Easter Graces and Virtues
Tue, May 07
|The Spiritual Renewal Center
Retreat in Daily Life for 5 weeks on Tuesdays beginning April 9
Time & Location
May 07, 2024, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
The Spiritual Renewal Center, 1342 Lancaster Ave, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
About the Event
This month-long retreat in daily life encourages participants to enter into the mystery of Resurrection faith. We will draw from the wisdom of Scripture, daily life, and contemporary concerns as we walk the pilgrimage of faith with the Risen Christ. Participants will be offered suggestions for prayer each day. We will also gather as a community of faith during five Tuesdays in the Easter Season. There will be an opportunity to share graces from private prayer during the previous week. Input will also be offered on a variety of Resurrection themes drawn from different spiritual writers. On the final weekly gathering, there will be an opportunity for each retreatant to share how he/she has received Easter Graces during this pilgrimage with the Risen Christ. Suggested donation: $25 each week.
Themes for Each Week
1) The Gospels, Theological Reflections, and Witnessing to Risen Life
2) The Raising of Lazarus: ‘I am the Resurrection and the Life’
3) The New Creation and the Risen Christ
4) Joy, Hope, and Love: Inculcating Habits of the Heart
5) Closing Session: ‘Contemplation to Attain the Love of God’ and Sharing the Graces of the Retreat
Fr. Gerry McKeon, SJ is a Jesuit priest with extensive experience in spiritual direction and in offering the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius to people from all backgrounds. He has served as a chaplain at Ithaca College and Cornell University, and on the staff of Eastern Point Retreat House in Gloucester, MA. Fr. Gerry is on staff at the Center and ministers at Upstate University Hospital, Jamesville Correctional Facility, and local parishes.