53 Mill Street, Westfield, MA, USA
December 4 - 6, 2026
About this Retreat
Nancy Y. Sheridan is a member of the Congregational Leadership Team of the Sisters of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, an international group of women religious. She is a spiritual director and supervisor of spiritual directors having spent eight years on the staff of the Center for Religious Development in Cambridge. She has been a staff member at Eastern Point Jesuit Retreat House where she directed eight and thirty-day retreats and reinvigorated the weekend and Triduum ministries there. Presently she is a supervisor to a group of Jewish spiritual directors in training and is also involved in a national ministry of Preaching the Just Word in conjunction with the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown. Nancy has extensive national and international experience with Ignatian spirituality both within the Roman Catholic tradition and ecumenically.
Dr. Nicki Verploegen is Co-Founder of TATENDA International, a nonprofit which cares for caregivers worldwide through retreats and pastoral visits. Originally from Montana, Nicki grew up under the Big Sky and has allowed her passion for the world to carry her to over 50 countries .
She has a Ph.D. in spirituality and served for eight years as Director of Spiritual and Ministerial Development at Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, MA. She trained students in spiritual direction at the University of Mount Saint Joseph.
Her books on spirituality through Wipf and Stock include Planning and Implementing Retreats: A Parish Handbook., Organic Spirituality: A Sixfold Path for Contemplative Living, Meditations With Merton, and From Monks to Missioners.
Details of this retreat
Step into the stillness of Advent and listen for the ancient cry that echoes through time: “O Wisdom… O Radiant Dawn… O Emmanuel, come.” This 16th annual retreat invites you to enter the heart of these sacred “O Antiphons,” honoring the deep longing and luminous hope they express.
Through reflection, ritual, Eucharist, and spiritual companioning, we will pause in these days before Christmas to recognize grace, life, and promise. Guided reflections will invite prayerful awareness and open-hearted discovery, while quiet spaces offer solitude and rest in God’s presence.
As the light lengthens toward the dawn of Christ’s coming, we will gather as a community to be O-ed and awed—celebrating the gifts of Wisdom that guides, the Daystar that awakens, and Emmanuel who dwells with us. Within an atmosphere of warmth and peace, let us welcome with anticipation the unfolding gifts of Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love.
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