First Friday Event
March 1, April 5, May 3,
10 am - 3 pm
Deacon Dare Dutter, of Holy Cross Church, Dewitt will lead us in First Friday in March, Fr. Bill Muech will lead us in April and Fr. Malachi Clark will lead us in May. Day will include conferences, reflections and prayer. Mass will be offered and an opportunity for Confession. Offering: $90 (as per a special 3 x opportunity)
April 18, 10 am - 3 pm
Kristin Barrett- Anderson is the Director of the Saint Marianne Cope Shrine and Museum, a sponsored ministry of the Sisters of Saint Francis of the Neumann Communities. She is the creator of Empathy in Action; a collection of programs addressing current issues, with the intention of teaching empathetic practices to use in all phases of life’s journey. Nancy Light, BS, RN, MPS has worked in healthcare for over 45 years. She spent twenty- seven years at Crouse Hospital, last serving as Chief Nursing Officer. She joined the staff of Francis House as Resident Care Coordinator, then served as Chief Operating Officer, and then Executive Director until her retirement in December 2020. Ms. Light serves on the Professional Advisory Committees for Nascential Health and Hospice of Central New York and the Fingerlakes. Ms. Light is a guest lecturer for the Nursing Division, Purcell School of Professional Studies at LeMoyne College speaking ton topics of Servant Leadership, Compassion Fatigue and Resilience and The Social Model of Hospice Care. She also serves on the College of Nursing Professional Advisory Board. She is a founding member of the Omega Home Network, a national group of end- of- life care homes and has shared her expertise with those in the visioning phases as well as start-up and ongoing operational phases of comfort care homes across the country. Ms. Light is certified in Level One Advanced Life -Care Planning and has presented grief retreats as well as End of Life Care Planning to community groups and individuals.
Using your Personal Values to Inform
With an emphasis on the importance of individual choice, and using examples from actual situations, the presenters will discuss how personal values affect decision making especially as it relates to difficult healthcare choices for yourself or others. Attendees will have the opportunity to reflect upon and then define the values that mean the most to them. These values determine not only physical healthcare decisions but emotional and spiritual needs as well. This exercise will form the basis for discussion on the importance of conveying those values to family members and members of the healthcare team. Examples will include writing a legacy letter, choosing a healthcare agent, and questions to consider when talkking with physicians and other healthcare providers about treatment options.
Who is rowing your Healthcare boat
Desert Day
April 19, 9 am - 3 pm
We invite you to join us in setting aside time for the Lord. This will be a “desert day,” a day of reflection to be with God, from wherever you are. This is your personal time with your Lord. Includes lunch. Offering: $20
Join us for an informational session with Marybeth Carlberg, MD. on nutrition and how it affects our planet. The nutritional benefits of a Mediterranean diet are now well established. Less known is how eating less meat and dairy is the most impactful thing we can do for our planet and among the top 5 actions an individual can take to prevent global warming. We will discuss both, and how ConsciousCooking.org can help you share this information with science-based resources and delicious recipes. Offering: $25 includes lunch and question and answer session during lunch.
Dr. Carlberg was in clinical private practice in Skaneateles, NY from 1983-2022. She graduated from the University of Buffalo Pharmacy program in 1976 and received her MD from Upstate Medical University in 1980. Her residency was in Family Practice at St. Joseph's Medical School.
Protecting our planet and health, one meal at a time
Tuesday, April 30 10:30 am - 2 pm
May First Friday
May 3, 10 am - 3 pm
Join us for our May First Friday devotion as Fr. Malachi Clark leads us in a discussion of how our Lord walks with us always and is with us especially in our darkest times.
Day will include an opportunity for Confession, Mass, optional Anointing and Benediction/Rosary.
Offering: $35 will include lunch
Fr. Malachi Clark is Parochial Vicar of St. Anthony of Padua Church and St. Mary’s Church, Cortland; St. Lawrence Mission, DeRuyter; St. Margaret’s Church, Homer; and St. Patrick Oratory.
Desert Day
May 10, 9 am - 3 pm
We invite you to join us in setting aside time for the Lord. This will be a “desert day,” a day of reflection to be with God, from wherever you are. This is your personal time with your Lord. Includes lunch. Offering: $20
Compassion & Loss: A Boundless Compassion Retreat
Friday, May 17, 10 am - 3 pm
In this day-long retreat, we will work on creating supportive practices for times of loss. Using Joyce Rupp’s Boundless Compassion book as the basis for our retreat, we will explore the challenges of grief and loss and develop tools and a better understanding of how to incorporate compassion and presence into a healing process.
Sally Manahan is the Assistant Director of Mission Outreach and Education at Francis House and a graduate of the Franciscan-based Living School, under the directorship of Fr. Richard Rohr. Sally taught at the Crouse School of Nursing and Le Moyne College, and was an oncology nurse practitioner. She provides community education on end-of-life, caregiving, resilience and community-building.
Rev. Jana Biesanz, CT is the Director of Mission Outreach and Education for Francis House. Previously, she served as the Program Director for Authentic Presence, an end-of-life educational program and as an Interfaith chaplain for Hospice of Central New York. An ADEC certified thanatologist, Jana also trained in clinical pastoral education through SUNY Upstate's Department of Spiritual Care. She brings 17 years of contemplative training and practice to the spiritual care, grief support and end-of-life education she offers.
Marian Retreat
May 31, 10 am - 3pm
We will offer a presentation on Our Blessed Mother facilitated by Regina Harty from the CNY Marian Center. Volunteers from the CNY Marian Center will also help participants make a five decade Rosary and a Seven Sorrows Rosary. The retreat is on the Feast of the Visitation. Topics to be discussed will include: Lectio Divina on the Scriptural origins of the Hail Mary, and the fruits of the Joyful Mysteries. Learn about some places Mary has appeared, her messages, and how she looked to the people who saw her. Follow Our Lady’s request to pray the Seven Sorrows Rosary with one of your very own making. Relics and the Pilgrim Rosary of Our Lady of Medjugorje will be present for veneration. Come and join us for this Marian retreat. (Don’t worry if you’re not crafty. We have plenty of helpers to help with knotting and final touches.)
Offering: $35 includes lunch
Clergy Retreat
Sunday, June 16-Friday, June 21,2024
John Quigley, OFM will lead a retreat on “Reimagining our life within God; a deeper appreciation of our roots and Jewish heritage.”
Fr. John will assist the retreatants with reflections that re-imagine, for personal and pastoral benefit, some of the central beliefs of our tradition: Jesus, the perfect revelation of God; Memory and the Eucharist and the Trinity. He will investigate a deeper understanding and appreciation of our Jewish roots.
Offering: $600 for overnight , $350 for commuter
John Quigley is a Franciscan Friar who has ministered in North America and internationally. He is a preacher and an artist based in Cincinnati, Ohio. With his confrere Fr. Richard Rohr,
Fr. John worked at New Jerusalem Community in Cincinnati for eight years before joining efforts within the Franciscan Family to work for justice, peace, and the care of creation. Besides a formal education in philosophy and theology, Fr. John studied fine arts. Currently, he preaches retreats, parish missions, and leads pilgrimages to Rome and Assisi.
Preached Retreat with Fr. Gerry McKeon S.J.
Sunday, July 21-Friday, July 26
‘PRAYER AS DISCERNMENT:
DEEPENING THE FELT PRESENCE OF OUR TRINITARIAN GOD’
This five-day preached retreat will provide retreatants with the chance to recognize the presence of God in their everyday lives. They will be encouraged to reflect on their daily experiences, paying close attention to their internal movements and counter-movements that either bring them closer to God or pull them away from Him. Participants will also spend time studying the rules of discernment of spirits as outlined by St. Ignatius in his spiritual exercises. They will have the opportunity to contemplate the risen Christ, who draws near to them in unexpected ways. Offering: $600 for overnight and $350 for commuters. Religious: $550
Retreatants will have the opportunity to attend two daily talks, a daily eucharist, personal prayer time, and a one-on-one meeting with the presenter for conversation and/or the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Rooms available for those with special medical circumstances. Please phone us at 315-446-2680
Fr. Gerry Mckeon, SJ is an experienced retreat director from the LeMoyne College community. He offers retreats and spiritual direction at the Spiritual Renewal Center and the Eastern Point Retreat House. He has been a chaplain at various hospitals and the local county jail.
Silent Directed Retreat
Sunday, July 21- Friday July 26
Join us on a special silent retreat with an opportunity to be guided on your Spiritual journey by a trained spiritual director. Christ the King is offering Directed Retreats. Your relationship with our Lord and Savior may be forever deepened by this experience.
Open to clergy, religious, and laity with an opportunity to meet with an individual director. The Retreat Director is Fr. Peter Murray
Offering: $600 Religious: $550
Friday, October 25-Saturday, October 26, 2024
Retreat begins with check-in at 4 pm and ends after dinner on Saturday at 7 pm. Offering: $160 for overnight and $90 for Commuter
"You Are My Beloved; In You I Am Well Pleased." (Matthew 3:17)
Do you struggle with feeling like you are not enough? Do you often feel caught on the hamster wheel of life just getting by? Join us for a weekend retreat in which we (re) discover our sonship through an intimate encounter with the beloved son. This retreat will feature a series of mini-talks, Ignatian prayer reflections, and group discussions that will be aimed at bringing you back into a relationship with the God who longs for you to be the best version of yourself. Spiritual direction will also be offered for those wishing to partake in those spiritual opportunities.
Retreat presenters for this weekend are Tom Andino & Chris Spilka. Tom Andino is currently the Music Director for the Parishes of St. Michael/St Peter, Onondaga Hill & Our Lady of Hope, Syracuse. He worked for over 20 years in the Office of Campus Ministry at Le Moyne College as Director of Liturgy & Music and in his last seven years there as Director of the Office of Campus Ministry. Chris Spilka is currently the Director of the Catholic Campus Ministry at Virginia Commonwealth University and is the former Director of Christ The King Retreat House. Both Tom & Chris, are founding members of the Cyrenian Way – a lay-led apostolate dedicated to providing prayer communities who aim at helping others carry their cross.
Noel Retreat
For Women in Recovery living the 12 step program. Combines the wisdom of the 12 step program with the wisdome of God and faith. This retreat gives you time to to take a break from the world and consider how the wisdom of the 12 Steps may provide you inspiration this Christmas season.
Led by Sr. Ellie Martinez. Begins on Friday, December 13th at 4 pm with dinner at 6 pm. Ends on Sunday after Brunch. Deposit Required.
