103 Living Waters Lane
Maggie Valley, NC 28751
Living Waters website: www.catholicretreat.org
Cover photos courtesy of Sr. Fran Grady, SCL
Sr. Frances Marie Grady, SCL Director
Scheduled and Directed Retreats
Ongoing Spiritual Direction
Sr. Bonnie Bachle, SCL Staff, Retreats, Prayer Days,
Spiritual companioning
Sr. Susan Newland, SCL Staff, Retreats, Prayer Days
Spiritual companioning
Prayer Days
A day spent in meditation focused around a theme. The day will consist of a morning session, time for prayer, lunch, sharing and quiet meditation. The day begins at 9:30 AM and ends at 3:00 PM. Registration is important: call 828-926-3833.
December 14, 2011 April 18, 2012
January 18, 2012 May 9, 2012
February 15, 2012 September 19, 2012
March 21, 2012 November 14, 2012
December 5, 2012
$25 includes Lunch
Sun. Dec. 4, 2011, 3:00 PM Taize prayer
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Every third Sunday of the month beginning January 22, 2012, at 3:00 PM
This international and ecumenical form of prayer from Taize, France combines simple chant, silence, and Scripture which leads to a deeper awareness of God’s presence.
Sat. Dec. 31, 2011 8:00 P.M. Welcoming The New Year
This retreat begins at 8 PM December 31, with a short welcome, followed by prayer, song, reflection, video and Mass of Mary, Mother of God. Refreshments will be served in the dining room after Mass. $15
Overnight accommodations are available upon request. There will be a continental breakfast between 9:00 AM and 10:30 AM on January 1, 2012 for those staying over.
Fri.– Sun. March 16 – 18 “Rachel’s Vineyard”
Retreat for Healing After Abortion
This retreat provides an opportunity for any person who has struggled with the emotional or spiritual pain of abortion to experience God’s mercy and compassion.
For further information and registration, please call Carla at 828-342-4655
Celebrate these holy days by walking with Jesus as He moves in silence and darkness from the “Hosanna” of Palm Sunday through the solemnities of the triduum and the “Alleluia” of Easter morning. Come Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday for a quiet time and prayer, and join St. Margaret’s Parish in celebrating the sacred triduum.
$65 / night
Mon. May 14 – Fri. May 18 Listening for the Heartbeat of God
Spirituality…in the Smokies
Patrick Cleary-Burns
Celtic spirituality teaches us to listen…to our hearts, to our surroundings, to the people in our lives…to our God. This spirituality came to these mountains almost 300 years ago when the farmers and herders of Scotland and Ireland moved here. This retreat will use the beauty of the mountains, the rhythms of its music, and spiritual wisdom of the Celtic people to listen in our world and our hearts for God’s loving heartbeat.
Patrick Cleary-Burns is a practitioner and lover of Celtic spirituality, a retreat director from South Euclid, Ohio and the founder and Co-Director of Itinerate Retreat Leaders, Inc.
$300
Mon. May 21 – Fri. May 25 Embracing a Prayer Journal
Sr. Fran Grady, SCL
A retreat using various journaling tools to awaken our sacred connections by deepening and valuing the faith-filled themes, images, and events in the immediacy of our lives that fall from the beauty and grace of our Creator. Silence will be emphasized.
Sr. Fran Grady, of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, a visual artist, is a retreat and spiritual director and the director of Living Waters.
$300
Fri. May 25 – Mon. May 28 Dreams, Transitional Experiences, and Prayer
Jim Green, M.Div., LPC
Using Christian scripture, Native American tradition, and one’s own life story, we will look at dreams and other symbol-rich moments of our lives. Reflecting on the power of these symbols and focusing on the transitional times, we’ll bring healing prayer into these experiences.
Jim Green is a Psychotherapist and Spiritual Director with more than 20 years in private practice in Charlotte, NC. Jim specializes in spirituality for emotional healing. He is a mixed-race member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, enrolled at White Earth Ojibwa Reservation. He brings to his work an appreciation for Native American Spirituality.
$300
Mon. June 11 – Fri. June 15 Marriage, A Walk With God
Fr. Tom Landgraff, OSFS
This retreat is designed to help married couples explore the meaning and the implications of the sacred dimension of marriage. Presentations, discussions and quiet reflection will strengthen and encourage the retreat experience. This is a wonderful opportunity to enhance relationships with each other and God.
Fr. Tom is a professed priest of the Oblates of St. Francis DeSales. His varied experience includes teaching, parish ministry, counseling and retreat ministries.
He has great respect and appreciation for the vocation of marriage. $600/couple
$600/couple
Mon. June 18 – Sun. June 24 God’s Natural Dwelling Place (Nature)
Fr. John Quigley, OSF
The retreat will attempt to find ways to commune with God in the natural world around us. Weather permitting this retreat will be conducted outside on the grounds of Living Waters with the afternoons free to explore the mountains surrounding Maggie Valley. Fr. John’s talks will center on the beauty and mystery of God as revealed in nature.
Fr. John Quigley is a Franciscan friar who has preached at Living Waters for 30 years. He has worked extensively in social justice ministry in Rome and Geneva. Now he is based in Cincinnati from which he travels to preach and teach.
$450
Mon. July 9. – Fri. July 13 Creative Mystery
Staff
A retreat that will focus on expressions of spiritual and creative gifts in order to transform and energize prayer and contemplation. Included in these expressions will be praying with mandalas, dance, music, art journaling, nature, and pen prayer to activate spiritual energy and enthusiasm in our personal journeys. Silence will be emphasized.
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth; Sr. Fran Grady, a visual artist, is a retreat and spiritual director and the director of Living Waters.
Srs. Bonnie Bachle and Susan Newland, have been in pastoral ministry for 30 years, facilitating days of prayer and retreats, often with music and movement.
$325
Mon. Aug 13 – Sun. Aug. 19 Finding God in Every Nook and Cranny
Sr. Melannie Svoboda, SND
Based on her popular books, Everyday Epiphanies, When the Rain Speaks, and Just Because, Sr. Melannie’s retreat will explore some of the places we find God in our lives: in friendship, nature, joys, sorrows, current events, poetry, songs, and art. Using scripture, music, stories, and humor, Sister will help retreatants to connect with the God who is alive and active in their everyday lives.
Melannie Svoboda, a Sister of Notre Dame for over 45 years, resides in Chardon, OH. Sister has taught for more that 20 years, served in leadership in her community and ministered at the Jesuit novitiate in Detroit. She is the author of twelve books and numerous articles. She currently writes and gives talks and retreats nationally.
$425
Mon. August 20 – Sun. August 26 The Goodness and Beauty of God
Fr. John Quigley, OFM
Goodness and Beauty, a regular theme of Fr. John’s preaching, will be the focus of this retreat. Each day there will be two conferences, the Eucharist and time for personal prayer and reflection. It is a unique retreat during which new friendships are made and old ones reinforced.
Fr. John Quigley is a Franciscan friar who has preached at Living Waters for 30 years. He has worked extensively in social justice ministry in Rome and Geneva. Now he is based in Cincinnati from which he travels to preach and teach.
$425
Mon. August 27 – Fri. August 31 Paint Your Prayer
Sr. Fran Grady, SCL
Using the Techniques of watercolor painting, this retreat will provide opportunities to pray and rejoice in the Divine Gift of our creative and artistic energy. Giving expression to creativity facilitates union with our Creator.
Sr. Fran Grady, of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, a visual artist, is a retreat and spiritual director and the director of Living Waters.
$300
Fri. Sept. 7 – Sun. Sept 9 Women’s Matt Talbot Retreat
Women’s Matt Talbot Retreat offers an opportunity to join others and reflect about the role of faith and spirituality in the process of recovery. This will be a guided retreat, led by an experienced retreat leader. Presentations, discussions, prayer, meditation, and individual direction help to strengthen and encourage women in recovery. This Retreat is offered for those who wish to improve their conscious contact and understanding of their Higher Power.
For more information contact:
Kathy S @ 704-525-2766 Robynn M @ 704-554-0072 Yvonee O @ 704-301-9612
Mon. Sept. 10 - Sun. Sept. 16 Developing A Heart Moved
With Compassion
Fr. Michael Crosby. OFM Cap.
This retreat will stress the power of a silent and listening heart that finds us consciously connecting with everyone and everything in the cosmos. Centered in Christ we will show how Christian Compassion is the contemplative heart.
Michael Crosby is a Capuchin Franciscan. He lives in community with other friars in a downtown Milwaukee parish that serves the urban poor, homeless and marginated. His preaching and writing on contemporary biblical discipleship has taken him around the world where he gives retreats, workshops and parish missions. He is the recipient of many awards and has written many books.
$425
Sun. Sept. 30 – Sat. Oct. 6 Six Days of Creation Workshop Ksenia Pokrovsky
This workshop will
provide training in icon painting that is immediate
and practical.
Students receive intensive instruction in the language of iconography
from the perspective of the iconographic canon and traditional
Orthodox Church teaching on the practices of prayer and silence.
For
information, visit http://www.hexaemeron.org
Mon. Oct. 15 – Sun. Oct. 21 October Nature Retreat.
Sr. Fran Grady, SCL and Freeman Owle
Celebrate the majestic color of the mountains as we prayerfully and reflectively experience God’s creative power and wisdom. Spend quiet time hiking, walking, sitting by a mountain stream, and sharing God’s presence.
Sr. Fran Grady, of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, a visual artist, is a retreat and spiritual director and director of Living Waters. Freeman Owle of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation is a professional storyteller and instructor on Cherokee spirituality and culture.
$425
Fri. Oct., 26 – Sun. Oct., 28 “Rachel’s Vineyard”
Retreat for Healing After Abortion.
This retreat provides an opportunity for any person who has struggled with the emotional or spiritual pain of abortion to experience God’s mercy and compassion.
For further information and registration, please call Carla at 828-342-4655
Mon, Nov. 5 – Sun. Nov.11 The Power of Forgiveness
Sr. Carol Marozzi,SSJ
This retreat will explore the psychological, physical and religious effects of forgiveness on individuals and within relationships. Forgiveness has a real potential for personal and spiritual transformation. It is the central virtue in many of the world’s great religions. We will examine the role that forgiveness can play in alleviating anger and grief and the physical, mental and spiritual benefits that come with forgiveness.
Sr. Carol Marozzi, a Sister of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill, has a Masters Degree in Theology and Spirituality. She is experienced in retreat work and spiritual direction.
$425
Hosted Retreats
March 2 – 4 Episcopal Deacons.
March 11 -16 Mt. St. Joseph College Spring-Break Experience
March 23 - 25 St. Matthew Parish RCIA.
April 20 –22 Discalced Carmelite Seculars.
May 4 – 6 Matt Talbot Retreat.
May 10 to13 Sisters For Christian Community.
April 20 –22 Discalced Carmelite Seculars.
June 1 – 3 St. Camillus Retreat.
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July 16 –18 Vatican II Remnant.
September 21 – 23 Catholic Community of Appalachia
September 28 – 30 Men of Veritas.
Secular Franciscans
October 7-12 Priests of the Diocese of Charlotte.
October 12 – 14 Diocesan Retreat for Gays & Lesbians.
November 2– 4 Matt Talbot Retreat (men)
Living Waters is a ministry of the Diocese of Charlotte. We invite you to participate in our ministry. The fees that are requested for retreats cover only a portion of our costs. We depend on our generous benefactors to maintain and improve our beautiful center. Many hundreds of guests have visited Living Waters for spiritual renewal. Our guest rooms have provided a peaceful space for many years. They, now, are in need of renewal.
Other special needs for this year are: Swimming pool repair, bed linens, kitchen supplies, plumbing repairs and other key improvements.
If you feel that God has blessed you with the necessary means to contribute to our ministry, please consider a donation of monies, stocks, or a remembrance in your will.
A wonderful gift for someone special would be a gift certificate for a retreat.
General Information
Arrival-Departure -- Weekend retreats begin at 7:00 p.m. (no dinner) on Friday evening and end after lunch on Sunday. All other retreats begin at 7:00 p.m. (no dinner) on the starting day and end after breakfast on the last day of the retreat.
Check in after 4:00 P.M.
Transportation -- If traveling by car, follow U.S. 19 into Maggie Valley. We are located next to Ghost Town (across from a large Shell Station). If traveling by bus, take the Greyhound Trailways to Waynesville. If you are flying, use the Asheville, NC Airport. Transportation to and from the airport can be arranged with our volunteers at reasonable hours. We ask you to give them $25 each way for the gas etc. for the 45 mile trip.
Swimming Pool -- Open June 1 through Mid-September
Pets -- For the health and comfort of our guests, pets are not permitted
Art Studio – Is available for anyone who wishes to include creative experiences with retreat or sabbatical time at Living Waters.
Wireless internet service is available in the Center Lobby
Sabbatical Renewal...
Treat yourself to a spiritual renewal in the Smoky Mountains. Create your custom-made extended sabbatical time. Choose such possibilities as solitude, prayer, outings in the mountains, arts, and crafts experiences, holistic, and cultural events. An art space is available for creative experiences.
When? At your convenience! How long? One month to a year. Persons on sabbatical are invited to make any of the scheduled retreats that are being given while they are here. Write, call, or e-mail for more information.
It is recommended that persons on sabbatical bring a car
Private Retreats: $65.00 per night per person for one night
$60.00 per night per person for two or more nights
$45.00 per night per person with no meals
Directed Retreats: $25.00 per session - meeting with Sr. Fran Grady, SCL
once a day plus the nightly rate ($65, $60, or $45.)
Sabbaticals: $1,250.00 per month
Weekend Retreats: $130.00
Four-Day Retreats: $325.00
Six-Day Retreats: $425.00
Living Waters may be available to adult Christian groups who organize their own retreat event such as:
Senior-citizen retreats…
Parish leaders…
Ecumenical…
Men/women group retreats
Spring break experiences for college students...
Personal “getaway” time in a prayerful and reflective atmosphere...
Private retreats
Directed retreats are available with Sr. Fran Grady, SCL who is also available for spiritual direction
Living Waters Reflection Center offers private and directed retreats year-round. Simply call us (828-926-3833) and make your request.
Living Waters website: www.catholicretreat.org
Cover photos courtesy of Sr. Fran Grady, SCL
Sr. Frances Marie Grady, SCL Director
Scheduled and Directed Retreats
Ongoing Spiritual Direction
Sr. Bonnie Bachle, SCL Staff, Retreats, Prayer Days,
Spiritual companioning
Sr. Susan Newland, SCL Staff, Retreats, Prayer Days
Spiritual companioning
REGISTRATION FORM
NAME__________________________________________________________
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A $25.00 NONREFUNDABLE DEPOSIT is required with each registration. This will be applied to the retreat fee.
website - www.catholicretreat.org
Living Waters Catholic Reflection Center Phone: (828) 926-3833
103 Living Waters Lane Fax: (828) 926-1997
Maggie Valley, NC 28751 E-Mail lwcrc@bellsouth.net