Centering Prayer Retreat
Additional Retreat Information
Father Bill Sheehan, Retreat Director
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Fr Bill has participated in Contemplative Outreach (founded by Fr Thomas Keating, OCSO) since 1983 and has practiced centering prayer and guided others in this way of prayer for more than 25 years. Fr. Bill has a rich background in pastoral ministry as a pastor and in marriage counseling. He served as Director of Ministry to Priests in the Miami diocese. In the Oblates Eastern America Province he served as provincial as well as formation director and novice director. Recently, Fr. Bill was appointed to the Advisory Board of the quarterly magazine, Human Development (published by Regis University). He is a member of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate and lives in an Oblate House of Prayer in Lowell, Massachusetts. |
Rev. Bill Sheehan, OMI, is an experienced retreat
director and has led many Centering Prayer workshops and retreats around the
country.Tentative Retreat Program
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Thursday 4:30 PM ….. Sign-in & Room Assignments Friday & Saturday 6:00 AM ….. Rise Sunday 6:00 AM ….. Rise |
Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House
Montserrat retreat center, founded in 1959, is located on a secluded inlet of Lewisville Lake in Lake Dallas Township. Two buildings provide lodging with sixty-seven private rooms with bath, each individually heated and air-conditioned. Its campus embraces thirty-nine acres of lawn, trees and lakeshore to wander which provides an environment of peace and tranquility. A restful library overlooks a long lawn down to the lake, as does a glass-walled dining room. The new Campion Hall provides two large conference rooms for retreats & meetings. The Chapel of St. Ignatius offers a place to worship and seats 100.
Bring comfortable casual clothes and walking shoes. Your room is completely furnished with linens, blankets, and towels. You will find a Bible in each room.
The dining room is open all the time and you are welcome to drinks, hot and cold, and to fruit and snacks. Each day meals are served at 8 am, Noon and 6 pm.
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Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House |
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