How the 12 Steps Heal
A Day of Reflection for Adults
Monday, November 24, 2025
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Program Cost: $80.00 (includes Lunch)
Summary
12-Step spirituality has had a dramatic impact on spiritual practice over the past ninety years. We will explore how the 12-steps help us enrich our relationships with God. If you curious about the 12 steps, work or live with people in recovery, or experience attachments, compulsions, or addictions, you will find this time enlightening.
Description
A day or evening of reflection, grounded in the Jesuit tradition, is a shorter version of the Ignatian Weekend Retreat. Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, a day or evening program is sure to give you the peace and serenity needed to be still and to rest in God's loving embrace.
Your day or evening of reflection includes thematic talks from our skilled Retreat Leaders, time for private prayer, celebration of Mass and a meal.
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.
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 Leaders
Rev Carol Ann Munro
Carol Ann Munro is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. In her 43 years of ministry, Carol Ann has served as a parish pastor, hospital chaplain, development officer, retreat leader and spiritual director. She is active in 12 step recovery in both AA and AlAnon, is a member of the Women’s Ministry Team at Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House in Barrington, and a volunteer with the Ignatian Spirituality Project, which provides spiritual companioning for people recovering from homelessness and addiction.
Elizabeth Neubauer
Elizabeth has spent a lifetime steeped in the human experience of grief and loss. She grew up living above her parent’s funeral home and working alongside them as they helped families cope with the sorrow of losing a loved one. She learned early in life that grief is a universal human experience that requires empathy, community, and spiritual healing. She has completed the Companioning Others Through Grief and Loss Training at Siena Retreat Center.
Elizabeth serves as a spiritual director for people of all faiths and for those who describe themselves as spiritual. She teaches Centering Prayer, meditation practices and how to develop a daily spiritual routine in our busy lives. In addition, Elizabeth leads retreats for recovering alcoholics and addicts and their families in which grief and forgiveness are often topics. She is a member of Congregation Shalom, a Reform Jewish synagogue in Milwaukee. She has degrees in business and art and is a graduate of the Spiritual Guidance Training Program at Siena Retreat Center in Racine, Wisconsin. Elizabeth has additional training in mindfulness and self-compassion.
Fr. Roc O'Connor, SJ
Fr. Roc O’Connor, SJ has served as a member of the Bellarmine Ministry Team since October, 2021. He also leads the children’s choir at St. Mary’s, Buffalo Grove for Wednesday morning Masses. Currently, Roc is also working on a book for adults regarding deepening our participation at liturgy. In 2020 OCP published his collection of eight new songs, All Shall Be Well: The Hand of God.