Women's Retreat

The Church of Saint Paul offers an annual women's retreat. These retreats include time for prayer, fellowship, worship, and Mass, along with talks and skits. Nursing babies welcome.

2022 Church of Saint Paul Women’s Retreat
March 25 -27, 2022 (Friday evening - Sunday afternoon)
Christ the King Retreat Center

In our daily experiences in the spiritual life, there are uplifting times of closeness to God and, if we are honest with ourselves, there are times when we feel heavier or when God does not feel close to us.  When we go to pray, we can often experience a tension of these movements and a resistance to pray.  The Rules for Discernment of Spirits by St. Ignatius of Loyola help us to have a better understanding of what these experiences mean for our spiritual growth and teach us how to respond to them.  

In the course of this retreat, you will hear five reflections on the experiences of both saints and lay people and have the opportunity after each one to pray with scripture and deepen your relationship with the Lord.  The focus on this retreat is prayer answering two questions: How do I understand and respond to the ups and downs that I experience in prayer? and How do they relate to the discernment of spirits as Ignatius teaches?

Shellee Leif (pronounced “Life”) was trained in spiritual direction by the Our Lady of Divine Providence School of Spiritual Direction in Clearwater, FL. She also has a Master of Arts degree in Pastoral Ministry from the St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul, MN. She has worked in several capacities as Customer Assistance Manager, Business Analyst, Administrative Assistant for the Institute for Diaconate Formation and Archbishop Flynn Catechetical Institute, and now is a full-time Spiritual Director. She has been active in several ministries within the Archdiocese primarily with adult faith formation and prayer ministry. She helped initiate the Women’s Christians in Commerce chapter in St. Paul, is a trained teacher and interviewer for the Called & Gifted Spiritual Gifts Inventory, teaches St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Rules for Discernment of Spirits, and leads people through the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.Shellee lives in St. Paul, MN with her husband, Larry. They have a daughter and son-in-law and three grandsons living in Tarpon Springs, FL.

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Cost: $170 (includes lodging and meals)  $40 additional for single room

Scholarships available (contact Nick Brady)