Growing Up and Growing Old with the 12 Steps
An Ignatian, Recovery Weekend Retreat for Men
October 27 - 29, 2017
Groups Attending: Individuals
This retreat is currently at capacity or registration is closed. Please call the office at 847.381.1261 with questions.
Summary
Steps 4-9 offer us a way to grow up, and 12-Step Programs have a lot to say about maturity. This turns out to be excellent preparation for growing older and bringing that maturity to full fruition in our spiritual lives. 12 Step groups, unlike American culture, honor the wisdom of the elders in our midst. This retreat delves into the wisdom of Steps 4-9 as we seek full spiritual maturity.
Description
A Retreat Leader leads the retreat and prepares thematic talks rooted in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and the 12 Step Program. The retreat offers a unique time away with optional opportunities for a 12 Step meeting, confession, Mass, consultation with a spiritual director, and group prayer experiences. Recovery Retreats end after the 11:30 am lunch.
Bellarmine has two libraries, a resource center, two chapels, and many other common areas. Outdoor spaces include a various walking trails, various prayer gardens, a gazebo, stations of the cross, as well as a few patios and outdoor chairs and benches.
You can learn more about what to expect by visiting this page.
Retreat Experience Gallery
Bellarmine Main Entrance
Sacred Heart Chapel
Mary McKeon Library
St. Joseph Gazebo
Mother Teresa Garden
Eastern Africa Collection
Fireplace Lounge
Dining Room
Winter on the Grounds
Resource Center
Sacred Heart Statue at Sunset
Susie's Memorial Garden
Madonna Library
Lower Level Lounge
Retreat Leader
Fr. Jim Harbaugh, SJ
Fr. Jim Harbaugh is from St. Louis, Missouri; he has been a Jesuit for 53 years and a priest for 40 years. He has taught high school and college (English and, later, Addictions Counseling). For more than 25 years he has been giving retreats, mostly to 12 Step recovering groups. He has lived and worked in the Archdiocese of Seattle for 27 years. He has been on the parish staffs of St. Therese-Seattle, St. Leo-Tacoma, and St. Patrick-Tacoma. He is the author of books on 12 Step implications of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola and of the Sunday Lectionary readings. He lives in the Jesuit community at Bellarmine High School, Tacoma.