Novena of Grace
Heal our Hearts for a Mission of Mercy
Tuesday, March 9—Wednesday, March 17, 2021
(weekdays) 6:30 - 7:30 pm PST
(Saturday & SUnday) 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PST
Online via Zoom Webinar
Fr. Peter Henriot, SJ, Barbara Henderson and Corbin Johnson, presenters
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about the Retreat
This Lent, we invite you to take one hour a day for a retreat in the midst of daily life. Join us for any or all of the nine days of beautiful song, scripture, inspiring preaching, time for reflection and heartfelt prayers within the context of a contemplative prayer service. Pray with a welcoming faith-filled community for God’s healing and mercy to be received into our hearts and to be manifested in the world. Be nourished and inspired each day as you open yourself to the Spirit and experience the grace that transforms.
The Novena’s origins date to 1633, when tradition says St. Francis Xavier appeared to a priest in a healing vision and promised that all who would earnestly ask his intercession with God for nine days would experience profound grace. The Novena survives today as an annual tradition which is continually updated to remain relevant to the daily lives of retreat-goers.
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This 45-minute contemplative prayer service will be followed by optional individual prayer time on Zoom to offer a brief prayer intention and receive a blessing online in a breakout room with a prayer minister. Scroll down for important information and links to help you prepare for the Novena retreat, and as well as YouTube recordings of each prayer service.
Cost
There is no cost to make this retreat. Free will offerings are welcomed! Thank you for making a donation towards this program.
Prepare for the Novena Retreat
Please Read each section for ways to participate
For those of you familiar with the in-person Novena of Grace, this online retreat is a shorter modified experience using some of the key elements from previous liturgies to shape a contemplative prayer service (no Eucharist).
We invite you to pray the retreat at your own pace. All the elements of the retreat will remain online until our Novena 2022.
Submit Your Grace(s) received
Please note: Some graces will be offered anonymously and aloud during each service.
pray with a Prayer Minister
Offer a brief prayer intention and receive a blessing online in a breakout room with a prayer minister.
Available at the end of each prayer service:
Weekdays @ 7:15-7:30 pm PST
Saturday & Sunday @ 11:45 am-12:00 PST
Watch the recordings
Recordings will be posted by the following day so you can follow at your convenience.
Day 1 | Tuesday, March 9
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS & MUSICIANS
Peter Henriot, SJ, is a "Tacoma boy" who graduated from Bellarmine Preparatory School. He joined the Oregon Province Jesuits in 1956 and was ordained by Archbishop Thomas Connolly in 1970. From 1971 to 1988, he worked at the Center of Concern in Washington DC. In 1988, he transferred to the Zambia-Malawi Province, working at the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection in Lusaka and the Loyola Jesuit Secondary School in Kasungu. Since his return from Africa to Tacoma in 2016, he has been the Director of Development for the Loyola Jesuit Secondary School in addition to serving as a chaplain at the ICE Detention Center, a spiritual director for SEEL, and assisting in several local parishes. Trained in Political Science, Fr. Pete’s work besides pastoral service has been in social justice, development and education.
Barbara Henderson is a graduate of Bellarmine Preparatory School in Tacoma and of Seattle University. She has a Master’s degree in Human Development. She worked in the criminal justice system for over 20 years, and was a librarian and Language Arts teacher at St. Therese Parish in Seattle. Most recently, she returned to her alma mater, Bellarmine Preparatory School, to teach English and serve as Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. She speaks in classrooms about cultural differences to raise students' awareness and help them find a reverence for each person. She considers herself a cultural custodian and carrier of Catholic faith.
Corbin Johnson is a Board and Program Council member for the Ignatian Spirituality Center. He is a student and educator at the University of Washington where his research is focused on understanding how being part of a social group affects our immune system. Corbin studied Irish language and literature and biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame and earned a Master’s degree in teaching from the University of Portland. Corbin's participation in events at the ISC, parish life at Saint Joseph Parish in Seattle, and the SEEL program have made Ignatian spirituality an essential part of his faith journey.
Bob McCaffery-Lent is the Pastoral Assistant for Music and Liturgy at St. Joseph Parish.
Jennifer Kelly is a Cantor at St. Joseph Parish.
Bill McNamara is the Campus Minister for Liturgical Music at Seattle University.
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QUESTIONS?
Call (206) 329-4824 or email Andrea Fontana, ISC Program Coordinator.
Sponsored by the Ignatian Spirituality Center
If you made this retreat online, please let us know about your experience by emailing Andrea.