About this Event
Life-Giving Wounds offers unique opportunities for Catholic adults (18+) whose parents have divorced, separated, or left broken families, to reflect intentionally on the wounds caused by their family’s breakdown. They journey through their exprience acompanied by knowledgeable, compassionate leaders who are also predominatnly from families of divorced or separated parents. Together, they are led to an encounter with Christ who can transform their life-draining wounds into life-giving sources of faith, hope, love, and joy for themselves, their relationships, and the Church.
Retreat registration will close on Sunday April 21, 2024 at 11:30p.m. Eastern Time Zone.
Registration includes comfortable accommodations at Our Lady of Fatima Retreat Center in Indianapolis, with a private room and bathroom for your two-night stay, all meals on Saturday and Sunday, unlimited coffee/tea/water throughout the retreat, a T-shirt and retreat journal. There is free parking available at Fatima Retreat House.
At the retreat you will experience presentations from experts and peers who have experienced the wounds of divorce in their own families and have experienced healing through Christ, the Sacraments, and this retreat process. There will be Mass on Saturday and Sunday; opportunities for Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Confessions; small group discussions to share your story as you are comfortable and listen to others who can relate; plenty of time to journal, pray, and reflect; all on a beautiful campus with indoor and outdoor prayer spaces, including a rosary walk, Fatima grotto, St. Joseph the Worker grotto, Holy Family outdoor altar, and wooded walking paths for recreation and reflection.
Event information will be added and updated at https://marriageandfamily.archindy.org/lgw.
Questions? Contact Gabriela Ross, Director of Marriage and Family Life in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, at [email protected].
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Our Lady-Fatima Retreat House, 5353 East 56th Street, Indianapolis, United States