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.

2024

  • January – World Spiritualities Course, St. Catherine University
  • February 15 – Day of Reflection on the Beatitudes – Loyola Morristown Jesuit Retreat House
  • February 16-18 – Weekend Women’s Retreat: Learning from Women Mystics – Loyola Morristown Jesuit Retreat House
  • February 24 – Workshop on Preparing and Presenting Guided Retreats (with Peter Watkins) for Sacred Ground Center for Spirituality (two session workshop – second session 3/2)
  • March 9 – Women’s Day of Prayer: What Women Today and Learn from Mary of Nazareth – Christ the King Retreat Center
  • April 3-11 – Easter Point Jesuit Retreat House Directed Retreat
  • April 13 – Retreat Day: Latter Day Mystics – St. Thomas More Catholic Community
  • April 25 – Evening of Reflection for Married Couples – St. Thomas More Catholic Community
  • June 9-15 – Ignatian Colleagues Program Retreat – OshKosh Jesuit Retreat House
  • June 28-July 8 – OshKosh Jesuit Retreat House Directed Retreat
  • July 21-26 – Synod School of the Lakes and Prairies Synod of the Presbyterian Church – Medieval Mystics
  • July 28-Aug. 4 – Guided Retreat for Sister of Notre Dame, Chardon Retreat Center
  • Aug.7-15 – Loyola on the Potomac Jesuit Retreat House Directed Retreat
  • Sept.5-8 – Preached Ignatian Retreat – OshKosh Jesuit Retreat House
  • Oct. 24-27 – Preached Couples Ignatian Retreat – Ignatian Spirituality Center at St. Thomas More
  • Nov.8-10 – Men’s Weekend Retreat – Private Men’s Group
  • Nov. 19-25 – Ignatian Colleagues Program Retreat – Eastern Point Jesuit Retreat House
  • Dec. 12 – Advent Morning of Reflection – Ignatian Volunteer Corp.
  • Dec. 13-15 – Advent Weekend Retreat – Christ the King Retreat Center

RSS Creo en Dios

  • What It Means to Heal November 16, 2023
    I am at Eastern Point Jesuit Retreat House this week on the retreat team for an Ignatian Colleagues Program retreat. Yesterday, I offered the reflection at our afternoon Mass, for which the Gospel was St. Luke’s account of Jesus’ healing of ten lepers. Following is a truncated version of my reflection:  More than the other […]
  • Happiness or Meaning? March 23, 2023
    I have often benefitted from the writing of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Although he is now deceased, I continue to receive excerpts of his writing from the Rabbi Sacks Legacy, which shares his teachings and writings. The piece that appeared in my inbox this morning was titled The Pursuit of Meaning. It began by referencing 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 […]