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2012 Program DetailsJanuary 17: Note: Re-scheduled to January 31 GOING DEEP--NEEDLE-FELTED SURFACE EMBELLISHMENT ON A KNIT AND FELTED VESSEL Tuesday 9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON. From time immemorial artisans have been crafting vessels of function and beauty. This workshop is about decorating a plain felted bowl with colors and textures that speak to you of God and the beauty from God's hand. Needles and foam pads for felting will be provided. Please contact Sister Monika for a pattern for the bowl itself, and give yourself a couple of days ahead of class to knit and felt it. Don't knit? Call Sister Monika anyway, and she'll arrange for you to get a bowl. Come with an open heart and open vessel, prepared to receive God's grace.
Register by January 6 - $60 ($50 session, $10 materials)Monika Ellis, OSB
Return to ScheduleJanuary 21: Note: Re-scheduled to February 25 WHERE AM I AND HOW DID I GET HERE? Saturday 9:15 AM - 3:00 PM. Recognize where you've been...get a glimpse of what's ahead. We'll discuss common spiritual and developmental stages of life to discover our current stage in our faith journey. We'll discuss ways to keep moving without getting stuck. There will be time for personal reflection and the option of sharing with others.
Register by prior Friday - $50.
Bring a sack lunch and a notebook. Minimum 8Lisa Gosiaco is a certified spiritual director, retreat leader, and workshop presenter. Focus on topics such as: healing, transitions, women's spirituality, prayer styles, and stages of a faith journey.
Return to ScheduleJanuary 28: LECTIO DIVINA: FEASTING ON THE WORD Saturday 9:15 AM - 3:00 PM. Various ways of praying lectio divina provide a smorgasbord feast of the Word of God. This retreat day will include some background on Lectio, and then we will begin our feast of reading, meditation, prayer, and contemplation with Scripture.
Register by the prior Friday - $50.
Retreat + Learn to Facilitate - $60
Bring a sack lunch, Bible and journal.
Minimum 5Lucy Wynkoop, OSB is an experienced retreat leader and spiritual director. She has studied and practiced the monastic way, including Lectio Divina, for most of her life.
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February 4: WRITING YOUR SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY Saturday 9:15 AM - 3:00 PM. Whether you're a writer or not, come develop the art and practice of theological reflection upon the patterns of God's movement in your life. Learn the structure, content, and flow of a spiritual autobiography that captures the mystery of your journey into God.
Register by prior Friday - $60.
Bring a sack lunch and favorite writing tool.Mary Sharon Moore, author of Touching the Reign of God (Wipf & Stock, 2009), has been published in St. Anthony Messenger, Liguorian, Chicago Studies, Catechist, Presence, and in regional newspapers, and she writes a monthly column for the Southwest Kansas Register. Mary Sharon is founder of Awakening Vocations, and works nationwide with individuals in spiritual direction and vocational direction. You can learn more about Mary Sharon and her work at Awakening Vocations
Return to ScheduleFebruary 11: EASING INTO CONTEMPLATION Saturday 9:15 AM - 3:00 PM. We want to have a deep, loving relationship with God. We've read about the saints and--oh, yes, the mystics--who seem to know Jesus personally. " But I'm so busy!" we lament. In this workshop we'll look at a tool for finding more time for God, address the conundrum that life is out of balance, and explore four prayer styles: reciting the prayers of others, speaking to God from the heart, listening for and to God, and being with God. We will emphasize listening.
Register by the prior Friday - $50.
Bring a sack lunch and a journal. Minimum 5Bee Jay Mar is an Associate of St. Placid Priory. Her own prayer life could best be described as "varied." She grew up a Bible-Belt Methodist, participated in the Charismatic Renewal of the 1970's, and has moved into the high church Episcopal. She has made Cursillo, done the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, attended several five-day Academies for Spiritual Formation (sponsored by The Upper Room), and enjoyed countless programs at the Priory.
Return to ScheduleFebruary 14: PRACTICING CREATIVITY IN SPIRITUAL LIFE: HAIKU AND TANKA--LOVE NOTES IN LINKED VERSE
Tuesday 9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON. A thousand years ago, lovers in the imperial courts of Japan exchanged love notes in the form of brief poems, and friends wrote poetry together, linking verse-to-verse. Using lively examples and simple guided exercises, this Valentines Day session introduces an ancient approach to writing poetry in creative relationship.
Register by February 3 - $60 $50 session, $10 materials
Margaret D. McGee, writer and leader of spiritual workshops and retreats, is author of Haiku--The Sacred Art: A Spiritual Practice in Three Lines (SkyLight Paths). Her website, IntheCourtyard, hosts a forum of haiku that respond to the sacred writings of world religions.
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February 15: FLOURISHING IN THE GRACE OF AGING SERIES (take one part or the series) SAINTHOOD FOR SEASONED SENIORS
Wednesday 9:00AM-1:30PM
“A saint is someone who enhances the world…simply by being themselves.” (Joan Chittister) For many people of age, the left and right sides of the brain work in greater tandem, creating a marriage of “being” with “doing” for personal creativity and the betterment of the world.
1. Doorway to the Divine – the Gospel of “being” and living in the “now”
2. The Golden years marriage of “being” and “doing”
3. God as grounding energy – Audio guided meditation
4. Music as a primary metaphor for the Divine
5. Kything and the art of being present to animals and nature (Sister Mary Giles Mailhot)
Register before Tuesday, February 7 $45 a session. Bring a sack lunch.Jim and Linda Henry conduct nationwide workshops specializing in strengths-based, holistic aging and are authors of Transformational Eldercare from the Inside Out, Strengths-Based Strategies for Caring, American Nurses Association 2007. Return to Schedule.
February 18: MINDFUL EATING AS A SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
Saturday 9:15AM-3:00PM
Do we eat because of physical hunger or is there a deeper unmet need we’re trying to fill? Consider the possibility that mindless eating is a sacred disease. We crave wholeness. Come to explore the body-spirit connection by accepting God’s invitation to savor and enjoy. Learn to be mindful of the wisdom of your own soul and body.
Register by prior Friday: $60. Bring a sack lunch. (Minimum 8, Maximum 20)Carol Spangler, M.A., MPH, is experienced in leading spiritual direction groups and retreats and offers retreats for caregivers on Vashon Island. She has an undergraduate degree in nutrition and a Masters degree in Public Health. After a lifetime of dieting, she is now studying the beautiful connection between spiritual longings and mindful eating. She is an active Hospice volunteer, a practicing Quaker and a spiritual director.
Melania Weller, MPM, has been a hospice chaplain for 25 years. She has led workshops and retreats on self-care and spirituality. Recently, she has been studying transformational nutrition, and exploring ways that food and feeding ourselves can become a spiritual practice and a way of practicing awareness. Return to Schedule.
February 24-26: JOURNEY THROUGH LENT
Friday 7:15PM-Sunday Noon
Take time to walk with and be with Jesus in greater solitude. In silence deepen your spiritual journey. The opening session will feature a guided meditation and some handout materials to be used for reflection. The retreat will close with group prayer and sharing. A spiritual director will be available, for those who wish, to listen with you as you discern God’s actions in your life.
Register by prior Friday. (Maximum: 10)
without spiritual direction $140
with spiritual direction $175
Therese Gonneville, OSB
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February 25: Bowing to the Altar of Daily Life
Saturday 9:15AM-3:00PM
As women, we are inveterate nest builders, utilizing whatever is available in our environments to meet our changing needs. When feeling grounded, then we are free to explore the world beyond our physical and psychological walls. In this workshop we’ll examine how a sense of place nurtures and stimulates our creative spirits in our homes, in nature, as well as in our more temporary habitats. We’ll also examine how we may create spontaneous altars with whatever comes to hand to awaken our sense of beauty and the sacred so as to welcome our souls into our daily lives. We will use varied writing exercises and guided meditation to see what the environments we create have to tell us about ourselves.
Register by prior Friday: $60. Minimum 6, Maximum 16Jan Lawry is a developmental psychologist who has worked in many settings observing the journey we take as creative human beings. Her work with college undergraduates, adolescents, abused children, divorced adults, and creative elders has revealed many parallels in our psychological, spiritual, and creative growth. She is an active member of the International Women’s Writing Guild and offers workshops nationwide to help people recognize and utilize their creative talents and spiritual longings in pursuit of greater self-discovery.
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February 25:WHERE AM I AND HOW DID I GET HERE? Saturday 9:15 AM - 3:00 PM. Recognize where you've been...get a glimpse of what's ahead. We'll discuss common spiritual and developmental stages of life to discover our current stage in our faith journey. We'll discuss ways to keep moving without getting stuck. There will be time for personal reflection and the option of sharing with others.
Register by prior Friday - $50.
Bring a sack lunch and a notebook. Minimum 8
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March 3: THE PRAYER AND THE GRACE OF ICONS
Saturday 9:15AM-3:00PM
Participants will be able to experience firsthand the icon as a window into heaven and sacred images, as vehicles for prayer. We will be introduced to the sacred language and imagery that is conveyed through icons. An icon is “written” rather than “painted” because it contains symbolic language which conveys the Gospel. When deciphered, this language can be gift and grace to the observer. We will offer a prayer experience with the icons and have a small icon for people to take with them.
Register by prior Friday: $50.
Bring a sack lunch, journal
Minimum 8Julie Barrett Ziegler holds a degree in Fine Arts, and has been an artist and educator for more than 20 years, focusing in spiritual practice. She is an iconographer, calligrapher, licensed “SoulCollage” facilitator, and an intern in spiritual direction. Many of her icons are permanently installed in Olympia Churches, and her artworks are in many private collections. She lives and teaches in Olympia, WA. She can be contacted for ongoing class offerings at JulieArtStudios@hotmail.com.
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March 3: The Bridge Between Earth and Sky: A Natural Voice Workshop/Retreat
Saturday 9:45AM-3:00PM
The voice is the barometer of the spirit. To work with the voice is to work with the spirit. Sufi saying: “I have always known that when I found my voice, I found my soul.” It has been my passion in my life and my work to give voice to those who have no voice through my songs, and to empower others to find their voice. We'll journey together to find that place when the voice both hides and is free. We'll coax, cajole, bribe and entice it forth through a variety of playful exercises, song-sharing, journaling, art play, meditation and chocolate! We'll leave time for rest and renewal as we move deeper into our own soul's purpose.
Register by prior Friday: $60. Bring a sack lunch. Minimum 10Rev. Dr. Linda Allen's career has spanned over forty years, and has included numerous performances and workshops around the country. She's a graduate of the Expressive Arts Training Institute, a Natural Voice practitioner and Interfaith minister. She is also the founder of the Bellingham Threshold Singers, whose purpose is to sing at the bedside of those who are suffering. Her doctoral thesis was on the Spirituality of Voice. She's released nine recordings of original songs. Return to Schedule.
March 7: AWAKENING TO THE SEASON OF BECOMING (Take one part or the series.) HOME AS SANCTUARY
Wednesday, 9AM-Noon
Home is the place where all our journeys begin. On this day, we will examine how the space and objects with which we surround ourselves can nourish and refresh our spirits so that we feel connected to the deeper meaning of our lives.
Register by February 18 for discount on the full series: $270. Register by February 29 for an individual session if space permits: $55.Jan Lawry is a developmental psychologist who has worked in many settings observing the journey we take as creative human beings. Her work with college undergraduates, adolescents, abused children, divorced adults, and creative elders has revealed many parallels in our psychological, spiritual, and creative growth. She is an active member of the International Women’s Writing Guild and offers workshops nationwide to help people recognize and utilize their creative talents and spiritual longings in pursuit of greater self-discovery. Return to Schedule.
March 10: LECTIO DIVINA AND THE CREATIVE ARTS
Saturday 9:15AM-3:00PM
Lectio Divina can be prayed with images, icons, film, music, poetry and life. We will review the traditional lectio divina with Scripture and then experience many other creative ways of praying lectio.
Register by prior Friday. $50 Bring a lunch, Bible, and a journal (Minimum 5)Lucy Wynkoop OSB is co-author of Lectio Divina: Contemplative Awakening and Awareness.
Return to Schedule.March 14: FLOURISHING IN THE GRACE OF AGING SERIES (Take one part or the series.)
FOLLOWING THE LIGHT AS WE AGE
Wednesday 9:00AM-1:30PM
In this session, we will experience multiple resources that promote passionate purpose in holistic aging.
Following the Light (and darkness) as we age (Sister Sharon McDonald)
Spending a Tuesday with Morrie (video segment)
Choosing strategies and resources for your latest years
Making a collage envisioning graceful flourishing in later life
Register before Tuesday, March 13: $45 a session. Bring a sack lunch.Jim and Linda Henry conduct nationwide workshops specializing in strengths-based, holistic aging and are authors of Transformational Eldercare from the Inside Out, Strengths-Based Strategies for Caring, American Nurses Association 2007. Return to Schedule.
March 17: WOMEN WHO WEEP AND THE CRIES OF FAITH
Saturday 9:15AM-3:00PM
A multi-media encounter with biblical women – Rachel, Hannah, the daughters of Jerusalem, and more than one Mary – who weep and lament in an expression of faith. Come explore how distress shared in faith can open us to God and each other for the blessing and wholeness of all.
Register by prior Friday: $50. Bring: sack lunch, journal, picture or other item representing some significant loss in your life, and a Bible. Minimum 5, Maximum 22Kathryn Rickert, (M. Div., Ph.D.), has explored various biblical, spiritual and liturgical dimensions of lament -- crying out to God in distress -- through teaching, church music and worship that keeps in mind a constructive role for lament in processes of reconciliation of both penitents and the broken hearted.
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March 21: AWAKENING TO THE SEASON OF BECOMING (take one or the series)
CLEARING THE GROUND WITH FORGIVENESS
Wednesday 9AM-Noon
As we age, we encounter more losses: the deaths of loved ones, the cessation of work that once was meaningful, the diminishment of our strength and abilities, and disappointments in our social relationships. Grief, anger and resentment can easily obscure the joys living has to offer. Today, we will look at the work of grief and forgiveness as we begin to clear those expectations and judgments that hold us back from engaging fully in the opportunities we have before us.
Register by March 14 for an individual session if space permits: $55.Jan Lawry is a developmental psychologist who has worked in many settings observing the journey we take as creative human beings. Her work with college undergraduates, adolescents, abused children, divorced adults, and creative elders has revealed many parallels in our psychological, spiritual, and creative growth. She is an active member of the International Women’s Writing Guild and offers workshops nationwide to help people recognize and utilize their creative talents and spiritual longings in pursuit of greater self-discovery. Return to Schedule.
March 24: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WELCOMING PRAYER
Saturday 9:15AM-3:00PM
The Welcoming Prayer is an active prayer for everyday life. It addresses values clustered around energy deeply invested in security/survival, affection/esteem, and power/control. Acting out of our unconscious desires, fossilized in these “energy centers,” can lead us away from our intention to be faithful and away from God. The Welcoming Prayer can help to dismantle these obstacles so that we may live more faithfully. It is intended to be used in daily life to complement Centering Prayer or other contemplative practice.
Register by prior Friday: $50. Bring a sack lunch. Minimum 8, Maximum 25Cherry Haisten is a longtime practitioner of Centering Prayer and Welcoming Prayer and commissioned to teach these practices. Former chair of the Welcoming Prayer Service Team of the international resource faculty of Contemplative Outreach, the organization founded by Father Thomas Keating to renew the contemplative dimension of the Gospel, Cherry continues to serve on the team and to lead workshops and retreats around the country. She is program director of The Center at St. Andrew’s, a healing and lifelong learning ministry of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Seattle. Return to Schedule.
March 31-April 1: THE WAY OF FORGIVENESS
Saturday 9:00AM - Sunday 3:00PM
This retreat will encourage participants to live a forgiven and forgiving life. Some of the focus points will be: living in God’s blessing, releasing shame and guilt, facing and transforming our anger, receiving God’s forgiveness and forgiving others, and seeking reconciliation where it is possible.
Register by prior Friday: $190 Saturday night and meals Saturday and Sunday; $130 without meals or a bedroom. Bring a journal.
Minimum 8, Maximum 15, sharing bedroomsSuzanne Seaton has experience companioning people who have been betrayed and abused. She is the spiritual guide for a group of advocates for victims of clergy sexual misconduct in her denomination. She has also been a full-time chaplain in the King County Juvenile Detention Center and journeyed with many in 12 Step recovery processes. Return to Schedule.
March 31: WRITING AS MEDITATION
Saturday 9:15 AM – 3:00 PM
Writing As Meditation offers participants practice and insight into the uses of journaling, poetry and essay writing to nurture one’s compassion and understanding. The workshop features hands-on writing exercises, combined with an exploration of the historical link between meditation and the written word. The workshop will survey a wide range of authors and include prompts from the work of writers such as Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, Thich Naht Hanh, Basho, and Mary Oliver.
Register by prior Friday: $60. Bring a sack lunch, a notebook and pens/pencils.Dianne Aprile teaches nonfiction at Spalding University’s brief-residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing program. A former newspaper columnist and magazine writer, she is the author of four books, including a history of Kentucky’s Abbey of Gethsemani, the home of Thomas Merton, and a behind the scenes account of life at the oldest Trappist monastery in America. Return to Schedule.
April 4: Awakening to the Season of Becoming Series (Take one part or the series.)
Attending the Garden of Self
Wednesday 9:00AM-Noon
Today, we’ll remind ourselves of all that we are and all that we have to offer. Using guided imagery, we’ll take stock of our deep longings and our wild imaginings to see where we need to invest more of our energy to have the lives we desire.
Register by March 28 for an individual session if space permits: $55.Jan Lawry is a developmental psychologist who has worked in many settings observing the journey we take as creative human beings. Her work with college undergraduates, adolescents, abused children, divorced adults, and creative elders has revealed many parallels in our psychological, spiritual, and creative growth. She is an active member of the International Women’s Writing Guild and offers workshops nationwide to help people recognize and utilize their creative talents and spiritual longings in pursuit of greater self-discovery. Return to Schedule.
April 5-8: ONE WITH JESUS: TRIDUUM RETREAT
Thursday 3:00PM to Sunday noon
Travel with Jesus on the road to Calvary. Take time with the silence of this retreat to let yourself be fully present to this holy time. Begin by joining the Benedictine Sisters for a special meal on Holy Thursday. Be with us as we let the liturgies of each sacred day lead us deeper into the journey of Easter. We will celebrate new life with 8:00AM Eucharist on Easter Sunday, followed by a simple breakfast with the Sisters and Mass participants. Spiritual Direction is available on Thursday before 3:00PM. without spiritual direction $195
with spiritual direction $230
Register by prior Friday.
Minimum 3; Maximum 10
Therese Gonneville OSB
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April 10: PRACTICING CREATIVITY IN SPIRITUAL LIFE (Take one session or the series.)
CALLING OUT THE SEED
Tuesday 9:00AM-Noon
This workshop is about the seeds within that have been germinating in our lives; the seeds that need to be seen and cared for; and the seeds we didn't know were inside of us that are straining toward the light. Using journaling and art materials we will craft a shrine that honors our seeds and calls them into the light of our lives. We will bless the seed inside and you will take your shrine home with you to watch for the seeds to grow.
Register by April 3 $60 (includes materials)Karen Barrueto spent three years studying at the Jung Institute in Switzerland before moving to Sheffield, England where she earned a Master's in Art and Psychotherapy. She spent two more years training as an art therapist in England. She gives workshops in her studio, The Shrinery. Return to Schedule.
April 14: Illness as Journey of Initiation
Saturday 9:15AM-3:00PM
The experience of chronic illness or cancer is often frightening, confronting us with life’s edges and our bodies’ vulnerabilities. Together we will honor the challenging aspects and also hear them as invitations into deeper ways of living and being in the world through ritual, sharing, poetry, and creative expression.
Register by prior Friday: $60. Bring a sack lunch, journal, and an item for a group altar that is symbolic of your journey with illness. Minimum 8Melissa Layer, MA, is a grief counselor with a local hospice and is currently in a Spiritual Direction formation program. Utilizing expressive arts with groups and individuals, she invites curious exploration of life's potent thresholds. Return to Schedule.
April 18: AWAKENING TO THE SEASON OF BECOMING (Take one part or the series.)
SOWING NEW SEEDS
Wednesday 9:00AM-Noon
Creation is ongoing and as long as we are alive we are invited to be active participants. Finding ways to express yourself creatively can become a spiritual path of awakening, one that requires both surrender and commitment. With words from several artists of being we will do some drawing and writing exercises to give voice to our creative longings.
Register by April 11 for an individual session if space permits: $55.Jan Lawry is a developmental psychologist who has worked in many settings observing the journey we take as creative human beings. Her work with college undergraduates, adolescents, abused children, divorced adults, and creative elders has revealed many parallels in our psychological, spiritual, and creative growth. She is an active member of the International Women’s Writing Guild and offers workshops nationwide to help people recognize and utilize their creative talents and spiritual longings in pursuit of greater self-discovery. Return to Schedule.
April 21: WORLD CHANT: THE MUSIC OF DEVOTION
Saturday 9:45AM-3:30PM
The chants will celebrate the divine in its many names and forms, as it is expressed in global cultures. We’ll be singing traditional Hindu kirtan, Buddhist mantras, Gregorian chants, Sufi songs, Jewish melodies, and creative expressions from our own time. These will be heart-opening, call-and-response chants. No training or practice is required. We'll also take time to reflect on the rich diversity of ways human cultures connect to God, and ways to bring chant practice into our daily lives.
Register by prior Friday: $65
(includes music) Bring a sack lunch
Minimum 15, Maximum 30Joseph Anderson, an accomplished singer, is a founding member of Peregrine Medieval Vocal Ensemble (Artists-in-Residence at St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle), and Associate Director of the Center for Sacred Art. He has studied, performed, and taught Gregorian chant for the past fifteen years. He is an award-winning storyteller and has taught and lectured throughout the Northwest on spirituality, religious traditions, and sacred sound. Joseph has studied Biblical literature at the Graduate Theological Union and the University of California at Berkeley. His particular interest is in traditional sacred music as a form of spiritual practice. Return to Schedule.
April 28: ON PILGRIMAGE
Saturday 9:15AM-3:00PM
The On Pilgrimage experience will introduce you to the joy of traveling with a spiritual purpose. We will delve into the reasons for making pilgrimage, both ancient and modern; explore significant pilgrimage sites and routes; discuss the design, development and implementation of a personal pilgrimage; and vicariously experience a pilgrimage as a spiritual retreat.
Register by prior Friday: $50. Bring a sack lunch. (Minimum 5)Rick Ryding has been a pastor, a professor and a pilgrim. His greatest joy comes from being footloose in Europe with his wife Bonnie, to meet yet another saint where they lived and served.
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May 2: AWAKENING TO THE SEASON OF BECOMING SERIES (take one part or the series.) TOUCHING THE HEARTHSTONE
Wednesday 9:00AM-Noon
When we return to find our own center, we touch the eternal, the oneness that connects us all. This can be done by simply slowing down, paying careful attention to what is around us and what is within us, and by entering silence. We’ll explore creative ways to make more conscious opportunities to center ourselves within the cycle of our daily lives.
Register by April 25 for an individual session if space permits: $55.Jan Lawry is a developmental psychologist who has worked in many settings observing the journey we take as creative human beings. Her work with college undergraduates, adolescents, abused children, divorced adults, and creative elders has revealed many parallels in our psychological, spiritual, and creative growth. She is an active member of the International Women’s Writing Guild and offers workshops nationwide to help people recognize and utilize their creative talents and spiritual longings in pursuit of greater self-discovery. Return to Schedule.
May 5: SPRING INTO HAPPINESS: PSYCHOSPIRITUAL PRACTICES FOR WELL-BEING
Saturday 9:15AM-3:00PM
Psychological science adds precision and refinement to some faith-based spirituality practices. We will review psychology theory and principles based on recent research regarding the cultivation of happiness and well-being. We will experience some practices that enhance spiritual well-being without requiring renouncing the world or monastic commitments.
Register by prior Friday: $50. Bring a sack lunch (Minimum 5)Jerry R. DeVore is a licensed clinical psychologist whose practice includes dreamwork, hypnotherapy and biofeedback. He has completed the dream school developed by Robert Moss. He leads a standing dream group and frequently presents workshops on dreaming for personal and spiritual enrichment. Return to Schedule.
May 8: PRACTICING CREATIVITY IN LIFE (May take one session.) OPENING DOORS TO THE CREATIVE SPIRIT, COMBINING PLAYFUL PAINTING WITH WINSOME WORDS
Tuesday 9:00AM-Noon
This Session we will expand on our watercolor backgrounds, continue to combine them with Spirit writings into our "masterpieces." There are times when things appear that we would never expect. This process continues to build lessons in spontaneity, courage, confidence, willingness, patience and persistence. A monoline alphabet will be introduced.
Calligraphic knowledge is NOT a prerequisite. Register by prior Friday.Jo Uhlman is working toward more expressive, colorful work using watercolor washes for special backgrounds. In most cases she uses gouache (opaque watercolor) for lettering using either a nib or brush. Return to Schedule.
May 12: ENNEAGRAM COLLAGE
Saturday 9:15AM-1:15PM
You will use your visual and intuitive capacities in a gentle and fun exploration of the Enneagram. You’ll work in a group with others of your type to create and present a collage illustrating your type’s point of view. This is a good way to confirm your type if you are unsure. All materials are provided.
Register by prior Friday: $40. Bring a snack and 3 old magazines to donate as raw materials. Minimum 12, Maximum 30+Debra Janison has studied the Enneagram for over 20 years and is the founder and lead teacher for Enneagram Olympia. She is certified to teach by Helen Palmer and David Daniels. She is a professional member of the Enneagram Association in the Narrative Tradition. Her understanding of the dynamics of type has also been strongly influenced by the Diamond Approach work of A.H. Almaas. For more information, see www.EnneagramOlympia.com
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May 16: AWAKENING TO THE SEASON OF BECOMING SERIES CELEBRATING OUR FULLNESS
Wednesday 9:00AM-Noon
In this final session, we’ll acknowledge the places and ways in which we feel we have awakened more fully to our lives and spiritual longing. Then using examples from John O’Donohue’s To Bless the Space Between Us and Elizabeth Roberts and Elias Amidon’s Prayers for a Thousand Years, we’ll write our own blessing poems to express well wishes for ourselves and each other as we move from this circle into the next sessions of our lives.
Register by May 9 for an individual session if you have attended two or more sessions: $55.Jan Lawry is a developmental psychologist who has worked in many settings observing the journey we take as creative human beings. Her work with college undergraduates, adolescents, abused children, divorced adults, and creative elders has revealed many parallels in our psychological, spiritual, and creative growth. She is an active member of the International Women’s Writing Guild and offers workshops nationwide to help people recognize and utilize their creative talents and spiritual longings in pursuit of greater self-discovery. Return to Schedule.
May 18-20: SILENT CENTERING PRAYER RETREAT
Friday 7:15PM-Sunday 2:00PM
In silence we come to know and live from the Divine mystery within us. During the weekend, participants will do three Centering Prayer periods at each sitting, with meditative walks; observe silence throughout the retreat, including during meals and free time; and minimize distractions such as reading. Intended for those with at least six months of daily practice of Centering Prayer.
Register by prior Friday: $180. (Minimum 6, Maximum 9)Kay Kukowski and Mary Solberg are certified by Father Thomas Keating's Contemplative Outreach LTD to teach Centering Prayer.
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July 14: CELEBRATING THE GIFT OF YEARS
Saturday 9:15AM-3:00PM)
In THE GIFT OF YEARS, Joan Chittister laments that often in later years we are “so unaware of what we are gaining.” In this workshop, you will challenge ageism, complete positive inventories such as Blessed with Abilities and explore “seasoned human” applications of strengths-based spirituality.
Register by prior Friday: $55. Bring a sack lunch. Minimum 5Jim and Linda Henry conduct nationwide workshops specializing in strengths-based, holistic aging and are authors of Transformational Eldercare from the Inside Out, Strengths-Based Strategies for Caring, American Nurses Association 2007. Return to Schedule.
July 21 and/or August 4:
GOD THE ARTIST: WE THE CO-CREATORS
Saturday 9:00AM-3:30PM
God is the artist of our soul. This retreat will stimulate our creative souls. We will focus on our Potter God, using clay materials. We will meet at The Priory Spirituality Center and drive to Walter and Renata Siegl’s clay studio in Shelton. They will aid us with our creations. All of us are artists, so come to play and pray! The pieces will be glazed by Walter and Renata and you may pick them up at The Priory Spirituality Center after they are glazed.
Register by prior Friday: $60 includes materials. Bring a sack lunch. Minimum 5, Maximum 10Lucy Wynkoop, OSB, is a retreat director and has received formal art education.
Renata Siegl pursues her hobbies of ceramics, water colors and paper cuts (Scherenschnitte) after retirement as a Kindergarten teacher and mother of four children. Her education in Vienna was continued at San Antonio College in Walnut, California.
Walter Siegl was a teacher in Vienna, Austria and is a retired Architect, enjoying the endless possibilities of ceramics in the peaceful and serene setting of the Studio. He also took evening classes at San Antonio College. Return to Schedule.August 21-26: HEARTFULNESS: TRANSFORMATION IN CHRIST
Wednesday 7:15PM-Sunday 1:30PM
During this 5-day advanced Centering Prayer retreat with instructional videos, our retreat topic will be: The Pursuit of Happiness, The Human Condition, Sin, Suffering, Redemption, Love and The Trinity, Divine Indwelling, and Divine Transformation. Through Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina we will take the topic into our hearts, reflecting, responding and returning to silence.
Register by August 10: $600 (Retreat, Bedrooms, meals). Special reservations if there is space may be made for people in town who are willing to take care of their own meals: $350.Kay Kukowski and Mary Solberg are certified by Father Thomas Keating's Contemplative Outreach LTD to teach Centering Prayer.
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