Retreat Leader: Fr Gary McCloskey, O.S.A

Retreat Description:  In an age of violence and disruption the young Saints Carlo Acutis, Maris Goretti, and Pier Giorgio Frassati, provide 20th and 21st century beacons of hope as our Spiritual Guides.  We will experience our guides through reflection, prayer experiences, and dialogues.

Rev. Gary N. McCloskey, O.S.A. , a spirituality preacher and retreat director, has had the privilege of sharing his ministry on 6 of the 7 continents.  This has included being an international leader in spreading the teaching and spirituality of Saint Augustine.  In North America he has ministered primarily in Florida, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.  Born in 1951, Fr. McCloskey professed religious vows in the Order of St. Augustine in 1970 and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1977.