Midday Retreat with the Mystics
3rd Saturday of Every Month, 12pm at St. Catherine of Siena’s Church
(411 East 68th Street, New York City)
So many in our busy and hectic world today feel the need for prayerful silence and interior recollection. But it’s hard to get away to a monastery! So we’ll be offering an oasis of contemplation within New York City, learning from the great Saints and mystics of the Church and through their guidance entering into prayer.
St. Catherine of Siena Church will be offering a “Midday Retreat with the Mystics” the 3rd Saturday of every month beginning at 12:00pm (411 East 68th Street, New York City). Each month will showcase the spiritual teaching of one particular Saint or mystic. We will sit at their feet and allow them to help draw us into the riches of the spiritual life and into the depths of God.
Fr. Ignatius John Schweitzer, O.P. will give a talk on the spiritual life based on the doctrine of the mystic of the month. Then we will have Eucharistic Exposition with periods of silence, along with some guided meditations based on the holy person we are highlighting that day. There will also be the opportunity to be prayed over and anointed with the Oil of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, beseeching the Lord for graces of deeper prayer. We’ll go 12 to 3pm but feel free to leave as you need to.
12:00pm Conference Talk
(on the particular saint chosen for that day)
1:00-3:00pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
(with periods of silence and guided meditations from the saint)
Tentative Schedule:
St. Teresa of Avila (Oct 16, 2021)
Bl. Conchita (Nov 20, 2021)
St. Bernard (Dec 18, 2021)
St. Teresa of Calcutta (Jan 15, 2022)
Jean Pierre de Caussade (Feb 19, 2022)
St. John of the Cross (Mar 19, 2022)
Hadewijch of Antwerp (Apr 23, 2022) (4th Saturday for this month)
St. Catherine of Siena (May 28, 2022) (4th Saturday for this month)
St. Theophan the Recluse (Jun 18, 2022)
St. Angela of Foligno (Jul 16, 2022)
Soren Kierkegaard (Aug 20, 2022)
St. Thomas Aquinas (Sept 17, 2022)
St. Gregory of Nyssa (Oct 15, 2022)
John Tauler (Nov 19, 2022)
St. John Paul II (Dec 17, 2022).
Midday Retreat with the Mystics 2023
Jan. 21 William of St. Thierry
Feb. 18 The Hesychasts
Mar. 18 Bl. Henry Suso
Apr. 15 St. Therese of Lisieux
May 20 Evelyn Underhill
Jun. 17 St. Faustina
Jul. 15 St. Padre Pio
Aug. 19 Bl. Columba Marmion
Sept. 16 St. Bruno
Oct. 21 St. Catherine of Genoa
Nov. 18 St. Elisabeth of the Trinity
Dec. 16 Stay Awake, Advent program for Archdiocese
Midday Retreat with the Mystics 2024
Jan. 20 Meister Eckhart, OP
Feb. 17 St. Francis de Sales
Mar. 16 Matthew the Poor (1919-2006, Coptic Monk)
Apr. 27 Sr. Nirmala Joshi, MC (contemplative branch foundress)
May 18 St. Isaac of Syria
Jun. 15 Thomas Merton
Jul. 20 St. Augustine
Aug. 17 Consummata (Marie-Antoinette de Geuser, 1889-1918)
Sept. 21 St. Catherine of Siena [at St. Joseph’s seminary in Yonkers]
Oct. 19 Ven. Juan Arintero, OP (1860-1928)
Nov. 16 St. Teresa of Avila [at St. Joseph’s seminary in Yonkers]
Dec. 21 Simone Weil (1909-43)
Schedule at St Joseph’s Seminary (201 Seminary Ave, Yonkers, New York, 10704)
11:00am Mass (optional)
12:00pm Conference Talk
(on the particular Saint chosen for that day)
1:00-3:00pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
(with periods of silence and guided meditations from the Saint)
3:00pm Q & A and Social
(with light refreshments)
Sept. 21, 2024 St. Catherine of Siena
Nov. 16, 2024 St. Teresa of Avila
Jan. 18, 2025 Bl. Concepcion Cabrera de Armida
Mar. 29, 2025 Jean-Pierre de Caussade (5th Saturday this month)
May 17, 2025 St. Teresa of Calcutta
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