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May It Be for Your Benefit.” Traditionally May It Be for Your Benefit Used As a Closing Prayer During Retreats at Malvern Retreat House A Publication of Malvern Retreat House Prosit \proh-sit, -zit\ A Latin word praising God that means: “May it be for your benefit.” Traditionally May it be for your benefit used as a closing prayer during retreats at Malvern Retreat House. Winter 2014 The New Evangelization is What’s New at Malvern Retreat House! here is a lot of buzz throughout the Archdiocese at building up in each retreatant a deeper personal setting. Monsignor Marino will provide the Tabout the New Evangelization effort of the relationship with Jesus and encouraging a new spirit spiritual message and liturgies; President Jim universal Church, and Malvern Retreat House has of discipleship in our members. Fitzsimmons ensures that the rooms are clean, the dedicated our resources to play a major role in that food is good, and the grounds At the June conclave, Retreat effort in the coming years. Malvern is uniquely are beautiful. Captains will Committee Chairman Dave White qualified to be at the forefront of this evangelization do their best to assure a silent pointed out four key components of plan, with 15,000 potential recruiters. While most and organized retreat. As a the New Evangelization that connect Malvern retreatants would not consider themselves Man or Woman of Malvern, directly to Malvern retreatants: e Believe, evangelizers, that is what we are and what we have your job is to bring them here; 1) The need for every Catholic to been for the past 100 years. the Holy Spirit will do the rest. experience a personal encounter At the Captains’ Conclave in June 2013, Malvern’s with Jesus Christ. 2) Inviting & And lastly, how can your former Rector, Fr. Charles Zlock, made a presentation other Catholics, including inactive Therefore Malvern retreat help you to to the Captains detailing the principles of the New Catholics, to experience their own become a more active witness W 2 Corinthians 4:13 Evangelization and how Malvern was especially suited personal encounter with the Lord. 3) Speak to the gospel in your everyday to be a big player in this effort. Seeking a setting where this personal life? Our theme: “We Believe, encounter can happen. 4) A call to and Therefore Speak” is a call In July 2013, when Monsignor Joseph Marino a new level of discipleship; for each Catholic to be to action. Monsignor Marino reminds us it is not joined Malvern Retreat House as our new Rector, he an active witness to the gospel truths by how they enough to simply believe. “Even the devil believes,” embraced the challenge of the New Evangelization live and how they interact with family, friends, co- he said, “We Catholics are called to act on our beliefs.” and developed a plan of action for Malvern. He has workers and their parish. This year our Saturday afternoon retreat schedule worked closely with our Senior Staff and the Retreat includes workshops on how to start a prayer group Committee to develop a series of programs aimed What is the game plan to help or a scripture study group in your home or in your make all this happen at Malvern? parish using Ascension Press’s A Quick Journey It starts with the personal encounter each of us Through the Bible series. Monsignor has enlisted will experience at our 2014 retreat. Monsignor the aid of a team of deacons to provide hands-on Marino has asked our retreat directors to focus instruction and materials retreatants can take home, their conferences on ways each of us can deepen examine and hopefully use to start their own prayer our own spiritual relationship with the Lord: group or scripture study group. Your job is to bring them here; the Holy Spirit will do the rest. Inside this Issue spending more time in chapel, being more silent Following a recent lecture by Archbishop Chaput, and reflective and taking time to listen to the Lord someone asked, “Now that the Year of Faith is President’s Letter 2 will bring us closer to the Lord. ending, what are you going to do next year?” The Monsignor Marino! 3 The second leg of this is inviting others to Malvern. Archbishop smiled and said, “What am I going to do…what are you going to do?” Development News 4 What is different this year? We are asking our retreatants to make a special effort to invite new In the Spotlight 5 At Malvern, we get the Archbishop’s point. What people to Malvern, to invite inactive Catholics are we going to do? We are going to work hard to In the News 6 back to the church through a retreat at Malvern. light the fire of Christ in all our 15,000 members Recruitment News 7 Sometimes people just need someone to ask them to to help them get closer to Christ in their own lives Timeline of Events 8 come back. Malvern can be a safe place for inactive and to lead others to the feet of Jesus Christ at Catholics to begin their journey back to the faith. Young Adult Information 9 Malvern. We are going to work hard to arm our retreatants to take the blessings of discipleship Retreat Schedules 10 The third New Evangelization component is providing a setting for people to have a personal back home to their families, friends their parishes A Legacy of Time 12 encounter with the Lord. Malvern is the perfect and their world. President’s Letter Dear Retreatants: Thank you for your prayers for our ministry, God’s blessings in your search – and hang on to On behalf of our Board of Directors, Retreat those resolutions. Directors and Associates, let me wish you all a happy and healthy 2014. This time of the year The Year 2013 saw many changes. We were the always brings us to make resolutions. Hopefully, grateful beneficiaries of new chairs for our Main by the time you get this newsletter, you haven’t Dining Room. Thanks to Jeff McFadden, General broken too many of them. Manager of The Union League, for his support of our request. The former chairs went to The When I was a first-year seminarian, Father Fran Broad Street Ministries for their assistance in Carbine introduced us all to the writing of G.K. supporting the homeless in the Center City area. Chesterton and other prominent authors. We A huge thank you to one of our Matt Talbot tried hard to keep up with him, and I have the groups that supported our extension of the front red ink on my papers to prove my search for the walkway to the Main Dining Room Handicap Thank you to one of our Matt Talbot groups that supported our extension of the front walkway to meaning of these inspiring individuals and our Accessible door, eliminating the impasse with the Main Dining Room Handicap Accessible door, witty professor. It is a journey, right? the steps at the end of the old walkway. A new eliminating the impasse with the steps at the end of the old walkway. hand rail will also be put in and the lighting has There is one quote from G. K. Chesterton that I been upgraded in that area. In the near future have often remembered this time of year. It goes we hope to have a memorial for our servicemen like this: and women, first responders and police and Prosit firefighters. “The object of a new year is not that Published three times a year we should have a new year, Shortly, you will receive your Malvern but rather we should Francis J. Marx Sr., Chairman Membership request. Please be James A. Fitzsimmons, President have a new soul.” generous and enlist members Beth Racine, Editor in your group to become dues- I used that phrase to kid 315 S. Warren Avenue paying members. It helps myself that I didn’t have to P.O. Box 315 l Malvern, PA 19355 support our everyday activities. lose weight each year. I just 610-644-0400 I invite you to take a look at our had to work on my spiritual [email protected] new website and see the many life and relationship with MalvernRetreat.com new offerings we have for 2014. the Lord and all would fall I think you will see interesting Vol 75, No. 1 Winter 2014 into place. Well, I am still and responsive programs, struggling with both. It is a thanks to Msgr. Marino, our lifelong quest, but I have been Malvern Retreat House is owned and Rector, as he works to reach assisted greatly by my tenure operated by Catholic Lay Leadership out to current, former and here at Malvern Retreat House. since 1912, Malvern is the oldest new retreatants during our The peaceful, bucolic setting, and largest Catholic retreat house in New Evangelization effort in and the opportunity to join the country. We host 20,000 people cooperation with the United with the prayerful gathering of people who are annually at 250 retreats on 125 acres States Catholic Bishops. working on their relationship with the Lord, is in beautiful Chester County. We invite personally strengthening. I wish you could have Best wishes, and be assured that we pray for you you to find a spiritual retreat that’s a weekly view of Malvern and see the number daily. May Saint Joseph, our patron, continue right for you. of people participating in the Eucharist, our to bless you and your family throughout 2014. Reconciliation services, Stations of the Cross and Rosary exercises. This is a huge ministry. Reflect, Refresh and Rejoice Complementing all of the group gatherings are Prosit! countless men, women, couples, families, youth Stay connected! and young adults walking peacefully through Follow Malvern Retreat House on our 125 acres listening to and speaking with The Lord.
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