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In the Loving Hands of God with Father Robert Presutti, LC (Jan 2024)

With Regnum Christi

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Triduum Of Renewal for Regnum Christi Women and Guests Virtual Retreat with lifetime recordings includes 7 talks by Fr. Presutti, and 2 talks by Deb Bauer. “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 […]

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Living His Life Abundantly with Johnnette Williams (Oct 2023)

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Encounter healing love and be transformed by Jesus Christ with Johnnette Williams Virtual Retreat with lifetime recordings includes five talks and five handouts. Known for her popular EWTN television and radio shows and numerous publications, Johnnette Williams (Benkovic) is coming Oct. 6-8 for a retreat at Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House. The retreat […]

Rekindling Eucharistic Amazement with Fr. Wade Menezes, CPM (Sep 2023)

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The Saints, Fathers and Miracles help us rediscover the Eucharist with Fr. Wade Menezes, CPM Virtual Retreat with lifetime recordings includes 5 Talks and 2 Homilies.  You will also receive eight handouts from Fr. Wade. About Fr. Wade Menezes Come, rekindle your personal faith in these profound truths and welcome our Eucharistic Lord and King […]

Priest, Prophet, King - Orphan, Stranger, Widow with Fr. Adam Sughroue (Aug 2023)

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Redeeming Heartache and Trauma, Lies and Sin with Fr. Adam Sughroue Virtual Retreat with lifetime recordings includes seven talks. Retreatants will consider how your experiences and traumas have contributed to your identifying with an “orphan,” “stranger,” or “widow” experience. You will reflect on how your responses to past events play out in your life and […]

Spiritual Exercises with Fr. John Hopkins, LC (Dec 2022)

With Regnum Christi

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Leave the world behind and join retreat master Fr. John Hopkins, LC Virtual Retreat with lifetime recordings includes 5 Conference talks, 7 Meditations, and a Q&A Session all by Fr. John Hopkins Regnum Christi invites all to day conference and preached “Spiritual Exercises” weekend retreat given by Fr. John Hopkins, LC, a priest from the […]

Meet Me at the Well with Fr. Jason Smith, L.C. (Jan 2023)

With Regnum Christi

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Triduum Of Renewal with Fr. Jason Smith, L.C. for Regnum Christi Women Virtual Retreat with lifetime recordings includes 8 Meditations by Fr. Jason, 2 talks by Melissa Kuhn, CRC and 2 talk by Donna Garrett Leave the world behind and join retreat master Father Jason Smith, LC and your sisters in Christ. Father Jason is a […]

No Greater Love with Jack & Johnnette Williams (Mar 2022)

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Couples retreat:  Love – Marriage – Blessings with Jack & Johnnette Williams Virtual Retreat with lifetime recordings includes six talks Enrich your marriage by spending a joyful and faith filled couples’ retreat with Johnette and Jack Williams from EWTN! An opportunity to deepen your faith and love for each other through God’s love! Johnnette Benkovic […]

Inner Healing Prayer with Fr. Stephen Graeve (Mar 2022)

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Taking a look under the hood with Fr. Stephen Graeve Virtual Retreat with lifetime recordings includes four talks. The Lord heals the brokenhearted, binds up their wounds (Psalm 147:3). Every human heart has a need for healing and Jesus the Divine Physician accompanies us on the journey as He gently and patiently heals our wounds and […]

Setting the Captives Free with Dan & Stephanie Burke (Feb 2022)

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Setting the Captives Free Conference: On Discernment of Spirits with Dan Burke of the Avila Institute, spiritualdirection.com Virtual Retreat with lifetime recordings includes four talks, including Q&A time. Subjects include “The Battleground and the Mind,” “Discernment and Freedom – Rules of Discernment and the Examen Prayer” and “Never Ending Journey – The Necessity of Prayer.” Dan […]

Unbound: Freedom in Christ with Fr. William Holoubek (Jan 2025)

With Fr. William Holoubek

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Unbound: Encounter Jesus in the gospels and experience the healing he brings with Fr. William Holoubek Virtual Retreat with lifetime recordings includes 6 talks. Encounter the overwhelming love of God who can enter into the pains and wounds of life. Unbound retreat led by Fr. William Holoubek, held in conjunction with the Unbound Ministry of […]

Unbound: Freedom in Christ with Fr. Gary Coulter (Aug 2024)

With Fr. Gary Coulter

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Unbound: Encounter Jesus in the gospels and experience the healing he brings with Fr. Gary Coulter Virtual Retreat with lifetime recordings includes 6 talks. Encounter the overwhelming love of God who can enter into the pains and wounds of life. Unbound retreat led by Fr. William Holoubek, held in conjunction with the Unbound Ministry of […]

Spiritual Exercises with Fr. Owen Kearns, L.C. (Jan 2022)

With Regnum Christi

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Leave the world behind and join retreat master Fr. Owen Kearns, L.C. Virtual Retreat with lifetime recordings includes 8 Meditations, and a Conference by Donna Garrett Regnum Christi invites all to day conference and preached “Spiritual Exercises” weekend retreat given by Fr. Owen Kearns, a priest from the Legionnaires of Christ. Fr Owen Kearns hails […]

Awaiting Emmanuel: O Antiphons with the Emmaus Institute (Dec 2021)

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Awaiting Emmanuel: On the “O Antiphons” of Advent A retreat based on the seven “O Antiphons” of Advent led by the Emmaus Institute for Biblical Studies team. Virtual Retreat with lifetime recordings includes five conferences and an accompanying handout. Friday evening—introduction and invitation to meeting Jesus in the “O” Antiphons (Joshua Burks) Saturday morning—Antiphons 1 & 2 (Vern Steiner) […]

Praying with Scripture with the Emmaus Institute (Feb 2024)

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Praying Scripture with an eye toward encountering Christ A retreat led by the Emmaus Institute for Biblical Studies team: Vern Steiner, Chad Steiner, and Josh Burks Virtual Retreat with lifetime recordings includes six conferences and a Retreat Guide handout. Join the Emmaus Institute at Our Lady of Good Counsel for a weekend retreat devoted to encountering our […]

Learning to Trust in God with Connie Rossini (Nov 2021)

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Learning to Trust in God A Online Advent Retreat with Connie Rossini Virtual Retreat with lifetime recordings includes four conferences and four handouts of accompanying slides. Following the example of St. Therese of Lisieux and Abraham our father in faith, discover how to place all your confidence in God and understand the importance of trusting […]

Inner Healing Prayer with Fr. Craig Doty (Nov 2023)

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Encountering the powerful love of the Father. with Fr. Craig Doty Virtual Retreat with lifetime recordings includes five talks The Lord heals the brokenhearted, binds up their wounds (Psalm 147:3). Every human heart has a need for healing and Jesus the Divine Physician accompanies us on the journey as He gently and patiently heals our wounds […]

The 'Dark Night' of St Mother Teresa with Karl Millis (Oct 2021)

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Mother Teresa teaches us to live with confidence and joy with Fr. Karl Millis Virtual Retreat with lifetime recordings includes eight talks and handouts. The retreat will examine Dark Night as taught by St. John of the Cross (and St. Teresa of Avila) by looking how this was experienced and understood by St. Theresa of […]

Following the Lord (Poco a Poco) with Fr. Innocent, C.F.R. (Mar 2023)

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Celebrate Palm Sunday and Holy Week with Father Innocent Montgomery, C.F.R. Virtual Retreat with lifetime recordings includes seven talks. Scott Montgomery grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska as one of three triplets—Katie (Havlat), Scott and Russell (now Father Angelus).  He entered the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in 2007 and made final vows in 2012.  He […]

Our Eucharistic Lord and Our Lady with Fr. Zachary, SOLT (Oct 2022)

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Deepening Your Love of Jesus and Mary with Father Zachary, SOLT Recordings include seven talks. Father Zachary of the Mother of God is a member of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT). He appears on EWTN and speaks frequently at conferences, parish missions, and as a retreat master, displaying his […]

Personal Vocation & the Christian Woman with ENDOW (Oct 2021)

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Equipping women to recognize and cultivate her God-given genius featuring Simone Rizkallah of ENDOW Recordings include five talks.  Speakers include Megan Gitchell of Cathedral parish, Angela Copenhaver of North American Martyrs parish (both of Lincoln), and Fr. Gary Coulter, director of the Retreat House. Endow invites women of all ages to participate in community and […]

Following the Footsteps of St. Joseph with Msgr. Mark Huber (Sept 2021)

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Celebrate the Year of St. Joseph by imitating his selfless devotion, listening, obedience and humility Discover the spiritual riches and powerful influence St. Joseph can bring to your life. with Msgr. Mark Huber Recordings include seven talks. The special “Year of St. Joseph” continues until Dec. 8, 2021. In his apostolic letter, Pope Francis explains that the […]

Our Lady's Promises and Protection (Scapular) with Fr. Elias Mary (Nov 2024)

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The Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel with Fr. Elias Mary, F.I. Recordings include seven talks. “Of Mary, one can never say enough,” Father Elias said. “Devotion to Mary is absolutely essential and central to become an imitator of Christ and bring His love to the world.” The retreat will walk through the […]

Healing of Memories with Ian Butler (Nov 2024)

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God desires that all our wounds be healed with Ian Butler Recordings include five talks and four handouts. Healing of Memories Did you know that we need not have any negative emotion coming out of our past experiences including anger, shame, depression or anxiety among others? Did you know that we can be freed from […]

Recognizing the Devil’s Tactics (Discernment in C.S. Lewis) with Fr. Hazuka (Nov 2024)

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Discernment of Spirits in “The Screwtape Letters” by C.S. Lewis with Fr. Jeremy Hazuka Recordings include seven talks and four handouts. Recognizing the Devil’s Tactics - a retreat based on: “The Screwtape Letters” by C.S. Lewis Rules for Discernment from the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Examen Prayer from the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius […]

Seven Sorrows of Mary with Fr. Harlan Waskowiak (Mar 2024)

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Walking with Mary to the Cross Explore the Seven Sorrows of Mary and Total Consecration to Mary with Fr. Harlan Waskowiak Recordings include seven talks Fr. Harlan Waskowiak, Pastor of St Joseph, Geneva and St Mary, Shickley, and chaplain at Camp Kateri Tekakwitha, will explore how devotion to Mary is lived in daily life. He […]

Masses and Tears with Fr. Jay Buhman (Dec 2023)

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Masses and Tears Praying for loved ones away from the faith with hope and encouragement with Fr. Jay Buhman Recordings include seven talks Ten years ago, Father Jay Buhman created a devotion to answer an oft-asked question, “What can I do for my child or loved one who has left the Catholic faith?” The Masses […]

eBook: The Beginning Steps of Prayer

With Fr. Gary Coulter

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RECEIVE A FREE EBOOK The Beginning Steps of Prayer Written by the Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House director, Fr. Gary Coulter, this eBook offers resources and explanations of different types of prayers, along with simple exercises to begin to cultivate or deepen your prayer life. An eight chapter "How to Pray" Prayer Series: […]

Living as an Apostle with Fr. Jason Brooks, LC (Jan 2035)

With Regnum Christi

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Living as an Apostle Seek to transform the world in Christ.  Begin by encountering Christ daily in prayer, and witness to him in your daily life enlightened by the word of God and Church teaching. Acting as "pilgrims of hope" by sharing our own life of faith.  In this 2025 Year of Jubilee, Pope Francis […]

Ash Wednesday (Desert) Day Reflection

With Fr. Thomas Brouillette

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 and Lori Brown, Midwest and North Regional 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 and Lori Brown, Midwest and North Regional 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.

Ignatian Retreat: 4-Day March 13-17

With Fr. Gary Coulter and Matt Simmons

March 13 - 17, 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.

Ignatian Retreat: 4-Day March 17-21

With Fr. Gary Coulter and Matt Simmons

March 17 - 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.

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.

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.

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: 4-Day April 30-May 4

With Fr. Gary Coulter and Fr. Christopher Barak

April 30 - May 4, 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.

Ignatian Retreat: 8-Day (& 4 Days) April 30-May 8

With Fr. Gary Coulter and Fr. Christopher Barak

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.

Ignatian Retreat: 4-Day May 4-8

With Fr. Gary Coulter, Matt Simmons and Fr. Christopher Barak

May 4 - 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: 4-Day May 16-19

With Fr. Gary Coulter, Matt Simmons, Fr. Christopher Barak and Jo Vasa

May 16 - 19, 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.

Ignatian Retreat: 8-Day (& 4 Days) May 16-23

With Fr. Gary Coulter, Matt Simmons and Jo Vasa

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.

Ignatian Retreat: 4-Day May 20-23

With Fr. Gary Coulter, Matt Simmons and Jo Vasa

May 20 - 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.

Los Ejercicios Espirituales de San Ignacio para mujeres

With Padre Jeffrey Jambon

August 22 - 24, 2025
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House
Mujeres de todas edades están invitadas a un retiro de "Ejercicios Espirituales" predicado en español con la Misa tradicional en Latín celebrado por el Padre Jeffrey Jambon.