"Come, Be Still,
And Know That I Am God"
Jan 7th - 11th, 2009
Wed - Sun
the last week of winter break
What
The Manresa retreat is Campus Ministry's annual directed silent retreat based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola.
The seeds of the Spiritual Exercises came to Ignatius during his own "retreat" in the cave at Manresa, Spain.
It's a wonderful opportunity to take time out from your busy life to listen to the quiet voice of the Spirit.
Where
The retreat takes place at BC's beautiful and comfortable Connors Family Retreat Center in Dover, MA.
How
During the retreat, each student has the opportunity to meet with a spiritual director. These are 1/2-hour to 1-hour individual meetings with any of several campus ministers, priests, or other BC faculty/staff to discuss any issues relating to one's faith and life experience.
Besides personal prayer, the days include Eucharist and various optional prayer services, from reconciliation to thanksgiving and meditation. There is plenty of time to rest, explore the grounds, reflect, and just be.
Cost
The cost to attend the retreat is $75. Campus Minsitry does not want the cost to keep anyone who wants to go from participating, so please contact Rick Rossi by email or by phone at 2-6592 with any concerns about payment.
Sign Up
Sign up online HERE or contact Rick Rossi for more information.
Words
"The Silent Retreat is one of the best retreat experiences that BC has to offer... and that's saying a lot. Just when I thought that I couldn't take another weekend of early mornings and down-to-the-minute schedules, the Silent Retreat changed the way I thought about how my time with God should be spent. The new BC retreat house in Dover is a perfect setting for the cold days, and the food is without a doubt the best I've had on any retreat I've ever been on. The "five days of silence" scared me at first - after all, the reason I love retreats is because of all the people I get to meet while on them - but the friendships I formed during this surprising few days gave me new reasons to love BC and the fruitful spiritual community that makes our school what it is."
- Kris ‘08
"I attended the Silent Retreat as a personal challenge to myself. I wasn't sure how well I would do with 5 days of silence, but I knew that I wanted some time to think and pray and re-center myself. The Silent Retreat was a perfect opportunity to do all of this. I loved the time I was able to spend in prayer and journaling and it was amazing to see the way a group of people became a community - even in silence. The Silent Retreat was an incredibly powerful way for me to be with myself and think about what God has in store for me. It helped me renew my faith and taught me the value of quiet time by myself. The psalms that were chosen for me to reflect on proved very powerful and I loved participating in the Eucharist at the end of every day. At the end of the retreat, I was sorry that the silence had to end, but there was a group of wonderful people to spend time with and reflect with and it was great to get to know them even better after the retreat was over."
- Marianne ‘06
"The Silent Retreat is one of those things that you have to try to believe. Not only did it give me the opportunity to make me aware of how busy and hectic my life normally is, it made me conscious of the fact a hectic schedule can wear you down and start controlling you. With the Silent Retreat I began taking time for myself to pray and reflect each day, and I started letting go and letting God again."
- Manny ‘06
"I had been on and even led several retreats in the past, but what made the Silent Retreat different was how it adapted to each individual person. Without structured activities designed to occupy every moment of one's day, as on many retreats, the Silent Retreat is filled with free time--time to reflect, to pray, to realize what is truly needed in one's life. It was peaceful time of such quality, unlike any five days I had before, or since."
- Louis ‘08