Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Here are some of the retreats and talks I’ll be offering in the coming months.   Since some are open to the public and others are limited to particular groups, and some require advance registration, if you see something you might be interested in participating in, contact me.

2025

  • February 20 – Ignatian Spirituality for Couples – St. Thomas More Catholic Community, St. Paul MN
  • March 15 – Women’s Day of Prayer and Reflection: The Women Who Came Before Us – Christ the King Retreat Center, Buffalo MN (more information here)
  • March 29 – A Mystical Lenten Journey for Women – St. Stephen’s Church, Anoka MN
  • April 23-May 1 – Easter Point Jesuit Retreat House Directed Retreat, Gloucester MA
  • May 30-June 1 – Weekend Retreat for Women – Loyola Jesuit Retreat House, Morristown NJ
  • June 2 – Day of Reflection for Men and Women – Loyola Jesuit Retreat House, Morristown NJ
  • June 14-15 – Reflection at Sunday Masses, St. Thomas More Catholic Community, St. Paul MN
  • June 15-21 – Ignatian Colleagues Program Retreat – OshKosh Jesuit Retreat House, OshKosh WI
  • June 24-July 3 – OshKosh Jesuit Retreat House Directed Retreat, OshKosh WI (registration link here)
  • July 11-13 – Ignatian Spirituality Center Ignatian Couples Retreat – Christ the Kingn Retreat Center, Buffalo MN
  • July 20-25 – Synod School of the Lakes and Prairies Synod of the Presbyterian Church – Modern Day Mystics, Storm Lake IA
  • Aug.12-20 – Loyola on the Potomac Jesuit Retreat House Directed Retreat, Faulkner MD (more information here)
  • Aug. 24-31 – Guided Retreat for Sisters of Notre Dame, Lial
  • Oct. 5-12 – Guided Retreat for Sisters of Notre Dame, Chardon
  • Oct. 16-19 – Preached Ignatian Retreat – OshKosh Jesuit Retreat House, OshKosh, WI
  • Nov. 16-22 – Ignatian Colleagues Program Retreat – Eastern Point Jesuit Retreat House, Gloucester MA
  • Dec. 12-14 – Advent Weekend Retreat – Christ the King Retreat Center, Buffalo MN

RSS Creo en Dios

  • The Cardinal Virtues: Fortitude March 22, 2025
    As traditionally depicted, Fortitude is appears as an allegorical person with a sword.  Like the limiting effect of the traditional depiction of temperance I mentioned in yesterday’s post, the traditional depiction risks creating the false impression that fortitude is about physical strength. Rather, fortitude is the virtue that ensures firmness when we are faced with […]
  • The Cardinal Virtues: Temperance March 21, 2025
    Since we are in the season of Lent, always a good time to brush ourselves off and re-commit ourselves to our lives with God, I thought I’d share a couple of reflections on what we term the “cardinal virtues.” These are four virtues of mind and character defined in classic philosophy and adopted by the […]

RSS Recent Podcasts

  • Walking With Jesus During Lent February 14, 2018
    Tonight was the opening session of the Lenten Ignatian Retreat at St. Thomas More.  After this initial large group meeting, small retreat groups will meet weekly, and participants will pray each day with materials we provide to them that are based on Weeks 2 and 3 of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. I gave […]
  • Women of the Bible: Rachel and Leah September 19, 2016
    Today was the second session of the Fall Reflection Series that Jennifer Wright and I are offering at the University of St. Thomas (on the Minneapolis campus) this year.  The theme for this five week series is Women of the Bible. In last week’s opening session, Jennifer spoke about Sarah and Hagar.  (You can find her talk […]
  • Women of the Bible: Sarah and Hagar September 15, 2016
    Monday was the first session of the Fall Reflection Series that Jennifer Wright and I are offering at the University of St. Thomas (on the Minneapolis campus) this year.  Our theme for the five week series is Women of the Bible. Monday I briefly introduced the series and Jennifer spoke our our first subjects: Sarah […]