The Hope of Lent is a retreat for persons living with a chronic illness or disability and their caregivers. Others are welcome to attend.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024, from 1-4 pm ET, 12-3 pm CT, 10-1 pm PT
Fr. Ralph Partie, a long-time CUSA Board Member, will provide the closing prayer.
Deaf and Disabilities Ministries Coordinator for Catholic Charities, Kansas City-St. Joseph. Member of the NCPD Committee on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
Lisa is the founder of Chicago’s Still Point Theatre Collective and established Still Point’s outreach program, The Imagination Workshop, for adults with developmental disabilities. She has also worked with L’Arche and was one of the first two live-in assistants for L’Arche Heartland. She is also the author of Above, Along, Inside, and Through: Poems, Prayers, and Reflections, a spiritual memoir. Recently, she co-produced with Still Point Theatre Collective and Rush University Hospital None of Us Want to Stand Still, a film advocating for better health care for individuals living with developmental disabilities. She is an experienced Spiritual Director and Retreat Leader and has served on the Spiritual Life Committee for L’Arche Chicago.
