retreat Archives - Deacon Allen Tatara Catholic Speaker https://deaconallen.com/tag/retreat/ Catholic Motivational Speaker Wed, 20 May 2026 16:50:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 An Alarming Discovery https://deaconallen.com/an-alarming-discovery/ https://deaconallen.com/an-alarming-discovery/#respond Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:00:37 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=3502 Retreat flashback from October 2025: I woke this morning not by hearing birds singing, but by an alarming discovery of a loud chirping sound above my head. After coming to...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/an-alarming-discovery/feed/ 0 Welcome 2026 https://deaconallen.com/welcome-2026/ https://deaconallen.com/welcome-2026/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:00:58 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=3474 Welcome 2026! How quickly did you arrive – and I honestly don’t know what happened to 2025. Last year when I had a chance to take some time away on...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/welcome-2026/feed/ 2 Time to Rest https://deaconallen.com/time-to-rest/ https://deaconallen.com/time-to-rest/#respond Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:00:05 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=3458 While on retreat a couple of months ago, I flipped through a magazine in my hermitage to see if anything captured my attention. Indeed there was! I found an article...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/random-thoughts-from-the-road/feed/ 4 Pleasing me – it should not be! https://deaconallen.com/pleasing-me-it-should-not-be/ https://deaconallen.com/pleasing-me-it-should-not-be/#respond Thu, 07 Oct 2021 15:15:58 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=2352 “Love God greatly; be always united to God; do everything for God; love everything for God.” ~St. Gerard Majella While on retreat, my lodging accommodations found me in the St....

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/pleasing-me-it-should-not-be/feed/ 0 Rules to Live By https://deaconallen.com/rules-to-live-by/ https://deaconallen.com/rules-to-live-by/#respond Thu, 13 Dec 2018 14:00:39 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=2032 After going on a couples retreat at the Benedictine monastery St. Meinrad, I wanted to learn more about the Rule of St. Benedict. I bought a book that described the...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/rules-to-live-by/feed/ 0 What a Surprise! https://deaconallen.com/what-a-surprise/ https://deaconallen.com/what-a-surprise/#respond Thu, 01 Sep 2016 13:00:35 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=1648 My wife and I spent this past weekend with 13 teenagers on a Peer Ministry Retreat at a camp in East Troy, Wisconsin. This was our 8th year doing this...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/what-a-surprise/feed/ 0 In the Silence of the Stillness https://deaconallen.com/in-the-silence-of-the-stillness/ https://deaconallen.com/in-the-silence-of-the-stillness/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:00:58 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=1375 This past weekend, I went away on retreat to a place called Christ in the Wilderness (http://citwretreat.com) outside of Stockton, Illinois. I typically try to go away for at least...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/in-the-silence-of-the-stillness/feed/ 6 Come and Rest in the Lord https://deaconallen.com/come-and-rest-in-the-lord/ https://deaconallen.com/come-and-rest-in-the-lord/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:00:23 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=1081 At the end of June, I went on a retreat – something that we as deacons are required to do. It is to take the opportunity to disconnect from our...

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