Journey into Meditation through Visual Art Guided retreat: Friday March 23 – Sunday, 25, 2012 The link between art and spirituality is explored with the intention of deepening our personal prayer practice through guided meditation and creativity. We will explore our own voice by enjoying “hands on” experiences, which encourage experimentation with line, colour, shape, …
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Called to Serve: Lenten Quiet Day for Associates, Oblates and Friends Quiet Saturday, March 10, 2012 Jesus said to his followers: If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” (Luke 9:23) The path is not easy. All of us who choose to follow …
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Discovering God in the Dark Friday, February 3 – Sunday, February 5, 2012 For St. Ignatius, the most important thing in a person’s life is to find God. Everything else is secondary. There is no end to God’s love, and no end to our journeying ever deeper into that love and into the community created …
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Baking Bread and Discipleship Quiet Saturday: January 28, 2012 Making heart-bread and helping others make heart-bread. In the mixing, kneading, and rising, bread making has a language of its own, and is an apt metaphor of our spiritual journey. This will be a reflective day of breadmaking and sharing a centuries-old practice of discovering how …
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The Word Discerned and Embodied: A Discipleship of the Land Guided Retreat: Friday, January 20 – Sunday, January 22, 2012 As we move into a post-Christian world two things are necessary and primary to our future: a recovery of discipleship as the basic model for Christian life and a reconnection of our moral life to …
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Celebrating the Past, Visioning the Future Guided Retreat: Saturday, December 31, 2011 – Sunday, January 1, 2012 Tired of New Year’s Eve parties? Consider spending 28 hours (or more if you wish) at the Convent, celebrating the New Year in liturgy, enjoyment of festive food, and fellowship. Sisters of SSJD will guide participants in reflecting …
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Christmas Retreat Friday, December 23 – Monday December 26, 2011 Celebrate Christmas with the Sisters, enjoying the pre-Christmas and Christmas liturgies, with time for both quiet reflection and festive celebration. Sisters of SSJD will lead participants in a daily reflection, with opportunity to express their creativity in decorating the Guest House as well as joining …
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Waiting for God: Advent Quiet Day for Associates, Oblates and Friends Quiet Saturday, December 3, 2011 Advent is a time of waiting in expectation for God to be born – in our hearts, in the church, in our world. We wait eagerly to celebrate the anniversary of the first coming of Christ, and we wait …
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Loving Intent—Deep Listening—Compassionate Action Guided Retreat: Friday, November 25 – Sunday, November 27, 2011 In this retreat we will look at the heart of the spiritual journey: to have a loving intent toward ourselves, our friends and our neighbours; to practise deep listening to the voice of the Spirit within ourselves, within others, and in …
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Crossing Thresholds: The True Geography of the Heart Tuesday, February 14 to Friday, February 17 Led by Esther de Waal To be present totally to a landscape, to read it and dialogue with it, helps us to see the times and forces that have shaped it and us. This will be a retreat that explores …
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