by Sally Orcutt | Aug 19, 2024 | Blog, Retreat
“Everyone of us needs half an hour of prayer each day, except when we are busy – then we need an hour.” ~ St. Francis de Sales. St. Ignatius of Loyola, who created the 30-day Spiritual Exercises during the 16th century, knew even then that some people would not be...
by Liz Deal | Jul 15, 2024 | Blog, Retreat
In the Spring of 2025, thanks to a $6,960 grant from the Pallottine Foundation of Huntington, WVIS will host Recovering Our Soul Connections, a trauma-informed, spiritually sensitive retreat for women who have experienced sexual abuse. The grant provides scholarships...
by PJ Scarr | May 13, 2024 | Blog, People, Retreat
Earlier this year the sophomore class of Charleston Sacred Heart High School came to WVIS for a retreat day. With the help of volunteers and under the supervision of Sister Carole and WVIS board and Sacred Heart faculty member Molly Linehan Belcher, the students...
by Sally Orcutt | Aug 28, 2023 | Blog, Reflection, Retreat
All is Good The works of God are all of them good; every need when it comes he fills. – Sirach 39:33 This morning you are invited to experience a 3-Minute Retreat offered daily by Loyola Press. This verse from Sirach, which is part of the retreat, draws...
by Sally Orcutt | Jul 5, 2023 | People, Reflection, Retreat
Congratulations to Reverend Canon Kim Karashin, from the Diocese of Pittsburgh who recently completed the 19th Annotation Retreat in Daily Life. Reverend Karashin is a graduate of Penn State University and Duquesne University and was ordained a priest in the...
by Sally Orcutt | Jun 5, 2023 | Reflection, Retreat
Are you discerning an important decision in your life or a deepening and renewal of a choice already made? Is your spirit inviting you to take some time away and enjoy a vacation with God? There is still time to schedule your Almost Heaven Retreat in June....
