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Reflections on the Little way

An Advent Retreat with Martha Hennessey

In these times of upheaval, it's important to meet together to reflect on our lives an hour response to the issues we confront.  How shall we live in these times?

It's always an appropriate question, perhaps more so now as we expect the situation to become more challenging.

We've invited our friend Martha Hennessey to come for our Advent reflection time and share her wisdom and her questions with us.  Martha is a member of the New York Catholic Worker Community, where she can be found working at Mary House.  She is also a wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.  She's an activist for peace and disarmament who has served time in prison for resistance to nuclear omnicide and other warmaking.  And she's a granddaughter of Dorothy Day.  S"he spent years studying and meditating on the life of her granny.

Martha will reflect with us on her granny's commitment to the little way of St. These of Lisieux, on her own experiences, and on ways to live the Gospel of peace in an age of violence.  We expect this to be a time of deepening commitment and faith for all of us.  

Mark your calendar and watch for more information!  

Martha Hennessey

Dates:  December 5th-6th, 2025
Sesson Times: 
Friday:  7:00-8:30 pm CST
Saturday: 9:00am - 8:00pm
(with breaks; lunch and dinner included)

Cost:  $60 donation
Location:  Avondale UMC
Samaritan Center
500 40th St S, Birmingham, AL 3522


Scholarships are available!  
 
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If you would like to register, please email Shelley Douglass at
shelleymdouglass@gmail.com

"...why the things are what they are, how the things would be if they were as they should be, and how a path can be made from the things as they are to the things as they should be."
Peter Maurin

Mary's House

2107 Avenue G

Birmingham, AL

35218

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