SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY: DIARMUID O’MURCHU Developing an Adult Faith for the 21st Century Friday, May 4 – Sunday, May 6, 2012 Many contemporary Christians seek articulations and mediations of faith that call forth, challenge and honour the adult in all of us. This retreat, based on O’Murchu’s most recent book Adult Faith will explore the nature …
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Drawing Spirituality with Celtic Knots Quiet Saturday: April 21, 2012 This is a hands-on workshop about a design that has captured the religious imagination of humanity since 6000 B.C.E. and has decorated Gospel manuscripts and Christian churches from 400 C.E. to the present day. Anyone who can draw a dot and a line has already …
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Holy Week in the Steps of Jesus Guided Retreat: Wednesday, April 4 – Sunday, April 8, 2012 Experience the life and landscape of the Bible and the culture of the Middle East through illustrated reflections and praying the scriptures, looking at the land and the culture that gave us the patriarchs, the prophets, Jesus, the …
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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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Healing and Hope Guided Retreat: Friday, February 17 – Sunday, February 19, 2012 Stephanie Ozorio and her team of experienced facilitators will lead a weekend of renewal for persons who are widowed, separated or divorced. The program is designed to help participants begin their journey of spiritual and emotional healing and to discover themselves in …
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SSJD Discovery Day: Windows into a Monastic Community February 11, 2012 Visit the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine and discover what George Carey, 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury, described as “the best-kept secret in the Anglican Communion.” Join us for a tour of the Convent, multi-media presentation, a window into one Sister’s journey, Holy Eucharist, …
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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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