Sisters of Mercy Retreat House 5800 Pleasure Avenue Sea Isle City, NJ

Sisters of Mercy Retreat House 5800 Pleasure Avenue

Sea Isle City, NJ 08243 609-263-2004

Directed and Conference Retreats Accommodations: 25 Retreatants

Cost: $400 (check made out to Sisters of Mercy)

Dates: June 6-13, June 13-20, June 20-27, September 12-19, September 27 – October 4

June 6 to 13 Directed Retreats Margaret Ellen Burke, SC

Sister Margaret Ellen Burke, SC is a New York Sister of Charity. Margaret has been training and supervising spiritual directors for over 25 years as well as giving retreats (directed, guided, preached) in US and Canada. As co-founder and director of the Center of Renewal & Education, she has and continues to focus on the formation and spiritual development of lay leaders in the upper counties of the NY Archdiocese. Her background also includes years of chaplaincy to the terminally ill. Hiking is one of her favorite pastimes and she is rarely seen without her camera. She presently resides at the organic farm of the Sisters of Charity in Dutchess Co. NY

Julie Grey, OP

Sister Julie Grey, a Dominican Sister of Peace, has a Master's degree in Pastoral Studies from Loyola University. She is a graduate of the Institute for Spiritual Leadership (ISL) in Chicago and the Center for Religious Development in Cambridge, MA. Her work includes spiritual direction and program development at Emmaus Spiritual Life Center in Connecticut. She has given directed retreats throughout New England and has served in Formation Ministry for her congregation. Sister Julie is currently a full-time director at St. Raphaela Center.

Tim Dwyer, S.M.

Father Dwyer is a Marianist priest, born in St. Louis, MO, and has ministered with youth as a teacher, campus minister, and retreat director. Tim has served in formation and leadership roles in his Community in various parts of the USA and Canada, and was twice a delegate for the General Chapter of the Society of Mary in Rome. As an intern, he supervised the Direction of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises at the Guelph Centre of Spirituality, Ontario, Canada.

June 13 to 20 Directed Retreats John Collins, CSsR

John Collins is a Redemptorist priest whose ministerial background includes parish and retreat work, spiritual direction and counseling/psychotherapy, and pastoral work in healthcare and higher education. John has a long association with the mission and values of the Sisters of Mercy through his many years of service as Chaplain at Gwynedd Mercy University and as a guest celebrant at community Liturgies.

Kathleen Gannon, OSF

Kathleen Gannon has ministered as a spiritual director for many years, initially companioning women in formation in her Congregation. Trained as a spiritual director in Guelph, Canada, and immersed in continued education and training in the Spiritual Exercises through the lens of Franciscan spirituality in Cincinnati, OH, Kathleen has been invited to various places in the US as a retreat director. For more than 15 years at the School of Applied Theology, in Berkeley, CA Kathleen had the privilege of being a spiritual director and retreat director for women and men from around the world. Presently Kathleen is in Philadelphia and continues to minister as a spiritual director. She also ministers as a massage therapist in her Congregation’s retirement home.

Liz Sweeney, SSJ

Liz Sweeney SSJ, a Sister of Saint Joseph of Philadelphia, serves as a spiritual director for individuals and groups at Jesus House in Wilmington, Delaware. In recent years her ministry has broadened to include the development of integral spirituality and consciousness

transformation through the practice of contemplative dialogue.

June 20 to 27 Conference Retreat Mary Sullivan, RSM

Sister Mary Sullivan is a member of the NyPPaW (New York, Pennsylvania, Pacific West) Community of the Sisters of Mercy. Mary holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Notre Dame (1964) and a Master’s in Theology (Systematic Theology) from the University of London (1988). She is Professor Emerita of Literature and Dean Emerita of the College of Liberal Arts at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). She is the author or editor of Catherine McAuley and the Tradition of Mercy, The Friendship of Florence Nightingale and Mary Clare Moore,

The Correspondence of Catherine McAuley, 1818-1841 and The Path of Mercy: The Life of Catherine McAuley , as well as several articles on Catherine McAuley and Mercy Spirituality. Her current research focuses on the sources of Catherine McAuley’s authentic instructions and sayings.

Retreat Title: Following Jesus and the Gospel with Catherine McAuley

During this retreat we will try to learn from certain women and men in the gospels and from Catherine McAuley what the following of Jesus Christ means for us as Sisters of Mercy today. We will focus on the stories of their lives and of Catherine's life in the hope that we too may now more fully surrender to what Jesus' Gospel asks of each of us today. This will be our prayer together. We will use Morning and Evening Prayer of the Sisters of Mercy, the Bible and The Practical Sayings of Catherine McAuley, published in 2010 (a small, thin, grayish-covered paperback

September 12 to 19 Conference Retreats Marie Michele Donnelly, RSM

Sister Marie Michele is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Community of the Sisters of Mercy. She currently serves as Co-Director of Mercy Spiritual Ministries, through which she provides preached retreats for parishes, school faculties, ministry groups, ecumenical groups and

religious communities. She is a frequent presenter for parent and parish groups throughout the Tri-State region (PA, NJ and DE). Sister is a keynote speaker for large groups across the United States. She is an adjunct Theology professor at Gwynedd Mercy College. She holds an MA in Theology from Villanova University.

Retreat Title: Praying with the Mystics

One of the profound, often untapped treasures of our spiritual tradition is mysticism. We will spend this week with some of the “great” mystics of the past like Teresa of Avila, Julian of Norwich, Francis of Assisi - just to name a few. We will also pray with some who are more contemporary - Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day and others. This will be an opportunity to be open to the lessons these women and men of faith and prayer have bequeathed to us.

September 27 to October 4 Directed Retreats Maureen Conroy, RSM

Sister Maureen is co-director of the Upper Room Spiritual Center, Neptune, NJ. Her ministries include spiritual direction, training of spiritual directors, giving retreats, massage therapy, and facilitating programs on prayer, discernment and holistic spirituality growth. Maureen is the author of numerous articles and five books, including Experiencing God’s Tremendous Love ( Upper Room), Journey of Love, (Paulist), and The Discerning Heart, (Loyola Press).

Monsignor Scott Friend, M.Div.

Father Scott Friend is Vicar General and Vocations Director for the Diocese of Little Rock, AR. He has served as pastor in many parishes, and ministers to a large Hispanic population. Scott has an MA in Spirituality from Creighton University and is certified in spiritual direction and has directed many retreats. He is a recipient of the Lumen Christi Award, MS Society Ambassador of Hope Award and was named “Prelate of Honor” by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010.

Pat Hickey, SSJ

Pat Hickey SSJ, a Sister of St. Joseph of Philadelphia, is a graduate of Creighton University in Spirituality and is certified in supervision from Chestnut Hill College. She has been involved full time in the ministry of spiritual direction, retreats and supervision for many years.

Sisters of Mercy Retreat House

Sea Isle City, NJ

Registration Form

Please print, complete and return this registration form on or before February 1. Registrations will be handled on a first-come first served basis. You will be notified once your registration is received. If there is still availability in the retreat date you requested, you will be contacted and your retreat fee of $400 will be due.

Please send the retreat form to:

Sister Maureen Roe, RSM Sisters of Mercy

400 James Lane

Springfield, PA 19064-2122

Once you are notified that your registration has been accepted, please send the retreat fee of $400 to: (Please make checks payable to the Sisters of Mercy.)

Sister Anne Woodeshick, RSM Annunciation BVM Convent 423 Brookline Boulevard Havertown, PA 19083

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