Deborah Sheehan, M.A., from Omaha and Patrick Davis, M.A., from North Carolina will offer A Time Away for Health Care Providers and First Responders at St. Benedict Center, four miles north of Schuyler, on September 8 – 9, 2020. Health care providers and first responders are on the front line of care in dealing with the coronavirus. Long work hours, the suffering of patients and families, potential threat to their own life and family, uncertainty and little relief can take a toll on them in body, soul and spirit!
If you are a healthcare provider or first responder, we invite you to give yourself the gift of rest, relaxation and respite, a time to consider what these last months have meant for you. This retreat will be a space for paying deeper attention to what has happened beyond the surface details. What it has meant for you? What would be helpful for you going forward? Have there been blessings in the midst of this? This retreat will be a time to renew and recharge for the days ahead.
This retreat has been designed with your needs in mind. We have put together a team of very competent presenters. Plus, we found donors who will support this retreat financially so that we can offer it very reasonably for the total price of $50!
Deborah Sheehan, M.A., is an adjunct lecturer in the Creighton University Christian Spirituality Program, as well as an experienced spiritual director and retreat director. She has worked in a variety of settings to help young people and adults deepen their understanding of embodied spirituality, including teaching and practicing BioSpiritual Focusing for over two decades.
Patrick Davis, M.A., is an adjunct teacher for emerging professionals in community colleges and has worked in a variety of health care settings. He has a private practice as a leadership and career coach for individuals in transition and is an experienced retreat leader with training in various forms of holistic health and bodywork.
The Rev. Sally Carlson, Jane King, M.A., and Marisa Gilbert, M.A., will also be available for spiritual direction.
The program begins on Tuesday, 9:00 a.m., and closes on Wednesday after lunch. Attendance is limited to fifteen participants! Please register here or call St. Benedict Center at 402-352-8819 for more information.