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August 23, 2024, Adrian, Michigan – Sister Sharon Zayac, OP, a Dominican Sister of Springfield, offers a retreat on Evolution: A Spiritual Journey from 6:30 p.m. Sunday, September 22, 2024, through 11:00 a.m. Thursday, September 26, 2024, at Weber Retreat and Conference Center.

We are in the midst of a cosmic shift in understanding who we are as persons, as people of faith, and as a human species. Sister Sharon will explore this newly emerging consciousness, what it teaches us about who we are, how we are related to the whole, and how we image Holy Mystery.

Sister Sharon shares from her passion about the cosmic creation story and its implications for life and faith. She is the author of Earth Spirituality in the Catholic and Dominican Tradition, and co-wrote Science and Christ: A Dialogue with Richard Chiola, PhD.

The cost for the retreat is $180 for commuters, $325 per person double occupancy, and $425 single occupancy. Registration is required. Visit www.webercenter.org and click on “programs,” call 517-266-4000, or email [email protected]. Limited scholarships are available.

August 25, 2023, Adrian, Michigan – Many of us long to escape struggle. But Sister Kathleen Duffy, SSJ, offers a retreat day reflecting on how to find hope amid struggle. In Embracing Struggle: Walking in Hope with Teilhard de Chardin, she reflects on how his approach encourages us to continue to struggle for the kind of change needed in our Church and our world.

The retreat is from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, September 16, 2023, at Weber Retreat and Conference Center.

Sister Kathleen, a Sister of St. Joseph, is President of the American Teilhard Association, former editor of Teilhard Studies, and Professor Emerita of Physics at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia. 

The cost of $45 includes lunch. Registration is required and available at www.webercenter.org; click “programs.” Registrations may also be made by calling 517-266-4000 or emailing [email protected]. Limited scholarships are available.

Weber Center is on the campus of the Adrian Dominican Sisters Motherhouse, Adrian, Michigan. Traveling east on Siena Heights Drive, pass the Adrian Rea Literacy Center and turn left just before the solar panel-covered parking lot. Follow the signs to Weber Center. For information, call the Weber Center at 517-266-4000.