Fides Entrepreneurship Vermont Ski Retreat
RETREAT ONLY BOOKABLE FOR FIDES MEMBERS
(Picture in homage to John Paul the 2nds love for skiing)
In 1942 during WW2, the Von Trapp family escaped Austria with nothing settled in the hills above Stowe.
Unbeknownst to many Maria Von Trapp originally wanted to become a nun but out of advice from her mother superior was recommended to marry Georg Von Trapp.
At their private house daily mass was said. When the Nazi's took over Austria and started terrorizing Jews their conscience didn't feel right and left the country.
Their house in Salzburg became Heinrich Himmler's Headquarters.
Later on in her life she with her daughter and step mother served as a lay missionary for the Catholic Church for a couple of years in Papua New Guinea, even adopting a young boy.
During this retreat you will not only have access to:
-24 hour adoration chapel
-Daily mass
-Skiing in Stowe
-Private cook
but you will also be able to relive some of the steps of Maria Von Trapp.
Schedule:
Friday, December 11 — Arrival
9:00 PM — Arrival & Rooms
9:30 PM — Opening Mass at the House
Hosts consecrated and the Blessed Sacrament exposed 24hrs overnight in chapel and available to visit till Sunday morning.
10:00 PM — Welcome Dinner
11:00 PM — Talk I: “The House You Leave Behind” (Male and female groups will be split)
11:30PM - Talk ends. Can stay up or go to bed.
Saturday, December 12 — Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Day
7:15 AM — Mass of Our Lady of Guadalupe
8:00 AM — Breakfast
8:45 AM — Depart for the Mountain. Boots and ski rental.
9:00 AM — Skiing
Groups divided by ability, with a lead in each. Beginners have an instructor for the first two hours.
12:30 PM — Lunch on the Slopes
Lunch bags given to you before departure or you can buy lunch on your own at the mountain.
3:30 PM — Last Run & Return
4:00 PM — Free Time
Fire, hot drinks, boots off.
7:00 PM — Holy Hour and Confession
A protected hour with a priest available before dinner.
8:30 PM — Dinner
9:30 PM — TALK (Male and females will be split into seperate groups)
10:30PM - Overnight Adoration
Sunday, December 13 — Gaudete Sunday
8:30 AM — Mass and ending of exposition of the blessed sacrament
9:45 AM - Brunch
10:45 AM - Skiing
2:30 PM — Closing Circle (Males and females will be split into seperate groups)
Not another talk—the teaching finished Saturday night. Each man names one thing he is carrying into Advent.
3:30 PM — Trapp Chapel & Cemetery
A short walk, with Advent customs read from Maria von Trapp’s account where the family is buried.
5:30 PM — Departure
(SCHEDULE LIABLE TO MODIFICATIONS)