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Carmel Retreat Centre
2001 Retreat Programme
25 February - Young Carmelite Sunday
(for 18-35 year-olds)
These Sunday afternoons provide an opportunity for 18-35 year
olds to meet together, to pray and share. There are three main sessions,
focussing on praying the Scriptures, discussing Theology, and sharing Spirituality.
The sessions commence at 3pm, and finish with a light meal at 6.15. We
celebrate Eucharist before the first session, at 2.20.
Director: Fr Greg Homeming OCD
(01) Sat 10 March - “Each year You give
us this joyful season”
A day to pray and reflect on how the ‘joyful
season’ of Lent is symbolic of all Christian life.
Director: Fr Peter Dowd OCD.
(10 am - 4 pm. Two Talks and Mass. Bring your own Lunch. Cost: by donation)
(02) 16 - 18 March - Teach Us to Pray I - Recollection and
Meditation
Lessons from the early prayer life of St
Teresa of Avila. “If I had understood that in this little palace of my
soul dwelt so great a King I would not have left Him alone.”
Director: Fr Paul Maunder OCD.
25 March - Young Carmelite Sunday (for
18-35 year-olds)
(03) 6 - 8 April - Youth Retreat
A time for like-minded 18 - 35 year olds
to discern God’s will and deepen their prayer, faith and allegiance to
Jesus. Director: Fr Greg Homeming OCD.
(04) 11 - 15 April - Easter Retreat
Join the Discalced Carmelite Friars in
their celebration of the Easter liturgies. Take time to enter into the
passion, death and resurrection of the Lord.
Directors: Mt Carmel Retreat Team.
22 April - Young Carmelite Sunday (for
18-35 year-olds)
(05) 27 - 29 April -
St Christopher’s Parish Retreat
(06) 11 - 13 May - Teach Us to Pray
II - Contemplative Prayer
“Contemplation is nothing else than a secret,
peaceful and loving inflow of God ... which fires the soul in a spirit
of love.” Director: Fr Paul Maunder OCD.
(07) 25 - 27 May -
Prepare for the Spirit
The Holy Spirit helps us to know Jesus
personally and empowers us to live in a God-pleasing way. Let us open ourselves
to the Holy Spirit’s influence. Director:
Fr Greg Chee OCD.
27 May -
Young Carmelite Sunday (for 18-35 year-olds)
(08) 1 - 3 June -
Varroville Secular Order Retreat
(09) 8 - 11 June - Cursillo Retreat
(10) 14 - 17 June - Cursillo Retreat
24 June - Young Carmelite Sunday (for
18-35 year-olds)
(11) 29 June - 1 July - The Lord’s Prayer
We will consider St Teresa of Avila’s doctrine
on prayer through her reflections on the first four petitions of the ‘Our
Father’. Director: Fr Aloysius Rego OCD
(12) 7 - 14 July - Preached Retreat
- Spirituality of the Heart
Share the thoughts and experiences of the
great Carmelite saints who guide us on our journey to God.
Director: Fr Greg Chee OCD
Sun 22 July - Young Carmelite Sunday
(for 18-35 year-olds)
(13) Sat 28 July - “The Word was made
Flesh”
Discover a friend, Jesus Christ the fountain
of hope within a broken world. Director:
Fr Greg Chee OCD
(10 am - 4 pm. Two Talks and Mass. Bring your own Lunch. Cost: by donation)
(14) 10 - 12 August -
Youth Retreat
A time for like-minded 18 - 35 year olds
to discern God’s will and deepen their prayer, faith and allegiance to
Jesus. Director: Fr Greg Homeming
OCD.
(15) 17 - 19 August - The Way of Gentleness
Patience and Gentleness - the two hidden
ingredients of the spiritual life.
Director: Fr Greg Homeming OCD.
26 August - Young Carmelite Sunday (for
18-35 year-olds)
(16) 31 August - 7 September - Sydney
Secular Order Retreat
(17) 10 - 14 September - Wollongong Priests’ Retreat
23 September - Young Carmelite Sunday
(for 18-35 year-olds)
(18) 5 - 7 October - The Merciful Love
of God
We will reflect on St Therese of Lisieux’s
experience of God as ‘Merciful Love.’
Director: Fr Aloysius Rego OCD.
(19) 12 - 14 October - Teach Us to Pray III - Prayer and Good
Works
Insights into the rich apostolic fruitfulness
of prayer founded on union of love in the writings of St John of the Cross
and St Therese of Lisieux. “A little of this pure love is more precious
to God and the soul and more beneficial to the Church than all these works
put together.” Director: Fr
Paul Maunder OCD.
28 October - Young Carmelite Sunday
(for 18-35 year-olds)
(20) 2 - 4 November - The Inner Light
Your “soul ... is nothing more than a paradise
where the Lord says He finds His delight.” - St Teresa of Avila. Director:
Fr Greg Homeming OCD.
(21) 9 - 11 November - A Great Woman for Today - St Elizabeth
of the Trinity
A fresh look at the Gospels and St Paul.
“One whose name is Love dwells within us. He asks us to live in His company.
Let yourself be loved.” Director:
Fr Greg Chee OCD.
(22) 23 - 25 November - Love’s Knowledge - “The Dark Night”
Using the experience of St John of the
Cross we will reflect on the “dark nights” of the spiritual life. Director:
Fr Greg Homeming OCD.
25 November - Young Carmelite Sunday
(for 18-35 year-olds)
(23) Sat
1 December - Maranatha: Come, Lord Jesus
Advent reflections of God's presence: past,
present and to come. Director: Fr Peter Dowd OCD
(10 am - 4 pm. Two Talks and Mass. Bring your own Lunch. Cost: by donation)
(24) 7 - 9 December - Carmelite Spirituality for Beginners
A weekend devoted to the foundational insights
and practices of carmelite spirituality.
Directors: Mt Carmel Retreat Team.
9 December - Young Carmelite Sunday
(for 18-35 year-olds)
(25) 15 - 20 December
- Christmas Guided Retreat
Spend some quiet time at the monastery
in prayer preparing for the Birth of the Lord.
Directors: Mt Carmel Retreat Team.
These Sunday afternoons provide an opportunity
for 18-35 year olds to meet together, to pray and share. There are three
main sessions, focussing on praying the Scriptures, discussing Theology,
and sharing Spirituality.
The sessions commence at 3pm, and finish with a light meal at 6.15. We
celebrate Eucharist before the first session, at 2.20.
Director: Fr Greg Homeming OCD
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