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This is a deeply prayerful, soulful and interactive experience and unlike any retreat you have, or will ever, attend. This retreat (not a typical lecture-based retreat) is designed for any male adult of any age who is on a spiritual journey seeking answers to real life male questions such as:

1. How can I know and experience my inherent dignity, my true worth and value without feeling that I have to earn it?

2  How do I face my father wounds (resulting from absentee fathers—due to many different circumstances)—that so many of us men have experienced?

Apply online at socalmales.org. QUESTIONS? Contact Larry Parker, at (800) 799-1119. Learn more about the Men's Rites of Passage ministry at St. Edward the Confessor.

UPDATE MARCH 24, 2012 - THE PILGRIMAGE TO ENGLAND HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO LACK OF PARTICIPATION

Dear Fellow Parishioners;

As we move into this season of Lent, the idea of retreats, extra prayer time, refocusing our priorities, all become part of our conversations.  Another image might also come to mind: Pilgrimage.  Pilgrimage can be as simple as a walk on the beach to a journey to a faraway place.  It is something different than a tour.  There is a different set of expectations on a Pilgrimage, ones that are open to the working of the Spirit all along the way of the journey.  To hear and see things in new ways that we carry in our hearts is one of the fruits of a Pilgrimage.  Our parish is offering two opportunities for a special Pilgrimage this year 

Fr. Loc will be the priest chaplain on a Pilgrimage to Medjugorje as well as Lourdes.  This springtime pilgrimage will give pilgrims the opportunity to draw closer to the Blessed Mother in shrines that are known all over the world.  I have been to both sites many years ago and I found them to both to be places of prayer, reconciliation and profound peace. Click here to view the itinerary and registration information on Medugorje.

Later in May, Fr. Leon Hutton (Church History Professor at St. John’s Seminary) and I will be the chaplains on a Pilgrimage to England.  England?  What could there be outside of bangers and mash?  Well, there is great history of the Catholic Church in England from St. Edward the Confessor, the patron saint of our parish, to the persecution and martyrdom of many Catholics, to the Oxford Movement and to the place of Blessed John Neumann, a convert to the Catholic Faith.  A Pilgrimage should be much more than just running from site to site (remember the movie, ‘If it’s Tuesday, it must be Belgium’) but a time of considerable options that allow one to be open to the movement of the Spirit.  This is what we are hoping and planning for.

I realize that Pilgrimages like this are not cheap, but I believe they are certainly worth the investment, because they can be life changing.  If you would like more information, view the brochure here or pick up a flyer in the glass case outside the parish office.  We would love to have you  be part of the Pilgrimage experience!

Together in Christ;

Fr. Steve Sallot

Southern California (Julian) May 9-13, 2012

This is a deeply prayerful, soulful and interactive experience and unlike any retreat you have, or will ever, attend. This retreat (not a typical lecture-based retreat) is designed for any male adult of any age who is on a spiritual journey seeking answers to real life male questions such as:

1. How can I know and experience my inherent dignity, my true worth and value without feeling that I have to earn it?

2  How do I face my father wounds (resulting from absentee fathers—due to many different circumstances)—that so many of us men have experienced?

Apply online at socalmales.org. QUESTIONS? Contact Larry Parker, at (800) 799-1119. Learn more about the Men's Rites of Passage ministry at St. Edward the Confessor.

Apply Now for this special event in Southern California (Julian) May 9-13, 2012.  This is a deeply prayerful, soulful and interactive experience and unlike any retreat you have, or will ever, attend. It will change your life forever. Apply on line at socalmales.org. Questions contact Larry Parker, 800-799-1119.

What are you waiting for? St. Edward the Confessor’s men are invited to join a retreat for men to be held at Mater Dolorosa Retreat Center on the weekend of January 27~29, 2012. Join your fellow parishioners for this weekend of spiritual enrichment and growth. The Passionist retreat team offers inspirational talks on the theme, as well as time for quiet prayer, Mass, Reconciliation and Stations of the Cross. This year’s theme is “CATCH THE FIRE! Responding to God’s touch”. Our retreat begins Friday evening with a buffet supper and concludes Sunday at 12:30 p.m. Please phone Conrad Esser @ (949) 361-9813 or Greg Wise @ (949) 240-1080 for information or to make your reservation.

Requested donation: $195.00. $50.00 non-refundable deposit completes registration no one is turned away due to inability to make this donation. See www.materdolorosa.org for more information

January 14th 2012, 8:30 A.M.-Noon at St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church

Join us for a gathering of men who are interested in and committed to exploring what it means to discover a significantly new self in and through the process of “falling upward”. Take a pause to walk about your life and reflect on what you desire to stretch and/or transform in the upcoming year. In the presence of a community of “very good” men, experience how to listen more deeply to the individual and communal call of living more fully with grace and compassion towards yourself and others. We are proud to host Kevin Buck as the event weaver, whose bio can be read on-line at the SoCal MALEs website. Contact: socalmales@gmail.com for details. Donation $20 on-line at socalmales.org/falling_upward or $25 at the door, includes Snack and Drinks.

Save the Date and Apply Now!

This is a deeply prayerful, soulful and interactive experience and unlike any retreat you have, or will ever, attend. It will change your life forever. Apply on line at socalmales.org. Questions call or email Larry Parker at 800-799-1119.

Our new Men's Rites of Passage Ministry has planned its first workshop, titled  “Men and Self-Esteem”, at St. Edward the Confessor on Saturday, September 10, 2011 from 10AM to 2PM.  The speakers include Fr. Jim Clarke, a giant in the men’s spirituality movement.  Suggested donation at the door is $15 which includes lunch; however, no man will be turned away for lack of funds.  RSVP/Questions:  Larry Parker at larryparker2020@gmail.com or 800-799-1119.  Sponsored by Men as Learners and Elders (M.A.L.E.s). Give yourself or another man an enormous spiritual gift and attend this workshop.