Seasonal Retreats

What Can I Give Him?:

An Advent Retreat on the Simplicity of Our Gifts

Offering Closed until September

JOurney Through Advent and Christmas

What can I give Him, while living with Dementia? What can I give Him, poor as I am?

Inspired by that stanza written by Christina G. Rossett in 1872, we enter into this Christmas season. “What can I give him, poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb; if I were a Wise Man, I would do my part; yet what I can I give him: give him my heart.”

Registration is Currently Closed

About the Event

About the Event
Pray, Connect, Reflect

Each year we host a self-paced Advent Retreat.  The retreat is done on your own time through a reflection book and retreat box sent to you the week of Thanksgiving, weekly emails, and a Memory Café (both in-person and through Zoom) on December 8th. 

The retreat is limited to 25 individuals/family units. Registration opens in September!

This virtual retreat is open to all and designed for those living with dementia, care partners, and the faith community at large. Together we will take moments to pause, reflect, pray, and prepare for the coming of Christ. 

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Overview of the Retreat

Giving our Heart to the Christ Child.

(Check back in early September for full retreat details)

  • Session 1
  • Session 2
  • Session 3
  • Session 4

Virtual Self-Paced Retreat

Accessing the Retreat

You will receive a Retreat Box in the mail the week of Thanksgiving with video content being delivered via your email inbox. There is no additional account that needs to be created, only access via a special link sent to you each day. You may follow along in real-time or at our own pace. You will have access to the retreat videos and recordings indefinitely.

Here to Guide Your Experience

Meet the Retreat Team

Retreat Lead

Kate Fassbender

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Chaplain

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Contributing Artist

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SPIRITUAL Director

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Inside the Retreat Box

  • Reflection guide with a page for each day of the season.
  • Notebook and Pen of reflections
  • Access to Spotify Playlist
  • 1 Hem of Christ Mug (Additional for Purchase at a discount)
  • Prayer Card
  • Going on Retreat book
  • Access to PDF versions of all materials in box
  • Access to Podcast version of retreat videos
  • Handmade Rosary
  • Art Print
  • A little surprise

Advent

Christmas

Lent

Easter

How it works

01

Order your Retreat Box by November 10th for delivery by the 1st Sunday of Advent.

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Participate at your own pace moving through the retreat workbook and weekly emails.

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Participate in virtual Memory Cafés, Spiritual Direction, and prayer partnership.

Ready to Enter into this Season?

Select a Retreat that Works FOr you

Full Virtual Retreat

For Individuals

$75

  • Full Retreat from First Sunday through the Epiphany
  • Retreat Delivered Digitally via Email
  • Do alone or as a family
  • Retreat Box filled with all you need to enter into a retreat.
  • Spiritual Direction offered upon request.
Order your Retreat Box

In-Person Retreat

For Groups and Parishes

Contact for Price

  • Full Retreat from First Sunday through Epiphany
  • Option to order additional boxes at a discount (Best to keep it under 15 people)
  • Facilitators Guide and training for host
  • Hands on Support from Kate
  • For those in the Milwaukee Area, options to have Kate come in-person
Host a Retreat

Our Sponsor

Thank you to the Estate of Emmie Lou Sternitzky for making this retreat a reality.

Interested in sponsoring our next retreat? Email outreach@hemofchrist.org to discuss the possibilities.

Emmie Sternitzky

Let’s Go on Retreat

Join us as we journey towards Christmas.

Register for Virtual Retreat HOst an in-person retreat