Event Details
“Saturdays with St. Francis”
Day Retreat – Saturday per month and here are the dates: Saturday, May 10; Saturday, June 14; Saturday, July 12; Saturday, August 16; Saturday, September 20; Saturday, October 18; Saturday, November 8; Saturday, December 6, 2025. From 10:00 am to 2:00 pm and including lunch at 12:00 pm.
Check in on Saturdays per month start at 9:30 am to 10:00 am. The program begin at 10:00 am and finish at 2:00 pm.
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
We Need Non-Violence
“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.”
During the month of August, when concerned citizens yearly reflect on the outcomes of the U.S. using atomic weapons in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, let us gather together to spend a few hours realizing that WE NEED NON-VIOLENCE.
Over 40 years ago, Franciscan men and women joined together at the Nevada Test Site in forming what is now called the “Nevada Desert Experience.” The Mission Statement of NDE is:
Using a campaign of prayer, education, dialogue, and nonviolent direct action, our mission is to stop modern weapons development, including the end of automated warfare and nuclear weaponeering in Southern Nevada. We support personal renewal through desert spirituality and we mobilize people of faith as our primary methods to prevent the return of full-scale nuclear testing.
During this mini-retreat, we will look at the Nonviolence Code drawn up by NDE. It is based on the values of St. Francis and St. Clare. And we can see how to adopt non-violent actions into our personal lives.
Here are the dates for “Saturdays with St. Francis”: June 14, July 12, August 16, September 20, October 18, November 8, and December 6. Cost is $40 per month including lunch.
About the Presenter(s)
Bro. Mark Schroeder, O.F.M.
Mark has been a Franciscan Friar for over 40 years. He lives at San Damiano Retreat. Mark was trained in spiritual direction 25 years ago while living in Portland, Oregon. His other ministries have included social justice advocacy, teaching ecological awareness and nonviolence, and being the Guardian (local superior) in many Franciscan friaries. He enjoys leading retreats on all sorts of topics.
Mark includes a “Franciscan spin” when meeting for spiritual direction — openness to many forms of spirituality, care of Self, and the value of action in our everyday world. Mark is also active in 12 Step spirituality.
