Back to the Garden Women’s Virtual Retreat 2026
With Sarina Stokes and Fr. Cole Kennett
June 19 - 21, 2026
June 19-21, 2026 Back to the Garden: Healing the Feminine Heart through Jesus, the Bridegroom
with Sarina Stokes and Fr. Cole Kennett
Online 3-Day weekend for Young Adult Women starts Friday at 7:00pm ends Sunday with 11:00am Mass.
Back to the Garden
You were made for Heaven. You were made for Jesus. You were made to walk in the garden of your heart with Him. All young adult women, open to all vocations, are invited to encounter the masculine Heart of Jesus Christ, The Bridegroom, and the restoration He has in store for your feminine identity.
During the course of the weekend, women will be invited into the journey of their hearts.
Pulling from the wisdom of St. Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, the poetic love story of the Song of Songs, and personal testimony; women will come to encounter the beauty within themselves and the truth of who they are and Whose they are, Jesus Christ’s.
Retreat starting at 7:00pm on Friday, April 19 and concludes on Sunday at 2:00pm. View or Download Retreat Schedule Back to the Garden 2025
For any questions, please text or call Sarina at 402-512-9518
Father Cole Kennett was ordained a priest on May 27, 2017 at the Cathedral of the Risen Christ in Lincoln Nebraska. He is the pastor of St. Michael parish in Lincoln. Previously he was pastor in Colon and Cedar Bluffs and taught at Bishop Neumann in Wahoo.
Passionate about the restoration and integration of the whole person through the healing power of Jesus Christ, Father Kennett draws inspiration from the scriptural promise found in Revelation 21:5 “Behold, I make all things new.” Father Kennett emphasizes the transformative nature of Christ’s love, seeking to reclaim all that was lost in the Garden of Eden through disobedience. His ministry centers around helping others discover Christ as the New Adam and Bridegroom.
Having encountered the Father’s intense love himself he strives to help others know this love so that they might find their place in the Father’s Kingdom on the other side of eternity.
Sarina Stokes was the Outreach and Ministry Coordinator at Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House and is graduate of the University of Mary’s Applied Catholic Theology program. She was born in Gilbert, AZ and graduated from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ in 2015. Following graduation, she served with FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) for 2 years at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln.
After radically being made new in the merciful love of Jesus Christ, Sarina has “found Him whom her soul loves.” On November 1, 2022 she made a private vow of chastity to Jesus Christ; binding the entirety of her heart, mind, body, and soul to Him. Sarina loves to journey into people’s hearts to help them encounter the deep mercy of Jesus Christ and the great joy that comes with knowing Him. Continuously walking through her own story of redemption, restoration and renewal; Sarina believes that nothing is too hopeless, too broken or too lost that Jesus Christ cannot make new and bring freedom.
Directors
Sarina Stokes is a soul marked by God’s never-ending mercy. From her earliest years, she felt drawn to contemplate the face of Christ on the Cross and to recognize His presence in those around her. This love has only deepened as Jesus has met her personally through the trials of her life. Sarina grew up in Gilbert, Arizona, and then headed north to the mountains of Northern Arizona University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Strategic Communication, with an emphasis in Public Relations and International Communication. After a radical conversion during college, she served as a missionary with…
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A Lincoln native and graduate of Pius X High School (’09), Fr. Timothy Cole Kennett was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Lincoln in 2017. He currently serves as pastor of St. Michael, Lincoln and was previously pastor of St. Joseph, Colon and St. Mary, Cedar Bluffs AND teacher at Bishop Neumann school in Wahoo. His home parish was St. Joseph in Lincoln. His parents are Tim and Shane Kennett, and he has three younger sisters. Shane is also a member of the Lincoln Equipping Team.
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