Men are being challenged to show-up, there is a deep hunger for authentic masculinity. Half our kids will go to bed at night without saying goodnight to their father. Loud voices proclaim there is no heavenly father. Young people tell us they feel increasingly lost and lonely while women hope for a worthy partner. Men want more too. In similar times, God chose a father and husband to stand by his Son, and the Son’s mother.
Who was this silent, yet present, confident and competent man? Find and give voice to that man within yourself and your fellow men. He is the man the world needs: comfortable in his own skin, confident in the face of opportunities and challenges, and competent to speak his mind and act for the greater good.
Answer this challenge guided by Saint Joseph in scripture and sacred tradition, and leading research into relationships and the well-ordered life. The retreat includes meals, men’s circles, workshops and lectures, challenges, hiking in the foothills of Mt Wellington, the Jesus prayer with breathwork, and opportunities for mass, and reconciliation.
Daniel is a husband and father of four with a background and education in youth and young adult ministry, teaching, science, theological studies and law. Following Christ has led him to the Catholic Church through Pentecostal, Anglican, and Evangelical Christian traditions; committed to Christian unity and sharing how God has seized and moved him with beauty, truth and goodness. He provides faith formation for mission to Catholic Schools with the Sisters of St Joseph, coordinates Catholic University Chaplaincy in Tasmania and tours as a Catholic speaker.