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January 26, 2026, Adrian, Michigan – Spend time in quiet reflection in the early days of Holy Week, leading up to the sacred Triduum of Holy Thursday evening, Good Friday, and the Holy Saturday Vigil of Easter Sunday – at the annual Holy Week Retreat offered at Weber Retreat and Conference Center. 

The retreat, facilitated by Father John Kaspar, OSFS, is from 6:30 p.m. ET Sunday, March 29, 2026, through 11:00 a.m. ET Thursday, April 2, 2026. 

Father John is a preacher, pastor, and member of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales.

The cost is $125, including lunches, for commuters; and $225 per person double occupancy and $325 single occupancy, including all meals. 

Registration is required. Visit www.webercenter.org and click on “programs,” call 517-266-4000, or email [email protected]. Limited scholarships are available.

Weber Center is on the campus of the Adrian Dominican Sisters Motherhouse, Adrian, Michigan. On East Siena Heights Drive, turn into the driveway between Adrian Rea Literacy Center and the solar panel-covered carport. Follow the signs to Weber Center. For information, call the Weber Center at 517-266-4000.
 

January 9, 2026, Adrian, Michigan – Daily, the media tell us of a world fracturing along the lines of violence, war, and division, and, under that chaos, a world of unprecedented global connectivity, emerging planetary awareness, and technology that could unite us. 

In her presentation, Hope in a Time of Crisis: Evolution and Religion, Sister Ilia Delio, OSF, speaks of these realities as two faces of the same evolutionary moment. Her hybrid presentation – held as an interactive Zoom event and an in-person event – is from 9:00 a.m. to noon EST on Saturday, February 21, 2026.

In her talk, Sister Ilia speaks of the vision of theologian Teilhard de Chardin that we are living through the birth pangs of a new consciousness and of how his vision illuminates the perils and promises of our present threshold. We are living in a time of scientifically-grounded hope, rooted in evolution’s deepest patterns.

Sister Ilia holds the Josephine C. Connelly Chair in Christian Theology at Villanova University outside of Philadelphia. She focuses her research and writing on Systematic-Constructive theology, particularly in the integration of science, religion, and culture.

The cost is $45, including lunch for in-person participants. Registration is required. Visit www.webercenter.org and click on “programs,” call 517-266-4000, or email [email protected]. Limited scholarships are available.

Weber Center is on the campus of the Adrian Dominican Sisters Motherhouse, Adrian, Michigan. On East Siena Heights Drive, turn into the driveway between Adrian Rea Literacy Center and the solar panel-covered carport. Follow the signs to Weber Center. For information, call the Weber Center at 517-266-4000.