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Retreat center to host “Journey to Christmas” Day of Prayer

By: Tracy Simmons

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November 18, 2014

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Immaculate Heart Retreat Center will host an Advent of Prayer entitled, “Journey to Christmas” led by the Rev. David Kuttner on Dec. 3 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

The day will focus on preparing for Christmas and the new liturgical year with a peaceful, gentle day, taking time to contemplate Christ’s Incarnation and the human journey to Bethlehem, according to a press release.

Kuttner is the pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Tekoa and St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish, Oakesdale. He also serves as priest in residence and as a spiritual director at Immaculate Heart Retreat Center in Spokane.

The Day of Prayer will begin with a Rosary at 9:00 a.m. and will include two conferences, lunch, the sacrament of Reconciliation and Mass. The Day of Prayer will close with Adoration. Cost is $35 per person includes lunch, (or $45 which also includes use of a private room for the day). Register in advance by calling (509) 448-1224 or online at www.ihrc.net

Tracy Simmons

Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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