* If the event is listed as sold out please call us for real time availability and waiting list.
St. Andrew's Abbey Retreat Office
661 944 2178
retreats@valyermo.com
* Office hours are from 8:30am-5:00pm (closed for mass and lunch 11:45am-1:30pm)
"Chosen, Blessed, Broken, Given"-Henri Nouwen on Our Life As the Beloved
Friday, September 3, 2021 - Sunday, September 5, 2021
With Nouwen as our inspiration, we will explore together the profound dynamics of our spiritual life as God's beloved---chosen and blessed before the foundation of the world while at the same time representing a life that is broken and given as bread for others. Through a combination of guided teaching, personal reflection and communal interaction, we hope to imbibe in us what it truly means to be, to become, and to live our life as the Beloved amidst our increasingly challenging world.
Wil Hernandez, PhD, Obl. OSB, is an international retreat leader, spiritual director and author of several books on Nouwen. A Benedictine oblate of Saint Andrew's Abbey in Valyermo, CA, he devotes a lot of his time propagating the enduring legacy of Nouwen through retreats, courses, workshops that he conducts all over the US, Canada, and abroad. Aside from managing the Nouwen Legacy Associates (www.nouwenlegacy.com), Wil serves as the Executive director of CenterQuest -- an ecumenical hub for the study and practice of Christian spirituality (www.CQCenterQuest.org).