Retreat Opportunities

    The 11th annual ecumenical Dallas Benedictine Experience Retreat  will take place at The Catholic Conference Center in Dallas from Wednesday, June 18, to Sunday, June 22, 2008.  This retreat is presented by The Friends of St. Benedict, Washington, D.C. Participants will live at the conference center for five days, forming a temporary monastic community to experience the balanced way of life of the Rule of St. Benedict as it divides each day into private and group prayer, study, work, and leisure.  Four Benedictine Offices (Lauds, Sext, Vespers, and Compline) will be sung each day in Gregorian chant.  There will also be two classes each day on Benedictine spirituality.  The retreat will be led by two nationally-known religious figures.  Bishop Nicholas Samra is a bishop of the Melkite (Byzantine) Catholic Church, one of the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches.  Sister Mary Donald Corcoran, O.S.B.Cam., Prioress of Transfiguration Monastery (Roman Catholic) in Windsor, New York, is a Camaldolese Benedictine nun.  Please call 214-339-8483 or e-mail dallasbenedictine@yahoo.com for more information.