Pathways Through Grief: A Healing Journey

Name: Pathways Through Grief: A Healing Journey
Start: 2025-11-21T15:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-11-23T13:00:00-08:00
Location: 710 Highland Dr, Danville, CA, United States, California 94526

Schedule

Fri, 21 Nov, 2025 at 03:00 pm to Sun, 23 Nov, 2025 at 01:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

710 Highland Dr, Danville, CA, United States, California 94526 | Danville, CA

Just imagine 3 days - a safe sacred retreat just for you. You will be pampered in many aspects throughout this experience. You’ll discover how to…
• Remember your loved one while embarking through life’s journey.
• Focus on growth, learning and healing, just for you!
• Express yourself in a gentle, nurturing and caring way through your loss
• Enhance your understanding of grief and how to handle triggers
• Spark new insights, connections and self-care through the pathway of grief
This grief retreat is a renewing experience that awakens the hope of living forward after loss.
Picture of labyrinth courtesy of Watson Studios (https://www.bwatsonstudios.com/)
$325 Commuter (no bedroom)
$375 private room, per person
$355 shared room, per person
Begins on Friday with check-in start at 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm and the program begin at 5:30 pm in your meeting room. Follow with dinner at 7:00 pm. And the retreat will ends on Sunday with lunch at 12:00 pm and departure after lunch at least by 1:00 pm.
About the Presenter(s)
Bruce Parrish
Bruce Parrish, has been a long-time member and is now a co-facilitator for the St. Charles Grief Support Group, where I shared my own grief journey with learned wisdom and grace. In June 2021, I embraced retirement and began enjoying “retired life” by working in the vibrant wine industry. Throughout all the ebbs and flows of life, grief has been a constant companion. This grief has taught me the profound lesson of compassion for others, shaping the person I am today.
Claire La Scola
Claire is a retired registered nurse and psychotherapist. She was involved in developing a hospice program at the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) in Santa Clara County and was a nurse case manager for HIV/AIDS clients for the AIDS Project at the VNA. Claire is currently a co-facilitator with Mary Ruth Cross of the Grief Support Group at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Livermore. Additionally, she is a Benedictine Oblate of the World Community for Christian Meditation and leads Christian Meditation Groups at St. Charles.
Margaret Riley
Margaret Riley has been a Spiritual Director since 2008, when she became certified via the Mercy Center in Burlingame, CA. Her Spiritual roots are Christian in the Roman Catholic Church, but in her practice as a Spiritual Director and retreat presenter, she enjoys companioning spiritual seekers from any tradition (or no tradition). Margaret obtained a Master’s degree in Pastoral Ministry from the Franciscan School of Theology, Berkeley, CA. (FST/GTU) in 2004. She has joyfully lived in the Bay Area for over 31 years and has been a full-time Minister in the Diocese of Oakland since 1994. Margaret’s study, understanding and experience of spirituality is born of a great variety of sources, including but not limited to the Ignatian tradition, Social Justice work, Addiction Recovery and 12-Step spirituality, Codependency recovery, Divorced/Widowed healing, Grief and Loss, Incarceration/Justice work, Mindfulness/Meditation, and Franciscan Spirituality.