The indefatigable Fr Michael Rowe, Latin Mass Chaplain of the Archdiocese of Perth (and, de facto, of Western Australia), is again running his yearly Ignatian retreat, at the historic town of Toodyay, 85 km north-west of Perth - I attended it last year, and would recommend it:
TOODYAY RETREAT
SIX DAYS IN OCTOBER
Sunday 4 October 2009 to Friday 9 October 2009
A Silent Ignatian Retreat
At Toodyay:
Daily Holy Mass
Holy Hour
Benediction
Adoration
Silent Reflection
Cost:
The Retreat itself is FREE but Meals and Accommodation will cost $210 per retreatant (if paid by 18 September ‘09 Early Bird discounted price is $190).
Deposit of $50.00 please to confirm your attendance.
COME ONE AND COME ALL
The Retreat Master Fr Michael Rowe
PO Box 337 NORTH PERTH W.A.
Ph./Fax (08) 9444 9604
Email : latinmasschaplaincywa@iinet.net.au
SIX DAYS IN OCTOBER
Sunday 4 October 2009 to Friday 9 October 2009
A Silent Ignatian Retreat
At Toodyay:
Daily Holy Mass
Holy Hour
Benediction
Adoration
Silent Reflection
Cost:
The Retreat itself is FREE but Meals and Accommodation will cost $210 per retreatant (if paid by 18 September ‘09 Early Bird discounted price is $190).
Deposit of $50.00 please to confirm your attendance.
COME ONE AND COME ALL
For An UNFORGETTABLE
Ignatian Spiritual Experience
For further enquiries, please contactIgnatian Spiritual Experience
The Retreat Master Fr Michael Rowe
PO Box 337 NORTH PERTH W.A.
Ph./Fax (08) 9444 9604
Email : latinmasschaplaincywa@iinet.
An anonymous backbiter left a very rude comment, damning Fr Rowe with faint praise as an enthusiast without training or experience.
ReplyDeleteHow appalling to say "the days when we need to make do with whatever we can get are past" - what callous rudeness unbefitting a Christian!
This is quite meanspirited and untrue.
Fr Rowe has given Ignatian retreats, both in W.A. and in N.S.W., for many years now; I - and the many retreatants he has helped - can testify that he has plenty of experience; given his evident knowledge of the Ignatian method his supposed lack of training rings hollow.
Fr Rowe is known for his extensive and careful study and preparation before his retreats, as I know for a fact having visited him while he was doing so.
The truth is that the FSSP was approached to conduct a retreat in Sydney, and they declined. The good folk then contacted Fr Rowe, since he was known to give Ignatian retreats in W.A., and he accepted the invitation to come and give retreats in Sydney, which he now done for a few years also.
The Flavigny retreats are of course to be likewise commended, and I hope to attend their sessions myself - but there is no call to curse others, something the monks would find vile.
I have deleted the comment posted, and warn this person to stay off my blog unless they change their ways.