Wednesdays Away

Revised 10/26/2021

Join us for Wednesdays Away, a time of spiritual renewal hosted by Cross Roads throughout the year. Our time together includes prayer and conversation, led by a spiritual director and focusing on a different spiritual practice or theme each month. These retreats are open to all people interested in exploring new faith practices. Attend one or attend all—and be sure to invite friends to join you.

We are excited to share that we will return to offering in-person gatherings for the 2021-2022 season. Each retreat will be held from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm in person at Cross Roads (check-in will begin at 9:30 am). The cost is $50 per in-person gathering (includes lunch). Out of love for our community and in response to the current pandemic, we have established the following protocols for the in-person Wednesdays Away sessions: participants must be vaccinated and show proof of vaccination as well as negative results from a COVID test taken within 72 hours of the event date. More information can be found here.

A virtual version of the same retreat will be held on the second Wednesday of each month. The virtual Wednesdays Away will be held via Zoom and start at 10 am and ending at noon. The cost for each virtual gathering is $20.

Please note that the Ash Wednesday session, on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, will be in-person only.

You can read more about the themes for each retreat below. Click here to register for one or all of the gatherings. If you have any questions, please contact our Office Manager at officemanager@crossroadsretreat.com or at 908-832-7264.

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Wednesdays Away Dates and Themes 2021 – 2022
September 8, 2021	Celebrating Community: A Picnic for the Wednesdays Away Community Participants and leaders who attended the 2020-2021 Wednesdays Away retreats are invited to a celebratory picnic from 11 am – 2 pm. We will gather together outside of the Dining Hall for food, fellowship, and a brief program led by Dale Selover and Laurie Matarazzo. The cost for this event is $15. Let us know you’re coming by registering here.
October 6, 2021	Autumn Blessings Wendy Abrahamson Surrounded by nature’s response to the changing season, let us open our hearts to our own transformation as we listen to the trees shedding, absorb the colors and relish God’s abundance.
November 3, 2021 and November 10, 2021	What My Grandmothers Taught Me Dale Selover In the spirit of All Saints Day, we will celebrate the legacy of our grandmothers and how their stories have shaped our lives.
December 1, 2021 and December 8, 2021	“Always we begin again” Laurie Matarazzo In the spirit of St. Benedict, with loving kindness for ourselves and for others, we will make a fresh start as we anticipate the birth of our Savior.
February 2, 2022 and February 9, 2022	**Para + dox** Josh Kelly We have many views, opinions, and beliefs surrounding our own understanding of the Divine. Often we frame God as this, but not that,(for example God is fully present, but God is never absent, or God is only limitless and not limited). How might our views of the divine shift if we considered God as this AND that? What if getting a better grasp of God means letting go of one, and allowing the other space to be, embracing a framework of paradox in our views of the divine? Sounds overly philosophical and abstract? Maybe, but consider the cross – is it death? or is it life?
March 2, 2022 (Ash Wednesday)	Ash Wednesday: Stations of the Cross Dale Selover We begin our Lenten journey with a personal day of reflection as we experience the Stations of the Cross created by artist and seminarian Mary Button.
April 6, 2022 and April 13, 2022	Nourished Kayla Hopgood As we approach the Last Supper during Holy Week, we will consider the significance of the dinner table. Join us as we explore how our own lives have been shaped by meals had around tables in our home and by the sacred table in which we feast upon Christ’s promises for us. What does it mean for us to be nourished at the table?
May 4, 2022 and May 11, 2022	Resurrected Wounds Kayla Hopgood The resurrected Jesus is not without the wounds of the cross. In the Gospel of John, Jesus appears to the disciples, most famously Thomas, to show his wounds and to share words of peace and mercy. We will contemplate together the power of this passage while considering how resurrection transforms our own wounds today.
June 1, 2022 and June 8, 2022	Kindling the Fire Laurie Matarazzo Days before the Feast of Pentecost, we will gather the kindling of our souls and of our real experience to add to the flames of the Holy Spirit.