Friday Friday (October, in-person)

October 4, 2024 – Sr. Mary Peters, rc Register Here   “The one who hopes lives differently; the one who hopes has been given new life.”  (Spe Salvi,  Pope Benedict). Hope requires a change of life.  As we close the Season of Creation on the Feast of St. Francis, we pause to reflect on how we are called […]

LCWR Public Witness

“Who Then Shall We Be? A Contemplative Prayer for the World” is a segment of the annual LCWR assembly where the participants will engage in a contemplative experience created to be in solidarity with the fragility of the world while reflecting on our call to respond to that fragility as bearers of the gospel message. The […]

Martyrdom in El Salvador — A Remembrance

December 2nd, 2024 marks the 44th Anniversary of the Martyrdom in El Salvador of Maryknoll Sisters Ita Ford and Maura Clarke, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel and Lay Missioner Jean Donovan. They were brutally murdered then buried in a shallow grave on December 2nd, 1980. On this day we also remember the 70,000 Salvadorans who also […]

Sacred Geometry

Sacred Geometry seeks to connect the divine imprint on all creation with the language of mathematics and vice versa. From ancient times, people were aware of the “blueprint of creation,” which inspired them to seek to replicate these incredible patterns in ecclesiastical design, art, architecture, literature, and music. We will explore how the Fibonacci Sequence […]

Directed Retreat (Madison, CT)

THIS event at Mercy by the Sea in Madison, CT has sold out. To join the waitlist, please visit: https://mcm.retreatportal.com/events/f?p=101:2:32650050976998::::PROGRAM_ID:14412 Helen Bearisto Sr. Helen Beairsto, r.c. is a Cenacle Sister in the North American Province, whose ministry is spiritual direction, retreats and offering spiritually orientated programs. Her original formation in the Spiritual Exercises occurred in […]

Centering Prayer – Summer 2024

Spring Centering Prayer (10am – 11am Central) on Mondays for six weeks beginning on June 10 Week 1 — Monday June 10 Week 2 — Monday June 17 Week 3 — Monday June 24 Week 4 — Monday July 1 Week 5 — Monday July 8 (You need not attend all five session; you need not inform […]

Feast Day of Our Lady of the Cenacle

The Cenacle Sisters of North America will celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of the Cenacle on Saturday May 18; they would be honored by your presence, in-person or online.   An RSVP is required (link below) for those who wish to join the Sisters in-person and for those who wish to live-stream the Eucharistic […]

Advent Retreat (2024)

The Cenacle’s 2024 online Advent Retreat is on Saturday December 7, 2024.  “It Isn’t All Hallmark: What the Advent Scriptures Really Teach Us” Advent isn’t only about wonder-filled annunciations, saying yes, miracle pregnancies, and receiving visions in dreams. The people in the Advent stories faced real challenges similar to ones the poor, the displaced, the homeless, […]

Catholic Social Teaching

Catholic Social Teaching The Cenacle Sisters are pleased to host Clarissa V. Aljentera of Ignatian Solidarity Network, online, on July 30 — the day before the Feast of St. Ignatius — to illuminate Catholic Social Teaching and how we all can vivify and incorporate Catholic Social Teaching into our thoughts and in our actions. More […]

Sister Circles

Sister Circles A Celebration of Remembering What has been forgotten? – the Divine Feminine that is rising and calling us to awaken to her presence within and around us. (A Virtual Program, led by Sr. Anelie Arao, r.c. at 6:30 PM Central on the Second Thursday of every month) “The feminine holds the mystery of […]