by Deb Colitas | Aug 21, 2026 | News & Announcements, Retreats & Events
SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] Eighty-five clergy have now registered for the 2026 Office of Pastoral Life Pastoral Retreat, as priests and bishops from across the Orthodox Church in America prepare to gather September 29–October 2 at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake...
by Deb Colitas | Aug 17, 2026 | News & Announcements, Thriving in Ministry
For more than a decade, I have watched priests and clergy wives in the Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania discover something essential through Thriving in Ministry: those who serve the Church need trusted companions along the way. Ministry brings profound joy, but it...
by Deb Colitas | Aug 4, 2026 | News & Announcements, Retreats & Events
Registration closes Tuesday, Sept. 1 for four-day gathering centered on prayer, fraternity and long-term flourishing in pastoral ministry. Photo on the right: The interior of New Gracanica Monastery, where participants in the 2026 Office of Pastoral Life Pastoral...
by Deb Colitas | Jun 24, 2026 | Clergy Wives Support, News & Announcements, Retreats & Events
SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] — His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon is encouraging dioceses, parishes, clergy, and faithful throughout the Orthodox Church in America to support clergy wives who wish to participate in the inaugural Office of Pastoral Life’s Clergy Wives Retreat,...
by Deb Colitas | Jun 16, 2026 | News & Announcements, Retreats & Events
SYOSSET, NY [OCA] — Clergy of the Orthodox Church in America are invited to register for the 2026 Office of Pastoral Life Pastoral Retreat, which will take place September 29–October 2, 2026, at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake Retreat Center in Mundelein,...
