DISCERNMENT & VOCATION: FOR WOMEN SEEKING DIRECTION IN THEIR LIVES July 1-24, 2011 • June 29 – July 22, 2012 This 3 1/2-week program, held each summer, is for women who are intentionally committed to seeking God’s guidance in living out their baptismal call — in business or professional careers, in homemaking or lay careers, …
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Spirituality in Focus: Recognizing the Sacred through Your Camera Lens Guided Retreat: June 1-3, 2012 We will explore the link between the photographs we take and our spirituality. This interactive, hands-on retreat will open opportunities for you to reflect on your own photographs and those of others. Open to anyone who has a passion for …
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Merton’s Messages for Us Today Quiet Saturday: May 26, 2012 Thomas Merton was a multi-faceted soul, whose writings continue to be a resource to an increasing number of enthusiasts. Diarist, poet, teacher, photographer, social critic, essayist, nature-lover, letter writer, artist are some of the descriptions of a Trappist monk who desired to live in solitude, …
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Special Public Lecture: Gospel Empowerment for Your Time with Diarmuid O’Murchu Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. Fee: $25 Diarmuid O’Murchu, a member of the Sacred Heart Missionary Order, and a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, is a social psychologist. Most of his working life has been in social ministry, predominantly in London, …
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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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