Discovering, Uncovering, and Using Your Spiritual Gifts

On Pentecost, the Church celebrates the fulfillment of Christ’s promise to his disciples to send the Holy Spirit.  As reported in Acts 1:8, Jesus said “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses…to the ends of the earth.” Thus, Christians have been given charisms or spiritual gifts by the Holy Spirit to be channels of God’s love and redeeming presence in the world.  “Whether extraordinary or ordinary, charisms are to be used in charity or service to build up the church.” Catechism of the Catholic Church, CCC 2003.

In this retreat, participants will learn what are the fruits and gifts of the Holy Spirit, and how they differ from spiritual gifts.  Using a spiritual gifts inventory, retreatants will be guided in ways they can begin to discern and exercise their God given spiritual gifts, both in the church and in the world.

Presenter: Mary Schulte, Obl. OSB, has been an oblate of Saint Andrew’s Abbey since 2008.  She has a B.A. in history, with a minor in French, and a J.D. (law degree). She served as Chairperson of the Ecumenical and Inter-religious Commission for the Diocese of Orange from 1999-2005.  She has been a lector in her parish for over 25 years.  She participates in a Christian Life Community (CLC) with fellow legal professionals who completed the 19th Annotation of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.  She is co-coordinator of the Orange County oblate group, and one of four oblate mentors for the Orange County area.  She writes for the Abbey Chronicle, and has presented retreats at the Abbey on discernment of spiritual gifts, the spirituality of aging, and finding God in silence

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**The Start and End times for the retreat reflect the check-in and check-out times.  We will provide the retreat itinerary at check-in.