At least, that's what we say in the Pauline world when a project meets unexpected and massive difficulties. Like a complete website crash during the registration period right before the retreat, throwing into question the very possibility of there even being a day long opportunity to interact with Sister Helena in real time about Theology of the Body and its meaning for women, women's issues and women's questions. (Oh, by the way, men can participate, too; just know that the content will be focused on women's questions, concerns and needs.)
At any rate, if despite my many years here of cheer-leading for the insights that have meant so much to me for the past 40 years, you have not yet really delved into Pope John Paul's Theology of the Body (the real stuff and not things marketed with that label), this is your golden opportunity. Sister Helena eats, breathes and sleeps TOB. She is constantly reworking her material, always engaging with the issues that come up in people's lives and in the media (remember, she's also a movie critic), and she's downright fun to listen to.Plus, somebody who does not like you very much is trying super hard to keep you away from this stuff.
The retreat will be held Saturday, May 23 at the Palisades Retreat Center (in Seattle? Spokane? Out West, anyway, so times are all in the Pacific Time Zone.)
To find out more (heck, go all the way and register), call 206-274-3130.Pray to St Michael for the tech crew.
And keep checking the website. Eventually it will get back online:
palisadesretreatcenter.org/retreat-details/?retreat=1579
In case you were wondering if this was a joke (about things going wrong...), when I went to post this, the entire Pauline internet went down.
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