{"id":2443,"date":"2026-03-04T00:14:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assisijourney.org\/?page_id=2443"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:09:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:09:26","slug":"th","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/assisijourney.org\/?page_id=2443","title":{"rendered":"Journey\u00a0Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2443\" class=\"elementor elementor-2443\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70e9a6f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"70e9a6f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68f2324 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68f2324\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The\u00a0Journey\u00a0Retreat<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3892461 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3892461\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a081b1f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a081b1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/assisijourney.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WIN_20140815_200320-1-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-213\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assisijourney.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WIN_20140815_200320-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assisijourney.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WIN_20140815_200320-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assisijourney.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WIN_20140815_200320-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assisijourney.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WIN_20140815_200320-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Bagnoregio where St. Bonaventure was born in 1217<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d596e8d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d596e8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">The retreat opens with a presentation on the life of Bonaventure in order to provide a context for reflection on his work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Each of the eight days of the retreat is then dedicated to one of the chapters of THE JOURNEY. Each day is a balance of instruction on the text, periods for reading and personal and community participation in eucharistic liturgy, morning and evening prayer. The liturgical and para-liturgical prayer is especially designed by the presenters to disclose the profound themes in a contemporary experience.<\/span><\/p><p>A typical day would be spent in the following manner. After morning prayer, time is provided for reading the chapter of THE JOURNEY under consideration, then, an input session on the same chapter followed by quiet time. Only the Eucharist is celebrated in the afternoon, the remaining time for reflection and quiet. Evening prayer is followed by optional sharing on the chapter of the day.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-459a8e0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"459a8e0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee76b3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee76b3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><strong>In 2024, we conducted the final Journey Retreat in the United States at the Franciscan Renewal Center\u2014\u201cThe Casa\u201d\u2014Scottsdale, AZ. And in 2025, we facilitated the very last Journey Retreat at Casa Papa Giovanni in Assisi. The retreat at \u201cThe Casa\u201d was filmed and is available on their website free of charge. If you would like to make this Journey Retreat with St. Bonaventure, you can go to:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3e37ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3e37ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Spiritual&nbsp;Significance<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e62456 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e62456\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c44b98 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c44b98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/assisijourney.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/D5468128-7F7D-4A59-BD2D-B5FAC0DDD787-768x1152.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2377\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assisijourney.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/D5468128-7F7D-4A59-BD2D-B5FAC0DDD787-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/assisijourney.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/D5468128-7F7D-4A59-BD2D-B5FAC0DDD787-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/assisijourney.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/D5468128-7F7D-4A59-BD2D-B5FAC0DDD787-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/assisijourney.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/D5468128-7F7D-4A59-BD2D-B5FAC0DDD787-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/assisijourney.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/D5468128-7F7D-4A59-BD2D-B5FAC0DDD787-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/assisijourney.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/D5468128-7F7D-4A59-BD2D-B5FAC0DDD787-scaled.jpeg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">La Verna<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb32303 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb32303\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The basic theological concepts found in Saint Bonaventure\u2019s great work are presented in clear and practical language.\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Jean Gerson (+ 1429), chancellor at the University of Paris, St. Bonaventure\u2019s alma mater, said that the <em>Itinerarium<\/em> is \u201cmore valuable than all literature which had ever been written,\u201d and confessed that he made the <em>Itinerarium<\/em> his \u201cchosen reading for 30 years, without ever ceasing to obtain great fruit from it.\u201d And more recently, Lawrence Landini OFM (+ 2005) called this writing \u201ca religious classic, theology rooted in experience!\u201d And Zachary Hayes OFM (+ 2014), a Bonaventurian scholar himself, said that \u201cvirtually the whole of Bonaventure\u2019s theology is present in the few compact pages of the <em>Itinerarium<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/p><div><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96477a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"96477a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49ae66a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"49ae66a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/assisijourney.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2024-07-Bona-LIfe.146-e1773163434772.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-218\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assisijourney.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2024-07-Bona-LIfe.146-e1773163434772.jpeg 644w, https:\/\/assisijourney.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2024-07-Bona-LIfe.146-e1773163434772-300x201.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4578f5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b4578f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Journey\u00a0Retreat Bagnoregio where St. Bonaventure was born in 1217 The retreat opens with a presentation on the life of Bonaventure in order to provide a context for reflection on his work.\u00a0 Each of the eight days of the retreat is then dedicated to one of the chapters of THE JOURNEY. 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