Programs

Retreats

Patt offers half-day and full-day retreats organized around custom themes chosen by the host organization and tailored to the needs of the retreat participants.   Patt's retreats utilize a variety of approaches including guided meditation, body movement, visual reflection, creativity, sound, silence, and group spiritual reflection. 

Samples of past retreats and their contexts include:

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• Whole-Heartedness.  Using a conversation between poet David Whyte and Benedictine monk David Steindl-Rast and the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, we reflect on how can we be present in the world in a way that springs from our own authentic nature, is true to our hearts, and fully offers the world our unique giftedness.  (Clergy Retreat) 

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• Freedom for Love.  It is one thing to hear God's voice in our lives, and quite another thing to freely say yes to God's invitations. Using the scriptural examples of Mary and Zechariah, we reflect on our own openness to God and freedom to respond and act.  (Advent Quiet Day)

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• The Way of the Cross.  During Lent, we are challenged to take up our cross and follow Jesus.  But what does that really mean?  Author Parker Palmer tells us that we need not accept all of the crosses in our lives.  If so, how do we discern which cross we must carry? (Lenten Retreat)

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