(Day) Lent Retreat @ the Newman Centre
Registration is required. Please register here: https://forms.office.com/r/egcLG3xZ44
Sunday, March 6th, 2022. 9:30am - 5pm
Lunch is provided.
The retreat master will be Fr. Francois Charette, director of studies at the Seminary of Montreal.
The day's schedule will include: two meditations, free time for reflection and guided prayer, confessions available throughout, and finally the Sunday Mass with the community @ 5 pm.
Schedule
Newman Center – Lent retreat
March 6th, 2022
Retreat theme: “Remember Jesus Christ” (2 Tm 2:8)
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Bring your Bibles!
1st meditation: “Baptized in Christ”
2nd meditation: “Tempted with Christ”
3rd meditation: “Your faith has saved you” (Homily)
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Retreat master's bio: Father François Charette was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Montreal in 2009. He is a member of an Institute of Consecrated Life called the Society of Christ the Lord. Before ordination, he had a one-year missionary experience in Argentina (2007-2008). After serving as a parish priest in Montreal North and in the Ahuntsic district for a few years, he then served at the Archdiocese of Montreal as secretary to the Archbishop (2012-2013) and as assistant to the Director of the Office of Pastoral Personnel (2013-2015). He was sent to study in Rome, where he obtained a canonical license in moral theology at the Alphonsian Academy (2017). He is currently writing a doctoral thesis in the same discipline at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum). Upon returning to Canada in March 2020, he was appointed member of the formation team of the Major Seminary of the Archdiocese of Montreal, where he currently also serves as Director of Studies and Professor of Christian Ethics.
L’abbé François Charette a été ordonné prêtre pour le diocèse de Montréal en 2009. Il est membre d’un Institut de vie consacrée, la Société du Christ Seigneur. Avant l’ordination, il a vécu une expérience missionnaire d’une année en Argentine (2007-2008). Après avoir été vicaire en paroisse à Montréal-Nord et dans le quartier Ahuntsic pendant quelques années, il a œuvré à l’Archevêché de Montréal comme secrétaire de l’Archevêque (2012-2013) et comme adjoint au directeur de l’Office du Personnel Pastoral (2013-2015). Envoyé aux études à Rome, il a obtenu une licence canonique en théologie morale à l’Académie Alphonsienne (2017) et il rédige une thèse de doctorat dans la même discipline à l’Université Pontificale Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin (Angelicum). Rentré au pays en mars 2020, il a été nommé membre du collège des formateurs du Grand Séminaire de l’Archidiocèse de Montréal, où il sert actuellement aussi comme directeur des études et professeur d’éthique chrétienne.