The Retreat:
Welcome to
“Our Resurrection Together!”
Retreat Schedule:
Friday:
1:00- 4:00 pm… Registration (Pick up your room key and sign in @ Registration Table in “Francis Place” Building in main hallway… across from Aspen Room )
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2:00pm… Orientation & Opening Meditation in Woodmen Room .
2:30pm… Discussion of ‘Our Resurrection Together’ on Ken Wapnick’s Chart… & Lifting The Veil in Ch. 19 (Tim)
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3:30pm… Break
3:45-4:45pm… Second Session (Pt. I): Chap. 20 Sec. I “Holy Week” (Dave Dempsey)
4:45pm break
5-545pm … #2nd Session (Pt. II) Ch. 20 Sec II “Gift of Lilies” (Steven)
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6-7:00pm… Dinner in Franciscan Center Cafeteria
7:30-8:30pm… Third Session: Intros (2-3 minutes each person… who you are, where you’re from, and anything you might like to share about your relationship with Jesus and his Course.)
8:30-8:50pm… Silent Meditation
9:00pm till whenever… Social time in Bonzel Room (comfy large living room setting in bottom/ground floor of Marian Hall)
9:00pm- 7:00am… Quiet time on Marian Hall & Francis Place sleeping floors (no talking please in first floor and second floor hallways, and open & close room doors quietly)
Saturday:
7:30-7:50am… Meditation in Woodmen Room
8:00-9:00am… Breakfast
9:15-10:30am… Session One: finish Intros, Ch. 6, Sec. I par 1-9 “Message of Crucifixion” (Becca)
10:30am… Break
10:45am… Session Two: Ch. 6 Sec. I par. 10-18 (Bruce R)
11:45am… Break
12:00-1:00pm… Lunch
1:00-3:15pm… Afternoon breaktime : Take a walk, take a nap, or watch Ken video, or even all three…
2:15-3:15pm… presentation: Ken video in Woodmen on “The Changeless Dwelling Place” (Ch. 29 Sec. VI)
3:20pm… Afternoon meditation in Woodmen
3:30pm… Breakout groups of 6 or 7 people each (see group listings above)
Groups 1 & 2: Woodmen Room… Group 3 : 2nd floor Francis … Group 4: Bonzel Room… Group 5: Ground Floor Kitchen in Marian Hall … Led by 1) Bruce, 2) Bevie, 3) Dave VD, 4) Abe, and 5) Jane
4:30pm… Break
4:45-5:45pm… Session Three: Chap. 22 Sec. I “Message of Holy Relationship” (Chris J.)
6-7pm… Dinner
7:15pm-8:15pm… Group gathering on Ch.11 Sec. VI “Waking to Redemption” (Tim)
8:15pm Meditation
8:45pm till whenever… Social time in Bonzel Room (comfy large living room setting in bottom/ground floor of Marian Hall)
9pm-7am… Quiet time on sleeping floors (no talking in hallways, please try to open and close doors quietly)
Sunday:
7:30-7:50am… Meditation in Woodmen Room
8-9am… Breakfast
9-10am… strip beds, pack up, load your cars, and return keys to office (unless you are staying an extra night or more)
10:00am… last session: Lyn on Helen’s poem “Stranger on The Road” (we will hand out copies of the poem)
11:15am… Closing
12:00pm… Lunch (if you already signed up for this lunch as an extra meal)
*Before coming to the retreat:
Please be sure we understand, or refresh our understanding, of the Metaphysics of Ken Wapnick’s Chart… by watching a couple of our YouTube video presentations on the Chart.
(Click Here… for videos on Ken’s Chart)
Suggested Course Readings Before & During The Retreat:
- Ch. 6 Sec. I “Message of Crucifixion”
- Ch. 11 Sec. VI “Waking to Redemption”
- Ch. 19 “Lifting The Veil” p. 421-424
- Ch. 20 Sec I & II “Holy Week” & “Gift of Lilies”
- Ch. 22 Sec. 1 “Message of Holy Relationship”
- Manual #27-28 “Death & Resurrection”
- The Gifts of God p.103-105 (Book of Helen’s Poems): “Stranger on The Road”
Francis Place: Building # 40 (on right below)
with Registration/Room-key Table, FRC office & Woodmen Meeting Room
Directions from North or South on I-25
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Exit #149 >Woodmen Road
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Head WEST on Woodmen (toward the mountains).
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Go about 1/3 mile, stay in far right lane.
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Look for small white sign that says Mt. St. Francis.
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At the intersection of Windchime and Woodmen, you will make a right-hand turn. (E. Woodmen Rd. makes a sharp right turn at light, and becomes W. Woodmen)
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Follow Woodmen approx. 3.2 miles and you will see the entrance to Mt. St. Francis on your left.
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Enter the grounds and follow the signs to Franciscan Retreat Center or Francis Place.
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You will stay straight and make no turns once on the property. Road takes you directly into Franciscan Center parking lot. Franciscan Center Office is in Francis Place building #40 (picture above), the building on the right…
Retreat Attendees & Room #’s
* Room keys should be on little table in lobby, just inside Front door of Francis Place Building #40.
** Fill out any requested forms on table, including your license plate number.
*** If you are staying in Marian Hall there is a door code on your room key to access either of two entrance doors (west and east sides of building) to Marian Hall. West entrance (mountains side) is on first floor, east entrance is on ground floor (basement floor).
If you are arriving earlier than 5/20, and you do not see a key table, check with office in Francis Place.
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Please unload your luggage and then park in parking lot north-west of Marian Hall, and not in parking lot in front of Francis Place. Follow the road around to the right of Marian Hall (heading toward the mountains), parking lot is just beyond the Marian building.
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Be sure to bring your room key with you when you leave your room, especially those sharing a bathroom with another room next to theirs…. your bedroom door automatically locks when you close it behind you, unless you purposefully unlock it yourself before you go out. Otherwise you will have to call the office or the maintenance man on the hallway phone to get back in.
Rooms sharing a bathroom with the next door room are… 13 and 14, 21 and 23, 25 and 26, 33 and 35.
There is a $20 charge for a lost room key.
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*Please keep your bathroom door closed when taking a shower… or you may set off the fire alarm and get an unexpected visit by a group of firemen (ask Duke). If it’s warm enough outside, you may want to open your bathroom window a little to vent any steam build-up in bathroom.
All class sessions & meditations are in the large Woodmen Mtg Room, just inside to the right in Francis Place Bldg #40.
The Bonzel Large Living Room on Ground floor of Marian Hall is open for socializing around the clock.
If you are staying in Francis Place, ask someone staying in Marian Hall for access code to Marian Hall door to gain access to Bonzel Room & small kitchen in Marian. (code used to be something simple, like 1234)
** More than a third of the retreat attendees have been here before, so ask around for help and explore the grounds when you arrive.
Retreat meals are served buffet style.
All five retreat meals are served buffet style in the FRC Cafeteria. (north side of St. Clare Convent in expanded picture of Franciscan Property below.) Retreat meals include Friday dinner, Sat. all 3 meals, and Sunday breakfast.
*Please do not eat the food labeled gluten-free or vegetarian on the buffet … unless you already have signed up for either of those two before April 3oth.
All those who did sign up for gluten free or vegetarian… are welcome to eat anything else they can on the buffet line.
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Cold Storage for Food You Bring…
There is also a small kitchen (for our use, with sink and refrigerator, and coffee & tea machine) available next to Bonzel Room on the ground floor of Marian Hall.
And there is also a large refrigerator available in our Woodmen meeting room. It is recommended that you label any refrigerator items with your name, date and room #.
- Free bottled water, sodas, juice, even Yoohoo…will be available in Woodmen fridge during retreat.
Click on picture of Franciscan Property above to expand…
(click twice to really blow it up even more)
Look for Franciscan Center (retreat center) on upper left side.
FRC Cafeteria (black area) is just above St. Clare Convent bldg.