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11/30/12 UPDATE: The Day of Prayer has been cancelled due to a funeral at which the Bishop will need to preside. — Editor Tracy Simmons
Immaculate Heart Retreat Center will be hosting an Advent Day of Prayer, “The Timeless and the Bread of Heaven” led by Bishop Blase Cupich, on Dec. 5.
According to a press release, Cupich will lead participants in two conferences reflecting on the meaning of time, the beginning of the church year, for people who live with the timeless in their hearts and who feast on bread from heaven.
The Day of Prayer Begins with a Rosary at 9 a.m. and will include conferences, confessions, Mass and lunch. After lunch there will be Adoration with Benediction at 3 PM. Cost event is $35 per person, or $45 with the use of a private room.
Guests can Register by calling (509) 448-1224 or visiting the retreat center online.
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of SpokaneFāVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
