SAMPLE RETREAT PROGRAM

MORNING PRAYER 8:00 a.m. (1/2 hour in community or alone)

MORNING STUDY Reading Sacred Scripture and related Spiritual Reading (2 hours)

AFTERNOON STUDY Spiritual Exercises in Sacred Scripture (2 hours)

EVENING PRAYER 5:00 p.m. (1/2 hour in community or alone)

NIGHT STUDY Journaling, reflection and continuation on the day’s readings/experiences or other readings of your own choosing. (1 hour)

STANDARD PROGRAM MATERIAL

The Morning and Evening Prayer are based upon the Book of Common Prayer and consist
of the psalms, epistles, and prayers.

Each day, the Morning Study begins with a reading on the art of Lectio Divina, which leads into the morning’s Scripture verses related to the chosen theme.

The Spiritual Readings are taken from classic Christian authors and revolve around the specific theme of the program. Authors include St. Augustine, Oswald Chambers, Thomas a Kempis, Henry Nouwen and John Wesley, among many others.

The Spiritual Exercises focus on stories of Christ in the Gospels. Based upon the Hebrew understanding of remembering as “reliving” an encounter with God, these meditations on the life
of Christ provide a fresh point of entry into the familiar Gospel narratives.