La Salette Retreat &
Conference Center
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The Spirituality of Aging
This retreat is for people of all ages. We will examine beliefs about our external identity as we age. We will share our experiences with society’s views and biases towards ‘older people’. We will uncover and examine our ‘inner ageists’ to reveal our self-limiting ideas and attitudes about how we “should” be.
Through prayer, journaling, group discussion, as well as guided practice and meditation, we will learn to access the sacred resources within us to gain greater compassion for ourselves and others.
For some of us, this may be the start of the most exciting journey towards a deeper self-awareness as we travel within and connect with our true self, and begin the transformative process of becoming who we really are.
Please bring a notebook or journal and a pen, along with an open mind and open heart.
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Retreat Facilitator: Ed Stevens M.Ed., MS, LPC​​​
About Ed Stevens
Ed has led numerous retreats for various groups over the last 18 years throughout the US and Canada. Although each Retreat has its own unique qualities, all have had the same basic theme; “Where are we in relation to ourselves, other people, and God?”
Ed is enjoying a meaningful retirement from public education as a teacher specializing in photography and as a Licensed Professional Counselor and Art Therapist at a local residential treatment center for children. He is currently completing a certification program at the Pacifica Graduate Institute on “Aging as a Spiritual Practice.” In addition to retreats, he has volunteered as a certified Recovery Coach at a local community recovery center. He is an active member of St. Joseph Parish in western Maine where he has served in prison ministry, as eucharistic minister, and along with his wife, as coordinator of the Social Justice and Peace Commission.
​He lives with his loving wife Kathleen in Center Conway NH with their 2 cats.
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General Information
ROOMS AVAILABLE AT 5:30 PM
ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 22
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PROGRAM BEGIN AT 7:00 PM
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DEPARTURE:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24
AFTER LUNCH
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DONATION
$300
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PLEASE NOTICE:
Set your GPS to La Salette Retreat Center, Attleboro, MA
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