Retreats at CTK Retreat House

Noel Retreat Friday-Sunday Dec. 6-8 A spiritual empowerment for Women in Recovery.   This is an opportunity to challenge yourself and ask what truly matters.  12-Step your way to a life of freedom and joy.  Led by Sr. Ellie Martinez.  Begins on Friday, December 15th at 5 pm with dinner at 6 pm and ends on Sunday after Brunch.  Deposit:  $25 non-refundable.  Offering:   $160.  Commuters:  $80

Retreats in 2020

Women’s Retreat with Kathy Meus

Friday-Saturday Feb. 7-8

“Martha and Mary: Sisters, Women of Faith, Friends of Jesus”. There is much we can learn and discover about ourselves from the stories of Martha and Mary that are found in Scripture. This retreat will help participants to shed some new light on the all too familiar stories of these two women. The retreat begins on Friday evening February 7^th with dinner at 6:00 and ends on Saturday February 8th with dinner. Space is limited. There is a non- refundable deposit of $25.00 when you register. Kathy Meus will be facilitating this retreat. Offering:  $110, Commuters:  $80  Deposit required:  $50  and $25 for commuters.

Women’s Ignatian Retreat April 24-26 Discerning your life through the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius With  Dr. Joann Heaney

The Spiritual Exercises are recognized as an inspired guide to the development of a deeper Christian spirituality ever since St. Ignatius completed them in 1533. Great saints and countless ordinary people have been spiritually shaped through this powerful experience. This system of meditation and prayer continues to be the backbone of Ignatian retreats, where seekers come to examine their lives,         contemplate their futures, face their decisions, and revitalize their souls. Offering:  $200  Commuters:  $110  $50 non-refundable deposit required

Dr. Heaney-Hunter has served as a full-time member of the theology faculty at St. John’s University in New York since 1987. She holds a Ph.D. in theology from Fordham University and an M.S. in Mental Health Counseling from Long Island University. She is a National Certified Counselor, a Fellow of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors (AAPC), and is licensed to practice mental health counseling in New York State. In addition, she trained as a spiritual   director and has served in that capacity since 2004.  Dr. Heaney-Hunter specializes in the integration of spirituality and psychotherapy and providing spiritually integrated psychotherapy to individuals and couples through the life cycle.

Dr. Heaney-Hunter serves as a retreat director at the Loyola Jesuit Center in Morristown, New Jersey. She presented her most recent retreat in October 2019 at the Center in Morristown, NJ.  It is called: “Discerning your life through the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.” She also has provided adult education on Scripture for the Office of Ignatian Spirituality at St. Anthony’s Jesuit parish in Oceanside New York.  Recent courses have been on the prophet Isaiah and the Gospel of Luke.

Recovery Retreat May 22-24

Retreat on Anthony DeMello with Sr. Ellie Martinez Saturday June 6

Clergy Retreat June 8-12

Spiritual Reflection Retreat with Br. Don Bisson Saturday July 11

Silent Preached Retreat with Brother Don Bisson Sunday July 12-Friday July 17

Silent Directed Retreat-July 12-17

Preached Retreat with Fr. John Quigley-July 19-24, 2020

Silent Directed Retreat –July 19-24, 2020

Silent Directed Retreat August 17-August 21