2026 Annual SixThree Spiritual Retreat
Our 2026 Annual Six-Three Spiritual Retreat at Malvern is scheduled for:
June 19, 20 & 21, 2026
Retreat will start Friday evening, Saturday & Sunday morning, available in person or virtual.
REGISTER TODAY!
NEW! One-Day Saturday Retreat Option
In an effort to understand and counter act declining attendance, we have discovered the probable top two reasons are the objection of TIME and or MONEY. In an effort to slow and hopefully reverse this trend. We will be offering a “One Day Saturday Retreat Option“ as part of our regular full retreat. The cost is $100 which is to be paid in full when registering on line.
- The One Day Option will begin Saturday morning at breakfast and end with Saturday night after donuts . Three meals… no room accommodations
- The cost is $100 paid in full prior to the weekend on line
- Malvern and or the group will have someone to register the one day attendees on Saturday prior to breakfast
- Both new and existing One Day attendees will get credit for attending the Retreat
- The One Day retreatant will have a name tag to designate he is attending for one day
Menu: REGISTER | Retreat Director | Celebrant | Young Man Initiative | Carlo Acutis
2026 Guest Speaker – Mike Manhardt
Mike Manhardt is a mission-driven entrepreneur, producer, and author dedicated to inspiring selfless love through media, technology, and sports. He is the founder of One Strong Family, the movement behind the trademarked message F.A.M.I.L.Y.® — Forget About Me I Love You®, which continues to transform families, schools, teams, and communities nationwide.
He is the author of F.A.M.I.L.Y. — The Ultimate Playbook for Coaches & Captains, a 12-chapter manifesto equipping student-athletes and mentors with the mindset and tools to lead with love and sacrifice.
Mike is a 1991 graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville. He served as a fulltime Catholic youth minister for more than 12 years in the Archdiocese of Denver and the Diocese of Hamilton, Bermuda. He is currently the Director of Teen Confirmation at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills, where he has served in that position for the past 10 years.
In the world of media, Mike is a founding member of FiveHive Studios, which leverages AI technology to make filmmaking faster, more affordable, and creatively groundbreaking. He is also the founding member of Anaheim Studios, where since 2012 he has produced content for corporations, non-profits, and faith-based organizations, including documentaries and music videos. Mike entered film in 2018, focusing on finance and marketing, with producer credits that include UNPLANNED and the 2023 blockbuster Sound of Freedom.
Beyond media, Mike founded Cart Agent, LLC, a tech company that helps brands dominate Amazon through data-driven advertising and real-time market intelligence. In 2024, he joined the Board of Directors of The Liquid Sports Company to support innovation in high school athletics.
Since 2015, Mike has served the homeless in Los Angeles, providing over a million meals. During the pandemic, he co-founded FEED MY POOR, a nonprofit delivering 1,000 meals daily through The Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills.
2026 Retreat Director
Msgr Stephen McHenry, Spiritual Guidance and Liturgy
Msgr. McHenry received his B.A. degree (Philosophy) from Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in 1969, his M.A. (Philosophy) from Villanova University in 1972, and his M. Div. (Theology) from Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in 1973. He completed his doctoral studies (Theology) in April 1983, receiving his Ph.D. from Fordham University.
Msgr. McHenry has served as an Assistant Pastor, a Religion Teacher and School Minister in the archdiocesan high school apostolate, and in central administration for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. He was appointed as Assistant to the Vicar for Catholic Education in 1985 with responsibility for all aspects of Religious Education. In 1988, he was appointed Vicar for Catholic Education in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. In 2023 Msgr. McHenry retired as Pastor of Saint Anthony of Padua Parish in Ambler, PA.
Throughout the years of his priesthood, Msgr. McHenry has led Retreats as well as given talks and lectures both to parent and student groups. He has been involved with the spiritual formation of the men studying for the Permanent Diaconate and the formation of teachers for Archdiocesan schools and CCD programs. He has been actively involved as a Spiritual Director. He taught for ten years in the Religious Studies Program at the Seminary. He also taught for ten years as Adjunct Professor of Homiletics in the Pastoral Theology Department at the Seminary, conducting the homiletics practicum course. Preaching the Lord’s Word is his great love.
Monsignor McHenry’s radio show is called “Companions on the Journey” and is typically broadcast on “In His Sign Catholic Radio” station. You can usually find it airing between 4pm and 5pm.
https://www.facebook.com/inhissigncatholicradio
2026 Retreat Special Feature – Young Man Initiative
We will continue to feature our special initiative designed to cater to the needs of our younger retreatants (ages 17 to 40). On Saturday morning of our weekend retreat we will have a special exercise for these young retreatants that will help them focus on issues that are important to them. The session will include some material and discussion regarding the challenges of people your age and retreatants will be encouraged to offer feedback on how best to tailor our retreat to better meet your needs. The following video will help you understand some of the concepts we will attempt explore in this session…
We are excited to introduce our Young Man’s initiative at the 2024 retreat, scheduled for Saturday morning at 10:45am. This brief yet impactful session is designed for young men aged 17 to 40, drawing inspiration from the “That Man Is You!” program by Paradisus Dei.
The “That Man Is You!” program addresses the significant pressures and temptations that men encounter in today’s culture, focusing particularly on their roles as husbands and fathers. It integrates insights from current social and medical sciences with the teachings of the Church and the wisdom of the saints, aiming to develop the vision of a man fully alive.
Our session will provide materials and foster discussions about the challenges faced by young adults in our modern society. We encourage retreatants to actively participate and provide feedback to help us tailor the retreat to better meet their needs. To gain a deeper understanding of the experiences shared by men who have participated in the “That Man Is You!” program, we will show an introductory video.
Our ultimate goal is to accompany men on their journey, guiding them through the complexities of family and life, and leading them on the pathway to holiness. We look forward to your participation and valuable insights during this initiative.
Who is Carlo Acutis?
Despite what one might think of a young candidate for the honors of the altars, Carlo was an absolutely normal boy, like most of his peers, but with an absolutely special harmony, thanks to his great friendship with Jesus.
In addition to his main duties of his status as that of student and son, he manages to find time to teach catechism to children preparing for First Communion and Confirmation; to volunteer at the soup kitchen of the Capuchins and the nuns of Mother Teresa; to help the poor who live in his neighborhood; to help children in difficulty with their homework; to carry out apostolic works with the internet; to play the saxophone; to play football; to design programs with the computer; to have fun with video games; watching detective films and making home movies with his dogs and cats.
“To always be united with Jesus, this is my life plan” , he wrote when he was only seven years old. And since then he has always been faithful to this program until his departure for Heaven which took place between 11 and 12 October 2006 at the San Gerardo Hospital in Monza.
Since he was a child, Carlo has always shown a great attraction towards “Heaven” . By a special circumstance, given his uncommon maturity in matters of Faith and his great love for the Sacrament of the Eucharist, Carlo was admitted to First Communion at just seven years old and since then he has never missed his daily appointment with the Holy Mass and some Eucharistic adoration either before or after Mass and the daily Rosary.
Carlo writes that when “you stand in front of the sun you tan… but when you stand in front of Jesus the Eucharist you become saints” . For Carlo “the Eucharist is his highway to Heaven” , and also the most powerful means of becoming saints quickly. His famous phrase is: “Everyone is born original but many die like photocopies” .
In order not to die as a photocopy, Carlo draws from the source of the Sacraments, which for Carlo are the most powerful means to grow in virtue, effective signs of God’s infinite mercy for us. Thanks to the Eucharist, Charles heroically strengthens the virtue of fortitude, which will give him that courage common to all saints, to always go against the grain and oppose the false idols that the world constantly offers us.
The Eucharist also fuels in him a very strong desire to constantly tune in to the voice of the Lord, and to always live in his presence. By doing so, Carlo manages to bring that lifestyle learned at the school of the Eucharist: being at school, in a pizzeria with friends or in the square for a football match, or using the computer, becomes a lived Gospel. Carlo managed in an extraordinary way, despite living an ordinary existence like that of many, to dedicate his life, moment after moment, to the highest goal to which all men are called: eternal bliss with God.
Carlo, “the in love with God” , he experienced this strong presence of the divine in his earthly life and tried in every way to generously transmit it to others and still continues to intercede so that everyone can put God first in their lives and say like Carlo: “Not me but God” ; “Not self-love but the glory of God” ; “Sadness is looking towards oneself, happiness is looking towards God” .
Mary Bea Damico, Guest Speaker
Led to Jesus through Our Blessed Mother, Mary Bea is a passionate Catholic Evangelist, with a deep love for the Eucharist, Our Lady, and for our one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. Her witness is one of giving her continuous ‘Yes’ at the calling of Our Lord – in the workplace, in the family and in the world. Most recently, she responded to the Lord’s whisper to create a place of Eucharistic Encounter for the youth at Malvern Retreat House, building upon the life and work of Blessed Carlo Acutis – and the challenge to become the saints we were created to be.
Mary Bea is the President of Vovéo Marketing Group, a full service B2B Marketing Agency which she founded in January of 1995. A graduate of St. Joseph’s University, Mary Bea has served on the Haub School of Business Marketing Advisory Board, and is an active member of the Malvern Retreat House Board, as well as the St. Patrick School Board. She serves on the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Eucharistic Revival Committee, and is an active member of St. Patrick Parish Malvern. Through her business, Mary Bea has worked to assist many Catholic Non-Profit organizations – such as World Meeting of Families, Miraculous Medal Shrine, and National Centre for Padre Pio.
She has been a retreatant at Malvern since 2018, and has attended nearly 30 retreats.
Our 2026 Annual Six-Three Spiritual Retreat at Malvern is scheduled for:
June 19, 20 & 21, 2026
Retreat will start Friday evening, Saturday & Sunday morning, available in person or virtual.
REGISTER TODAY!
Relocation of the Papal Cross
After standing at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary since that event, the recent sale of the seminary necessitated a new home for the cross. Malvern Retreat House was chosen as the new location. On May 23rd, crews moved the cross to the parking lot behind Our Lady’s Chapel at St. Joseph’s in the Hills.
Robert Perricone, a member of the Malvern Retreat House community and an expert carpenter, volunteered his skills to refurbish the cross. This effort is part of a broader plan to resurrect the monument on the retreat house grounds, ensuring that the memory of the 1979 papal visit is preserved. This move not only saves a piece of history but also provides a new space for reflection and remembrance for visitors to the retreat house.
Passing of Jim Cranny
It is with great sadness that we inform you about the passing of long-time Six Three man Jim Cranny.
James R. Cranney, Sr., May 15, 2023, Age 97. Husband of the late Katherine M. Cranney(McGrath). Father of Sally Cranney (John Coogan), James R. Cranney, Jr. (Cindy), William Cranney (Linda), Maurice Cranney (Karen). He is also survived by 10 Grandchildren and three Great-Grandchildren.
Jim graduated from Jules E. Mastbaum High School in 1944 and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Following his military service, he was employed as a lace weaver at the North American Lace Company and became the National Secretary of the Amalgamated Lace Operatives Union. Jim was a fixture in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia where he served the community as a life insurance salesman with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for 25 years.
After retiring from Metropolitan Life, he worked for the Pennsylvania State Insurance Department in the Consumer Protection Department and continued to write insurance policies as an independent insurance broker into his 80s. He was an active member of Roman Catholic High School’s Fathers Club and the ASIST Program. In 2015, he was honored by Roman’s Cahill Club as a Person of Distinction and received an honorary diploma from Roman Catholic High School in 1980.
Relatives and friends are invited to Visitation on Friday, May 19 at 9:30 a.m. at St. Philip Neri Church, 437 Ridge Pike, Lafayette Hill, PA. A Funeral Mass will follow at 11 a.m. Interment in Calvary Cemetery.
Condolences may be shared at www.kollerfuneralhome.com
God Bless….Prosit,
Six Three Group
Executive Committee Members
Connections (series)
2019 Retreat Director – Fr. Carl Janicki
Fr. Carl Janicki is the Director of Campus Ministry at Cabrini University in Radnor, Pennsylvania. A priest for more than 20 years, he has also worked in ministry at Cardinal Dougherty High School. He served that community for 12 years as Campus Minister, then President, before moving on to his current position at Cabrini. Fr. Janicki represented Cabrini during the 2015 Papal visit to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families, at which he served in Media Relations, and provided “color” commentary during the Pope’s Closing Mass on the Parkway for CBS 3, Philadelphia.
Learn about our 2019 Guest Speaker Kevin Reilly >>
Cancelled – 2019 Guest Speaker – Joe Klecko
Due to an unfortunate schedule change Mr. Klecko was forced to cancel his speaking engagement for our 2019 Six Three Group retreat. We have secured an old friend of Six Three, Former Philadelphia Eagle, Kevin Reilly who is fresh off the release of his 2017 book “Tackling Life”. Kevin spoke at our 2016 retreat and will come with a fresh new look at his spiritual journey that includes discussion about his most recent successes and relationships. READ MORE about Kevin Reilly.
Advent Patience & Love
Fr. Matt’s sermon this week reflects on the virtue of patience and its role as the foundation of love during advent.
Engagement Rings & Babies
Fr. Matt’s sermon this week reflects on beauty and sacrifice of marriage.
Patriotism, Sacrifice & The Eucharist – Corpus Christi
Father Matt Guckin reflects on the true meaning of a few special days. How we sometime lose focus on the “why” of certain Holidays.
Choosing The Empty Tomb Over The Empty Show
Father Matt Guckin discusses accepting and embracing the empty tomb.
