NOTE: Thank you! The Retreat has filled. Please let us know If you wish to be put on the wait list by contacting Marsha Ra. She may be able to secure more rooms.
(Currently Registered: Marsha R., Linda L., JoAnn B., Lauren M., Agnes M., Luz B., Meryl M. , Michael N., Frank W., Muriel K. Chris S., Titus P.)
Letting Go – and Taking Hold
A retreat for the Congregation of St. Saviour, Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Where: Holy Cross Monastery, West Park, N.Y.
When: Friday, October 29- Sunday October 31, 2021
Leader: Rev. Canon Dr. Titus Presler
Cost: $210, includes private room with shared bath, and six meals (Friday supper-Sunday lunch)
Covid Policies: The Monastery will require proof of vaccination upon arrival. Everyone will be expected to be masked in public areas. We will be seated together as a group in the refectory for meals. Meals will be taken in silence.
How to Register: Please register and pay in Realm (Deadline: Sept. 30)
Contact Person: Marsha Ra
(Mobility Issues and Climbing Stairs: The monastery has recently installed a new elevator, but we aren’t sure if it will be working by the time of our retreat. If you have mobility issues but can manage a single flight of steps, request a second floor room when you register. Unfortunately if you cannot manage one flight of steps, you should not sign up for this retreat. )
We long for God, and we intuit that God longs for us. Yet we experience obstacles to the intimacy that we yearn to have with God – doubts, anxieties, resentments, regrets. We struggle both to come to God just as we are and to get beyond our baggage. At the same time we sense God calling us to engage deeply and passionately as disciples in God’s work in the world. So what is the relation between letting go and taking hold in our life with God? How do we balance the two? Titus Presler will address these movements of the spiritual life with touchstones from scripture and theology.
Titus Presler is vicar of St. Matthew’s Church in Enosburg Falls, Vermont. Through mission experience in India, Zimbabwe and Pakistan he has experienced the spiritualities of Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism and African Traditional Religion.President of the Global Episcopal Mission Network, he was rector of St. Peter’s Church in Cambridge, Mass., academic dean at General Seminary and president of the Seminary of the Southwest.He served as chaplain of the Community of the Holy Transfiguration and led retreats for the Society of St. Margaret in Boston and Utica.Honorary canon theologian in the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, he holds a B.A. from Harvard, M.Div. from General, and Th.D. from Boston University.Among many publications, he is the author of Alert for Signs: Seeing Praying through Advent (Forward Movement) and Going Global with God: Reconciling Mission in a World of Difference (Church Publishing).He is married to Canon Jane Butterfield.
Holy Cross Monastery (https://holycrossmonastery.com), located in West Park, NY, is the mother house of the Order of the Holy Cross, an Anglican religious order inspired by the Benedictine tradition. The main building was completed in 1904 and sits on 26 acres overlooking the Hudson River, across from Hyde Park. It can be reached by taking Metro North to Poughkeepsie followed by a cab ride. Driving directions as well as additional information about accommodations, meal times, and the service schedule is available on the Holy Cross website. There is no food available after dinner at 6:00 p.m. but a small refrigerator is available for use by guests if needed.