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February 19, 2021, Adrian, Michigan – As we complete the penitential season of Lent – after a tumultuous year of responding to the pandemic, racism, and a divisive national election – Weber Retreat and Conference Center invites you to a period of silence and reflection during its virtual Holy Week Retreat: From Ashes to Pentecost.

Father Don Goergen, OP

Facilitated by Dominican Father Don Goergen, OP, the virtual retreat begins at 7:00 p.m. EDT Sunday, March 28, 2021, and continues through 11:30 a.m. EDT Holy Thursday, April 1, 2021. The retreat includes times for silence, prayer, and insights from Scripture, opening retreatants to God’s revelation of love and hope.

Father Don, assistant to the Provincial of the Central Province of the Dominican Friars, is a noted lecturer, retreat director, and author. He is currently completing a new manuscript on the thoughts of Thomas Aquinas and Teilhard de Chardin.  

The retreat is open to all. The cost is $80. Registration is required and is available at www.webercenter.org; click on “programs.” Registrations and scholarship inquiries can be made by contacting Weber Center at 517-266-4000 or [email protected].

January 29, 2021, Adrian, Michigan – Kathryn Getek-Soltis, Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at Villanova University and former Catholic chaplain at Suffolk County House of Corrections in Boston, explores the U.S. prison system through the eyes of Christian mercy and ethics. Her workshop, Christian Mercy and our American Prison System, is offered virtually from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. EST Thursday, February 18, 2021, through Weber Retreat and Conference Center.

Kathryn, Director of the Center for Peace and Justice Education at Villanova University, earned her doctorate in Theological Ethics at Boston College, focusing her dissertation on a virtue ethics approach to justice, with an application to the reform of the U.S. prison system. 

The program is free and open to all; donations are appreciated. Registration is available at www.webercenter.org; click on “programs.” Registration is also available by contacting Weber Center at 517-266-4000 or [email protected].