To register, or to obtain further information, contact Fr. This retreat will be conducted by Sr. Ishpriya, a Catholic nun who has lived and studied for a quarter century in India, where she has integrated Eastern and Western spirituality with personal wisdom. This silent retreat is meant for those who are seeking the God beyond all names and forms and who wish to integrate their spiritual values and hopes into their everyday life. This Website also provides details about other programs at the Mercy Center. Housing and meals will be available at Sant'Anselmo.
Participation is limited to about thirty persons.
This ten-day ecumenical institute is designed for diocesan ecumenical officers but open to members of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue. To be held at Mercy Center in St. Louis, the institute is limited to 22 participants, who will study the current program of the Catholic Church promoting Christian unity and various topics of special concern on the relationship of the Catholic Church to other Christian communities. The facilitators will be Fr. John F. Long, S.J., who has served for 32 years in Rome in ecumenical work, and Bro. Jeffrey Gros, F.S.C., who has held national positions in the ecumenical movement in the U.S. for over 20 years.