St. Anne’s Women’s Guild has announced an upcoming event that offers women of the community to a retreat that they say refreshes the “mind and soul.”
According to a press release, the event will be held Sat., May 18, from 8:30 -11:30 a.m.
The public is invited to attend the event that will feature Claire Frazier-Yzaguirre, a “dynamic speaker, therapist, author, wife and mom.”
Yzaguirre is expected to share practical and inspirational ways to live the real life that God wants for each of us, a life of balance, peace and joy.
“It’s time to give up the stressed out, time-starved, sleep-deprived ways you may have been living,” according to the release.
According the “Thriving Families” website, Claire Frazier-Yzaguirre, MFT, M.Div., is a licensed marriage and family therapist, ordained minister, and family life consultant specializing in premarital consultation, couples’ therapy, marriage enrichment, anxiety reduction, stress and time management and counseling lay ministers. She has over 30 years of professional experience helping couples and families.
She holds Master’s degrees from Fuller School of Psychology and from Fuller School of Theology. She spent one year at the Institute of Holy Land Studies, in Jerusalem, specializing in biblical studies and ecumenical dialogue. She has developed formation programs for campus ministry, family and children’s ministries, lay leadership formation, women in ministry, and community outreach.
With her husband, John Yzaguirre, Ph.D., she has co-authored Thriving Marriages: An Inspirational and Practical Guide to Lasting Happiness which has been translated into Spanish and Italian. They co-direct the California Prosocial Institute in Irvine, California. Every year thousands of people from all over the United States involved in marriage and family life ministries participate in their formation programs.
This inspiring morning retreat is only $20 and includes an abundant breakfast to fill your bodies as well as your souls. The retreat is in St. Anne Church Hall, 340 – 10th St., Seal Beach, CA 90740. Send your contact information and $20 to the above address, attention of Monica Caliri. Questions: Monica Caliri, 562-761-1527, mbcaliri@gmail.com. Tickets are limited.