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A Word From the President of the Board of Directors
The wilderness setting at Tallahassee Creek presents a sublime advantage to the pilgrim who is seeking a refuge of prayer and closeness to the Heart of God. We are reminded by St Theophan the Recluse that there are three worlds of our experience:
First, we experience the artificial world of human society with its rules and conventions and assumptions of power and privilege and, for the most part, stifling banality;
Second, there is to be found the world of unspoiled nature where the majesty of God's creation impresses the soul with wonder and, God helping, a certain humility at the magnitude of the earth and sky and heavens;
Finally, there is the Church wherein the impulses of wonder and hope and faith are realized, with repentance, in the act of worshipful thanksgiving.
And so, the pilgrim is, by God's help, moved from illusion to reality in a turning of the heart to God. The form of retreats at St Laurence follows this outline in emphasis on quiet, prayer, edifying talks, and spiritual reading of the sort well known to readers of St Benedict's Rule or those who pray the daily services of the Church.
I pray that you will have opportunity to take advantage of the great blessing that is our Tallahassee Creek campus and wilderness, and having done so, will share your experience with others and encourage them to come and walk here with God.
Faithfully,
The Very Rev. John C. Connely, Obl.SB
President, BFSL
Rector, St Mark's Orthodox Church, Denver, CO (AOCANA)
First, we experience the artificial world of human society with its rules and conventions and assumptions of power and privilege and, for the most part, stifling banality;
Second, there is to be found the world of unspoiled nature where the majesty of God's creation impresses the soul with wonder and, God helping, a certain humility at the magnitude of the earth and sky and heavens;
Finally, there is the Church wherein the impulses of wonder and hope and faith are realized, with repentance, in the act of worshipful thanksgiving.
And so, the pilgrim is, by God's help, moved from illusion to reality in a turning of the heart to God. The form of retreats at St Laurence follows this outline in emphasis on quiet, prayer, edifying talks, and spiritual reading of the sort well known to readers of St Benedict's Rule or those who pray the daily services of the Church.
I pray that you will have opportunity to take advantage of the great blessing that is our Tallahassee Creek campus and wilderness, and having done so, will share your experience with others and encourage them to come and walk here with God.
Faithfully,
The Very Rev. John C. Connely, Obl.SB
President, BFSL
Rector, St Mark's Orthodox Church, Denver, CO (AOCANA)
Contact Us:
Retreat Center Phone and Email:
719-371-6345
Retreat Center Office
(Please note that due to the limited circumstances of our cell phone service, you will most likely need to leave a message. We will return your call as soon as we are able.)
Mail for the Benedictine Fellowship:
3555 Stanford Rd. #204
Fort Collins, CO 80525
Email for the Benedictine Fellowship:
provost@saintlaurenceosb.org
719-371-6345
Retreat Center Office
(Please note that due to the limited circumstances of our cell phone service, you will most likely need to leave a message. We will return your call as soon as we are able.)
Mail for the Benedictine Fellowship:
3555 Stanford Rd. #204
Fort Collins, CO 80525
Email for the Benedictine Fellowship:
provost@saintlaurenceosb.org