Oblate Day is just around the corner. You should be receiving your registration forms yet this week … please fill them out and return them asap. We are looking forward to a wonderful retreat and to seeing you here! Here’s the schedule:

Fall Oblate Gathering – Saturday, October 10, 2009

8:00 Lauds (optional)

8:45 Gift Shop open

9:00 Registration

9:30 Welcome and Prayer

9:45 Presentation: “Benedict’s Strategy for Freedom” (Abbot Jerome Kodell, OSB Subiaco Abbey, Subiaco, Arkansas)

11:00 Break and Quiet Time

11:30 Eucharist

12:30 Sack Lunch

1:00 Gift Shop open

1: 20 Practice (for those moving to next step)

1:45 Presentation: “Murmuring” (Abbot Jerome Kodell, OSB)

2:45 Question/Answer Period

3:15 Reports, Evaluation

4:00 Vespers – (including Oblate ritual)

4:45 Gift Shop open