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HAPPENINGS at the MONASTERY
TUESDAYS are set aside for our personal renewal.
We will pray for our friends but will be unable to welcome guests.

2011

MAY, 2011
6-8 DISCERNMENT DAYS Ages 18-55
13-16th Conquistando las Naciones para Cristo – 150 persons
15th Benedictine Candidate, 1st year gathering and Development Council meeting
18th Immaculate Conception School Graduation Retreat
19-22 ACTS Men LaJoya, TX
25th Bishop Flores visits here with us from 12- 3p.m.
28th 7 a.m. May Procession and Mass - Conversion of hearts, Healing of our Land, Rain

JUNE, 2011
4-5th Annual Planning for Diocesan Pro-Life Activities
9-12th ACTS St. Joseph the Worker, McAllen,TX
12th Benedictine Candidate Gathering
13-24th St. Roch's Youth Group, Indianapolis, IN Service projects
25th Concert (Opera, Oldies, Jazz, Solos) Silent Auction and Banquet Benefit for Retreat Dormitory (90 beds)

JULY, 2011
1-3 DISCERNMENT DAYS Ages 18-55
8th -9th Women’s Retreat
17th Oblate Candidates
21-24 Divine Will Retreat - TENTATIVE
28-31 ACTS Teen St. Joseph the Worker, McAllen, TX

AUGUST, 2011 - CLOSED FOR MONASTERY NEEDS
5-7 DISCERNMENT DAYS Ages 18-55
21st Benedictine Oblate/Candidates Gathering

SEPTEMBER, 2011
1-4th Immaculate Conception RGC Men Eng.
2-4 DISCERNMENT DAYS Ages 18-55
8-11th Secular Franciscan Regional Gathering 54 persons
16-18th Rachel's Vineyard Post-abortion retreat for men and women
Call: 956-639-4144
22-25th ACTS St. Joseph the Worker W omen’s English
25th Benedictine Candidates Year II

OCTOBER, 2011
DISCERNMENT DAYS Ages 18-55
14-16th Benedictine Oblate/Candidate ANNUAL RETREAT

NOVEMBER, 2011
4-6 DISCERNMENT DAYS Ages 18-55
10-13TH ACTS St Joseph the Worker

DECEMBER, 2011
1-4th ACTS Immaculate Conception, RGC Women English
8-11th ACTS TBA
15-17th Ambassadors for Christ, St. Paul’s, Mission

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2012

Christmas/New Year's Discernment Days TBA
JANUARY, 2012
7th St. Joseph’s in Donna (reflection and donation of blankets for the poor)
26-27 Frs. From France/MX lead Spanish retreat TENTATIVE

FEBRUARY, 2012
3-5 Discernment Days
10th – 12th Couples for Christ
18th Holy Family Confirmation Brownsville
24-25th Brownsville Volunteer Hospital Chaplains

MARCH, 2012
1st Vocation Day fifth grade Catholic School students at San Juan
2-4 Discernment Days
2-4 Secular Carmelites
4-10 Our own retreat
11-17 Weslaco, San Martin de Porres Confirmation Retreat
22-25 Rachel’s Vineyard or switching with San Martin
30-April 1 Brownsville Divine Mercy Men’s Retreat

APRIL, 2012
5-8 Monastic Experience Easter Triduum
21st Paisano Festival

Rachel’s Vineyard
A Journey into Healing and Reconciliation

For men and women who suffer the aftermath of abortion and for those who have been carrying this loss with women.

Come, lay down your burden, and know the joy of God’s love!

Call Phyllis to register: 956-639-4144

Or fill out the registration form and mail in.

Download retreat information

Read retreat personal invitation

If a person prefers to go out of the Rio Grande Valley to make a Rachel's Vineyard visit: rachelsvineyard.org

Blood Money Film "In the tender compassion of our God the dawn from on high shall break upon us, to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace."
– Luke 1: 78-79

Pro-Life / Pro-Family Doctors : In accordance with Catholic Church teaching, the following pro-life physicians in the South Texas area do NOT perform, prescribe, or refer for abortion, sterilization, artificial contraception, or in-vitro fertilization...

LOVE AND TRUTH

Pope Benedict XVI, Shepherd of Truth

Notable quotations from Pope Benedict XVI and official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church

"TRUE LIFE" The search for love and truth is purified and liberated by Jesus Christ from the impoverishment that our humanity brings to it, and He reveals to us in all its fullness the initiative of love and the plan for true life that God has prepared for us. Presentation Ministries

Talk by Archbishop Chaput

Archbishop Chaput was in Australia for a talk to the participants at World Youth Day. He also spoke last year at St. John's University School of Law in Queens, New York. Click for the excellent talk titled, "Church and State Today: What Belongs to Caesar, and What Doesn't."