The mission of the retreat and the school of prayer is one and the same. It is to help Christians develop through the practice of silent prayer a taste for a more concrete spiritual life that overflows into their relationships with others.
The Retreat follows the same three-part format as the school of prayer session
Love for Love: The Life and Works of St. Teresa of Jesus by Edith Stein
Topics 1-4
1. Native land & Family Home; 2. Childhood & Youth; 3. Monastery Pupil; 4. Vocational Decision
Topics 5-8
5. Monastery of the Incarnation: Novitiate; 6. School of Suffering: Interior Life; 7. Infidelity; 8. Return
Topics 9-12
9. God Alone; 10. New Tests; 11. Works for the Lord; 12. St. Joseph's of Avila, 1st Reform Monastery
Topics 13-16
13. Spread of the Reform; 14. Prioress at the Incarnation; 15. Doing Battle for her Life's Work; 16. The End