Event Details
St. Clare of Assisi on Pathways to Resilience for our Times
Check-in on Friday is from 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Dinner is served at 7:00 PM. The program will begin at 8:00 pm.
The retreat concludes with lunch at noon on Sunday and departure after lunch at least by 1:00 pm the latest.
Cost: private room: $380; shared room: $350; commuter + meals (no bedroom): $320.
Cancellation policy
Overnight or Multi-day/weekend retreats: $50 fee. Day Retreat: $20. Fees may be applied to future retreats. The fees may be waived in event of extenuating circumstances. Contact Kateri at 925-837-9141 x315.
About the Event
How should we travel in these times?
“May you go forward securely, joyfully, and swiftly” advised St. Clare of Assisi, who “cast the anchor of her soul in God,” and was always in relation with others as she moved forward into God. How might her life and writings illuminate pathways to be strengthened, more resilient, as we proceed in these challenging times with love?
During this retreat, we will explore and engage with St. Clare’s practical advice:
- Embrace our humanity, our journey, and our need for God.
- Be open. “Let neither bitterness nor a cloud overwhelm you,” Clare writes, then offers her steps in prayer for a transformed attitude as well as carefully worded advice to deal with challenges;
- “Transform your entire being into the image of God through contemplation,” she writes. Gazing on the poor Christ leads us deeper into contemplation, integral to our identity and our development in God.
- Become models and mirrors of God’s abundant love to one another, to others.
- Follow the footprints of Jesus Christ. Journey towards reconciliation and to God’s Indwelling, “the incomparable treasure hidden in the field of the world and of the human heart,” allowing ourselves to be transformed into the image of Christ for others.
We will surely find a glimpse of God working along our journeys, and receive advice for going forward, inward and outward, with confidence, peace and joy.
About the Presenter(s)
Jean Molesky-Poz
Jean Molesky-Poz, with Catholic and Franciscan roots, has taught at the University of California, Berkeley and Santa Clara University (SCU) for over twenty-five years. While at SCU, she initiated projects to consider and reclaim St. Clare of Assisi and her charism. She has given retreats and lectures on St. Clare nationally and internationally, including workshops to Poor Clare communities. In 2012, on the 800th anniversary celebrating Clare joining Francis and the Lesser Brothers, Jean delivered the keynote to an international, ecumenical gathering at the Basilica of Santa Chiara in Assisi, asking: “What can St. Clare of Assisi offer us for our twenty-first century lives?” She has published a book, articles in America, The Way, The National Catholic Reporter, and is completing a novel. Jean is cofounder of Women in Conversation at Newman-Holy Spirit parish in Berkeley, Ca. She lectures, gives retreats, enjoys her family, friends and neighbors.
