Navigating the Holidays as Adult Children of Divorce or Separation

A one-day Life-Giving Wounds retreat
Saturday, November 21, 2026

Make room for prayer, healing, and hope this holiday season.

The holidays can bring a longing for closeness and reminders of the family unity we wish we had. If your parents are divorced or separated, this season may involve navigating competing invitations, difficult relationships, changing traditions, or pressure to keep everyone happy.

You do not have to carry these experiences alone.

Join the Life-Giving Wounds Detroit/Lansing chapter for a day of reflection, prayer, and fellowship with others who understand. Together, we will explore how to approach the holidays with greater peace, discernment, and trust in God’s love.

Saturday, November 21, 2026
8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
St. Paul of the Cross Passionist Retreat Center

Registration: $65 per person (lunch and coffee included)

Tentative Retreat Schedule

Schedule is subject to change. All times are Eastern Time.

7:00–8:00 a.m.
Team set-up
8:00–9:00 a.m.
Participants arrive; simple breakfast and coffee
9:15–9:30 a.m.
Brief orientation
9:30–10:15 a.m.
Retreat Meditation 1: Navigating the Holidays from a Broken Home

Dysfunction, estrangement, expectations, and prudence/spiritual discernment with holiday invitations, traditions, common family conflicts, and boundaries.

10:15–10:45 a.m.
Personal prayer and journal time
10:45–11:30 a.m.
Retreat Meditation 2: Deepening Our Faith, Hope, and Healing through the Holy Family & the Liturgical Seasons of Advent and Christmas
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Boxed lunch
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Personal prayer and journal time; optional scriptural meditation or Rosary
1:30–2:30 p.m.
Small-group discussion
2:45–3:45 p.m.
Eucharistic Adoration and Confession
4:00–5:00 p.m.
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass / Sunday Mass
5:00–5:30 p.m.
Final remarks about continuing and maintaining healing, final blessing, and departure