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If you have ever dreamed of taking extra time to spend in prayer then you may want to consider sharing in a retreat that focuses of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises. This retreat will take you over a time span of eight (8) weeks, 1/2 for each session, at The Spiritan Center. The opening session will be a time to learn about what is involved and will give you an opportunity to decide if this is the appropriate time to participate. There will also be prayer time, a chance to meet with others who are considering making the retreat, an introduction to the spiritual directors, and scheduling of the individual direction sessions for those who decide to participate.
Individual Sessions:
Oct. 11 or Oct. 12
Oct. 18 or Oct. 19
Oct. 25 or Oct. 26
Nov. 1 or Nov. 2
Nov. 8 or Nov. 9
Nov. 15 or Nov. 16
Closing Sessions:
Nov. 22, 7 PM or Nov. 23, 10 AM
For further information, contact Ardath Blake at 724-964-8920 or ABlake@humilityofmary.org or Mary Ann Nicholls at The Spiritan Center
An evening of prayer, meditation, and information for Catechumens,
Candidates, Sponsors, and Team Members
Facilitator: Ardath Blake, HM
Cost: $10 per person
Registration Deadline: October 7
To register click here: register 
Dr. Batz, Executive Secretary for the Diocese of Pittsburgh, will offer a study of “The Our Father” from a cultural, linguistic, and historical perspective. Included will be a look at the meaning of this prayer that Jesus himself taught and its significance to the Eucharistic celebration. .
Suggested donation: $5/person
Kathy Shomo, “The Bead Lady” gives instruction and offers supplies to those who are interested in spending a day in beading. .
Option 1 – Friday evening through Saturday evening $65/ person
Option 2 – Saturday 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. $37/person.
Contact Kathy at 412-343-2787
Author of The Transformation of American Catholicism: The Pittsburgh Laity and the Second Vatican Council (University of Notre Dame Press, 2009)
Most scholars and media analysts have suggested that Vatican II revolutionized American Catholicism, with the changes it mandated filtering down from the Council to the church hierarchy to the laity.
Timothy Kelly´s book challenges this assumption, based on his careful tracing of Catholic lay practices in the Pittsburgh Diocese from the 1950s through the 1970s. The lay experience of American Catholics did change dramatically in the 1960s, but Kelly argues that the transformation began earlier, before the Council, and continued throughout the next decade. Kelly examines the discourse of Catholicism in the 1950s and compares this to actual lay behavior. He discusses critical changes introduced by Vatican II and follows the lay response for a decade after the last Council sessions to illuminate Catholic efforts to implement the changes in everyday practice. His individual chapters focus on devotional behavior, liturgical reforms, and broader social and cultural issues.
For his presentation at The Spiritan Center, Dr. Kelly will also review his findings on an integral group of Catholics in the South Hills area who were instrumental in the pre-Vatican II changes.
Suggested Donation: $10/person
To register click here:
register
| Spiritan Center Contact Information | |
| Mary Ann Nicholls, MLS, M Div., Director | |
| 6230 Brush Run Road | |
| Bethel Park, PA 15102 | |
| Phone: | 412-835-3510, x112 |
| Email: | spiritancenter@juno.com |
