Madison Cathedral Parish offers "Forgiveness Lenten Retreat"

Dr. Robert Enright, a professor in Educational
Psychology at UW-Madison and
founder of the Healing Through Forgiveness Society,
has been scientifically studying forgiveness for
the past 25 years and his academic studies of
forgiveness played a central role in his
conversion to the Catholic faith. 

Forgiveness Lenten Retreat

St. Patrick Church, Madison

Friday evening, April 15th and Saturday, April 16th


Key Speakers will include:

• Robert Enright, Ph.D., Educational Psychology Professor, UW-Madison, International Forgiveness Institute (IFI) Founder
• Msgr. Hebl, Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, Former Pastor of St. Bernard Parish, Madison
• Fr. Johnson Nellissery, Schoenstatt Movement Moderator, Madison

Update:
An anonymous donor has offered to pay for the cost of the retreat making it possible for everyone to attend the Healing Through Forgiveness Lenten Retreat free of charge.  Please contact Amber Flesch at amberpsalm23@gmail.com by April 4th.

amberpsalm23@gmail.com

Cathedral Parishes website detailing the society and the retreat

Very interesting new section I see on their site:

1. Amber Flesch and Bob Enright are preparing a chapter for a book entitled, The Church as Forgiving Community. His Eminence, Raymond Cardinal Burke, Cardinal Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, has agreed to write the "centerpiece" chapter for this book.

2. A conference, based on the ideas in the above book, is being planned at the Pontificia Universita della Santa Croce in Rome.

3. Bob Enright of our Society was asked to give two talks on forgiveness at the International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin on Wednesday, June 13 and Friday, June 15, 2012.

4. As prelude to the Eucharistic Congress, he will present three talks on forgiveness this June at a conference in Knock, Ireland (where Our Lady of Knock Shrine is).

5. Our Society has been asked to give a Forgiveness Retreat at Holy Cross Church in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Friday evening, June 17 and all day Saturday, June 18 this year. Holy Cross Church is the most Christ-crucified church in all of Northern Ireland because during the height of The Troubles (1972-1998) 99 of the parishioners were killed for their Catholic faith. We have been asked to provide the Forgiveness Retreat on the eve of the 10-year anniversary of vicious attacks on the girls of Holy Cross Girls School (which began to occur on June 19, 2001). These little girls were persecuted because of their Catholic faith. This Forgiveness Retreat will be attended not only by the parishioners of this church but also by Protestants who seek peace in this embattled region of Belfast. Please pray for us that we do God's will in this retreat.

6. A Forgiveness Retreat will be offered at the Cathedral Parish on the Friday evening and Saturday (April 15 and 16) of Palm Sunday weekend this year. Details to appear soon in the Cathedral Parish bulletin. 

 Impressive, I hope this group keeps me updated on their progress.