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Weekend Retreat: October 16-18, 2026

A Matt Talbot retreat is for people of all faiths and is an opportunity for recovering alcoholics to enhance their spirituality and sober way of life. The people who attend these retreats are all recovering alcoholics and attend the 12-step program through AA. It is a fellowship with a common bond in our Lord where you can share and receive help and support spiritually and to receive strength from each other and from God.
A Retreat Master, who is often a recovering alcoholic and trained in spiritual matters, provides conferences on various topics several times during the weekend, bringing valuable insights into the spiritual element of the disease of alcoholism. The Matt Talbot retreat is private, and everything is confidential. There is no affiliation between AA and Matt Talbot Retreats; however, Matt Talbot Retreats are intended to foster and enhance spiritual recovery as suggested by AA's Twelve-Step Program.

Fr Charlie Waller
I was ordained a priest on May 26, 1973. Having gone to college in South Orange, Cullman in Alabama, and the Immaculate Conception Seminary in upper Bergen County. I have served assignments at two hospitals, and parishes located in Pequannock, Wayne, Paterson, Madison, East Hanover, again in Paterson, and now as pastor in Saint Therese and Saint Gerard both in Paterson. I ended up as the Director of Pastoral Care at Straight and Narrow, also in Paterson. I am now in semi-retirement and living at a parish St Cyril and Methodius in Clifton.

Pre-registration for this retreat is required. The retreat commences with check-in between 3:00 - 4:30pm on Friday, October 16 and concludes at noon on Sunday, October 18. The weekend schedule includes four conferences and time for meditation/prayer. An opportunity to attend Mass on Sunday at 11:15am is offered; however, not obligatory. All meals are included. Free Guest Wi-Fi. Parking at Villas. This is a unique experience for personal growth as well as fellowship.
for a tentative 2026 schedule-- click here.
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