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prosit A Latin word praising God that means: May it be for your benefit Fall 2018 Malvern Retreat House The Catholic Tent Revival 315 S. Warren Ave Stirs Excitement Malvern, PA Harold Burke-Sivers, Jesse Romero, Johnnette Benkovic and Fr. James Blount, SOLT. Nashville recording artist, Teresa Peterson stepped up to lead praise and worship throughout the day; Marty Rotella, 3-time Grammy nominee will introduce the new Malvern theme song and some of his hits for the crowd. THE JOY OF JESUS! SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2018 HIS MERCY. HIS LOVE. 12 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Mass will be celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Join thousands of teens, adults and families for Timothy Senior, confessions will be heard The Catholic Tent Revival! This day of worship, Malvern Retreat House fun and celebration will feature well-known 315 S. Warren Avenue in the field, the rosary will be prayed at 4PM Catholic speakers, preachers and musicians. Malvern, PA 19355 during the time period of the National Rosary Crusade, the Donutman will inspire children with his new series entitled Massterpiece Donut Shop Event, as seen on EWTN. A few surprise guests will be attending; Dcn. Harold Burke-Sivers Johnnette Benkovic Fr. James Blount, SOLT Jesse Romero Teresa Peterson Marty Rotella Renowned Catholic Founder & President, Charismatic Evangelist & Professional 3-Time Grammy Speaker Women of Grace® Preacher Preacher Recording Artist Nominee Artist announcements to be made before the event day. NO COST TO ATTEND! Free Will Offering. | Registration is Recommended in Advance: malvernretreat.com/tentrevival | This is a bilingual event. Food trucks have been secured for the crowd to purchase snacks and meals throughout ICTURE A LARGE 1,000 PERSON decision to open our doors in making it a the day. Ample free parking at Malvern Prep P“big top” on the field! Is this an illusion or FREE event for all,” shared Michael Norton, and Radnor Hunt Club with shuttle buses a reality for Malvern Retreat House? Vice-President of Institution Advancement. running to the entrance of the retreat house is The mission is to provide an outreach to those provided for the crowds. Seating is provided It’s a reality for Sunday, October 7th from seeking a deeper relationship with the Lord, within the tent for 1,000 people; individuals 12 noon to 7:30 PM; an event for individuals a fuller understanding of the church and, an and families are welcome to bring lawn chairs and families featuring an all-star line-up of opportunity to encounter joy, hope, mercy and blankets for seating. Port-a-potties will speakers and musicians. Officially endorsed and healing. be stationed throughout the property for the by Archbishop Charles A. Chaput, this is the convenience of our guests. first annual Tent Revival at the retreat house. The tent was secured in late 2017; Advanced Staging Productions, a professional lighting, According to Mark Poletunow, President, As a FREE rain or shine event, it has created staging and audio production company “we encourage people of all denominations quite a stir in the Catholic community in the stepped forward to assist Malvern in to attend. We anticipate the gift of joy to Mid-Atlantic region. “We are busy raising the bringing this joyful event to fruition. Steve permeate the grounds, God’s healing and funds through special sponsorships including Wildemann, President of Advanced Staging mercy.” businesses, individuals, organizations and Productions is a Man of Malvern and offered families. We didn’t want cost to detract people the expertise of his team for our efforts. It is recommended for all to register online from attending and receiving the special The speakers confirmed their involvement at: www.malvernretreat.com in advance. It is graces of this event. This is why we made the without hesitation including Deacon not mandatory; simply recommended. If you would prefer to receive an email edition of this newsletter rather than a print one, please send a message to [email protected]. Publication of Malvern Retreat House | FALL PROSIT 2018 | malvernretreat.com Mark J. Poletunow President Mark’s Musings from Malvern Dear Friends, Attending a retreat on a regular basis has strengthened Lou’s faith, made him a better The longevity of commitment demonstrated husband and father, and helped him to be the by many of our retreatants is amazing! This man God made him to be. He would be the spring during the Archbishop Fitzmaurice first to tell how much he wants others to have retreat weekend, I caught up with Lou this experience. Now, more than ever, we are Twardowski. Lou was in the midst of his facing challenging times in society as well as 79th retreat. He was happy to be here, but within the Church. Secularism has become the wondered if he would have the strength and unofficial religion of our time. The scandal of energy to return for his 80th year. His brother sin and unfaithfulness among some of the Lou Twardowski and Mark Poletunow retreatants are making plans to ensure that celebrate the moment. Lou gets to our grounds in 2019 – he is endorsed it by saying, “The idea of a a long-standing example of the value of The idea of a Catholic tent revival is a Catholic tent revival is a good one. I making a retreat. His perseverance and good one. I hope it’s very successful. hope it’s very successful.” His words are love of the Lord is inspiring! Imagine so encouraging because he understands this: in 1912, the Retreat League began the great need for extraordinary at St. Charles Seminary; moved to our ¾ ARCHBISHOP CHARLES CHAPUT evangelization in the Church to reach current location in 1921 (the year Lou folks who we would not ordinarily see was born!); and Lou made his first retreat in clergy and hierarchy cause us pain and distract at Mass on Sundays or even here on retreat. 1939. His experience as a retreatant spans 75% us from the Gospel message. Our democracy This revival is one means of injecting “new wine of our history! Wow! appears topsy-turvy, and our political leaders into new wineskins” so that we can experience often disappoint. We need joy and hope. While we offer a variety of retreat renewed strength, to become disciples on fire for opportunities, the Men and Women of A bold way of reaching people with the Good Jesus. God calls us to be a living example that will Malvern remain at the core of our 106-year News is through our first Catholic Tent Revival. attract others to the true message of the Gospel so history. At the same time, the reality of our Please mark your calendar for October 7, 2018 that they might know the healing, joy, and peace culture has vastly changed over the past 30, 40, for our first Catholic Tent Revival: THE JOY OF that comes from a life in Christ. 50, 60, 70, 80 years. Lou can provide personal JESUS! HIS MERCY. HIS LOVE. It will be an Prosit, testimony about this! That is why we continue historic event with a thousand person tent on our to embrace our traditional retreats while at grounds and a stage that will fill the open air with the same time we look for new ways to invite powerful preaching and moving music focused people to these holy grounds so that they, too, on drawing multitudes into a closer relationship might experience a Divine encounter with with Jesus. When I spoke to him about this event Mark J. Poletunow Christ. a few months ago, Archbishop Charles Chaput President Office Relocation Completed On Tuesday July, 24 the second floor Cabrey staff moved over to the second floor of vendors and our own amazing maintenance crew that everyone is starting to settle St. Joseph’s Hall. We are very thankful to the amazing team from Business Move into their new “home". With so many positive attitudes, a spirit of collaboration, and Solution, Inc. for their strong backs and quick feet. Their physical efforts were lots of patience and fortitude the move was a fun experience! We hope this move supported by our partners at CTN Solutions and Agile Networks who coordinated working in closer proximity will bring enhanced efficiency and communication to the installation of a VoIP phone system and managed to get all our computers and our Malvern mission. The great work of Malvern doesn't sit with any one person or printers up and running again – all in the same day! department, but is possible only because we pull together as a team. Between packing, unpacking and training for the new systems we were very blessed A special thanks to Geraldine McCann to have had so little “downtime”. It was through the herculean efforts of these great who coordinated the entire move. 22 Publication of Malvern Retreat House | FALL PROSIT 2018 | malvernretreat.com Publication of Malvern Retreat House | FALL PROSIT 2018 | malvernretreat.com Father John Meyers Sudden Death of Recruitment Mgr., Rector Robert Moore Our deepest condolences are extended to the Moore family, the Men of Malvern and staff in the loss of a truly devoted Man of Malvern. Robert Joseph Moore, of Norristown and a former resident ' of Lansdowne, passed away on Monday June 25, 2018. He Rector s Reflection was 73 years old. Born December 24, 1944 in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Matthew Thomas and Frances A Journey through the Lord's Prayer Marion (nee Brady) and the beloved husband of Margaret Ann (nee Morris) with whom he shared 49 years of The Lord’s Prayer offers us a to us in the Scriptures and the marriage.