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Weekend Programs/Retreats |
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Seniors Mid-Week Retreat:
"The Old Interior
Angel": Walking with Our Inner Elder
- September 14-16, 2010
Program begins Tuesday, 7:00 P.M. Departure:
Thursday, 11:00 A.M.
As the well-known passage from the Book of Ecclesiastes tells us,
there is a "time for everything" (3:1). This Spring
mid-week retreat for seniors will offer us a "time to
gather" and reflect on our experience of aging–our attitude,
our letting go, and our attempts to achieve balance in our lives. We
will look at how we are living in the present and how we want to be
remembered in the future.
*$30 ($10 non-refundable deposit due with registration)
Registration Deadline: August 31, 2010
Presenter: Clare D'Auria OSF
*special rate possible through a grant from the
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia
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Beyond the
Mosque: The Sufi Path of Love
- September 24-25, 2010
Program begins Friday, 7:00 P.M. Departure:
Saturday, 4:00 P.M.
Often described as Islamic mysticism, Sufism has also been
called "the very heart of Islam." However defined, Sufism
goes beyond the mere requirements of the faith and religious
legalism, and emphasizes a deep and personal relationship with an
imminent, loving God. As such, it has much in common with other
spiritual traditions, and provides a stark contrast to the
fundamentalism that dominates contemporary discussions about Islam.
This program is an introduction to Sufism, to its meaning, language,
proponents, poets and practices. We will meet the likes of Rabia’
and Rumi, Ibn al-Farid and Ibn al-‘Arabi and others who sought the
Beloved beyond the mosque. Liturgy (vigil for Sunday) will be
celebrated at 4:15 P.M. for those who wish to attend.
*$20 resident/$10 commuter -- includes lunch (due with registration)
Registration Deadline: September 10, 2010
Presenter: Michael Calabria OFM
*special rate possible through a grant from the
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia
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Dreams
and the Inner Life
- October 22-24, 2010
Program begins Friday, 7:00 P.M. Departure: Sunday
at Noon
This weekend retreat will explore how our dream life may reveal to
us the inner life that often is not touched during waking
life. Time will be spent considering: How dreams
function; ways to begin understanding our dreams; symbolism of dream
images; God's presence and our inner life. Along with
presentations, there will be time for quiet reflection/prayer;
group exchange; an evening film screening; Eucharist liturgy for
Sunday. Participants are asked to bring pens and a notebook or
journal.
$160 resident/$110 commuter ($30 non-refundable deposit due with
registration)
Registration Deadline: October 8, 2010
Presenter: Michael Laratonda FMS
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Centering
Prayer Retreat - November 19-21, 2010
Program begins Friday, 7:00 P.M. Departure: Sunday
at Noon
This centering prayer retreat weekend welcomes those who, for at
least six months, have practiced centering prayer on their own every
day and, if possible have previously attended a centering prayer
workshop and belong to a centering prayer group which meets
weekly. The retreat is envisioned as an immersion in the
practice and intends to deepen your daily experience of it.
Within the context of silence experienced throughout the weekend,
retreatants will have the freedom to draw away from their busy lives
and the opportunity to be united with God in prayer.
$160 resident/$110 commuter ($30 non-refundable deposit due with
registration)
Registration Deadline: November 5, 2010
Presenters: Roseanne Havird and Mary Walsh OSF
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Faith:
Captured by the Love of Christ - December 3-5, 2010
Program begins Friday, 7:00 P.M. Departure: Sunday
at Noon
Faith for St. Paul is "the experience of being love by Jesus
Christ in a totally personal way." (Pope
Benedict, homily at the Pauline year Inauguration, June 20, 2008)
This retreat will explore the images of God and
the experiences of faith in both the Old and New Testament.
The scriptures, particularly Hosea, Ruth, Luke and Paul will serve
as our "Spiritual Directors" to guide us to a deeper
awareness of the grace and love of God at work in our own lives, in
the church, and in our world.
$160 resident/$110 commuter ($30 non-refundable deposit due with
registration)
Registration Deadline: November 19, 2010
Presenter: Jim Scullion OFM
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Malls,
Mountains, and Magi: The Geography of Advent -
December 10-12, 2010
Program begins Friday, 7:00 P.M. Departure: Sunday
at Noon
Jon Levenson says that "Geography is simply a form of
theology." During this weekend retreat we will explore
the terrain of Advent and Isaiah's annual invitation (40:3-5) to
"prepare the way of the Lord" through the deserts
and mountains and valleys of our own life's journey. In the
midst of "mall-madness," we will listen to the prophet's
challenge to search for and to find the "glory of the lord. .
.revealed" in whatever place we find ourselves.
$160 resident/$110 commuter ($30 non-refundable deposit due with
registration)
Registration Deadline: November 26, 2010
Presenter: Clare D'Auria OSF
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Exploring Our Epiphany Journey in Ordinary Time
(An Art Journaling Retreat)
- January 14-16, 2011
Join us for a weekend during which we seek ways that the story of
the Magi offers parables for our creative spiritual journey.
Using aspects of their quest as our focus, we will probe insights
into our personal and communal movement through the "Epiphany
Cycle." Input and led art-journaling meditations invite
us to consider the spirituality of: gazing into the darkness,
setting out on a journey, following the star, offering our
gifts. Meditative themes, time for individual prayer, creative
journaling, solitude and sharing will deepen our presence as we pray
in the spirit of these Wisdom-travelers from the East. Reading
and creative journaling materials will be provided.
$160 resident/$110 commuter ($30 non-refundable deposit due with
registration)
Registration Deadline: December 31, 2010
Presenter: Marianne Hieb RSM
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Spirituality
of the 12 Steps
- January 28-30, 2011
The spirituality of the 12 steps is experienced as a willingness to
let go, a gratitude that perceives gift in all reality, a humility
that relieves the pain of competition, a tolerance that accepts
differences without conflict, a forgiveness that invites healing and
the being-at-home-ness that is found in accepting one's own
story. This weekend will offer a practical and realistic
approach to life in season and out of season, when convenient and
inconvenient.
$160 resident/$110 commuter ($30 non-refundable deposit due with
registration)
Registration Deadline: January 14, 2011
Presenter: Patricia Mary Walsh OP
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Spirit Alive in
the Midst of Persons Living with AIDS
(Exclusively for persons suffering from HIV/AIDS)
- February 4-6, 2011
We know the Spirit to be very alive in and through those living with
HIV/AIDS, so this weekend is for you to be in touch with that
Spirit. Time together will include presentations, reflection,
sharing the fruit of quiet, ritual, massage, and discovery of ways
to remain open to the Spirit.
$25* (due with registration)
Registration Deadline: January 14, 2010
Presenters: Catherine Maguire RSM and Siloam Staff
*This program is offered through a grant from
the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia
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T'ai Chi
Chih Retreat Weekend
- February 11-13, 2011
This weekend will focus on the 5 principles of movement as they
apply in each T'ai Chi Chih movement. The T'ai Chi Chih form,
when practiced on a regular basis, promotes health and serenity and
is a good preparation for centering prayer. New and
experienced students are welcome. Respectful silence will be
encouraged throughout the weekend. Wear comfortable clothing
and socks or soft-soled shoes/sneakers.
$160 resident/$110 commuter ($30 non-refundable deposit due with
registration)
Registration Deadline: January 28, 2011
Presenter: Antonia Cooper OSF
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"Touched
by the Holy": Women in Watercolor
(A Retreat for Women)
- February 25-27, 2011
Using this series of watercolors painted by Sister Doris Klein CSA
as a starting point, this weekend for women will invite us to
explore the stories of several New Testament figures who encountered
Jesus at significant junctures in their own life journeys. We
will pray with these women who were tenderly touched by the Holy One
and meet the Jesus who, without judgment, can also lead each of us
to a place of balance, integration and wholeness, honoring the gift
of who we are.
$160 resident/$110 commuter ($30 non-refundable deposit due with
registration)
Registration Deadline: February 11, 2011
Presenter: Clare D'Auria OSF
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