Cards for Women on ISP Retreats

Through the Ignatian Spirituality Project, our parish sponsors retreats for women in recovery from homeless and addiction. Receiving a card of encouragement on the retreat can lift a woman’s spirits. Would you consider writing a card for an upcoming retreat?

Here are some tips and guidelines:

• Ideas for salutations include “Dear friend” or “Dear sister”
• A few sentences are enough to be meaningful.
• You might mention that you are praying for her on the retreat, and encourage her in her recovery.
• Women on the retreats come from various religious backgrounds, not only Christian. To be inclusive, you might refer to God, or  the God of her understanding or her higher power.
• Avoid putting a date on the card or referring to seasons of the year. We might need your card for the upcoming retreat, or one a little further down the road.
• You can sign the card with your name, or simply “A friend from Holy Trinity Church.”

Please drop your card off in the reception area (1st floor) of the Parish Center (3513 N St., NW), with a note attached that says “ISP Retreat.” The reception area is accessible on Sundays around Mass times, as well as during the week from 8:30-4:30pm. If you have questions, please email Catherine Heinhold at cheinhold@trinity.org.

For the upcoming retreat, it would be helpful to have cards by Sunday, October 5, 2025.

Thank you!!