In this seven-day retreat, Trusting God s Purpose, your director is Edith Stein, a woman of deep intellect and an intense commitment to the truth. Born into a Jewish family, Edith s search for truth led her first to agnosticism and eventually to Catholicism and life as a Carmelite nun. Both her heritage and her faith made her an enemy of the Third Reich and a victim of the holocaust. On this journey with Edith, you will confront the central issues of understanding the will of God, living in right relationship with others and finding fulfillment in self-donation. Her experience and witness can lead us to a profound and renewed respect for the human and religious rights of all. Edith s philosophy is Ultimately we all live at the hand of God, the wise among us will accept and cherish this fact and trust in God s purpose.