Embracing Struggle: Walking in Hope with Teilhard de Chardin

With Kathleen Duffy, SSJ, PhD

March 25 - 29, 2026

Date and Time Details: Retreat begins at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25 and concludes with the noon meal on Sunday, March 29

Location: Columba Room

  • Guest House 1st Floor (Queen Bed, Shared Restroom) – $647.00
  • Guest House 1st Floor (Twin Bed, Shared Restroom) – $647.00
  • Guest House 2nd Floor, (Queen Bed, Private Restroom) – $687.00
  • Guest House #7 2nd Floor, (Two Twin Beds) – $687.00
  • Guest House #9 (One Queen Bed, Two Twin Beds) – $687.00
  • Nativity Hall #7 (Twin Bed, Shared Restroom) – $647.00
  • Nativity Hall #3 (Queen Bed, Shared Bathroom) – $647.00
  • Nativity Hall (Double Bed, Shared Restroom) – $647.00
  • Hybrid – $407.00
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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 Matter,” consider the way he faced his life struggles, especially those related to the Church and to the World, and prayerfully reflect on their relevance to our own life experiences and present situations.

Morning and afternoon sessions provide time for prayer, input, reflection and for sharing with each other the graces of our contemplation. To aid in reflection, each participant will receive an electronic copy of the essay, “The Spiritual Power of Matter,” as well as reflection questions, scripture passages, and quotations from Teilhard’s work related to the retreat theme for the day.

About the Leader

Kathleen Duffy, SSJ, PhD

Kathleen Duffy, SSJ is Professor Emerita of Physics and Director of the Institute for Religion and Science at Chestnut Hill College. She is President of the American Teilhard Association, Associate Editor of Teilhard Studies, a biannual publication of the American Teilhard Association, and serves on the Board of Cosmos and Creation. Her current research interest […]

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