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Summer Contemplative Retreat Program

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Holy Silence Contemplative Prayer Group presents a Summer Contemplative Retreat Program.  All retreats will be held at Saint Andrew Russian Greek Catholic Church, 538 Concord Street, El Segundo, CA  90245.   All three retreats are from 10:00 AM until 3:30 PM.  $20.00 includes a light lunch.  RSVP 310.322.1892





"The Kingdom Within"
Saturday, June 21, 2014

Spirituality is not about acquiring what we do not have -- it's about discovering what is already there.  This day invites one to discover the pearl of great price in silence and stillness.

"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid;  then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field."  ~Matthew 13.44

Father Frank Cassidy
Fr. Cassidy was ordained in Dublin, Ireland in 1959 and is involved in parish ministry leading retreats and teaching Christian meditation to prayer groups at Immaculate Conception Church in Monrovia.


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"The Joy of the Gospel"
Saturday, July 19, 2014

Pope Francis' teaching on the proclamation of the Gospel encourages us to begin a new chapter in evangelization.  Today's retreat will focus on key themes which are signficant to the spiritual life and the proclamation of the Gospel as God's desire to engage our entire self.

"God's wisdom and knowledge is so deep and broad in the soul; however much the soul has come to know of it, God's wisdom can always penetrate deeper within."
~St. John of the Cross

Father Peter Liuzzi, O. Carm
Fr. Peter has recently been appointed confessor to retired priests of the Archdiocese and has been give permission to move out from his ordinary community to live as a hermit while leading retreats and minstering to people in need.  


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"The Desert Tradition"
Saturday, August 16, 2014

Inspired by the Mothers and Fathers of the monastic tradition, this retreat invites meditators to experience the spirituality of the desert offering opportunities to explore the prayer of the heart.

"For God is silence...if there is a silence of the tongue, there is a silence of the whole body; if there is a silence of the soul, there is the silence of the mind and spirit"
~John the Solitary

Father Alexei Smith
Fr. Alexei is the pastor of St Andrew Russian Greek Catholic Church and the ecumenical and interfaith officer of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.


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