Mercy Center has long experience as a conference services provider for nonprofit organizations and has been a progressive spiritual retreat center for more than 25 years. In our publications, we explore the connections between these two paths of social outreach.
In the following articles and profiles, you'll read about the ways we find commonality of intention and a renewed sense of purpose through the practices of dialogue, transformative conferencing and contemplative work.
Profile of Sister Lorita Moffatt
by Liz Dossa
Sr Lorita begins every retreat and every program at Mercy Center with one earnest question: Does what we do here have any impact on our world? |
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Profile of Catherine Wilkinson
by Liz Dossa
Catherine Wilkinson’s touch is everywhere in Mercy Center. Read about the woman who transforms Mercy Center's interiors with an artist's touch. |
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Profile of Rita Moser
by Liz Dossa
The housekeeping department on the Mercy campus prides itself on being invisible, not an easy task given the constant flow of conference guests and retreatants. |
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Profile of Lester Cabezas
by Liz Dossa
Food Services Director Lester Cabezas finds creative ways to provide healthy meals to Mercy Center conference visitors, retreat participants and Mother House residents alike. |
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First Fridays at Mercy Center
by Suzanne Toolan, RSM
Internationally-known liturgical composer Sr. Suzanne Toolan, RSM, recently wrote this article for Liturgy Today Magazine about the Taizé program at Mercy Center Burlingame. |
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Friends of God and Prophets
by Mary Ann Scofield, RSM
In this excerpt from "Sacred is the Call", pioneering trainer Sr. Mary Ann Scofield examines the three-fold transformation experienced in the process of becoming a spiritual director. |
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Crossing Over Together: Reflections on the Zen Christian Path
by Fr. Thomas Hand, S.J.
This collection of spiritual reflections by East-West program founder Thomas Hand, S.J., was originally published as "Crossing Over Together". Editor Judy Howe Hayes has permitted us to offer a free PDF version of the book for personal use. Please do not repost. |
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Sacred is the Call: Formation and Transformation in SD Programs
by Suzanne M. Buckley
"As the ministry of spiritual direction has expanded in recent years, formation programs to support those called to this vocation have grown rapidly. Because the call to spiritual direction is indeed sacred, this book explores formation programs as journeys of faith..." |
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Reflections on my "48 Hours without Technology" Retreat
by Melinda Athey
"I arrived at Mercy Center on the beginning afternoon of my 48-hour retreat full of curiosity. I was ready to map out my two days of no use of technology – just two days of quiet and no interruptions..." |
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The Mercy Center Cancer Prayer Support Group
by Liz Dossa
"Brain cancer patient Ted Burroughs struggled to speak one morning in a sunny front parlor at Mercy Center in Burlingame. In a few minutes he would join the Cancer Prayer Support Group..." |
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