Reform Your Inn Donation-Based Virtual Summit Replay
Preparing to Welcome Jesus, Physically and Spiritually, this Advent
Thursday, November 30 | 10 AM-11:30 AM ET
Friday, December 1, 2023 | 10 AM-11:30 AM ET
During Advent, we are invited to reflect on Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem, a difficult route consciously chosen out of love for God. We, too, have a road to take to get to Christmas, but unlike Mary and Joseph, two paths are set before us. One is marked by busyness—the frenzy of preparing our homes, trees, gifts, and meals for the celebrations. The other is a path of stillness and slowness in which we prepare ourselves to receive the Infant Jesus as if we were the simple, humble inn in which He was coming to dwell.
When we focus too much on what’s external, we lose focus on what’s internal—and we lose sight of the eternal.
We do not want to be the innkeeper that turned Him away. With preparation, we can reform ourselves and become a fitting place for Him to dwell.
We invite you to join us to reform our inn to prepare the way for the Lord during a two-day summit led by the Reform team and a panel of guests. Our speakers will help you to find practical ways to combat December’s hectic pace and reclaim the fullness of the liturgical seasons of Advent and Christmas. Jesus longs to come and dwell in us. Together we can empty our hearts of distractions and diversions, so that Christ can be born in us anew.
“I am so glad that Jesus was born in a stable. Because my soul is so much like a stable. It is so poor and in unsatisfactory condition because of guilt, falsehoods, inadequacies, and sin. Yet, I believe if Jesus can be born in a stable, maybe he can also be born in me.”
— Dorothy Day
What’s Included:
2
days
30
minute keynotes
30
minute panels + Q&A
6
expert panelists
Two 30-minute keynote sessions
Two 30-minute panels discussing how to enter more deeply into the Advent season
Two 30-minute Q&A sessions with panelists
Downloadable note pages
Recordings of each session available for 14 days
“Make your hearts firm, because the coming of the Lord is at hand.”
— James 5:7-10
Prior to priestly life Fr. Barry Braum worked as an artist and graphic designer. Following his ordination, he served as a retreat director and has given many Eucharistic parish missions across Europe, Australia, Africa, and the United States. He earned an STL in Dogmatic Theology and is working on his doctoral dissertation through the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He serves as chaplain to the Tyburn convent in London.
Thursday Keynote
Lectio Divina: Lk 2:1-14
presented by Fr. Barry Braum
Thursday Panelists
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Fr. Malachy is a priest in the community of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal. He currently lives in the Bronx, New York, and serves at St. Anthony's homeless shelter. He is a preacher for the National Eucharistic Revival in the United States.
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Reform was founded and started by Jackie. She now serves Reform as its Chief Eucharistic Officer. After years of tireless striving, stress, and compromised health as a result of her lifestyle, Jackie found her identity, healing, and wholeness in God. She found a more simple way; a way centered in faith, wellness, and freedom. Now, she is devoted to helping others find the same.
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Dr. Bridget is Reform’s Chief Wellness Officer. As a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine with an undergraduate degree in philosophy, Dr. Bridget educates Reformers on holistic health and the true integration of body and soul through online courses, webinars, and seminars. Bridget was drawn to natural medicine by her desire to honor the glory of God’s creation and the wonder of the human body.
Kendra Tierney is a blogger, author, speaker, and creator. She is a mother of 10 children between the ages of 21 and 3, and lives just outside of Los Angeles, CA. She has a great devotion to celebrating the liturgical year in the home, and getting to know the saints and seasons of the Church calendar through food, prayer, and conversation.
Friday Keynote
Reforming Your Inn
presented by Kendra Tierney
Friday Panelists
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Fr. Jason Smith was ordained at St. Mary Major in Rome on December 23, 2006.
After ordination, he dedicated six years to youth work in the New York region. In recent years, he served as the local director of Regnum Christi in New York. He enjoyed serving as parochial vicar at the historic Basilica of St Patrick’s Old Cathedral in lower Manhattan. In the summer of 2021, Fr Jason became the superior of Michigan's Legionary of Christ community.
Fr. Jason enjoys baseball, photography, running, and strong coffee. His younger brother, Fr Aaron Smith, is also a Legionary of Christ priest.
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Reform was founded and started by Jackie. She now serves Reform as its Chief Eucharistic Officer. After years of tireless striving, stress, and compromised health as a result of her lifestyle, Jackie found her identity, healing, and wholeness in God. She found a more simple way; a way centered in faith, wellness, and freedom. Now, she is devoted to helping others find the same.
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Dr. Bridget is Reform’s Chief Wellness Officer. As a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine with an undergraduate degree in philosophy, Dr. Bridget educates Reformers on holistic health and the true integration of body and soul through online courses, webinars, and seminars. Bridget was drawn to natural medicine by her desire to honor the glory of God’s creation and the wonder of the human body.
“She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.”
— Luke 2:7
Participation in the summit is donation-based. All donations will benefit Reform’s non-profit arm, Reform Alms. All who donate by December 15th will receive access to the summit.
You are welcome to purchase the summit as a gift for another. Please be sure to use their email address when registering so they receive access.
We invite you to join us with a free-will donation based on your capacity. All proceeds for the summit will benefit Reform Alms, our 501(c)(3) nonprofit that offers financial support to clergy, religious, schools, and individuals pursuing Christ-centered wellness through Reform.
