Lectio Divina and Living with Illness Retreat

The Lectio Divina and Living with Illness Retreat is an invitation to deep listening and close awareness of God through "reading" our bodies as a sacred text. Lectio Divina, the Benedictine practice of reading and savoring Holy Scripture, guides many of our prayer practices and the spirituality of our daily lives through the stages of silencio, lectio, meditatio, oratio, and contemplatio. Additional presenters are Sr. Paula Hagen, a long-time enthusiast of Lectio Divina and Julie Kelly, MSN, a healthcare practitioner whose patients live with chronic illness. Much of the material is based on the book Broken Body Healing Spirit:  Lectio Divina and Living with Illness by Mary C.  Earle.  (Reading the book is helpful, but not required.)