For anyone feeling the loss of a loved one. Anyone who has known the joy of love has most likely experienced the pain of loss. Grief is a natural part of life, yet we all grieve differently and often need help to find our way through it. Retreat leader Tim Ringgold provides a supportive setting […]
Renew, Restore, Rebuild After Your Relationship Ends While we would like to think that time heals, it is truly insight that helps us understand what is needed to renew, restore, and rebuild after our relationship ends. This weekend retreat will help you not only live through the end of your relationship but show you how […]
A retreat for the laity and religious. Please join us for this unique retreat. The Celtic Christian propensity to find the Divine in all created nature speaks with uncanny relevance to many of the concerns of our present era. The ancient wisdom, visual images, poetry, prayers and blessings of Celtic Christian spirituality take us beyond […]
The Way of Mindfulness: Thich Nhat Hahn and Pema Chodron We are a busy people, and we have elevated multi-tasking to a high virtue. Unfortunately, it’s been said that the greatest obstacles to living a spiritual life are speed and noise. Most of us are guilty on both counts. Slowing down and paying attention are […]
Faith in Action Ministry Friday Night at the Movies to Honor Juneteenth Featured Movie: The Falconer + a short movie "All this is healing, all this is medicine. All this changes who you are." - Rodney Stotts THE FALCONER is a story of second chances: for injured birds of prey, for an abandoned plot of […]
Saturday, July 8, 2023 9:00am - 10:30am Refresh in the Casa's beautiful pool! This 8-week course is for men and women who would like to relax and renew with gentle movement in the water. Taking advantage of the Casa's beautiful pool, participants will enjoy the gentle, buoyant sensation of mindful physical movement in the water. […]
Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God." - Arvo Part This flexible retreat lets you decide your schedule—this time is for you! Take time to pause, remember to breathe, and come back to your center. Maybe you need to be alone and sit in quiet prayer or simply rest. If […]
Discover the Beatitudes with Fr. Page At the Sea of Galilee our Lord offered the crowd and the disciples what we have come to know as the Beatitudes. ( Mt. 5: 1-12). In our time together, we will look at the background of the Gospel of Matthew. The Beatitudes are part of one of the […]
A Weekend of Hope and Healing A retreat for all who long to grow in the Christ-centered virtue of self-love that turns into compassionate care for self and others. In this guided retreat we will explore the movement of compassion and gently explore the areas that impede our spiritual growth. We will connect our need […]
Casa VIP Core Team Water Resources and Arizona Come to this education session on the water resource issues confronting the State of Arizona. A PowerPoint presentation will be used to describe the current level of water in the various reservoirs, aquifers and underground storage areas. Additionally, the presentation will describe the methods being proposed to […]
Completing the Past, Creating the Future This grief retreat is open to all who have attended the Casa's Grief & Loss Retreat at any time in the past. We will build on the themes of the first retreat related to the elements of grief, healing, and the holidays, all inside a safe, loving community that […]
The Casa Veterans Ministry at the Franciscan Renewal Center, in partnership with the Phoenix and Tucson VA Healthcare Systems, is pleased to announce our Fall offering of "Building Spiritual Strength for Veterans, Service Members and VA Healthcare Workers." There will be two (2) sessions offered this October and November that meet once a week on […]
Fr. Rusty Shaughnessy “Did not our hearts burn within as he talked to us on the road”. Lk 24:32 The Invitation: On this Franciscan weekend, let Sts. Francis and Clare be your guides as they walk with you through the town of Assisi. These contemporaries were determined to live the Gospel of Jesus who spoke […]
A wonderful approach to sharing our legacy with family and friends, and to recognize the gift that it is.” Whether you’ve experienced a Legacy Workshop before, or this will be your first time, we warmly welcome you to join us for our newly expanded Your Story, Your Legacy Retreat. In our weekend together, surrounded by […]
with Tom Stella This program is offered Thursday evening November 2, 2023 7-9PM and repeats Friday morning November 3, 2023 10am-12noon Contemplation is a word with many meanings. It can be understood as a form of prayer—one that is quiet, wordless, meditative. Contemplation can be considered focused thinking, a synonym for concentration. And contemplation can […]
Come away for a weekend of learning, prayer, and meditation. Although they met on only one occasion, Buddhist and Catholic monks Thich Nhat Hanh and Thomas Merton found in each other a true brotherhood based on their belief in the relationship between prayer and social action. For both spiritual teachers, mysticism (union) was the ground […]
A program presented in partnership with the Franciscan School of Theology “Radical Hospitality and the Franciscan Charism: Elizabeth of Hungary, the Interdependence of Caregiving” This talk brings attention to the Feast Day of Elizabeth of Hungary on November 17 and examines her radical hospitality and her generous caregiving that opened up her life to ongoing […]
The Casa Veterans Ministry at the Franciscan Renewal is recognized in the Valley for providing healing programs to U.S. Service Members and Veterans. We are pleased to announce the return of our wonderful "St. Francis: Journey of a Resilient Warrior Retreat" which will be held February 9-11, 2024 at the Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale, […]
Friday, November 17 6:00 - 9:00 pm Doors Open: 5:30 pm Dinner: 6:00 pm Fee: $15 In honor of Indigenous Peoples Month, the autumn edition of Creation Connection Movie Night features short films that give insights into the experiences of our indigenous brothers and sisters with their ecological struggles. The hope is that after watching […]
with LaShelle Lowe-Charde A Compassionate Communication Weekend Is this you? You want better communication skills and more fulfilling relationships. You want to create more connection in your personal relationships and have the confidence that you can handle conflict. You want to engage with the people you care about using relationship skills that embody your values. […]
