SOLO PARENTS ENCOUNTER NO. 7

A Weekend Experience of God’s Healing Love

May 2, 3 and 4, 2008
Mount Mary Immaculate Retreat Center
437 Wilson Street East
Ancaster, Ontario  L9G 3K4

PRESIDING PRIEST: TO BE ANNOUNCED
Sponsored by:  BLD Catholic Covenant Community*
Father Stan Moskowicz, Spiritual Director  

What is a SOLO PARENTS ENCOUNTER?

The Solo Parents Encounter Weekend of the BLD Catholic Covenant Community* is a spiritual renewal program for individuals who are:

• Widowed
• Separated
• Divorced
• Single Parents
• Married with spouse working abroad
• Married with a spouse who is incapacitated or bedridden

It is a live-in retreat weekend that allows the participant to experience God in a personal way. It is not a parenting workshop or a counseling session. The atmosphere is one of joyful praise & worship done as a community combined with quiet, prayerful reflection done privately. 

…and twenty-one more were added to their numbers...

“Look around you and see how the fields are ripe for harvesting…
One sows and another reaps.” John 4:35b, 37

Click here for SPE # 7 Photos

Even at the outset, it was evident that this Solo Parents Encounter Class #7 will be somewhat different from the past SPE’s. We see in this class the fruits of the various BLD Missions.  From St. Barnabas in Scarborough, we have four graduates; from St. Margaret Mary in Hamilton, we have four graduates; and from BLD St. Catharines, we have two graduates – that’s almost half of those who attended.  Indeed, the Holy Spirit blows where He chooses and all we can do is respond in awe! 

From Class Reunions to Ministry Gatherings to full-fledged Assemblies

It is hard to believe that seven years have passed since the inception of the Solo Parents Ministry in Toronto.  Like a mustard seed, it was small, obscure and hardly noticeable but its enormous growth over the past few years is hard to ignore.  With every Solo Parents Encounter that passed, it became increasingly obvious that the Solo Parents Ministry was called to a ministry that is unique to the ones currently addressed by our community. 

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Here's a collection of class photos from previous Solo Parents Encounters. Click on an image to view an enlarged photo.