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Holy Family Retreat Center

Holy Family Retreat Center
9920 N Major Dr
Beaumont, TX 77713-7618
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Official Website: www.holycrossmonks.org

Services: Holy Family Retreat Center offers the people of the diocese a place for retreats, education programs, days and evenings of recollection, private retreats and spiritual direction. It is open to diocesan-wide events, and also for individual parish programs.

Holy Family Retreat Center is a ministry of the Catholic Diocese of Beaumont. It is owned and staffed by the Diocese, and is supported by the generosity of the Catholic faithful of southeast Texas and partially funded by Bishop's Faith Appeal. It opened in April 1985.

The Center is located in Northwest Beaumont on 55 acres of piney woods. The setting is quiet and solitary. There is ample paved roadway in the wooded privacy for walking, jogging, and biking. Persons and groups of all faiths, men and women, lay and religious, church and non-profit organizations, are welcome to Holy Family.

For information on the availability of the facility and scheduled events, contact:

Phone: (409) 899-5617
Fax: (409) 899-3161
Email: retreatcenter@dioceseofbmt.org

Prayer and Mass Times

  • Morning Prayer
    • Mon-Fri -- 7:00am (except Thursday)
    • Sat-Sun -- 9:00am
  • Eucharist (Mass) -- 11:30am (except Thursday)
  • Evening Prayer -- 6:00pm (except Thursday)

Office Hours

Mon-Fri, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Staff

Director: Rev. Peter C. Funk, O.S.B.

Assistant Director: Brother Michael Gallagher, O.S.B.

Administrative Secretary: Connie LaChapelle

Caretaker: Daniel R. Duhon


Day of Christian Zen Meditation
Presenter: Cuca Montecel
November 1, 2008
8:00 am till 4:00 pm

Holy Family Retreat Center
9920 North Major Drive
Beaumont, TX 77713
409-899-5617
retreatcenter@dioceseofbmt.org

This day is an introduction to silent Christian meditation utilizing insights gleaned from the practice of Zen adapted by Catholic missionaries from the orient. The day begins at 8:00 am with Continental Breakfast and concludes at 4:00 pm. Lunch is included.

Cuca Montecel has a doctorate in education and leads a nonprofit organization in San Antonio, Texas.  She is a member of St. Matthew's Catholic Church and serves her parish as a Eucharistic Minister, lector, and sacristan.  Cuca has been a Zen practitioner for the last ten years and is guided in her work by master Zen teacher Father Robert Kennedy, S.J.   

Cost:  $40.00