Programs
In the Loving Hands of God with Father Robert Presutti, LC
With Regnum Christi
January 18 - 21, 2024
Triduum Of Renewal for Regnum Christi Women and Guests “In the Loving Hands of God”- Jeremiah 18:6 Women’s Spiritual Exercises by Father Robert Presutti, LC Program Director at Divine Mercy University, Auxiliary Chaplain for Lay Sections Assisted by Deb Bauer, CRC offering spiritual direction The recordings include 7 talks by Fr. Presutti, and 2 talks […]
Ignatian Retreat: 4-Day, 5-Day or 6-Day January 19-24
With Fr. Gary Coulter, Matt Simmons and Sarina Stokes
Flexible Dates
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House
The Silent Directed Ignatian Retreat, based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, involving daily meditation on scripture, journaling about prayer and meeting individually with a director to receive guidance. The retreat is completely silent with no talks or social times outside of the opening and closing.
Ignatian Retreat: 4-Day, 5-Day Holy Week Apr 13-17
With Fr. Gary Coulter and Matt Simmons
Flexible Dates
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House
The Silent Directed Ignatian Retreat, based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, involving daily meditation on scripture, journaling about prayer and meeting individually with a director to receive guidance. The retreat is completely silent with no talks or social times outside of the opening and closing.
Desert Day Tues Jan. 7
January 7, 2025
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House
A Desert Day is a quiet daytime retreat with a flexible schedule allowing you to arrive and departure anytime. The basic schedule is 7-10am check-in and coffee, 10am Confessions, 11:15am Mass, Noon lunch, 1-4pm Adoration with conference.
Ignatian Retreat: 8-Day (& 4 Days) February 10-18
With Fr. Gary Coulter and Matt Simmons
February 10 - 18, 2025
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House
The Silent Directed Ignatian Retreat, based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, involving daily meditation on scripture, journaling about prayer and meeting individually with a director to receive guidance. The retreat is completely silent with no talks or social times outside of the opening and closing.
Desert Day Tues. Feb. 11
February 11, 2025
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House
A Desert Day is a quiet daytime retreat with a flexible schedule allowing you to arrive and departure anytime. The basic schedule is 7-10am check-in and coffee, 10am Confessions, 11:15am Mass, Noon lunch, 1-4pm Adoration with conference.
The Joy of Forgiveness
With Sandy Hoenig
February 15 - 16, 2025
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House
Discover the Joy of Forgiveness with Sandy Hoenig: a healing journey of discovering the profound emotional strength of forgiveness, and strategies for avoiding or resolving hurtful situations.
Ash Wednesday (Desert) Day Reflection March 5
March 5, 2025
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House
A Desert Day is a quiet daytime retreat. Ash Wednesday schedule is 8-9:30am check-in and registration, 9:45am Chaplet, 10am Talk, Stations, Adoration, Rosary, 2pm Mass with Ashes, departure anytime after 3pm. Bring a meatless sack lunch ($10) or you can request a lunch ($20). Pre-registration is not required.
Flame of Love Virtual Retreat
With Jill Metz - US National Director, Flame of Love
March 7 - 9, 2025
Online
The devotion to the Flame of Love seeks to make our parishes, families, and lives so full of Jesus by the power of grace, that Satan’s influence is broken, so that our families and communities are much more open to the gospel and the way of salvation. Thus we ask our Blessed Mother to: Spread the effect of grace of your Flame of Love over all of humanity.
Flame of Love Retreat
With Jill Metz - US National Director, Flame of Love
March 7 - 9, 2025
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House
The devotion to the Flame of Love seeks to make our parishes, families, and lives so full of Jesus by the power of grace, that Satan’s influence is broken, so that our families and communities are much more open to the gospel and the way of salvation. Thus we ask our Blessed Mother to: Spread the effect of grace of your Flame of Love over all of humanity.
Ignatian Retreat: 8-Day (& 4 Days) March 13-21
With Fr. Gary Coulter and Matt Simmons
March 13 - 21, 2025
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House
The Silent Directed Ignatian Retreat, based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, involving daily meditation on scripture, journaling about prayer and meeting individually with a director to receive guidance. The retreat is completely silent with no talks or social times outside of the opening and closing.
Maturing in Prayer Virtual Retreat
With Fr. Chris Kubat
March 14 - 16, 2025
Online
Deepening in Prayer retreat will explore the benefits of silent prayer as a catalyst to encounter the love Jesus bestows from His Father, especially by opening ourselves to the movement of the Holy Spirit.
Maturing in Prayer
With Fr. Chris Kubat
March 14 - 16, 2025
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House
Deepening in Prayer retreat will explore the benefits of silent prayer as a catalyst to encounter the love Jesus bestows from His Father, especially by opening ourselves to the movement of the Holy Spirit.
Back to the Garden Women's Retreat
With Sarina Stokes and Fr. Cole Kennett
April 4 - 6, 2025
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House
Pulling from the wisdom of St. Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, the poetic love story of the Song of Songs, and personal testimony; young adult women will come to encounter the beauty within themselves and the truth of who they are and Whose they are, Jesus Christ’s.
Back to the Garden Women's Retreat Virtual
With Sarina Stokes and Fr. Cole Kennett
April 4 - 6, 2025
Online
Pulling from the wisdom of St. Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, the poetic love story of the Song of Songs, and personal testimony; young adult women will come to encounter the beauty within themselves and the truth of who they are and Whose they are, Jesus Christ’s.
Compassion in the Passion
With Fr. John Rooney
April 11 - 13, 2025
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House
This Palm Sunday Weekend retreat, pondering the scriptural moments during the events of Holy Thursday through Easter, will prompt retreatants to spend time in personal imaginative prayer with the events of Holy Week with a focus on the persons and their experiences.
Compassion in the Passion Virtual Retreat
With Fr. John Rooney
April 11 - 13, 2025
Online
This Palm Sunday Weekend retreat, pondering the scriptural moments during the events of Holy Thursday through Easter, will prompt retreatants to spend time in personal imaginative prayer with the events of Holy Week with a focus on the persons and their experiences.
Holy Week Retreat for Young Women
With Marian Sisters of the Diocese of Lincoln
April 17 - 19, 2025
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House
An opportunity for single young women, aged 19-32, to experience Christ’s deep love through meditation on his passion, death and resurrection.
Desert Day Fri. Apr 25
April 25, 2025
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House
A Desert Day is a quiet daytime retreat with a flexible schedule allowing you to arrive and departure anytime. The basic schedule is 7-10am check-in and coffee, 10am Confessions, 11:15am Mass, Noon lunch, 1-4pm Adoration with conference.
Ignatian Retreat: 8-Day (& 4 Days) April 30-May 8
With Fr. Gary Coulter and Matt Simmons
April 30 - May 8, 2025
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House
The Silent Directed Ignatian Retreat, based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, involving daily meditation on scripture, journaling about prayer and meeting individually with a director to receive guidance. The retreat is completely silent with no talks or social times outside of the opening and closing.
The Power of a Praying Mother
With Women at the Well, Natalie Gifford and Kristin Schiff
May 9 - 10, 2025
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House
A 24-hour retreat for women focused on Marian Devotion and also on the lives of the Saints that were mothers and the influence that their prayers had.
Ignatian Retreat: 8-Day (& 4 Days) May 16-23
With Fr. Gary Coulter and Matt Simmons
May 16 - 23, 2025
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House
The Silent Directed Ignatian Retreat, based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, involving daily meditation on scripture, journaling about prayer and meeting individually with a director to receive guidance. The retreat is completely silent with no talks or social times outside of the opening and closing.
Desert Day Tues. May 20
May 20, 2025
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House
A Desert Day is a quiet daytime retreat with a flexible schedule allowing you to arrive and departure anytime. The basic schedule is 7-10am check-in and coffee, 10am Confessions, 11:15am Mass, Noon lunch, 1-4pm Adoration with conference.