VALLOMBROSA RETREAT CENTER SCHEDULE

“Star-Spangled Saints” / July 5–11, 2018

Please note: Retreat Center Chapel is open for private reflection at any time.  Also, 24-hour Adoration is available at Nativity Church next door.

Thursday

1:00 pm Registration and room assignments (for full-week participants)
2:00-3:30 pm Introduction and Conference in chapel
5:00 pm Vespers at Corpus Christi Dominican Monastery across the street
6:00-7:00 pm Supper

Friday through Wednesday 

7:30 am Option for daily Mass at Nativity Church
8:15 am Breakfast
10:00-11:00 am Conference in classroom (day drop-ins welcome)
Noon-1:00 pm Lunch
2:00-3:00 pm Conference
5:00 pm Option for daily Vespers at the Monastery
6:00-7:00 pm  Supper
7:30-8:00 pm Optional sharing about day’s conferences

Sunday

Mass at Nativity Church: 8:00, 9:30, 11:30 am, or 5:00 pm 2:00-3:30 pm
 Optional Session: Movie

Conference Presentation Schedule

Thursday Introduction + HOLINESS
Friday AMERICAN & CATHOLIC: Two Big Ideas (10 am)
THE MISSIONS: From the Rising of the Sun to Its Setting (2 pm)
Saturday BRICK BY BRICK: Building the Frontier Church
BRICK BY BRICK II: Boldly Going Where Angels Fear to Tread
Sunday Optional Session 2:00 pm: Movie
Monday FROM WHO? TO HALLOWED: The Canonization Process
BEATIFIED: One Miracle Between Blessed and the Big Time
Tuesday MYSTICS OR MISFITS? Outliers in Holiness
SAINTS-IN-WAITING: Who’s Up Next?
Friday SAINTS-IN-WAITING II: More Farm Picks
Wrap Session: WHAT KIND OF SAINT WILL YOU BE?