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Renewing Hope in a New Season

January 10, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

$70

Dr. Kathleen Staudt

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Date: January 10, 2025

Time: 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

Cost: $70

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Presenter: Dr. Kathleen Staudt

A Quiet Day at Bon Secours

As we move into the new year and a new season in the life of the church and of the nation, we gather to explore what it means to live in hope. Alternating spoken meditations with periods of corporate silence, we will reflect prayerfully on what it means to live in hope, even in times of challenge. We may wonder: What is the connection between hope and the other core virtues of faith that guide our Christian lives? What gets in the way of living in hope? How might we help each other to live lives of hope more deeply, and what might that look like in our individual lives and in our common life together?

Times of silence throughout the day will be interspersed with guided meditations, poetry, Scripture and music. This retreat includes lunch in silence. Guided by Dr. Kathleen Henderson Staudt.

Kathleen Henderson Staudt, Ph.D., works as a teacher, poet, spiritual director, and retreat leader in the greater Washington, DC area. She serves as adjunct faculty in theological studies at Virginia Theological Seminary and has taught frequently in the Bon Secours Spiritual Direction Institute. A poet and writer, Kathy has published four volumes of original poetry, including her recent title, Viriditas: New and Selected Poems. She has published two books and many articles on the British Catholic artist and poet David Jones, as well as writings on Christian spirituality and practice, most recently Shaping a Faithful Life: Discernment and Discipleship for Young Adults. Kathy is a Companion in the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (SCHC). Her website is KathleenStaudtPoet.com. 

Looking for an extended retreat experience on the topic of Hope? Consider also signing up for “Holding Space for Hope,” Friday, January 10, 4pm – Sunday, January 12, 11:30am. Your combined retreat experience would begin with a day retreat facilitated by Dr. Kathleen Staudt on Friday, immediately followed by a weekend retreat facilitated by Lorie Conway. Please sign up separately for each retreat.

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