{"id":26891,"date":"2026-09-28T13:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T17:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=26891"},"modified":"2026-09-23T17:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T21:11:17","slug":"make-space-for-prayer-with-busy-persons-retreat-beginning-oct-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/09\/28\/make-space-for-prayer-with-busy-persons-retreat-beginning-oct-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Make space for prayer with Busy Person&#8217;s Retreat, beginning Oct. 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-26895 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/Busy-Persons-Retreat-Website-Graphic.jpg?resize=188%2C251&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Graphic with the words Pause, Breathe, Renew set over a mountaintop with colorful sunset\/sunsrise\" width=\"188\" height=\"251\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/Busy-Persons-Retreat-Website-Graphic.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/Busy-Persons-Retreat-Website-Graphic.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 188px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 188\/251;\" \/>Carve out some space for prayer this fall. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/life\/ministry\/faith-retreats.php\">Busy Person&#8217;s Retreat<\/a> is a five-week retreat in daily life, running <strong>Oct. 5 through Nov. 6.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Participants receive prayer materials and reflections, plus a small faith-sharing group that meets once a week to talk through your spiritual journey.<\/p>\n<p>There is no cost to participate, and the retreat is open to all students, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Registration deadline is Thursday, Oct. 1, at 5 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With any questions, please contact University Minister Dan Greig at <a href=\"mailto:greigda@udmercy.edu\">greigda@udmercy.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=2MKkyGi9ukC4tnUivppxcUlImkXxyvJGgEHOBnucFx5UMjlLMUhRVDNDU1FXTzM1MElKMFo5VElPNi4u\">Read more and sign up for retreat here.<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University Ministry is offering a five-day retreat in daily life this fall, Oct. 5 through Nov. 6, open to all students, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":26895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,4404],"tags":[3807,3808,655],"class_list":["post-26891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ccnews","category-student-announcements","tag-busy-persons-retreat","tag-retreat","tag-university-ministry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6ZJ","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/Busy-Persons-Retreat-Website-Graphic.jpg?fit=400%2C533&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26891"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26899,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26891\/revisions\/26899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}