Weekend retreats immersing yourself into the 11th Step.
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Welcome to the 11th Step Boot Camp!
This site is the home for 11th Step Boot Camp retreats and seminars, along with being a home for the Matt Talbot retreats led by Deacon Dan Giblin, C.R.S.
Both Matt Talbot retreats and 11th Step Boot Camp are spiritual retreats for men and women in recovery and utilizing the 12 Steps as defined by Alcoholics Anonymous.
Addiction is a mystery at its core both for those actively addicted and those who have achieved sobriety. The steps involve the individual on a physical, mental, and spiritual level. The physical and mental can be somewhat understood, but the spiritual by its very nature is an ever expanding mystery allowing the individual to develop a relationship with a Higher Power that they are both utterly dependent upon, and never really able to understand.
Recovery retreats allow the individual to spend time away from everything that separates us from our Higher Power. They allow us to enter into silence, into the presence of God that dwells within all of us.
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About Deacon Dan Giblin
Deacon Dan Giblin C.R.S. is an ordained Deacon in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. After his ordination in 2011 he was assigned to St. Ann’s Parish in Phoenixville, where he continues to serve today.
Deacon Giblin has been a member of the Matt Talbot Movement (#9) since 1987. Active member of a recovery fellowship since 1984, and founding member of the Daylesford Group at the Abbey – Daylesford PA. Deacon Giblin is an experienced public speaker and a published author. He is employed as a Spiritual Advisor at St. John Vianney Center in Downingtown, PA.After attending Villanova University’s College of Professional Studies program in Alcohol & Drug counseling he was certified by the state of Pennsylvania as a Certified Recovery Specialist. He is a member of the National Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) and Spiritual Directors International (SDI) .
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Matt Talbot Retreats
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Matt Talbot Retreats
Retreats are generally time away from our regular lives spent in a setting that allows for spiritual thought, expression, and introspection.
Deacon Giblin has been an approved Retreat Master for Matt Talbot retreats since 2013, and an active member of the Matt Talbot Retreat movement since 1986. His first retreat was at Group #9 at Graymoor,home of the Friars of the Atonement.
