A Mid-Summer Night Downstream
A Memories Mini-Retreat with Mary The first time I attended a river cruise was a late-July Monday in 1999. Jerome and I had lived at …
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My Mom’s Toast: A tribute to Collette
a Mother’s Day Mini-Retreat with Mary My mom made the best toast ever. She accused me of saying this to manipulate her into making my …
Do I Believe?
An Easter Mini-Retreat with Mary In my womanly heart, I carry many burdens: my children, health problems, struggles my friends face, or struggles of the …
St. Joseph: Lenten Joy and Celebration
A Lenten Mini-Retreat with Mary Do you think of the Catholic season of Lent as a time of struggling through austere practices like giving up …
A Valentine Meandering on the Love of God
A Valentine Mini-Retreat with Mary “I am found, I am Yours. I am loved, I’m made pure. I have life, I can breathe. I am …
A Bleak Midwinter Encounter
A Winter Mini-Retreat with Mary In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan. Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone. Snow had fallen …
“I alone cannot change the world” – The Ripple Effect
Explaining LEAD #7 with Jerome Meeds It is not uncommon for those who work with marginalized populations to question if their contribution is visible against …
Respect and Expectations
Explaining LEAD #6 with Jerome Meeds When Zach attended his first DLITE training as an awkward, insecure 14-year-old, he said what influenced him most was …
A Working Endowment
Did you know that when guests book an overnight retreat or daytime meeting at Dunrovin, they support our mission to provide retreat experiences for underserved …
Teens needs each other
Explaining LEAD #5 with Jerome Meeds It is no secret. Our teens are lonely. A media-saturated society facilitates isolation, and the Covid-19 pandemic accentuates and …
Legacy of the De La Salle Christian Brothers
Sunday, August 15, 2021, dawned bright, clear, and the perfect-amount-of-warm for a late summer event, an Evening of Gratitude. We felt honored by the presence …
Fam Jam Saturday kicks off!
Dunrovin’s first Fam Jam Saturday took place on July 10, 2021. Driving around in a van, Jill – simply an amazing mom in the city …
Dancing in the Water
a Sacred Heart mini-retreat with Mary We take it for granted. We don’t believe it. We argue against it. Yet, we cannot escape it. God’s …
Your annoying mother
Let’s get real. What is the most annoying thing about your mother? Flaws. We mothers all have them. I sure do. The sacrament of confession …
Confusion or Clarity?
An Easter Mini-Retreat with Mary If I set an Easter lily or purple hyacinth next to my bed, I sleep better. The fragrance calms my …
The Maple Syrup Lesson (Or, I want patience. NOW!)
A Lenten Mini-Retreat with Mary Maybe I could stay under the covers a few more weeks…I woke up on February 14th to an outside temperature …
A Love Letter
a Valentine Mini-Retreat with Mary Friends unfriending each other. Judgment because one person wears a mask and judgment because another doesn’t. A fraction in every …
Not a God of chaos
His mercies are new every morning. A new year, a new beginning, every day a new promise of God’s faithfulness. Winter days suggest restful times …
Learning a New Language
A Christmas Mini-Retreat by Mary Meeds If you read CNN’s 20 things to look forward to in 2020, published on January 2, 2020, you may …
The Value of an Acorn
Explaining LEAD #4 with Jerome Meeds Late on a Saturday afternoon, ten high school students (most are strangers to each other) sit in a circle. …