Learn to pray with Mary, the Mother of Carmel

Join us for a Men’s & Women’s Silent Retreat directed by Fr. Thomas Reeves, O.C.D.

Fr. Thomas Reeves, O.C.D. is a friar from the California-Arizona Province of the Order of Discalced Carmelites. He entered the Discalced Carmelite Order in 1999 and professed solemn vows in 2006. After ordination to the priesthood in 2008, Fr. Thomas has served in various assignments, including: Santa Cruz Parish, Tucson, Arizona, 2008-2014, The Carmelite House of Studies, Mount Angel, Oregon, 2014-2017, and El Carmelo Retreat House, Redlands, California, 2017-2020. Since 2020 to the present, Fr. Thomas is serving as the Prior at Mount Saint Joseph Carmelite Monastery in San Jose, California. His favorite topic of study and preaching is Our Blessed Mother. For more information about the community of Discalced Carmelites where Fr. Thomas is currently stationed, please see: www.sanjosecarmelites.com

Since ancient times, Carmelites have looked to Our Lady as their mother and perfect model of prayer who helps and teaches her children to pray as she did. What better way to prepare to celebrate the Birth of Jesus Christ than by spending these days of Advent with His Blessed Mother? Mary is the one who lived that first Advent waiting in joyful hope for the coming of her Savior Jesus Christ. By her prayers and maternal sway over our hearts, she will help us to live Advent as she did and experience the loving presence of Jesus Christ in our hearts.  

Conferences will cover:

• How prayer is understood in the Carmelite tradition

• The role of Our Blessed Mother in our life of prayer

• How we can deepen our own prayer lives

• Experience various ways of praying as modeled by Our Lady and the Carmelite Saints

• God's gift of healing grace that is bestowed upon us and others through prayer

This retreat will take place in an atmosphere of silence to allow everyone the freedom to have a personal heart to heart dialogue with the Lord and experience His Love anew. 

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Retreat Schedule

Registration closes on December 6.

Our new check in time is 4-6p on Friday. The retreat concludes at 12p on Sunday. See the retreat schedule for full details. Please contact the office with any questions.

We are at capacity for this retreat. Please contact the office to be placed on a waiting list.