We are very excited that our Spring Retreat this year will be led by Edmundite Brother Frank Hagerty on Contemplative Prayer at the St Anne's Shrine Retreat Center on Isle LaMotte.  It will be a time to get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, a time for fellowship with our sisters, but most importantly, a time for "resting in God, you and God enjoying each other, not needing words," ~Bro. Frank.

The retreat this year will be limited to 16 participants, and we are asking a donation of $35 from each.  It will begin on Friday evening, May 23, start time TBD, and conclude on Saturday, May 24, following 4:00 Mass (this will fulfill your Sunday obligation).  Dinner on Friday and lunch on Saturday will be provided and a carpool from SJV will be available.  We will be having a potluck breakfast in one of the cabins on Saturday morning.

Each cabin has four rooms and only two women will be assigned to each room, so no one has to sleep on top bunks - unless they really want to!  Here is a link to the accommodations (hover over the "Retreats" tab for more info and photos).  www.saintannesshrine.org/retreat-center

On Saturday, May 4, SJV Women’s Ministry hosted a retreat at Mercy Ecospirituality Center in Benson, VT (mercyecology.org/).  They gathered to discuss and reflect on God’s beautiful gift of creation.  All women met in the St John Vianney parking lot in the morning and carpooled together to the retreat location, returning in time for 4:30PM Mass.