Learn By Doing
Our retreats and programs go beyond good teaching. When you join us, you will be invited to enter into experiences to discover or deepen your spiritual practice—and bring it into your daily life.
New For 2025
We are excited to launch a new membership program at MSC for 2025! From now through January 31, you can purchase a year-long pass for most of our programs. This means a pay-one-price opportunity to attend a variety of offerings for the full year. All of our in-person events and our online sessions are included. This means all of the popular recurring series such as Mug Up, Day to Call Your Own days, Men's Group, our upcoming Lenten program on Pysanky, and so many more!
Membership makes a GREAT Christmas gift! Put this on your wish list or give it to someone you know who would love to attend more programs.
Membership is $300 and the benefits will last all year. Once membership is purchased, you can simply call or email your reservation to attend the programs of your choice. So it is clear, all programs that would be membership eligible will be so noted here and in the newsletter.
The only opportunities NOT included are overnight retreats and the Summer Institute. This is also NOT applicable to Spiritual Direction or the Spiritual Exercises payments.
If you have questions, please reach out to us, or respond to this newsletter via email.
Registration is now open
A Year of Prayer
Join us as we accept Pope Francis' invitation to make 2024 a Year of Prayer. We will meet monthly via Zoom to rediscover how to pray, and to explore the many different styles of prayer: Centering Prayer, Lectio Divina, the Rosary -- are just a few examples. This is a wonderful opportunity for everyone, whether you struggle in how to communicate with God, or if prayer is a fixture in your daily life. We carried this over to the new year and will wrap up in February.
Facilitated by: MSC Team
Date: third Tuesday of each month:
January 21
February 18
Time: 6:00 - 6:45 p.m.
Place: Zoom
Cost: FREE!
Centering Prayer
Join us this fall for our centering prayer group. If you are unfamiliar with centering prayer, it is a contemplative form of Christian prayer, designed to center awareness on the presence of God.
Prayer begins with a reading by Thomas Keating, followed by a 20-minute quiet and seated contemplation. This is followed by walking and then another 20 minutes of seated contemplation. Prayer ends this hour long gathering.
Dates: Second Tuesday of each month except for July and August
January 14
February 11
March 11
April 8
May 13
June 10
Time: 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Location: MSC
Facilitator: Mary Coughtry
Suggestion donation: $10 per session
Day To Call Your Own
Come and enjoy a day to yourself in your own, private, comfortable room at Mercy Spirituality Center. You will be able to pray, contemplate, read and relax without being disturbed. A simple lunch of soup and bread is included. Morning prayer is optional.
Facilitator: Sr. Gert Erb, RSM
Dates: 2nd Thursday of each month:
January 16 (moved to 3rd Thursday due to retreat)
February 13
March 13
April 10
May 8
June 12
Time: 9:00 am-4:00 pm; 9:30 am: Morning Prayer (optional)
Fee: $25
Men's Spirituality Group
On January 18, the mid-point of our season, we will have a half-day retreat with a movie dealing with faith issues.
The second half of our year, February-May, Harry will lead us in a study of St. Paul’s letter to the Philippians.
Our planning team has expanded: we welcome Mike Salamone, joining Ed and Harry.
Coordinated by: Ed Redmond, Rev. Harry Heintz, and Michael Salamone
Dates: Third Saturday of the month:
December 21
January 18
February 15
March 15
April 19
May 17
Location: MSC
Time: 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Cost: $15 per individual session
The Twelve
Ever wanted to learn more about the chosen apostles of Jesus?
In this series each month, we will focus on a different disciple. We will learn about their history before Jesus chose them and what ultimately happened to them after Jesus was resurrected.
Were they martyrs? Did they die of old age? Join us to find out.
Date: second Monday of the month
January 13
February 10
March 10
April 14
May 12
June 9
July 14
August 11
September 8
October 13
November 10
December 8
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Location: Mercy Spirituality Center
Facilitators: Allison Murphy
Fee: $25 per session or $250 for the series
Yoga Retreat Day
Come relax your body and melt away the stress with some exercise. Join us for a day of mobility-based yoga with Nadine, perfect for beginners or well-seasoned yoga enthusiasts.
We will focus on different poses to help with our flexibility, stretching, and breathing that you can incorporate into your personal practice or day-to-day life.
Bring a mat and enjoy a perfect way to start the year with good intentions for your body. Includes beverages and lunch.
Facilitator: Nadine Flores
Date: Saturday, February 1, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
(8:30 a.m. for coffee, pastries)
Location: Mercy Spirituality Center
Fee: $60 (lunch included)
Registration is now open
Ignatian Spirituality
Exercises of St. Ignatius In All Of Its Forms
The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius in all of its forms, create an awareness of God in all things—all people, all creation, every human experience, and especially in the person of Jesus. We offer a model of the Spiritual Exercises designed by St. Ignatius for use in daily life which takes place over 30 weeks, rather than 30 days. This program is currently being offered virtually.