2008 Men's Weekend Retreat Schedule

Theme:
"What do you want me to do for you..." (Mark 11:51)

Priests are available Friday through Sunday for private interviews and the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

All of the following exercises are meant to be used according to the individual needs of the retreatant. No exercise is mandatory.

Friday - Opening night

 5:00 PM

Registration begins in libraries

 6:45

Angelus and Dinner

 7:45

Welcome by the Rector 

 8:00

New retreatant orientation (Upper McShain)

 8:30

Opening Conference (Chapel) 

 9:15

Celebration of Eucharist (Chapel) 

10:15

Open AA Meeting (optional) (Lower McShain) 

After Mass, please observe total silence throughout the night

Saturday

 7:00 AM

Rise

 7:20

Angelus at bedroom door

 7:20

Ministers for Adoration report to the Sacristy

 7:30

Adoration Procession and Morning Prayer (Chapel) 

 7:45

Private Adoration begins in the Oratories

 7:45

Flag Ceremony and Breakfast

 9:00

Conference (Chapel) 

10:15

Reconciliation Service (Chapel) followed by individual confessions 

11:30

Way of the Cross (outdoors - weather permitting)

12:15 PM

Lunch (Dining Hall)

 1:30

Retreatant's Choice:

  • Personal quiet time

  • Loss & Bereavement Talk (2nd, 3rd, 4th Saturdays)
    Presenter: B. Selletti, SFO (Upper McShain B-205)

  • Men-Backbone of the Church (First Saturdays)
    Presenters: Mark Houck - Damien Wargo (Upper McShain B-205)

  • "Abortion, The Law and the Courts"
    Presenters: Pro Life Team (Upper McShain B-202)

  • Retirement: Remaining Fully Alive in Retirement
    Presenters: Various (Upper McShain B-204)

  • Being Married Today - Marriage Encounter
    Presenters: Various Members of Marriage Encounter (Lower McShain)
    Or... Faith and Finances
    Presenters: Malvern Arimathean Advisor Team (Lower McShain)

 2:30

Alternate Weekend Talks on the Theme:
"What do you want me to do for you..."
Thriving and Not Just Surviving as a Cahtolic Man
Presenter: Bill Donaghy (Upper McShain)
OR
Success and Spirituality
Presenter: Dr. Joe Capista (Upper McShain)

 3:45

Questions and Answer Session: Discussion on conferences and our faith 

 4:45

Mass (Chapel)

 5:45

Angelus and Dinner (Dining Hall) 

 7:00

Rosary

 7:45

Conference (Chapel)

 8:45

Benediction followed by the New Man of Malvern Ceremony (Upper McShain)

 9:15

Coffee & Danish (Lower McShain)

 9:45

Credo; A Film Tribute to John Paul II featuring Andrea Bocelli (Upper McShain)

Please observe total silence in all areas except Lower McShain.

Please respect the desire and right of other retreatants to retreat to a place of silence.

Sunday

 7:00 AM

Rise

 7:20

Angelus at bedroom door

 7:30

Morning Prayer (Chapel)

 7:45

Flag Ceremony and Breakfast (Dining Hall)

 9:15

Conference & blessing of religious articles (Chapel)

10:00

Closing of adoration in Oratories (Ministers report to sacristy)

10:15

Faith Sharing (Upper McShain)

10:45

Concelebrated Closing Eucharist (Upper McShain)

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