Weekend Retreat with Fr. Wade Menezes

According to St. Augustine, “God created us without us; but He does not will to save us without us.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1847).  God loves us so much, that He desires we have an active cooperation with Him in bringing ourselves to a life of His sanctifying grace, which is always His gratuitous gift.  By striving each day to live a life of grace and virtue, Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Bride, the Church, provide us with all the tools necessary to achieve holiness in this life, but we must be faithful to it.  How? By beginning with five simple steps:  By being faithful to our daily duty, by being other-centered, by understanding the reality of both vice and virtue, by practicing and living the Sacraments, and by living a Trinitarian Spirituality – daily.  What a great message this is for everyone, regardless of his or her vocation and state-in-life whether single, married, widowed, or diocesan or consecrated religious!  Individuals $235, Couples $380, (includes lodging and 5 meals).  


Individual Titles of Five Retreat Conferences: 
1.    “Be Faithful to Your Daily Duty” 
2.    “Be Other-Centered” 
3.    “Understand the Reality of Vice to Virtue” 
4.    “Practice and Live the Sacraments” 
5.    “Live a Trinitarian Spirituality” 
Synopsis of Parish Mission Series, “Work Out Your Salvation!”  

Immaculate Heart is following CDC and the Washington Health Department’s COVID-19 guidelines to maintain a sanitized and safe environment for our retreatants and guests.  All formerly occupied bedrooms are completely sanitized before each check in.  Your peace of mind and safety are our top concern as you journey with God on our spiritual grounds.  
The staff at IHRC.  


Fr. Wade L. J. Menezes, CPM Bio. 

Fr. Wade L. J. Menezes, CPM is a member of the Fathers of Mercy, a missionary preaching Religious Congregation based in Auburn, Kentucky. Ordained a priest during the Great Jubilee Year 2000, he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Catholic Thought from the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Toronto, Canada and his dual Master of Arts and Master of Divinity Degrees in Theology from Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut. His secular college degrees are in journalism and communications. 

Fr. Wade is currently the Assistant General and has served as Director of Vocations and Director of Seminarians for the Fathers of Mercy. Fr. Wade has also served as the Chaplain-in-Residence at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Hanceville, Alabama. While at the Shrine, Fr. Wade was a daily Mass celebrant, homilist, and confessor; he also gave spiritual conferences on specialized points of Catholic Christian doctrine to the many pilgrims who visit the Shrine. Both the Monastery and Shrine are affiliated with EWTN, the Eternal Word Television Network.