Lenten Retreat 2025

​This year’s English-language Lenten Retreat was hosted by our parish cultural center, St. Gregory’s Hall. Fr. Czeck, OFM Conv. led the first part of the retreat. He shared the history, spirituality, and unique power of the devotion to the Sorrowful Mother. He also led attendees through recitation of the Servite Rosary, meditations on the sorrows, and a litany composed by Pope Pius VII.
 
Attendees were invited to round out their day with confession, lunch, and a painting workshop led by artist-in-residence Sarah Crow, who also shared about her personal devotion to the Sorrowful Mother. Participants created small images using acrylic paint inspired by a mosaic medallion of Mary's heart with seven wounds located at the chapel at Marytown.

You can read more about the experience of attendees at the retreat on the St. Gregory's Hall blog. Click here!
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Part 1: Spiritual Conference

Part 2: Painting Workshop

*Photos courtesy of parish volunteer Damina Chlanda