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COMING EVENTS

Weaving Retreat
Individually Arranged
Siena Center
Racine, WI

Weaving Retreat
Learn the art of loom weaving while experiencing a silent retreat and a daily meeting with a spiritual guide. The creation of a weaving will be a process in which to reflect on the fabric of one’s life while learning the essentials for continued weaving. Five day minimum. Includes room and board, daily spiritual guidance, weaving classes and materials.

Contact Sr. Kathleen Bohn at 262.639.4100 x1298.


Dominican Spirituality - Spiritual Formation Program

Dominican Center at Marywood
2025 East Fulton St.
Grand Rapids, MI 49505
616-643-0162

Dominican Spirituality - Spiritual Formation Program

For anyone desiring to deepen their understanding and appreciation of Dominican history and spirituality.

A full year of Prayerful Study of Dominican Saints, Historical and Contemporary spirituality.
10 Sessions Saturdays:  August 2008-May 2009
9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Cost:  $445.00 includes lunch Payable quarterly:  September, November, December, May
Presenters:  Nancy Brousseau, OP, Diane Zerfas, OP and guest Dominican Preachers
For more information or a brochure call 616-454-1241, option 5 or email nbrousseau@dominicancenter.com

Yearning to Pray
August 3-9
Siena Center
Racine, WI

Yearning to Pray
The God-given desire to pray, planted in our hearts, is nurtured in this six-day silent retreat with conferences on contemplative living and creative approaches to prayer. Insights from Sacred Scripture and the writings of mystics, poets, and contemporary theologians will be shared as suggested material for extended times of personal prayer.

Presenter: Evelyn Jegen, rc
Contact Sr. Rita Lui at 262.639.4100 x1230.


Soul Sisters: Women Called to Connect, Bond and Heal in a Broken World
June 29 – July 5, 2008
Siena Center
Racine, WI

Explore the feminine divine and how women have a significant role to play in bringing balance and healing to our world of war and suffering. Look at the history of God as Mother and see how women in Scripture, as well as contemporary women, can be models of hope and new life.

Presenter: Edwina Gateley
Contact Sr. Rita Lui at 262.639.4100 x1230


Guided Retreat:  Jesus and Women
June 29 – July 6, 2008
Mariandale Retreat and Conference Center
Ossining, NY

Guided Retreat:  Jesus and Women
Jesus came for all people; but he himself makes it clear that he came especially for the poor, the oppressed, the powerless.  And because women constitute the majority in all these groups, Jesus’ relationship with women was a constitutive element in his proclamation and inauguration of God’s kin_dom.  We will reflect upon the profound significance of Jesus’ encounters with the women of his own day, as well as for ourselves today. Come and meet Jesus again for the first time!

Presenter:  Mary Schneiders, OP
Fee:  $420 www.mariandale.org; 914-941-4455


Directed Retreat
June 29 – July 6, 2008
Mariandale Retreat and Conference Center
Ossining, NY

Directed Retreat
The focus of this directed retreat will be on assisting the retreatant in understanding and interpreting her/his faith-experience and growing in intimacy with God.  Daily Eucharist, scripture, and sessions with one of the directors will provide the setting by which we give God the hospitality of our attention.

Directors:  Ron Henery, OP; Bob Vaughn, OP
Fee:  $420 www.mariandale.org; 914-941-4455


Dominic Reclaiming a Founder
July 6-12, 2008
Siena Center
Racine, WI

Dominic Reclaiming a Founder
Suzanne Noffke, OP
this is a genreally silent preached retreat centered on the life, character and spirituality of Dominic de Guzman. There will be opportunities for group exchange. Participants will be invited to share in the planning and leading of evening prayers based on Dominic's Nine Ways of Prayer.

$410/person Contact Sr. Rita Lui 262-639-4100 ext 1230
www.racinedominicans.org


Preached Retreat
July 7-13, 2008
Dominican Retreat and Conference Center
Niskayuna, NY

Spirituality in the Christian Tradition:  Witnesses from the past, present and future.
Director:  John Lydon, OP  John is an experienced retreat director with an MDiv from the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology and is currently Campus Minister at Tulane. The retreat will explore primarily women from Scripture and history as well as moments of transformation personally and communally. Cost:  $375.00

Contact: Dominican Retreat and Conference Center, Niskayuna, NY (near Albany, NY) dslcny@nycap.rr.com phone: 518-393-4169
Poetry and Spiritual Landscapes
July 11-13, 2008
Sinsinawa Mound, WI
Poetry and prayer both arise from the same deep source within the human heart, and express the joy, anguish, doubt, wonder, and yearning that dwell there. Both shed light on the mysteries of living and loving and on the ultimate mystery of God. Whether poetry enthralls you or intimidates you just a little, come and allow poets, old and new, to amaze you while they illumine your mind, widen your imagination, and nourish your soul! Retreat director:

Kaye Ashe, OP, a Sinsinawa Dominican, is a resident of Berkeley, CA. She holds a Ph.d. in the fields of European History, French Literature, and Church History from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. She has served as Prioress of her Congregation, and is the author of *Today*s Woman, Tomorrow*s Church* and *The Feminization of the Church*. For more details call 608-748-4411, ext. 811 or online at www.sinsinawa.org/moundcenter
Vison Quest on the Land
July 14 – 18, 2008

On the Sacred Shores of the Catskill/Hudson River
Sophia Learning Center is sponsoring this retreat of deep immersion into the natural world of communion, purification and stillness, held in the heart of the great Mother Earth. This 5 day camping retreat will be held on the ancient banks of the Hudson River in the Catskill mountain region. We will partake of traditional vision quest processes of solitary and communal experiences, reflection and fasting which will open us to the fierce love of Holy Mystery in the ancient ways of silence.

Cost: $450.00 $100.00 non-refundable deposit by: JUNE 1, 2008

Contact: Margaret Galiardi, OP   mgalop@aol.com or
631.842.6000 ext. 338 or Val Lordi 718.824.3055



The All Embracing Arms of Jesus
July 20—26 , 2008
Motherhouse of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, IL

The All Embracing Arms of Jesus by Rev. Steven Janoski

A reflection will be facilitated on the all—embracing arms of Jesus as He modeled respect for all humanity.  Reflections will focus on Jesus’ relationships with the poor, women, the outcast, the unwanted and unloved, and the ways saints of the liturgical calendar reflected Christ in their lives.  This will all lead into a deeper reflection of oneself as the reflection of Jesus today.

To register, call Sister Phyllis Schenk, O.P., 217-787-0481, or e-mail, schenkop@spdom.org


Directed Retreat
July 21-27 , 2008

Dominican Retreat and Conference Center
Niskayuna, NY (near Albany)

Directed Retreats:
Directors:  Bernice Carroll, csj.  Bernice has been a spiritual director and retreat facilitator for over 25 years. Carol Davis, OP.  Carol is a life-long dream explorer with 36 years experience in directing retreats.  She rejoices in the abundance of grace that flows in the process of deepening the spiritual journey. Cost:  $375.00
Contact Dominican Retreat and Conference Center
dslcny@nycap.rr.com
www.dslcny.org
518-393-4169


Guided Retreat
July 21-27 , 2008

Dominican Retreat and Conference Center
Niskayuna, NY (near Albany, NY)

Finding Joy in the Word of God
The conferences will focus on the stories in the Gospel where Jesus reveals the God who gives us joy despite the difficulties and problems of life. Cost:  $375.00                 
Director:  Aedan McKeon, OP  Aedan is a full-time preacher and spiritual director.  He has a varied background including being co-director of the Retreat Program at St. Stephen’s Priory in Dover, MA.

Dominican Retreat and Conference Center
dslcny@nycap.rr.com
www.dslcny.org
518-393-4169


An Amazing Journey!  The Universe and Me
July 20 - 26, 2008
Motherhouse of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, IL

An Amazing Journey!  The Universe and Me
by Kathleen Cour, OP

Sister Melanie Roetker, O.P., and Sister Sharon Zayac, O.P.

This retreat focuses on our amazing journey from the beginning of creation. Retreatants will experience the story of how everything came to be, what that story means for us, and how we can begin to live out of that knowledge in a way that enhances our own lives, as well as that of planet Earth.

To register, call Sister Phyllis Schenk, O.P., 217-787-0481, or e-mail, schenkop@spdom.org


Tapping Your Inner Well Through the Arts
July 27-August 2, 2008
Siena Center
Racine, WI

Tapping Your Inner Well Through the Arts
Spend a week in nature's quiet beauty and artistic expression. Spiritual guidance available in a mostly silent retreat with evening gatherings for sharing.

$430/personContact Sr. Rita Lui 262-639-4100 ext 1230
www.racinedominicans.org

Gentle Earth Retreat
July 28--August 1, 2008
This program invites you into an in-depth experience of immersion, reflection and community within the gentle embrace of Mother Earth.  We will weave elements of the Vision Quest tradition with times of solitude, silence and optional fasting.  With sleeping and lavatory facilities indoors we seek to experience both as individuals and as a community the presence of Holy Mystery who is "profoundly accessible to us when we are profoundly accessible to nature." 

Margaret Galiardi, OP and Val Lordi, OP COST: $300.00 - $450.00
mgalop@aol.com or Val Lordi: : 718.824.3055

 

A Special Retreat on
the Land for Women

August 4-9, 2008
Green Mountain Monastery
Fr. Thomas Berry Sanctuary

This is a 6 day retreat on the land at Green Mountain Monastery.
We will partake in solitary and communal experiences, reflections and fasting and simple contemplative rest so that we might open further to the fierce Love of Holy Mystery and dedicate our lives to manifesting this Love in the World.

Guides: Sisters Margaret Galiardi and Gail Worcelo
Cost: Sliding scale as you are able $300-500
For questions or more info contact: Before June 26: srgail@together.net
After June 26: mgalop@aol.com


Facilitation Training Sessions
Beginning October, 2008 (see dates on brochure

Mission San Jose
43326 Mission Drive
Fremont, CA 94539

Download a brochure here


The skills of effective facilitation are not difficult to learn.  Their skillful application within real life situations is usually the challenge!  For this reason, the course dedicates time to understanding theory and the practical application of this theory. Three weeks, October, December and January. Presenter: Rene Stevens brings 18 years of experience to her work as a Process Facilitator.  She has worked with adult groups throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, Nicaragua, the West Indies, Brazil, Peru, the Philippines, India, Australia, and New Zealand.

Contact: Katherine Jean Cowan, OP skj@msjdominicans.org (510) 657-2468


Remain in My Love
November 2—8, 2008
Motherhouse of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, IL

Remain in My Love
by Most Reverend Harry Flynn, D.D.

This retreat focuses on God’s great love for us and how we respond to such immense love.

To register, call Sister Phyllis Schenk, O.P., 217-787-0481, or e-mail, schenkop@spdom.org


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