BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:134@seccla.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251023T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251026T130000 DTSTAMP:20251016T133609Z URL:https://seccla.org/events2/secc-paula-darcy-silent-retreat/ SUMMARY:SECC Paula D'Arcy Silent Retreat DESCRIPTION:When the Final Say is Love\n \;\n\nSilent Retreat led by Pa ula D’Arcy\n\nPaula D'Arcy is a retreat leader and speaker\, the author of 12 books\, including\, Gift of the Red Bird\, Waking Up to This Day\, S tars at Night and Winter of the Heart. In 1975 Paula D’Arcy’s husband and daughter were killed in a drunken driving accident. She was twenty-sev en years old and three months pregnant\, yet survived. Six months later sh e gave birth to her second daughter\, Beth\, and began the long process of healing. Since that time\, she has authored many books\, worked as a ther apist in private practice\, and established a retreat and speaking ministr y. Paula’s ministry is to serve the very movement of love that changed h er own destiny. Her guiding focus is embedded in an intention to assist ot hers in the opening of the heart and awakening to a greater love.  Red Bi rd Foundation was founded by Paula D'Arcy in 2001 as a non-profit foundati on dedicated to assisting others in the transformation of pain and the res toration of hope. http://www.redbirdfoundation.com.\n\nDates October 23-26 \, 2025 Retreat will begin on Thursday evening with dinner at 6:30 PM and will end with lunch at noon on Sunday.  Please arrive no earlier than 5:0 0 PM on Thursday.\n\nThis retreat is a silent retreat.  Paula will lead t alks at various times\, and the remainder of the time participants will be in silence.\n\nCost $695.00—Because this is a silent retreat\, only sin gle rooms are available.\n\nYou may make a non-refundable deposit of $300. 00 by calling Tammy Wyllie at (985) 748-6634. Deposits cannot be made on t he website.  In order to hold your place at this retreat\, the balance of $395.00 must be paid by July 22\, 2025. No reminder about the balance wil l be sent out by Solomon Conference Center.\n\nSome scholarship funds are available. Please apply to redbirdfoundation@gmail.com and mention the eve nt for which you need a scholarship and the amount you are requesting. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://seccla.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pa ula-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Adult Open Events,Upcoming Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR