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      <title>Silent Lenten Weekend Retreat</title>
            <link>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/silent_lenten_weekend_retreat/</link>                  <guid>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/silent_lenten_weekend_retreat/#When:15:39:09Z</guid>            <description>Retreat Master:&amp;nbsp; To be announced

Theme:&amp;nbsp; To be announced

Silent Lenten Weekend Retreat open to men and women</description>
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      <dc:date>2014-04-04T15:39:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Lenten Weekend Retreat</title>
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Theme:&amp;nbsp; To be announced

Lenten Weekend Retreat open to men and women</description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2014-03-28T15:38:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Silent Lenten Retreat</title>
            <link>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/silent_lenten_retreat7/</link>                  <guid>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/silent_lenten_retreat7/#When:15:35:55Z</guid>            <description>Retreat Master:&amp;nbsp; Rev. William Kiel

Theme:&amp;nbsp; To be announced

Silent Lenten Weekend Retreat open to men and women</description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2014-03-14T15:35:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Silent Lenten Retreat</title>
            <link>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/silent_lenten_retreat6/</link>                  <guid>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/silent_lenten_retreat6/#When:15:33:08Z</guid>            <description>Retreat Master:&amp;nbsp; To be announced

Theme:&amp;nbsp; To be announced

Silent Lenten Weekend Retreat open to men and women</description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2014-03-07T15:33:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Married Couples at the Retreat House</title>
            <link>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/married_couples_at_the_retreat_house/</link>                  <guid>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/married_couples_at_the_retreat_house/#When:15:31:05Z</guid>            <description>Retreat Master:&amp;nbsp; To be announced

Theme:&amp;nbsp; To be announced

Weekend Retreat:&amp;nbsp; $310/couple</description>
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      <dc:date>2013-10-25T15:31:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Legion of Mary &amp;amp; Others</title>
            <link>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/legion_of_mary_others/</link>                  <guid>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/legion_of_mary_others/#When:15:30:32Z</guid>            <description>Retreat Master:&amp;nbsp; To be announced

Theme:&amp;nbsp; To be announced

Weekend Retreat open to men and women:&amp;nbsp; $155</description>
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      <dc:date>2013-10-18T15:30:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Married Couples at the Monastic Guest House</title>
            <link>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/married_couples_at_the_monastic_guest_house/</link>                  <guid>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/married_couples_at_the_monastic_guest_house/#When:15:27:35Z</guid>            <description>Retreat Master:&amp;nbsp; To be announced

Theme:&amp;nbsp; To be announced

Weekend Retreat:&amp;nbsp; $310/couple</description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-09-27T15:27:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Women&#8217;s Retreat</title>
            <link>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/womens_retreat4/</link>                  <guid>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/womens_retreat4/#When:15:23:44Z</guid>            <description>Retreat Master:&amp;nbsp; Rev. Msgr. J. Edward McCullough

Theme:&amp;nbsp; To be announced

Weekend Retreat:&amp;nbsp; $155</description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-09-27T15:23:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Silent Retreat</title>
            <link>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/silent_retreat/</link>                  <guid>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/silent_retreat/#When:03:01:26Z</guid>            <description>Retreat Master:&amp;nbsp; Rev. Boniface Hicks, OSB

Theme:&amp;nbsp; To be announced

Weekend Retreat open to men and women:&amp;nbsp; $155</description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-09-20T03:01:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Busy Moms</title>
            <link>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/busy_moms/</link>                  <guid>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/busy_moms/#When:13:32:43Z</guid>            <description>Retreat Master:&amp;nbsp; To be announced
Theme:&amp;nbsp; To be announced

Please note:&amp;nbsp; This retreat is no limited to mothers with young children.&amp;nbsp; If you&#8217;re a mom, your schedule is always busy!</description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-08-02T13:32:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>6 Day Silent Retreat</title>
            <link>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/6_day_silent_retreat1/</link>                  <guid>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/6_day_silent_retreat1/#When:13:26:43Z</guid>            <description>Retreat Master:&amp;nbsp; Rev. Thomas Acklin, OSB
Theme:&amp;nbsp; To be announced</description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-07-19T13:26:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Encounter with Silence Retreat</title>
            <link>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/encounter_with_silence_retreat/</link>                  <guid>http://www.stemma.org/houses/calendar/encounter_with_silence_retreat/#When:12:10:57Z</guid>            <description>Rev. John&#45;Mary Tompkins, OSB
(accommodations at Monastic Guest House and Retreat House)

Truth must bear fruit in love, and love must proceed from truth. These words of the late Father John J. Hugo crystallize the completeness of Christianity that the Encounter with Silence memorably conveys.

Thousands of lay and religious people have made the Lacouture&#45;Hugo retreat (now called Encounter with Silence) over the past 75 years. The Retreat became a marker of profound change for them; six days of silence in which to realize the love of Christ and the demands of His Gospel.

The late French&#45;Canadian Jesuit Father Onesimus Lacouture gave the first Retreat to priests in 1931. Father Hugo began to give it to the laity soon after. Father John Mary Tompkins, OSB currently carries on that tradition. Perhaps the most famous lover of the Retreat is the Servant of God Dorothy Day. She made the retreat over 20 times and wrote of it in her books. 

The retreat creates a spiritual hothouse of strict silence, profound prayer and Holy Mass. It then plants the seed of conversion by showing that Christ&#8217;s teaching must be radically change our lives, and especially our mentality: Christianity demands more than respectability and natural virtue. Christians are called to holiness and perfection. 

It boldly challenges the purely human thinking of our times with divine truth. 

It converts the already Christianized.

Join us in holy silence and be transformed, so that the Church and Her saints can transform the world.

&amp;copy; Rosemary Fielding 2007

For additional information on the retreat and the writings of Father John Hugo, visit: http://www.fatherjohnhugo.com

When making reservations, please specify Monastic Guest House or Retreat House &amp;mdash; thank you! 

For questions or additional information, please call 724&#45;834&#45;3060, Ext. 139.


Encounter With Silence, accommodations at Guest House = $475
Encounter With Silence, accommodations at Retreat House = $425</description>
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      <title>Evening of Recollection</title>
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4:45 p.m.	&#45; Rosary	
5:10 p.m. &#45; Conference/ Benediction &amp;nbsp;   
6:00 p.m.	&#45; Dinner (retreat dining room)
7:15 p.m. &#45; Conference (Fatima Chapel)
8:00 p.m.	&#45; Eucharist with homily (Fatima Chapel)</description>
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      <title>Day of Recollection 8:45 A.M. &#45; 4:00 P.M.</title>
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8:45 &#45; Arrival/Coffee &amp;amp; rolls &#45; Opportunity for Sacrament of Reconciliation
9:30 &#45; Conference
11:00 &#45; Eucharist/homily
12:00 &#45; Lunch
1:30 &#45; Conference or Question Box	
3:00 &#45; Holy Hour</description>
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      <dc:date>2011-02-23T16:10:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Typical Weekend Schedule</title>
                  <link>http://www.stemma.org/houses/retreat-experiences/typical_weekend_schedule/</link>                  <guid>http://www.stemma.org/houses/retreat-experiences/typical_weekend_schedule/#When:16:03:14Z</guid>      <description>Friday
4:00 &#45; Confessions (if possible)
6:00 &#45; Supper
8:00 &#45; Eucharist/homily (Fatima Chapel) &#45; Sacrament of Reconciliation 

Saturday
6:45&#45;8:45 &#45; Pick&#45;up Breakfast
9:00 &#45; Morning Prayer (Fatima Chapel)
9:15 &#45; Conference (Fatima Chapel) &#45; Sacrament of Reconciliation 
10:30 &#45; Rosary (Fatima Chapel)
11:00 &#45; Eucharist/homily (Fatima Chapel)
12:00 &#45; Noon Meal

Extended quiet time: An invitation to meet God in a special way&#8230;Please no talking in the rooms or halls.

2:00 &#45; Sacrament of Reconciliation 
3:00 &#45; Conference (Fatima Chapel) &#45; Sacrament of Reconciliation 
4:30 &#45; Vespers with Benedictine Nuns &#45; (Cor Jesu Chapel)
5:30 &#45; Supper
7:00  &#45; Question Box (Lounge)
8:15 &#45; Holy Hour / Conference (Fatima Chapel)
(all night adoration when group is large enough) 

Sunday
6:45&#45;8:45 &#45; Pick&#45;up Breakfast
9:00 &#45; Morning Prayer (Fatima Chapel)
9:15 &#45; Conference (Fatima Chapel) 
(when there is all night adoration, Benediction combined with conference)
11:00 &#45; Eucharist/homily (Fatima Chapel) &#45; Blessing of Religious Articles
12:00 &#45; Noon Meal &#45; Departure</description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-23T16:03:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Day of Recollection 8:45 A.M. &#45; 6:00 P.M.</title>
                  <link>http://www.stemma.org/houses/retreat-experiences/day_of_recollection_845_a.m._-_600_p.m/</link>                  <guid>http://www.stemma.org/houses/retreat-experiences/day_of_recollection_845_a.m._-_600_p.m/#When:15:53:10Z</guid>      <description>Typical Schedule
8:45  &#45; Arrival/Coffee &amp;amp; rolls &#45; Opportunity for Sacrament of Reconciliation
9:30  &#45; Conference 
11:00  &#45; Eucharist/homily  
12:00  &#45; Noon Meal
1:30  &#45; Conference &#45; Opportunity for Sacrament of Reconciliation
2:45  &#45; Rosary or Stations
3:45  &#45; Holy Hour with Conference
5:00  &#45; Evening meal</description>
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      <title>Retreat House and Monastic Guest House</title>
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Pope Benedict XVI

The Benedictine Nuns welcome you to:</description>
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      <dc:date>2011-01-26T01:27:58+00:00</dc:date>
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