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Upcoming Events
Check out the links below to learn more about opportunities to meet and discern religious life with various communities.
MAY
Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia
Vocation Retreat (ages 17-30)-- May 23-27, 2012
Nashville, TN
Taize Discernment Retreat (ages 18-40)-- May 25-28, 2012
Chicago, IL
Experience the beauty of Taize prayer with young adults from across the world. Learn about the Daughters of Charity. This opportunity is once in a lifetime as you get to stay with the Sisters and participate in this international Taize Prayer Retreat directed by the Taize community from France.
Contact Sr. Theresa Sullivan at SisterTheresa.Sullivan@doc.org for more information and to register.
JUNE
Our Lady of Grace Monastery, Beech Grove, IN Come & See Vocation Week
Monday, June 4 - Sunday, June 10, 2012
For more information email Sr. Jennifer at vocations@benedictine.com
Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity
CAMP FRANCISCAN-- June 12-14, 2012
Manitowoc, WI
5th-8th Grade Girls with a special Leadership Day (June 11) for HS/College students)
Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration
Retreat for High School Girls- June 21-23, 2012
Mishawaka, IN
Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity
Retreat for Women ages 18-32 -- June 24-26, 2012
Manitowoc, WI
What will the retreat be like?
- Retreats include time of personal and communal prayer;
- celebrations of the Sacrament of the Eucharist;
- an opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation;
- interaction with our postulants, novices, and professed sisters;
- bonfire, hikes, music outreach;
- silence;
- sharing with other young women discerning their direction with Jesus;
- and most of all an experience of allowing yourself to be loved by God!
Contact Sr. Mary Ann Spanjers for more information at smaryannsp@fscc-calledtobe.org.
JULY
Search & Serve Retreat (Ages 18-40)
New Orleans, LA
July 7-14, 2012
Contact Sr. Theresa Sullivan at SisterTheresa.Sullivan@doc.org for more information and to register.
AUGUST
Live-in Monastic Experience (ages 18-45) in Terre Haute, IN -- August 10-12, 2012
This is a unique opportunity to spend time within a cloistered, contemplative community. Women will have the opportunity to pray, go to Mass, attend talks on Carmelite spirituality, and ask the nuns' questions.
ONGOING
Live-in Opportunities with the Little Sisters of the Poor
Indianapolis, IN (Ongoing, year-round: Spring, summer, fall, winter break)
Pray, live, and work with the Sisters in the St. Augustine Home for the Aged.
Do you have a heart to serve abroad as a lay missionary?
Women (18+) are welcome to spend 2 weeks- 1 year as a lay missionary with the Servants of Our Lord and Virgin of Mátara religious order in Peru, Argentina, French Guyana, Albania, Taiwan, Chile, or Tunisia.
Contact Elizabeth Jamison at the Vocations Office with questions about these events
317.236.1490 or ejamison@archindy.org