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Healing through the Beatitudes: Transforming Hurts into Blessings

An Ignatian, Silent Weekend Retreat for Men

October 9 - 11, 2020

Groups Attending: Individuals, Mazzuchelli's Men, Mercy Northshore (Sacred Heart & St. Philip), Holy Family, Catholic Community of Northbrook (St. Norberts/Our Lady of the Brook ), Joe Bussone Group (St. Mary-Sycamore)

This retreat is currently at capacity or registration is closed. Please call the office at 847.381.1261 with questions.

Summary

Both the Spiritual Exercises and the Beatitudes promise that we are to be "happy and blessed" when poor, mourning, insulted, persecuted, and suffering injustice. We will explore what Jesus meant in the Beatitudes, how He lived these and how Jesus empowers us to also "be happy and blessed" wherever we struggle. Where we are not able to live the Beatitudes, we will begin to heal the underlying hurts so "in everything God works for good with those who love Him" (Romans 8:28).

Description

This retreat includes several presentations, daily mass, 6 meals, the opportunity for one-on-one spiritual direction with a trained spiritual director, and many other opportunities to explore our 80 acres and almost 60k square feet of  interior space. All activities are optional, but we do ask everyone to respect the quiet of the retreat house for everyone to have the opportunity to read, sleep and reflect in the quiet. 

Bellarmine has two libraries, a resource center, two chapels, and many other common areas. Outdoor spaces include a various walking trails, various prayer gardens, a gazebo, stations of the cross, as well as a few patios and outdoor chairs and benches. Each retreatant has their own bedroom. 

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Retreat Leader

Fr. Matthew Linn, SJ

Fr. Matthew Linn, SJ (as a team with Dennis and Sheila Linn) has focused on integrating physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. He has advanced graduate degrees in sociology, anthropology, spirituality, and theology. Since 1970 he has taught courses and given retreats on healing in every state and in more than 60 countries. Ordained in l973, he currently lives in a Jesuit community in Minneapolis where he trains spiritual directors at Sacred Ground and serves on the editorial board of Presence: An International Journal of Spiritual Direction. Fr. Linn, Dennis, and Sheila have written 22 books translated in more than 20 languages, (all in Spanish) and with more than a million copies in English.