Programs 2011
“If you want to cultivate peace, protect creation.”
Pope Benedict XVI
FALL SABBATICAL
September 11, 2011 – December 7, 2011
September 9-10
Volunteer Work Weekend
Gather with friends for laughter and good old-fashioned work.
Please pre-register. Saturday – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
No cost. This is a mutual energy exchange.
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September 14-15
Well-Springs: Celebrate Self & Spirit
through Creative Movement & Expressive Arts
Pepper Sarnoff MA MS & Faye Townsend LMT
Participation in this program lifts hearts and minds to greater clarity and lightness and prepares us for change and growth. Powerful music, playful movement, and integrative reflection are used to reshape our minds, open our hearts, invigorate our spirits, to connect deeply and richly with each other, experiencing joy and renewed creativity.
2 days / 1 nightTues. 10am - Wed. 4pm
Tues. 10am - Wed. 4pmCost: $200Deposit: $50Balance: $150
Deposit: $50Balance: $150--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
September 16-18
12-Step Retreat for Men and Women
Kathy McGrogan MA, Richard Guess MEd, Dot Goodwin
Exploration of Native Spirituality is one of the many ways to connect with our Higher Power. Experiences will include Sage Blessings, Prayer Lodge, Drumming and Sacred Pipe.
3 days / 2 nightsFri. 7pm - Sun. 1pm
Fri. 7pm - Sun. 1pmCost: $195Deposit: $50Balance: $145
Deposit: $50Balance: $145--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
September 19-24
Wholeness/Holiness Retreat for Women
Opening Minds and Hearts
Margie Hosch OSF
An integrative retreat designed to bring together spiritual and psychological aspects of our lives. A new sense of inner strength and self-nurturing will come through daily spiritual direction, counseling, creative expression, prayer and silence. Call or e-mail for a detailed flyer.
6 days / 5 nightsMon. 9:30am - Sat. 4pm
Mon. 9:30am - Sat. 4pmCost: $650 Deposit: $100Balance: $550
Deposit: $100Balance: $550--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MINI SABBATICAL I: September 30 - October 16, 2011
17 days / 16 nights Fri. 5pm – Sun. 1pm
Cost: $950 Deposit: $100Balance: $850
Deposit: $100Balance: $850This price includes all programs offered below.
September 30 - October 2
Bringing Dreams to Life:
Avenue to Authentic and Creative Living
Justina Lasley, MA
Discover ways to remember, record, understand, and follow your dreams to gain new awareness and re-energize your life. In this experiential workshop, you will learn to use dreams that come to you as gift each night and awaken your most authentic, creative, and spiritual Self. CE Credits available
3 days / 2 nightsFri. 5pm - Sun. 1pm
Fri. 5pm - Sun. 1pmCost: $275 Deposit: $50Balance: $225
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October 4-5
Imaginative Collage
Dot Goodwin
Explore the creative arts through the use of a variety of medium. Let paint, texture and fiber free your inner creative self to imagine a life you would enjoy living.
No art experience necessary; materials provided.
2 days / 1 nightTues. 10am - Wed. 4pm
Tues. 10am - Wed. 4pmCost: $285Deposit: $50Balance: $235
Deposit: $50Balance: $235--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
October 7-9
Moments of Grace
Times of Transformation
Rev. Jim Conlon
Together we will reflect on the great endeavors of the past and embrace fully what is still possible for us to do. As we reflect on the vast beauty of the Universe and ponder the galaxies within the Grand Canyons of our souls, we will move forward buoyed on by great hope that tomorrow will be a time carried forward by the irreversible waves of the new Universe Story.
3 days / 2 nights Fri. 7pm - Sun. 1pm
Cost: $275 Deposit: $50Balance: $225
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October 12-13
The Healing Oils of the Bible
Theresa Linehan, SNDdeN
“And they went out … and they anointed with oil many that were sick and healed them.” (Mark 6:12-13) Aromatic oils for healing, cleansing, and holy anointing are mentioned more than 500 times in the Bible. Learn, enjoy and experience how modern science has discovered why Moses used them to protect the Israelites; why Mary and Joseph used them for daily well-being. Experience how these healing oils are effective antibiotics and promote overall health and vitality.
2 days / 1 night Wed. 10am - Thurs. 4pm
Cost: $250 Deposit: $50Balance: $200
Deposit: $50Balance: $200--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
October 14-16
Spirituality in a time of Earth Transition
Marya Grathwohl, OSF
Peak oil, climate chaos and global economic instability: a perfect storm that summons our courage and creativity and calls us to community. In light of the Universe Story we will explore values and spiritual practices that can sustain us through profound cultural and personal transition. Prayer, Chat and Ritual Dance will open us to the courage and hope needed for these times.
2 days / 1 nightFri. 7pm - Sun. 1pm
Fri. 7pm - Sun. 1pmCost: $200Deposit: $50Balance $150
Deposit: $50Balance $150End of Mini Sabbatical I
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October 18-28
Pottery & Native Spirituality
Trina McCormick OP, Judy Markiewicz SNDdeN
Share the ancient wisdom, learn ways of relating to the natural world with greater reverence. Experience Prayer Lodge and Vision Quest. Create unique earthen vessels using a hand-building technique and primitive firing process.
No art experience necessary.
11 days / 10 nightsTues. 9:30 am - Fri. 1pm
Tues. 9:30 am - Fri. 1pmCost: $650 Deposit: $100 Balance: $550
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October 21-23
Spirit Quest
Grandmother June Perry & Wendy Krauss MS CAS
Spirit Quest is a deeply prayerful and insightful experience. Being open and receptive to the Spirit and listening in the profound quiet of the natural world is the focus of this seven-hour “Quest.” Prayer Lodge is also an integral part of this experience.
3 days / 2 nights Fri. 7pm - Sun. 1pm
Fri. 7pm - Sun. 1pmCost: $200 Deposit: $50 Balance: $150
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October 28-30
Religious Life in the New Millennium
Barbara Fiand, SNDdeN
We live in turbulent times urging major transformation in ourselves and our call to live Gospel liberation. We will reflect on the meaning and relevance of our vows today, on new ways of living community and welcoming new and alternate forms of religious life, into the dearth of membership and the possibility of death. We will imagine a future with courage, love and hope.
3 days / 2 nightsFri. 7pm - Sun. 1pm
Fri. 7pm - Sun. 1pmCost: $275 Deposit: $50Balance: $225
Balance: $225“Out of the ashes of what has to die, comes the seed and soil for new growth.”
Margie Hosch, OSF
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MINI SABBATICAL II October 31 - November 9
20 days / 19 nights Mon. 7pm – Thurs. 1pm
Cost: $975 Deposit: $100 Balance: $875
Deposit: $100 Balance: $875This price includes all programs offered below.
October 31 - November 3
Basketry: Weaving Balance & Beauty
Linda Szocik SSJ-TOSF
Come enjoy the contemplative art of basket-making. Woven into the schedule will be time for personal reflection and communal prayer. No experience necessary; materials furnished.
4 days / 3 nightsMon. 7pm - Thurs. 4pm
Mon. 7pm - Thurs. 4pmCost: $325 Deposit: $50Balance: $275
Deposit: $50Balance: $275--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
November 3-6
Spirit Quest for Elders: Claiming Heart Wisdom of Conscious Aging
Marcy Walsh and Pam Noble
This WomanQuest is an opportunity to make the transitions in the aging process more conscious, more healing, and more open to new birth through a gentle questing experience among the Magnolias and Live Oak trees of the lowlands. We will utilize the teachings of Nature incorporating ceremony, solitude, daytime wanderings, story-telling, and Council in seeking clarity for our sacred journeys.
4 days / 3 nightsThurs. 7pm - Sun. 1pm
Thurs. 7pm - Sun. 1pmCost: $425 Deposit: $50Balance: $375
Deposit: $50Balance: $375Registration before October 1: $25 discount
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November 8-9
Drum-Making
Judy Markiewicz, SNDdeN
Share in the ancient wisdom of our Native sisters and brothers by creating and shaping a hand-held drum in the native tradition.
Materials Fee: small drum $90-large drum $110
Must be registered by October 15.
2 Days / 1 NightTues. 10:00 am - Wed. 5pm
Tues. 10:00 am - Wed. 5pmCost: $100 Deposit: $50 Balance: $50
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November 15-16
Unfurling Our Spiritual Lives
Sandra Smith, MDiv
How might you deepen your heart’s capacity to receive and give love? Using the Enneagram personality system as a map to our inner landscape, we’ll claim the gifts of our personality that support us and name the limitations of personality that block us as we journey on the path to love and to waking up to all of who we are.
2 days / 1 nightTues. 10am - Wed. 4pm
Tues. 10am - Wed. 4pmCost: $225 Deposit: $50 Balance: $175
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November 18-20
Making the Change
Miriam MacGillis, OP
Raising awareness is central to the Transition model and TransitionUS presentations cover peak oil, climate change and the mechanics of Transition, along with the subtler subject of the inner transition we all need to go through if we're going to re-store a harmonious relationship with the planet.
Of all the issues we are concerned with at present, the most basic issue is that of human-Earth relations." Thomas Berry, CP
3 days / 2 nightFri. 7pm - Sun. 1pm
Fri. 7pm - Sun. 1pmCost: $250 Deposit: $50 Balance: $200
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November 26
Advent Blessings
Pam Smith, SSCM
We look at the Hebrew prophets and New Testament passages to consider the blessedness of our lives, the presence of Emmanuel (God-with-us) in an ongoing way and the impact of the coming of Christ on humanity and the whole created world. There will be time for personal reflection, meditative walks, artistic and musical expression.
1 day, Saturday, 10am - 4pm Cost: $75 Deposit: $25 Balance: $50
End of Mini Sabbatical II
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November 28
On the Way Home:
Deepening a Sense of Ecological Belonging
Dan Shelton, Ed.D
What is a sense of ecological belonging? Rekindle a relationship with Nature that is deeply meaningful, ecologically sustainable, inviting us to become compassionate being s of Earth.
Mon. 10am - 4pm
Cost: $75 Deposit: $50 Balance: $25
Deposit: $50 Balance: $25--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
December 2-4
Widening Embrace (A Women’s Retreat)
Carolyn McDade
We yearn to create a new human/earth relationship of reverence and reciprocity in our world. We desire to create that rightness in all the ways we relate to the sacred whole. As we gather in the promise of circle, opening ourselves into singing, simple ritual, and reflection, we move into a more intimate knowing of the love that moves within all…widening our embrace.
3 Days / 2 NightsFri. 7pm - Sun. 1pm
Fri. 7pm - Sun. 1pmCost: $285 Deposit: $50 Balance: $ 235
Carolyn McDade will lead a song Fest on Sunday, December 4 from 2-4 p.m. Open to the public. Donations accepted.
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