For more information or to
register, please call the contact listed or Fr. Brian Welter at 312-534-8298 or bwelter@archchicago.org
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A
Day at Mundelein
Spend a day “as a seminarian”
attending class, praying with the community,
sharing meals together, and joining in our community
Mass can be very helpful for discernment. You
are encouraged to consider joining us this upcoming
year. Contact Fr. Chris Ciomek
at 847-970-4841 or e-mail
him if interested.
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Exploring
Priesthood Weekend
Discernment weekends are hosted
by Mundelein Seminary on the following dates:
October 8–10,
2010
January 7–9, 2011
April 8–10, 2011
These weekends will feature presentations
on:
• Practical steps in discerning
one's vocation
• Becoming more fully a disciple of Jesus
Christ
• Vocational journeys of priests &
how they came to understand God's call
• Prayer opportunities including the celebration
of the Eucharist and Night Prayer
• Seminarian-led presentation on what
life is like in a seminary, including its main
components: academic, human, spiritual, and
pastoral formation
• Additional opportunities to talk with
seminarians candidly about their lives and vocations
We encourage men to make full
use of the Weekend by asking questions, visiting
our chapels for prayer and meditation, and utilizing
the recreational facilities (gymnasium, pool,
racquetball courts, weight room, lake, wooded
paths) and by listening more closely to the
voice of God speaking to their hearts.
Exploring Priesthood Weekends
are held at Mundelein
Seminary in Mundelein, Illinois, about 40
miles north of downtown Chicago. Mundelein Seminary
is easily accessible by car or train (Metra
Milwaukee District North Line). Transportation
is also available to and from O'Hare Airport.
The address is 1000
East Maple Avenue, Mundelein, IL 60060 and
phone number is 847-970-4814.
You can obtain further information
or make a reservation by contacting Fr. Brian Welter at 312-534-8298, bwelter@archchicago.org.
If you will be studying for a
diocese other than Chicago, please contact your
diocesan Vocation Director. There is no fee
for the Weekend, and dress is casual.
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INSEARCH
INSEARCH is program for post-college-age
men with serious interest in diocesan priesthood
that runs from October through March. The program
is guided by the discernment model of Albert
Cardinal Meyer, Archbishop of Chicago from 1958-1965.
Cardinal Meyer believed a man must first attend
to growth as a human being, then as a Christian
disciple, and finally a priest.
INSEARCH meetings are held at
Holy
Name Cathedral in downtown Chicago. The
program includes opportunities to learn and
grow in Catholic prayer forms such as Lectio
Divina, Liturgy of the Hours, and other forms
of meditation common to priests. The program
also features seminarian guest speakers sharing
their vocational call stories as well as priests
sharing the stories of their spiritual lives
and current work in ministry.
This program has a long history
of success in helping men to discern their vocation.
This "success" is helping men know
more clearly God's vocational call for them.
To obtain further information,
contact Fr. Brian Welter at 312-534-8298 or bwelter@archchicago.org.
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Bread of Life Retreat
(Formerly Youth 2000)
A Bread of Life Retreat will be
held on April 16 – 18, 2010 at Guerin
College Prepatory High School at 8001 W. Belmont
Avenue, River Grove, IL 60171. Save the Date
fliers with be available soon.
The charism of the Bread of Life
Retreat is to lead youth and young adults, ages
13 through 30s, through prayer and instruction
before the Blessed Sacrament to a personal encounter
and ever-deepening union of hear and mind with
the Eucharistic heart of Jesus Christ.
The primary goal of the Bread
of Life retreat is to inspire and prepare youth
and young adults to live and give witness to
the Gospel of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, especially
in this decade of evangelization called by the
John Paul II.
“Set the Eucharist at the
center of your personal life and community life:
love the Eucharist, adore the Eucharist, and
celebrate it…Live the Eucharist by testifying
to God’s love for every person.”
John Paul II, World Youth Day, Rome 2000
“Every part of the Bread
of Life Retreat is meant to help you grow in
true and lasting love for Jesus Christ in His
Church so that you can live as a Catholic in
the culture of today with a deep peace.”
Cardinal Francis George
The Bread of Life Retreat is the
official youth retreat for the Archdiocese of
Chicago and is sponsored by the Office of Catechesis
& Youth Ministry.
For more information visit
website: www.youthministry.archchicago.org
or contact Darius Villalobos at 312-534-8031
or at dvillolobos@archchicago.org.
Bread
of Life 2010 Flier
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