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Benedictine Experience: "O Come, Emmanuel"

     Location:
  Bishop Claggett Center
                      Buckeystown, Maryland (close to Washington, DC)

     Dates:  December 10-13, 2009

     Leader:  The Rev. Margaret Guenther
                   The Rev. Barbara D. Henry, Music Director
                   Milo G. Coerper, Director

     Contact:  saintbenedict@verizon.net

     Co-Sponsors: The Friends of St. Benedict
                           The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland

     Program Brochure

The Rev. Margaret Guenther is an Episcopal priest, spiritual director, retreat leader and author.  She was director of the Center for Spirituality at the General Theological Seminary, New York, and is presently Associate Rector for Spiritual Formation at St. Columba's Church, Washington, DC.  Her books include Holy Listening:The Art of Spiritual Direction, Toward Holy Ground:Spiritual Directions for the Second Half of Life, The Practice of Prayer (vol. 4 in the New Church's Teaching Series), and My Soul in Silence Waits:Reflections on Psalm 62.



The Bishop Claggett Center
The Center is a wonderful venue for retreats providing a tranquil setting and comfortable accommodations. The center encompasses a 277 acre working farm located on a bluff overlooking Sugarloaf Mountain and the scenic Moncacy River Valley.  The Center is less than an hour from Washington, DC, and convenient to Dulles, National and Baltimore airports.