Retreats
Father’s Annual Retreat
Father Adrian Burke Comments Off on Father’s Annual Retreat
When I was ministering as a parish priest, I included a line item in the annual parish budget called “Priest Retreat.” I learned early on in parochial ministry how important an annual retreat is for recharging spiritually and reinvigorating my sense of purpose. After a year’s worth of ministry, I felt the need to revitalize Read More
Overcoming the Superiority Complex
Father Michael Ackerman Comments Off on Overcoming the Superiority Complex
If we are honest, sometimes in ministry we have a superiority complex, thinking as though nothing can function in our absence. One January, I took a weeklong silent retreat and worried incessantly about what would happen. What if someone calls and it’s an emergency, and I’m not there? What if someone calls the vocations office Read More
The Value of the Sabbath
Father David J. Bonnar Comments Off on The Value of the Sabbath
I have been thinking a lot lately about my previous priesthood retreats. Perhaps it is because I have been asked to give two retreats to priests next year, and therefore I am starting to think about a theme. While I have been faithful to this annual expectation as a priest, I have never had the Read More