Time: October 29th, 2008 from 10 am until 2 pm.

Place: Nazareth House in Batavia

This retreat offers participants the opportunity to spend time in
quiet reflection and contemplation amid the beautiful grounds of
Nazareth House in Batavia. Registration is required.

For more information or to register, contact

These micro-retreats take place on Thursday evenings from 7-9pm on December 4th, 11th and 18th. Join us for reflections on Advent, contemplative prayer and music. This is a great way to ring in the Christmas season. No registration required. Simply come when you can.

Autumn Parish Mission with Mr. Michael Cumbie

From the heart of the Deep South, steeped in Southern Baptist tradition Michael Cumbie’s call from God to preach the Gospel came at age 14. At age 19, while attending college and working on a degree in Music Education, Michael experienced a life-changing, charismatic encounter with the Holy Spirit.

Increasingly dissatisfied with fundamentalist, evangelical preaching of the Gospel, he began to understand just exactly how the early church had worshipped with its signs and symbols-and its focus on the Eucharist. Although a Protestant Pastor for 23 years, Michael ultimately mately realized that to be truly in line with historic Christianity means to be in union with Rome. He discovered that his quest for the fullness of Faith could only be realized in the Roman Catholic Church.

In 2001, Michael and his three children were received into the Catholic Church. Michael’s wife Sherry came back to the Catholic Church that day, as well, after a 28-year absence. Michael Cumbie’s conversion story is entitled “No Bread on the Table, No Crumbs on the Floor” because of his great love of, and respect for, the Most Holy Eucharist.

Michael Cumbie is an experienced speaker, musician and worship leader and will inspire any audience with his knowledge, wit and incredible sense of humor.

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Friday evening, February 20th, 2009 from 7pm until 9pm and Saturday February 21st, 2009 from 8:30 am until 5pm. This is a great way to prepare for Lent. Come and practice the art of letting go of pain, bitterness and all of the things that keep you from experiencing God’s love for you. Registration required.

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St. Peter Church, Geneva, presents
A Men’s Retreat: Saturday, December 6th, 2008 9am to 5pm.
Registration is $25.00.

Men today are faced with both old and new pressures at home, in the world and in the workplace. And yet, young men are increasingly ill-prepared to take on the dual yoke of responsibility and leadership. Are we properly mentoring our teens to equip them for the challenges they will face as men? Are we, who are called adults, living up to the standards of our own manhood? To whom can we turn to learn how to live as mature, Christian men? Join us for our Men's Retreat for ages 14 and beyond on December 6th from 9am until 5pm. Learn how to make a difference in the lives of others while you live out your own expectations of manhood. (see Ephesians 4:11-16)

Speakers Include:

Deacon Bill Johnson, Keynote
“Where are all the men?”

John Lamperis, DRE
“Monkey in the Middle.”

Kristina Rake, Dir. Of Adult Formation
“Men and women are from the Earth.”

Tom McGrath, Author
“Who Is Man?”

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