Programs, Retreats & Events:
A Commuter rate is available for each overnight retreat for those who live locally. Please contact Bon Secours Spiritual Center (410.0442.1320) for the rates.
Catechist & Teachers in Baltimore: Many Bon Secours Spiritual Center programs are eligible for clock hour credit for the Archdiocese of Baltimore Catechists and Teachers certification.
For more details, additional programs, catechist certification and registration information call: 410.442.1320
Programs, Retreats & Events Descriptions
"Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another as God, in Christ, has forgiven you."
(Ephesians 4:32)
Mark your calendar to join us the first Wednesday of each month for an inspirational day of prayer and reflection. We begin at 9:30 am with coffee and pastries, a morning presentation at 10:00 am.; Mass in the chapel; a delicious lunch and an afternoon presentation at 1:30 pm. There is also an hour of free time after lunch to walk the beautiful grounds, pray the labyrinth, or just to relax outdoors at the pond. Our day concludes at 3:00 pm.
View biography and other programs guided by:
Fr. Robert Albright
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At this time in our lives many of us are facing challenges in lifestyle, ministry, health, relationships, and other aspects of living. Now may be the time to look at your concerns and opportunities in a prayerful setting. Advent is a good time to reflect on Mary's story and see if it sheds light on you own. Mary "was deeply troubled...and wondered what the angel's greeting meant". Are you sometimes troubled and wonder what meaning your life, your future holds for you? This day of prayer will include input, Scripture, quiet time, and sharing. Please bring your journal for reflective writing.
View biography and other programs guided by:
Sr. Carol Ries, SNJM
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Care for the Care Giver:
Join us for a Time of Respite
Come away awhile, let us care for you! If you are a caregiver, often you are considered the pillar of strength in your particular situation. We understand the cost of that strength and the burdens of putting yourself at the service of another: the lack of personal time, and the lost energy for other roles.
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Saturday, December 4th
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
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We want you to be well and invite you to spend a “low key" morning or evening of personal sharing, answer seeking, being cared for and comforted. We will explore emotions and issues about grief and guilt and the joys and satisfactions connected with personal care giving. We will pray for you and your loved ones, and offer spiritual support to help you in your care efforts. Please come and be with us.
Suggested Donation:
$15 per session
(or free will offering for anyone whose personal situation does not permit the amount)
To register, please contact the Bon Secours Spiritual Center, (410) 442-1320.
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| Wednesday |
December 8th |
7:00pm to 8:30pm |
| Saturday |
December 18th |
9:30am to 11:00am |
No Charge - Free Will Offering Welcome
Reservations Requested
To register, please contact the
Bon Secours Spiritual Center, (410) 442-1320
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For some of us stress and grief are unwelcome holiday companions. These days can be sad and lonely times, especially for families and friends who are grieving a serious loss or change in personal circumstances. These feelings are often unwelcome and many times take a toll that squanders holiday energy and joy. But they are not an inevitable outcome, if we are aware and prepared.
If this holiday is likely to include regrets, fears or memories of loss that might interfere with your well-being, please join us to understand how these things happen and what you can do to continue to heal and celebrate the holidays in a healthy, intact way, physically, mentally and spiritually.
This respite retreat offers a safe environment to discuss concerns and provides ideas and strategies to manage grief and stress during a difficult time.
Retreat attendees will learn how to balance solitude and social interaction, manage memories, find creative outlets for energy, honor while changing some traditions, acknowledge difficulties and joy, and identify resources to help through the holidays.
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Friday |
December 10th |
9:00 AM to 3:15pm |
No Charge - Free Will Offering Welcome
Seating is Limited - Reservations Requested
To register, please contact the
Bon Secours Spiritual Center, (410) 442-1320
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Bon Secours Spiritual Center offers a day of spiritual refreshment and support
workshops to assist job seekers and those in the midst of career change on the
Second Friday of each month at the Marriottsville Campus in Howard County.
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"We want to help people keep their spirit high as they seek new opportunities,"
says Dr. Little." They need to know that God and we care about them."
Are you caught up in a hectic pace at work or at home? Do you want to receive the gift of peace from the Prince of Peace in the midst of life's chaos and experience a lasting sense of peace and tranquility? This Day of Recollection will assist you in "going" to that place through several twenty-minute contemplative practices "without leaving home".
View biography and other programs guided by:
Msgr. Nicholas Amato
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Francis of Assisi is one of the best loved saints of all time. Few people are aware that Francis began the custom of setting up a nativity scene at Christmas time, and the first to present a "living nativity" during Christmas Eve mass. During this retreat, we will discuss the life and little known facts about Francis, his initiation of the Christmas customs, and the experience and miracle of the first "Greccio", the living nativity. We will also share some of our own family Christmas customs and perhaps find new ones to adopt. All of us will be blessed with the Christmas spirit by the end of the day.
View biography and other programs guided by:
Mary Jo Johnson, SFO
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The closing of 2010 and the beginning of 2011 provides as opportunity to step back and look at the "Way" we are on. New Year's Eve is like a rest stop on a highway: we can get out, look at he map, take a break, and determine the what-how-where of our travel. Do you need to...relax? Reorient? Reboot? Repack? Re-cognize? Recollect? Our way is grace and this retreat offers an opportunity to sink into the "Way" of our tender and loving God is on with each of us, that we may better walk in it in the New Year ahead. Come and enjoy time for reflection, for conversation, for sharing, for input, for silence - and listen deeply to God's invitation.
View biography and other programs guided by:
Joanne Cahoon, DMin, CPC
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