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College Retreats

Dear Campus Ministers, Peace and Justice Coordinators, Greetings from the Agape Community. Please contact Agape for exact retreat dates. Escape for a retreat weekend from the stress of college life and build community with other students searching for peace. Come to a quiet place to think and reflect on Christ’s message of nonviolence. Join other students who are willing to risk reflecting on the issues of our day. Share your gifts and enjoy nature amid the stillness of the New England woods. Experience a straw bale house, solar energy, vegetable-fueled car.The retreat will include: provocative discussions on nonviolence; liturgies; prayer; silence; meditative walks in the woods, poetry, song, and celebration with an evening coffee house. Bring your instruments and poetry.

The setting: We are a Catholic Christian community, ecumenical and interfaith in our embrace. We are located on 32 acres of land in Central Massachusetts next to the natural beauty of the Quabbin Reservoir. Agape is dedicated to a life of Christian nonviolence, simplicity and prayer. All are welcome. Scholarships.

WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT THE RETREAT:

“The students are still talking about this retreat?and several have been motivated to do some different things with their lives.” Heather Colonnese, Campus Minister, Le Moyne College 2002

“I learned a lot about myself. I appreciated the time I spent at Agape because I had quality time to think about my life and future?and also I had time to pray for my family, friends and for all those less fortunate.” Alethea Henry, College of Mount Saint Vincent, 2000

“The retreat gave me a really hopeful feeling. It reminded me that there really are a lot of thoughtful, prayerful and wonderful people all around me. Building a more nonviolent and just future doesn’t seem so impossible to me anymore.” Simon Doolittle, UMASS-Amherst, 1999

AGAPE COLLEGE PROGRAMS AND RETREATS

Please check off the box(es) which indicates your preference: Yes, I would like:
to hold five places for the March 31 to April 2 retreat. hold at least one place for the retreat.
schedule a program on nonviolence for my college.
Dates: …..please send more information.
receive more information about Agape college internships and service projects.
receive the Agape journal, Servant Song, donation$10 per year.
* Donations may be sent to: Agape Community 2062 Greenwich Rd, Ware, MA 01082
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Partial list of course, workshop, classroom offerings:

  1. Women and Nonviolence: Prophetic Voices of Women in the Peace Movement from Lucretia Mott to Denise Levertov.
  2. Rehem: The Meaning of Mercy as the Feminine Face of God.
  3. Christian Teachings on War and Peace - Is Jesus Enough?
  4. Sexuality and Violence: A Spirituality of Resistance to the Prevailing Norms.
  5. History of Nonviolence from Jesus through Tolstoy, Gandhi , King and Dorothy Day.
  6. Mercy Not Sacrifice: A Pilgrimage to Death Row: The story of Agape’s Death Row Ministry to Billy Neal Moore, Death Row Georgia in poetry, song and slides, as well as Portraits of Those on Death Row.
  7. Simple Living: Nonviolence as lifestyle–Fighting the Consumer Culture and Enjoying It.
  8. The Violence of College Loans: College Students as Indentured Servants.

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