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Retreat: Finding God in the Ordinary

By: Tracy Simmons

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June 11, 2015

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Spokane River, view from Downtown Spokane

The Franciscan Place at St. Joseph Family Center will offer a 5-day guided retreat in July that will focus on discovering “the many ways God desires to come into our lives when we open ourselves to seeing ordinary things in a contemplative stance,” according to an announcement.

The retreat, “Finding God in the Ordinary: Walking a Contemplative Path,” will will provide guests an opportunity to ponder God’s presence through daily presentations, optional centering prayer and shared prayer in a setting near the Spokane River.

Cost is $85 per day and will take place July 19-24.

Guests can register online.

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 SpokaneFāVS.com, 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 Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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