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"Still I Rise"
April 25-27, 2025
Diocesan Women's Spring Retreat
@ Camp Pringle

"Still I Rise"--the 2025 diocesan Women's Spring Retreat will take place on April 25-27 at Camp Pringle.

Facilitator,  the Rev. Jacqueline Stober and Spiritual Director, the  Rev. Colleen Lissamer will welcome the women of the Diocese as they contemplate this theme of 'rising yet again'.

image Jacqueline Stober  

Jacqueline was born in Liverpool, England, and re-located to Victoria in 2022.
She currently serves as Senior Associate at Christ Church Cathedral.

With a teaching experience varying from high school science to literary support of dyslexic elementary students, Jacqueline accepted a call to ordination in 2007 in northwestern England. It was during a sabbatical visit to Victoria that she felt God inviting her return to the place where her vocation story began.

image Colleen Lissamer

Colleen is an experienced spiritual director and facilitator.
She currently serves as rector of St. Matthias, Victoria. 

She is committed to the practice of centering prayer, and she participates in the Northumbria Community. Colleen has special interest in Celtic spirituality. Such writers as Thomas Merton, Barbra Brown Taylor, and Cynthia Bourgeault inspire her.

 

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