SOMETHING NEW!

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​Beginning in October, we will set aside one day a month for a “Day of Private Prayer.”   You can arrive anytime between 9:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. for your own personal day with God.   You can make it a full day of personal retreat or a few hours of quiet, prayerful time. Below is the description and details.
 
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Private Day of Prayer
9:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Stipend: Good will offering
 

Give yourself the gift of time alone with God in prayer and reflectionat the IHM Conference Center.  Enjoy the beauty and solitude of themansion and the surrounding property.  Coffee will be available uponarrival. Drinks and snacks will be provided throughout the day; pleasebring your own lunch. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will beavailable in the chapel. These days will be offered each month (except December). Call or email the Center to register.

Future Dates for these Days of Private Prayer:

January 22, 2025
February 26, 2025
March 26, 2025
​April 23, 2025

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​Contemplative Prayer: God and Me  Our Prayer and Spirituality takes many forms and may be as individual as we are ourselves!  This year we would like to focus a bit on some of the various ways you may deepen your own relationship with God.  For a few months at a time, we will reference some of these forms as they appear under the Menu Title: Prayer and Spirituality.  While they have been included on our website since its beginning, not everyone is aware of these resources, so we are taking this opportunity to "highlight" them for you.  Clicking the link will take you to a brief explanation and you may pursue these on your own or go to the helpful website resources that are also included under the Prayer and Spirituality Menu.  We hope you find                                         this helpful on your Prayer Journey!


                               We continue with...CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER: GOD AND ME

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                                             Some Reading Opportunities...

Have you had an opportunity to read the recent...and not so recent...Encyclicals and Apostolic Exhortations written by Pope Francis?  Perhaps you did not know where or how to get them!  With a "click of your mouse" on the links below, you will be able to "catch up" on Our Holy Father's recent writings...Enjoy and Be Informed!

                           Laudato Si – Pope Francis’ Encyclical “On Care for Our Common Home”

https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html

                              Evangelii Gaudium Pope Francis’ Encyclical– The Joy of the Gospel

https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium.html

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         Laudate Deum – Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhoration – “To All People of Good Will on the Climate Crisis”

https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/20231004-laudate-deum.html


      C’est La Confiance –Pope Francis’ Apsotolic Exhoration – on Saint Therese of Lisieux (The Little Flower)
      “It is the Confidence”

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-10/pope-francis-apostolic-exhortation-therese-of-lisieux-confidence.html

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​Upcoming Events

    JANUARY 2025

A description of these programs and our latest brochure, with all the programs offered may be found by clicking this link:        Program Brochure
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Movie with Meaning:  “The Butler
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
12:00 lunch; 1:00 movie
Stipend:  $20 (lunch)

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Conference Day:  Sacred Heart
January 14, 2025
Presenter:  Sister Rose Adams, IHM
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Stipend:  $40 (includes breakfast, lunch and Mass)

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Private Day of Prayer
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
9:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Stipend:  $15

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Registration is required for any program.
Please call 610-581-0120 or email:   [email protected] 
to give your name and the program you wish to attend.

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Our Zoom and YouTube Library, found under the Home Menu, contains links to all of the Zoom and YouTube videos that were completed during the months we were closed for the pandemic.  You can view these at any time by clicking the links for each video or Zoom session. You may also quickly reach that page by using the link in the box at the bottom of this page!

If you are not receiving our monthly newsletter and would like to, please send a note to S. Marie asking to be put on that mailing list ([email protected]) or see the text box below to do this yourself!  Thank you!

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​To see our latest e-newsletter, please click here:

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Or to read previous e-newsletters:

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https://mailchi.mp/21a8fbb3b064/go-out-to-all-the-world-and-tell-the-good-news

https://mailchi.mp/0e7a324dff4a/st-paul-tells-us-to-put-on-the-lord-jesus-christ-have-you-ever-wondered-what-that-means

https://mailchi.mp/3f2acb99d659/what-does-freedom-mean-to-you

https://mailchi.mp/b284dafaa2a1/mary-cause-of-our-joy

https://mailchi.mp/9067afedac64/even-in-death-the-lord-does-not-abandon-us



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If you would like to subscribe...or "re-subscribe"... to our  monthly e-newsletters, please click the link under our  previous e-newsletters (do-you-forward-our-emails) and you will be able to subscribe very easily!

​Join Us for a Virtual Tour!

​Have you seen the Wootton Mansion lately?  We would love to have you visit, virtually, by viewing below...

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Please know that we have a Handicapped Person Entrance available for all participants of our Programs!  If you wish to use this, kindly call Sr. Marie at 610-581-0120 to make arrangements before you arrive.

DID YOU KNOW...?  We are now on Facebook...and have added additional Photo Gallery Pages!  Read below for more details!
   
The IHM Conference Center is now on Facebook!  If you use Facebook, please look us up...at IHM Conference/Retreat Center in Bryn Mawr, PA...and like us, but also SHARE us; you'll help spread our ministry when you share our posts with your Facebook friends!  You'll find information about up-coming events, photos of recent groups that have been at the Center for one of our programs or their own day of reflection.

There are so many wonderful things happening here!  We are seeking to expand our present groups so that others can take advantage of the beauty of our Center and enjoy the opportunities it affords...not only for spiritual renewal, but also as a place to gather for business meetings "away from the workplace!"
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Thank you!  Know that we always look forward to seeing our friends and appreciate your confidence and participation in our events!

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Photo Gallery:  Click Photo Gallery  to see the added pages under About Our Programs with slide shows of those groups that have visited our Center in the past!  


Please be sure to see our Note of Gratitude for your many kindnesses to us!  It may be found at the bottom of the Letter from the Director page! (Click the link!)

Hello, Everyone!

We have created a new page for our website: Zoom and YouTube Library - that may be found under HOME on the menu above.  On this page we have "re-located" all of the Zoom Sessions and YouTube Videos that we completed during the time of the pandemic.  Happily, we will continue to add to these "tools" as we progress through the upcoming year. We hope that you continue to find them helpful on your spiritual journey!

For Links to past videos and Zoom sessions, please click here to view these on our new page: Zoom and YouTube Videos!