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retreat registration is open!!!Second Annual St. Raphael’s Guild Retreat!!January 24-26, 2025:
Friday through Sunday with Retreat Direction by Fr. Brian FischerThis retreat will provide a much needed spiritual get-away including:
-Insightful talks from a hermit and skilled spiritual director-Mass: Saturday evening (anticipated for Sunday)-The opportunity for adoration and select opportunity for individual spiritual direction, and confession-Social time for connecting and supporting each other as Catholics in health careSpeaker: Fr. Brian Fischer: Fr. Fischer is living as a hermit while providing spiritual direction to priests, particularly priests of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Why: spiritual renewal and support; build community, as well as uniting medical professionals throughout the Duluth Diocese and beyond
Where: Cragun’s on Gull Lake in Brainerd. We will have a main retreat house at Cragun’s with talks given in a separate meeting space.
When: January 24-26, 2025 Friday through Sunday
Cost: Registration fee: $100 ($30 for students) which helps cover the cost of the retreat director, food, and incidentals. As the registration fee will not cover the total retreat expenses, we will also ask a free will offering at the conclusion of the meeting.
Registration Deadline: December 15, 2024Fr. Brian Fischer 
Quotes from participants of the last retreat:
Gathering as a community of health professionals was incredible. Being with people walking similar career paths united by Christ’s truths was very refreshing. The reflection time and rest was much needed and I feel very filled up after attending the retreat.
The talks with adoration were wonderful, it allowed space to surrender things to the Lord and let Him take the lead in areas of my life was hanging on to. Turning my "Help me, Jesus" to "You do it, Jesus".
[It was great] to talk with a wide variety of health care professionals and seeing how God is working in their lives.“Father Brian’s talks were awesome and I am also walking away feeling more connected to the CMA community especially my fellow students.”“Father Brian surfaced from my heart that I was called to be there. His talk was incredible and I held onto every word with clarity!”“I have been set apart by God on purpose to complete a mission, which I believe is to share Jesus with everyone I encounter. Being a part of CMA inspires and convicts me that I am not alone in this battle.” -
2024-2025 Meeting schedule
Meeting Dates for the 2024-2025 Season:
10/20/24 - White Mass - Dr. Dennis O'Hare -"To Hear and To Heed"12/8/24 - Fr. Anthony Craig - "The Vocation of Medical Professionals"
1/24/24 - 1/26/25: Retreat with Fr. Brian Fischer
3/9/25 - Prof. Kevin Vaughan - "Envy" (in the “multi-purpose room”)
4/23/25 - Wednesday at 7 pm, in conjunction with St. Scholastica: Dr. Natalie King - Intensive Caring: A Practical Handbook for Catholics About Serious Illness and End-Of-Life Care
White Mass 2025: Dr. Tod Worner -
Word on Fire
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