Workshop, Friday-Saturday, June 14-15, 2013 Do you want some help in setting up liturgy and music for a Sunday Service? Or for a Festival Day? Teams of clergy and liturgical planners from a number of faith traditions will walk you through the process in plenary sessions; then you’ll have a chance to work in …
View course details “Fit the Music to the Word: Choosing Hymns for the Liturgy”
Guided Retreat, Friday-Sunday, May 24-26, 2013 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, texture and composition. Participants are invited to use …
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Guided Retreat, Friday-Sunday, April 26-28, 2013 We live in a society which makes us strangers to ourselves, other people and our surroundings. Join the Rt. Rev. Mark MacDonald, the first National Indigenous Bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada and formerly Bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Diocese of Alaska, as he teaches us how …
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Quiet Saturday, April 13, 2013 Resurrection is both hard to understand and hard to convey. It is among the most difficult concepts for people to grasp. While the cross is the centerpiece of the Christian faith, resurrection is what creates community. Crucifixion causes people to run away, to cower. Crucifixion divides people. The fruit …
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Guided Retreat: Wednesday-Sunday, March 27-31, 2013 As Christians we are called to walk in the footsteps of our Lord Jesus Christ. Join us as we walk through the triumphs, the sufferings and the glories of Holy Week and Easter Day. Sr. Sue, SSJD, Director of Associates, will lead the conversation as we look at …
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Lenten Quiet Day for Associates, Oblates and Friends, Saturday, February 23, 2013 Even God rested on the seventh day! This Quiet Day will explore the biblical and theological roots of keeping sabbath, and invite participants to reflect on their own practice and experience of keeping sabbath in their lives. The leader is the Rev. …
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Monday-Wednesday, March 11-13, 2013 Is time our friend or our enemy? Why does it seem like we never have enough time in a day? The Christian spiritual tradition offers us many ways to sanctify time, yet we easily sink into a “daily grind.” This retreat will be a spirited look at our relationship with …
View course details “Kathleen Norris: Sacred Time, Ordinary Days”
Friday-Sunday, March 8-10, 2013 Writing doesn’t come out perfect on our first try. Revising and re-visioning are necessary parts of the process, and in short-changing them we short-change ourselves and our work. This workshop will address the necessity and the value of the revising process. Led by Kathleen Norris, award-winning poet, writer, and author …
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Images of God, Images of Ourselves Guided Retreat, Friday-Sunday, February 8-10, 2013 In the book of Genesis we are assured that we are made in the image of God. This sounds really wonderful, even awesome, but how seriously do we take it? And how do we let it affect our Christian life? In this …
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Humour, Hope and Healing Guided Retreat: Friday-Sunday, October 26-28, 2012 Do you remember the last time you laughed so hard you leaned back afterwards, sighed and said, “Oh, I needed that!”? Therapeutic humour promotes health and wellness and can be used to facilitate healing or coping whether physical, emotional, social or spiritual. In a …
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