June Retreat 2025 – Hearing and Making Music in Francis’ Song of the Creatures – Single Day – In Person

Saturday, June 14, 9:00am-4:00pm

$50 | In person (includes lunch)

Location: Assisi Heights (1001 14th Street NW, Rochester, MN 55901) Click here for map.

Special one-day retreat opportunity!

Hearing and Making Music in Francis’ Song of the Creatures: Can You Hear Creation Sing? presented by John Petrikovic.

We celebrate 800 Years of Francis’s Canticle of the Creatures, the Creatures’ Canticle. Each element sounds praise by being what it’s created to be. The sun shines, the moon and stars light the night’s sky, water flows and cleanses, and the songs go on ­ including those unforgettable human tunes of forgiveness, bearing adversity and welcoming Sister Death.

Can you hear Creation Sing? In Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Sí (in its own 10th anniversary) envisions a creation intended to delight. We’ll reflect on how the Pope feared we might muddle and distort its song and, maybe, help its song be heard.

This day will include two sessions by John with space for quiet reflection and input that will grace your spirit with inspiration. The first session is at 9:00 am, followed by a Noon luncheon. After lunch, you may take time to reflect on the morning session while you experience the peaceful atmosphere (indoors or outdoors) at Assisi Heights. All will gather again for a final session at 3:00 pm.

Give yourself a gift of time, reflection, and peace.

We hope you will join us!

John Petrikovic, OFM Cap., is a Capuchin Franciscan friar priest in the Ministry of Preaching, offering workshops on Franciscan topics, mission formation for Franciscan Health Systems, retreats to Religious Men and Women in the English-speaking world and parish missions throughout the United States. He also is a senior staff presenter for the Franciscan Pilgrimages Program providing Franciscan study and prayer experiences in Assisi and Rome, Italy. As a musician, John has animated Liturgies for both National and International gatherings of Friars and Sisters.

Welcome to this in person program at Assisi Heights! Please refrain from attending if experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19 or other illness or have been exposed to any persons infected with COVID-19. Please park in the lot in front of Assisi Heights and enter through the main entrance.