retreatant

At a retreat several years ago I conjured what the teachers call a VR (Vipassana Romance) with a fellow retreatant who -- I imagined -- was sitting so peacefully she must have been well on her way to Nirvana.

Michael Sigman: Summer Vacation? 'Nothing' Doing 2009

For another view of a single dawn at Eastern Point from a 30-day retreatant - see here.

Archive 2009-02-01 Michelle 2009

For another view of a single dawn at Eastern Point from a 30-day retreatant - see here.

One Dawn May Be Enough Michelle 2009

I thought that the Spiritual Exercises were an encounter with Jesus Christ in which the retreatant is called to commit himself to following Christ in every circumstance, to fight for the greater glory of God.

What is the core of the Christian experience? Fred 2008

I was the only retreatant around, it must have been the week before Thanksgiving.

Archive 2008-03-01 Michelle 2008

I was the only retreatant around, it must have been the week before Thanksgiving.

Three Pieces of Chocolate Cake Michelle 2008

You would certainly be the sole retreatant there, and no one will have the least idea of troubling himself about you; you will be free, you can if you choose leave the monastery just as you entered it, without having confessed or approached the Sacraments, your will will be respected there, and no monk will attempt to sound it without your authority.

En Route 1877

Then they told him that a retreatant would communicate and he answered 'Just so, I shall communicate him.'

En Route 1877

"It is a pleasure to receive a retreatant such as you," cried Father

En Route 1877

Inevitably this kind of in-depth contemplation does not suit every retreatant and is regarded by some as too rich in old-fashioned Catholic imagery.

The American Spectator 2010