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Whooping Crane

Image of grace, bringer of peace.

... Fitzgerald
Springbank Retreat chose the whooping crane, an endangered species, as a symbol for its commitment to Earth justice.

Springbank is the perfect place for your
  • Sabbaticals
  • Private Retreats
  • Staff Retreats
  • Planning Meetings
  • Small Conferences
  • Hermitage Experience

We invite you to come spend some uninterrupted time on 80 acres of wooded trails and natural beauty ... a place for prayer, recollection and rest.

Recognizing the sacredness of Earth and the fragility of its eco-systems, we commit ourselves to the healing of our planet and we encourage others to have a deeper understanding of the inter-connectedness and vulnerability of Earth and all life forms.

"The day will come when after harnessing space, the ind, the tides and gravitation, we will harness for God the energies of love and on that day for the second time in the history of the world we shall have discovered fire."

... Teilhard de Chardin

"You will learn more in woods than you will in books. The trees and stones will teach you what you will never learn in the school of the masters."

... St. Bernard

"A spirituality which can animate, develop and strengthen the sense of being one human family with shared resources and mutual love for each other."

... Ursula King

"Preach the Gospel at all times, if necessary use words."

... St. Francis

"The Universe is a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects."

... Thomas Berry


Springbank Programs

Sabbaticals       Mini-Sabbaticals       Presenters

Springbank Programs:    2010 Fall/Winter Schedule

Winter/Spring 2010 Schedule
September 11 - 12, 2010

Volunteer Work Weekend
Join us at Springbank for the weekend or just for a day. Gather with friends for laughter, great food, and good old-fashioned work. We're counting on you to help make this weekend a success.

Please pre-register.
Saturday-Lunch & Dinner
No Cost. This is a mutual energy exchange.
September 17 - 19, 2010
12-Step Retreat for Women

Kathy McGrogan MA - Dot Goodwin
Exploration of Native Spirituality and Tradition is one of the many ways to connect with our Higher Power.  Experiences will include Sage Blessings, Prayer Lodge, Drumming and Give Away Ceremony.

3 Days / 2 Nights    Friday, 7p.m. - Sunday, 1p.m.
Cost: $195      Deposit: $50       Balance: $145
September 21 - 22, 2010
Well-Springs Music & Spirit in Action

Pepper Sarnoff MA MS - Faye Townsend LMT
Participation in the Well-Springs program will lift our hearts and minds to a greater clarity and lightness.  Powerful music and the healing arts are pivotal in this healing of mind, body, spirit, and emotions.


2 Days / 1 Night     Tuesday 10 a.m. - Wednesday 4p.m.
Cost: $200      Deposit: $50       Balance: $150
September 24 - 26, 2010
Contemplative Retreat
Thomas Merton and Thomas Berry in Dialogue on Healing the Natural World

Kathleen Deignan CND PhD
In these prayerful sessions Merton and Berry, mystics of deep ecology, will be brought into a creative conversation concerning the roots of our environmental crisis and the paths to recovery.  In word, song, image, movement and meditation we will engage in their wisdom and celebrate their faithful witness to hope.
 
3 Days / 2 Nights     Friday, 7p.m. - Sunday, 1p.m.
Cost: $275       Deposit: $50       Balance: $225

“If you want to cultivate peace, protect creation.” Pope Benedict XVI
September 27 - October 2 , 2010
Wholeness / Holiness Retreat for Women
Opening Minds and Hearts

Margie Hosch OSF
An intensive retreat designed to integrate the spiritual and psychological aspects of our lives.  Multiple strategies will be utilized for helping each woman develop a new sense of inner strength and self-nurturing through daily individual and group spiritual direction, counseling, creative expression, prayer and silence ~ a safe, holy environment for women who have come to a turning point in their lives and desire a greater wholeness.  Call or e-mail for a detailed flyer.

6 Days / 5 Nights     Monday, 7p.m. - Saturday, 4p.m.
Cost: $650       Deposit: $100       Balance: $550
October 4 - 5, 2010
Dreamwork

Justina Lasley MA
We are given visions each night of how we might live in a more spiritual, fulfilling way. Learn to recall and find meaning in your dreams, using them as a valuable resource to move forward in your personal growth and spiritual well being. CE credits available

2 Days / 1 Night     Monday, 10a.m. - Tuesday, 4p.m.
Cost: $200       Deposit: $50       Balance: $150
October 8 - 10, 2010
Field of Compassion
How the New Cosmology Is Transforming Spiritual Life

Judy Cannato MEd MA
Thomas Berry said that our generation is in between stories, caught in the tension between the story of creation told by science and that related by religion.  The former mechanistic image of the cosmos has broken down, replaced by a holistic image that speaks of the connectedness of all life.  The new cosmology has allowed a new consciousness to emerge, one that resonates with Christian tradition and invites an integration of science and spirituality in a transformative way.  Join award-winning author Judy Cannato in an exploration of the emerging capacities that enable us to enflesh the deepening Field of Compassion that is transforming all creation.

3 Days / 2 Nights     Friday, 7p.m. - Sunday, 1p.m
Cost: $285      Deposit: $50       Balance: $235
October 12 - 13, 2010
Healing Wounds of the Heart
A Path to Wholeness

Susan Pannier - Cass BS KRI
During this retreat participants will learn simple techniques and postures to re-connect with self, to help break destructive tendencies, and heal wounds of the heart. Kundalini Yoga is the Yoga of Awareness which will strengthen our bodies through gentle postures, elevate our mood through breathwork, quiet the mind with meditation, and find the peace within, where all answers lie waiting for discovery.

2 Days / 1 Night     Tuesday, 10a.m. - Wednesday, 4p.m.
Cost: $200      Deposit: $50         Balance: $150
October 15 - 17, 2010
Awakening a New Consciousness

Jan Novotka

The greatest human challenge of our time is to say “Yes” to the new and emerging dimension of consciousness.  This weekend retreat will provide the opportunity to explore this rising shift in consciousness and to open ourselves to it.  Integral to this retreat is the practice of deeper awareness, group sharing, personal processing, time in the natural world and the enjoyment of singing.

3 Days / 2 Nights     Friday, 7p.m. - Sunday, 1p.m.
Cost: $275       Deposit: $50      Balance: $225
October 19 - 29, 2010
Pottery & Native Wisdom

Ursula Ording OP - Trina McCormick OP - Judy Markiewicz SNDdeN
Share the ancient wisdom of your Native sisters and brothers, create Native crafts and drums and experience Prayer Lodge and Vision Quest. No art experience necessary.


11 Days / 10 Nights     Tuesday, 7p.m. - Friday, 1p.m
Cost: $650      Deposit: $100       Balance: $550
October 22 - 24, 2010
Vision Quest

Grandmother June Perry - Wendy Kraus MS CAS
Making a Vision Quest is a deeply prayerful and insightful experience.  Being open and receptive to what the Spirit is awakening in our lives is the focus of this seven-hour “Quest.”  The Prayer Lodge Ceremony is an integral part of this experience.

3 Days / 2 Nights     Friday, 7p.m. - Sunday, 1p.m.
Cost: $200       Deposit: $50       Balance: $150
October 29 - 30, 2010
Drum-making

Judy Markiewicz SNDdeN
Experience drum-making in the native tradition.
Materials Fee: small drum $90-large drum $110
Must be registered by October 1st.

2 Days / 1 Night     Friday, 7p.m. - Saturday, 5p.m.
Cost: $100      Deposit: $50       Balance: $50
October 31 - November 3 , 2010
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 Nights     Sunday, 7p.m. - Wednesday, 1p.m.
Cost: $300       Deposit: $50       Balance: $250
November 5 - 7, 2010
Come and Paint

Sherry Dolan RSM
Experience painting as a way of prayer in the context of the New Cosmology.  Trust in one’s own creative self.  No background in art is required.  All are engaged in the creative process without competition or comparison ~a deeply spiritual and creative experience. Explore and let possibilities unfold in a safe environment. Materials provided.
3 Days / 2 Nights     Friday, 7p.m - Sunday, 4p.m.
Cost: $285       Deposit: $50       Balance: $235

November 12 -14, 2010
Deep The Love (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 profound love that moves within all...

3 Days / 2 Nights     Friday, 7p.m. - Sunday, 1p.m.
Cost: $285   Deposit: $50       Balance: $235

Carolyn will lead a Song Fest 2-4p.m. open to the public.  Refreshments will be served.
 Donations accepted.
November 16 - 17, 2010
The Enneagram Map
Weaving personality and spirituality on the journey to our deeper selves


Sandra Smith MDiv
We will take a new look at the Enneagram map and explore the motivation of the nine types.  We will learn how our type keeps us on automatic and asleep to our lives and discover specific strategies for waking up to our deeper selves.  When we wade into the water of a “holy pause” we can shift the contracted energy that sustains our compulsions into a more expanded energy that allows our compassion and spiritual qualities to arise. We will explore the “vice to virtue conversion” and the role of the body’s wisdom in this process.
2 Days / 1 Night     Tuesday, 10a.m. - Wednesday, 4p.m.
Cost: $225      Deposit: $50       Balance: $175

November 19 - 21, 2010
Exploring a New Cosmology in a Time of Earth Transition

Miriam MacGillis OP
This workshop will face the threefold forces of a major transition in our human relationship with Earth, a transition currently brought on by our industrial, economic, worldview and activities: the end of the era of cheap fossil fuels; global climate change; economic disruption.  In reflecting on these disruptive forces, we will explore the new revelatory, scientific insights about our human identity in a spiritual, creative and emerging process of Universe-Earth evolution.  Based on the writings of Thomas Berry and Brian Swimme, this three day program will incorporate study, reading, prayer, ritual and silent immersion in the natural world.
3 Days / 2 Nights     Friday, 10a.m. - Sunday, 1p.m.
Cost: $285       Deposit: $50       Balance: $235

December 3 - 5, 2010
People, Earth & Divine Love


Helen Prejean CSJ - Marya Grathwohl OSF
Revel in the wisdom of three spiritual fire-starters; Saint Clare of Assisi, Mystic and co-founder of the Franciscan movement; Helen Caldicott, MD, author of If You Love This Planet; Father Thomas Berry, one of the most influential thinkers of our time.  Enliven your passion and resolve for human rights and care for Earth, those you love and the future of all life enhanced through storytelling, celebration of Gospel life, and precious time with God’s creation in Springbank’s beautiful setting.
3 Days / 2 Nights     Friday, 7p.m. - Sunday, 1p.m.
Cost: $285        Deposit: $50       Balance: $235

Sunday, December 5 from 2-4 p.m.
Helen Prejean, author of  Dead ManWalking, will speak on the impact of the death penalty
and the sacredness of human life.
Donations accepted.  Open to the public



Winter/Spring 2010 Schedule January through June

INFORMATION - REGISTRATION

Springbank Retreat
1345 Springbank Road
Kingstree, SC 29556

Register by Phone:    800-671-0361
By Fax:    843-382-5340
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