Abiding with Jesus

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Doors open at 8:00am

The NW Catholic Women’s Retreat

A Quiet Place: Learning to Abide with Jesus in Prayer.

Women ages 15 and older are invited to enjoy a day filled with opportunities for you to share and grow in your faith with other women through the Sacraments, fellowship, and reflections shared by the Dominican Sisters of Nashville.

Praised be Jesus Christ! My name is Sister Anna Sophia, and I am a Dominican Sister of St. Cecilia serving at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic School in Bremerton, WA.

I am thrilled to have the opportunity to walk with you and pray with you as we sit at the feet of Jesus in the quiet of our hearts. From east to west, men and women from every age have unexpectedly found the Lord sitting at the broken cisterns of their hearts and have been indescribably filled to overflowing by His love! Let us strive to enter into that rest!

Sister Anna Sophia Nguyen, O.P.

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About our speakers

Dominican Sisters of the Congregation of St. Cecilia, Nashville, TN

The Dominican Sisters of the Congregation of Saint Cecilia, Nashville, Tennessee, were founded in 1860. Our religious life is rooted in a contemplative framework which supports our active apostolate of education, through which we serve in classroom teaching and teacher preparation, faith formation programs and work with young people, and retreats and other catechetical initiatives fostering the New Evangelization. The Congregation currently serves in 17 states and Washington, D.C., as well as in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands and Scotland.

In the Archdiocese of Seattle, the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia serve in Bremerton at the parish school of Our Lady Star of the Sea.

New this year – Young Women Track – ages 15-18

Agenda of the day

8:00 AM

Check-In & Confession

Check-in is located in the Social Hall. Pick up your name tag then head to the church for Mass.

Confession is being offered before 9AM Mass in the church.

9:00 AM

Mass with Father Brad Hagelin

Father Brad is the Pastor of the Parishes of Kirkland: St. John Mary Vianney & Holy Family Parish.

10:00 AM

Coffee, Light Breakfast in Social Hall

Thank you Del Rey Designs for providing our meals.

10:30AM

Intense Thirst: Prayer at the Source

Sister Anna Sophia Nguyen, O.P.

12:00 PM

Lunch in Social Hall

Build-a-Taco-Bar

1:15 PM

Q & A with Sisters

1:45 PM

Rosary

2:00 PM

Small Group Discussion

“How am I able to enter into the mystery of prayer throughout the day – do I have a schedule, how do I overcome challenges?”

3:00 PM

Adoration | Confession

in the church

Event Pricing and Registration

$40 Registration

This day is for all women. New this year will be a separate talk and small group sharing for the Young Women, 15-18. Please register using the specific links below.

Adult Registration (Ages 19+)

Young Women Registration (Ages 15–18)

Click here to let us know if you have any questions.

2026 Retreat Sponsors

Holy Family Parish

Evangelization Committee