DSS Alumni Advent Retreat
with Betsy Orr
December 4 - 5, 2024
Join us for a peaceful Advent Retreat to prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ. Your visit includes meals as noted below, refined and well appointed cottages for overnight accommodations, access to prayer spaces, walking trails, and sacred art. In addition, Betsy Orr will facilitate two Biblical reflections to allow deep spiritual preparation during the Advent Season.
Tentative Schedule
Wednesday, December 4
1:00pm | arrival to the Retreat
time for personal reflection and to explore the Retreat grounds
3:00pm | Check-in
5:00pm | Reflection in Pine Lodge: Yield to God with our Yes!
6:00pm | Dinner
7:00pm | Fellowship
8:50pm | Night Prayer
9:00pm | Quiet Hours begin
Thursday, December 5
9:00am | Mass at Pine Lodge Chapel
9:30am | Reflection in Grace Garden: Yes Lord… Again and Again!
11:30am | Lunch
12:00pm | Confessions
– 1:00pm
1:00pm | Church of the Purification opens for visits
2:00pm | Departure
> For more program information or questions, please contact Kristen Gibbs at 678-428-3729 or kristengibbs@me.com
> For registration information, please contact Heritage at 706-417-8305 or retreat@heritagega.org
About Heritage
Heritage is a revitalized Catholic settlement in Sharon, Georgia, offering a sacred destination of history, beauty, and faith. Our 200-acre retreat, historic church and sacred cemeteries provide a space for profound spiritual renewal and community connection.
Yield to God with your yes!
Often without warning, we experience an announcement, a circumstance, or an event that can throw our life into unanticipated chaos. What can we learn from the angel Gabriel’s announcement to the Virgin Mary, as depicted in the Gospel of Luke, that altered her life and changed the course of human history? How can we yield our personal hopes and dreams to a loving God’s plan for our lives? In this reflection, we will consider how to thrive, not just survive, when life takes an unexpected turn.
Giving our “yes” to God’s plan for our lives typically is not a one-time event. The Lord presents multiple, on-going opportunities for us to trust Him and cooperate with His will for our unique destiny. Mediating on the art and scripture from Heritage’s Grace Garden, this reflection will examine several events depicted in the Gospel of Luke when Mary and Joseph chose to say yes to God’s plan for their lives during their family’s early years together.
About the Leader
Betsy Orr
Betsy is a native of Atlanta, a mother of two young adults, and a convert to Catholicism. A life-long Christian raised in the Episcopal church, she experienced a deep conversion and was received into the Catholic Church in May of 2008. She has led Bible studies for over 30 years. A parishioner at St. Joseph's […]
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