Weekend Silent Retreat Theme: Celebrate Sacred Space – Pilgrims of Hope
Commemorating our 75th Anniversary, you are invited to enter into this space of peace, healing and prayer, draw closer to God and discover the hope that draws us forward into more abundant life.
Men’s Retreats – Dates and Contacts
June 7-9, 2024, Friday to Sunday
Ken Moen, 403-888-8833, kenmoen19@gmail.com
Ken Moen Sr., Hm.403-527-0270 / C.403-866-1270, kmoen@telus.net
Cliff Richards, 403-827-6683, cliff.richards@shaw.ca
November 15-17, 2024, Friday to Sunday
Jim Moore, 403-804-4055, buglefix@telus.net
Danny Gavan 780-352-6024 C: 780-361-3303
gavand57@gmail.com
Roberto De Palma 403-708-9696
robdpal@gmail.com
January 10-12, 2025, Friday to Sunday
Paul Valentine, C.403-862-4206, paulv@valentinegroup.ca
Bill Locke, 403-874-1814, billilocke@gmail.com
January 31-February 2, 2025, Friday to Sunday
Ken Hagel, 403-816-1980, 7milagro8@gmail.com
Vincent Mendonsa, 403-374-7388, cell: 403-888-1716, stamp2000inc@telus.net
June 6-8, 2025, Friday to Sunday
Ken Moen Sr., Hm.403-527-0270 / C.403-866-1270, kmoen@telus.net
Cliff Richards, 403-827-6683, cliff.richards@shaw.ca
July 8-10, 2025, Tuesday to Thursday
Soul Care for Men
There may never have been a more challenging time in our culture for men to do soul work or to live into manhood in ways that are healthy, vital and constructive. As our society flees from religion and as our understandings of masculinity and manhood find themselves imbedded in culture wars, men need sanctuary and safe spaces where they can be vulnerable, can be heard, and can pause to listen and reflect. We are offering a time grounded in nature, in contemplative traditions like Celtic Christianity and Jungian Psychology, and in warm community shaped by story, music, art and ritual – a place to heal, restore, and reconnect with your deep purpose.
Located on the expansive lands of Mount Saint Francis, surrounded with rolling hills and the view of the Rocky Mountains, you will be invited into an immersive experience with the land including a night walk and tending an outdoor fire (depending on fire season). You will also experience times of prayer, reflection, teaching, sharing, and much more.
Facilitators:
Cathy Hardy – Singer-Songwriter, Author, Founder of Soul Care ®
More about Cathy:
Cathy AJ Hardy is a spiritual director, retreat facilitator, and founder/director of Soul Care ®, offering courses in spiritual formation and direction. Facilitating programs of care for the soul, offering spiritual direction, and creating events such as retreats and concerts, Cathy is passionate to create safe spaces for individuals and groups to listen to what is the beauty of their soul. A facilitator of soul work for the past two decades, Cathy is also the author of four books: Love Breathes with Me (2018), Walk with Me (2020), Love Breathes with Me II (2022), and Pause; A Year of Soulful Meditation (2023). The past few years have brought opportunities to create soul care events geared especially for men and she has facilitated a Soul Care Men’s Circle for the past five years.
In addition to her passion for guiding others in their spiritual growth, Cathy is also a poet and award-winning singer-songwriter. She lives in Mission, B.C. among the mountains, rivers, and forests.
More about Russ:
Dr. Russ Daye has been a United Church minister for more than thirty years. During that time, he served congregations in Atlantic Canada, Quebec and Toronto and taught at several theological colleges and universities after completing a Ph.D. in comparative religion. He has also worked on truth and reconciliation processes in Canada, South Africa, and Fiji. Russ feels called to live at the intersection of spirituality and social justice, believing that the work of healing the world and healing one’s soul are inseparable. He has written two books, Political Forgiveness: Lessons from South Africa (Orbis Books) and Turning Ourselves Inside Out: Thriving Christian Communities (Fortress Press, co-authored with Robert Fennell).
Along with Indigenous, Buddhist and African Nova Scotian leaders, Russ helped to create and lead the Transformational Leadership Initiative. Russ also developed a spiritual practice program called Into the Geography of Spirit that combines spiritual practice and sharing circles to foster healing and ‘soul work.’
Women’s Retreats – Dates and Contacts
May 31-June 2, 2024, Friday to Sunday
Cathy Pamer, 403-274-3217
Erina Leiva, 403-397-7715, emheffernan@shaw.ca
July 16-18, 2024, Tuesday to Thursday
Soul Care
to register contact:
Claire Ziprick 780-893-8372
clairezip@gmail.com
August 16-18, 2024, Friday to Sunday
Ann Ivan, 403-227-4695, annivan40@gmail.com
Margaret Velthuis Kroeze, 403-340-0605, mlvk@shaw.ca
September 13-15, 2024, Friday to Sunday
Chelsea Dorn 306-596-3676
chelseadorn@outlook.com
Doreen Gould 403-682-9468
maggiefly99@gmail.com
September 17-19, 2024, Tuesday to Thursday
Kathy Oczkowski, 403-246-0660, fkoczkowski@shaw.ca
October 25-27, 2024, Friday to Sunday
Christina Kostiuk, 403-851-1012, ckkostiuk56@gmail.com
Janet Durksen, 403-278-4007, jdurksen@shaw.ca
February 7-9, 2025, Friday to Sunday
Simone DeCnodder, 587-223-4896, moniecede@gmail.com
Dayna Muscoby, 403-460-7381, daydc@hotmail.com
Dianna Ridgway, 403-680-0358, deedee411@live.ca
Margaret Ridgway, 403-689-0358, mridgway730@gmail.com
March 7-9, 2025, Friday to Sunday
Teresa Grice, 403-329-8967, teresa.grice2@alumni.uleth.ca
Jane Williamson, 403-857-8000, janewilliamson9729@gmail.com
May 2-4, 2025, Friday to Sunday
Janice Ebbert, 403-681-4521, jaebbert@shaw.ca
Rita Alexander, 403-381-4974, ritaalexander@xplornet.com
May 30-June 1, 2025, Friday to Sunday
Cathy Pamer, 403-274-3217
Erina Leiva, 403-397-7715, emheffernan@shaw.ca
July 15-17, 2025, Tuesday to Thursday
Soul Care
to register contact:
Claire Ziprick 780-893-8372
clairezip@gmail.com
Mixed Retreats – Dates and Contacts
August 20-25 2024, 5-Day Preached Retreat
5-Day Preached Retreat Retreat – Spiritual Directors: Retreat Team
Mount St. Francis Admin 403-932-2012
mtfrancis@shaw.ca
October 18-20, 2024, Friday to Sunday
Secular Franciscan Order
Louisa Gagne 587-360-1064
deerhaven.lg@gmail.com
Linda Schultz 403-245-8549
linschz@hotmail.com
December 6-8, 2024, Friday to Sunday
SPACE IN THE MANGER
In hopeful anticipation,
We will reflect on the space Jesus
First occupied in our world.
We will meditate on the ways that
Space can stretch and support us
To carry Jesus into the real moments
of our right-now lives with courage
and hope – even and especially
when things are imperfect
To Register:
December 13-15, 2024, Friday to Sunday
Winter Stillness
Mount St. Francis Admin, 403-932-2012, mtfrancis@shaw.ca
January 3-5, 2025, Friday to Sunday
Young Adults (ages 20 to 40)
Maritza Chouza 778-533-1736
maritzachouza@gmail.com
January 17-19, 2025, Friday to Sunday
Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Friends
Marilyn Meek, 403-254-9726, marilyn-m1@shaw.ca
Carolynn Dawson, 403-251-1733, dawsoncm@telus.net
February 21-23, 2025, Friday to Sunday
Living in the Spirit (added fee for presenter’s costs)
Maxima Arat 403-836-6873
maxima.arat@yahoo.ca
Doreen and Patrick Coffey 403-969-0966
coffeypd@live.ca
April 11-13, 2025, Friday to Sunday
Couples Retreat
Paul & Michele Grover changrover@shaw.ca
Tess and Renato Abanto 403-615-6126
april1686@gmail.com
April 25-27, 2025, Friday to Sunday
Anglican Retreat
Patti and John Sinclair, 403-650-1491, pattijoansinclair@gmail.com
May 9-11, 2025, Friday to Sunday
Young Adults (ages 20 to 40)
Nakasha O. And Chika I. cypretreat@gmail.com
Carlos M., 780-902-0931, carlosmenss@gmail.com
July 21-28, 2024, 7-Day Retreat
Directed Retreat – Spiritual Directors: Retreat Team
Mount St. Francis Admin 403-932-2012
mtfrancis@shaw.ca
July 20-27, 2025, 7-Day Retreat
5-Day Preached Retreat Retreat – Spiritual Directors: Retreat Team
Mount St. Francis Admin 403-932-2012
mtfrancis@shaw.ca
Extended Silent Retreats – Contact Mount St. Francis, 403.932.2012, Email mtfrancis@shaw.ca