Our retreat theme, "Be Not Afraid: Living in God’s Care," will explore the fears that can run deep in our lives and can cause us to doubt our abilities, our gifts and even our faith. It is amazing to realize the power we give to our fears—much more so than what we give to the sense of possibility in our lives. But the antidote to fear is hope, and that is exactly what we are offered through the message of Christ in the Gospels. It is a real hope rooted in the belief that out of the most difficult situations good can come, transformation can take place and we can live as God's beloved ones yet again.