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Ladies, you are invited to join other St. Matthew women at the St. Matthew Women's Retreat, Magnify, an incredible experience of the love God has for you!January 17-19, 2025
Maria Stein Retreat Center
$225 per person
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You deserve this time for yourself.
Take a break after the craziness of the holidays to pause and reflect on what makes women unique, special, important, and loved.
Magnify: Pursuing Virtue as a Feminine Genius is a weekend retreat for women of St. Matthew Parish that offers time for prayer, reflection, relaxation, and inspiration at the beautiful Maria Stein Retreat Center in Western Ohio.
The weekend is being planned and led by a team of women from the parish, who will guide us in reflection on the four characteristics of the feminine genius from St. John Paul II’s Mulieris Dignitatem: receptivity, sensitivity, generosity, and maternity. Additionally, Fr. Carter will join us for Mass, Liturgy of the Hours, and Confession.With inspiration from various saints, we will contemplate a series of virtues that can help us make a gift of self to our family, our church, and our community.
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Questions?
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Julie Ratliffjratliffstmatthew.netPastoral Associate
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The details
Dates: January 17-19, 2025
(Check in Friday at 4 pm; return to Gahanna around 3 pm on Sunday)
Location: Maria Stein Spiritual Center in Maria Stein, OH
Cost: $225
(financial assistance is available)
This includes a private room with a private bathroom and shower. All bedding and towels are provided. All meals are provided from dinner Friday through lunch Sunday.
For more details, see the FAQs below!
Click here to register
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FAQs
- Tell me more about the retreat center.
- Can I get a ride with someone?
- Do attendees need to be St. Matthew parishioners?
- Will I have to share a room?
- Which meals are included?
- What Sacraments will be available during the retreat?
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We will be at the Maria Stein Spiritual Center in Maria Stein OH.
2365 St. John’s Road
Maria Stein, OH 45860
Drive time is just under 2 hours from St. Matthew.
The retreat center is located adjacent to the Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics, one of the largest collections in the United States with an available chapel and gift shop
More about the Retreat Center:
https://spiritualcenter.net/spiritual-center-of-maria-stein/
More about the Shrine: www.mariasteinshrine.org
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We will do our best to connect people who can drive with people who need rides. Please indicate on your registration form if you would like to ride with other women of the parish and if you would be comfortable driving others.
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Please feel free to invite friends and family from other parishes to join us. Retreat participants don't need to be Catholic, but the retreat is grounded in Catholic theology and the sacraments, so make sure any non-Catholic friends who attend are comfortable and know that they won't be able to receive the sacraments that are offered.
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Each woman on the retreat will have a private room with a private bathroom and shower. All bedding and towels are provided.
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Meals we will share on retreat start Friday with dinner and end with lunch on Sunday. Please let us know if you have food allergies or special dietary needs and we will do our best to work with the retreat center to accommodate.
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Fr. Carter will be with us on Friday and Saturday of the retreat.
Masses will be offered on Friday evening, Saturday morning and Saturday vigil Mass.
Confessions will be offered throughout the weekend.
We will have times of Eucharistic Adoration.