National Medical Retreat with Sr. Mary Diana Dreger
December 12, 2025
All CMA members are invited to spend three days from March 20-22 with other Catholic health care professionals in a silent retreat to discover how to obtain Intimacy with Jesus Through His Gospel with retreat director and CMA member Sr. Mary Diana Dreger, OP.
As both a sister and a medical doctor, Sister Mary Diana embodies how caring for the sick is a core value of the Catholic faith. She hopes that all Catholic medical professionals attending the retreat will encounter Jesus in the Gospel.
“In his care for the poor, the sick, the suffering, Jesus invites us into an intimacy with Him by listening to His word,” she said.
The retreat is being held in conjunction with the Guilds of the Lincoln Catholic Medical Association, Omaha Catholic Medical Association and the Nebraska Catholic Nurses.
The retreat Mass and confessions will be led by Fr. Christopher Kubat, National Chaplain of the CMA and Fr. Dan Rayer, chaplain of the Lincoln CMA. The retreat includes rosary, devotions, adoration, silence, meditation and discussion with Sr. Mary Diana.
The retreat is open to all Catholic doctors, nurses, therapists, and other health care professionals caring for patients. Medical students are also encouraged to attend. Women are invited to have an additional personal encounter with Christ by coming a day early.
The retreat will be held at Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House in Waverly, Nebraska.
