025

Paula D'Arcy presenter for the Writers Retreat She has requested lunch only on the days she is here.    

Drum Circle Venue Block

July 1, 2025

Sent venue reservations to Matt Moore on 2.24.25 for Gazebo and Social Room for all Drum Circles for July

Drum Circle Venue Block

July 8, 2025

Growing in Everyday Holiness

With Angela Scaperlanda Bujan, MA

July 11 - 13, 2025
Mary Magdalene Room, O'Connell Hall

You may have heard it said that we are all called to be saints, but how many of us truly believe we will grow so holy that one day we will really become one? Instead of responding “Here I Am Lord”, how many are tempted to shake their heads and say, “not me Lord”? What […]

Drum Circle Venue Block

July 15, 2025

Nature and Forest Therapy

With Kelly O'Mahony, SCN

July 18, 2025

Join us for Nature and Forest Therapy, a practice that supports health and wellness through guided immersion in nature to promote the well-being of both people and the land. Spend the afternoon in the wooded areas on Nazareth's campus with a Certified Forest Therapy Guide, Kelly O'Mahony, SCN. Reconnect with nature during this slow invitational […]

Drum Circle Venue Block

July 22, 2025

Merton: Poetry & Contemplation Retreat

With Mark Meade

July 25 - 27, 2025
Nazareth Retreat Center

Thomas Merton expressed himself in poetry throughout his time at Gethsemani Abbey and his vocation as a writer and a monk from his earliest published book to one of his last unfinished projects. Sometimes his poetry extolled the contemplative life, but often he used the tools of poetry and contemplation to reflect on the divine […]

Drum Circle Venue Block

July 29, 2025

Seven Day Silent Directed Retreat

With Chris Beckett, SCN and Lisa Downs, M.A.

August 3 - 9, 2025
Nazareth Retreat Center

The Silent directed retreat offers a deeply personal journey, inviting individuals to reflect on how God is present and active in their lives. Each retreat unfolds uniquely, guided by daily one-on-one meetings with a spiritual director.  The individual sessions provide an opportunity for each retreatant to explore God’s movement through prayer, life experiences, and relationships, […]

Nature and Forest Therapy

With Kelly O'Mahony, SCN

September 7, 2025

Join us for Nature and Forest Therapy, a practice that supports health and wellness through guided immersion in nature to promote the well-being of both people and the land. Spend the afternoon in the wooded areas on Nazareth's campus with a Certified Forest Therapy Guide, Kelly O'Mahony, SCN. Reconnect with nature during this slow invitational […]

Nature and Forest Therapy

With Kelly O'Mahony, SCN

October 9, 2025

Join us for Nature and Forest Therapy, a practice that supports health and wellness through guided immersion in nature to promote the well-being of both people and the land. Spend the afternoon in the wooded areas on Nazareth's campus with a Certified Forest Therapy Guide, Kelly O'Mahony, SCN. Reconnect with nature during this slow invitational […]

Sound Healing

December 7, 2025

SDI Retreat

January 9 - 11, 2026

Opening Spiritual Direction Internship retreat

Sandra Harlieb Retreat

March 14, 2026

Embracing Struggle: Walking in Hope with Teilhard de Chardin

With Kathleen Duffy, SSJ, PhD

March 25 - 29, 2026
Columba Room

Embracing Struggle: Walking in Hope with Teilhard de Chardin The call to embrace struggle is not an act of resignation but a commitment to life in its fullness. In this retreat, we walk with Teilhard de Chardin—Jesuit, scientist, and mystic. With him, we explore the powerful imagery found in his essay, “The Spiritual Power of […]

SDI Retreat

May 29 - 31, 2026

Spiritual Direction Internship second retreat

SDI Retreat

September 11 - 13, 2026

Spiritual Direction Internship Retreat

SDI Retreat

January 8 - 10, 2027

Spiritual Direction Internship Retreat

SDI Retreat

April 9 - 11, 2027

Spiritual Direction Internship Retreat