April
8
CENTERING PRAYER EVENING
Tuesday, 7:30 – 8:30 PM
We meet one
Tuesday a month for 20 minutes of Lectio Divina and 40 minutes of
Centering Prayer. These
evenings really help to keep your centering prayer practice
alive. There is grace
in the group. Donation:
Love Offering.
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9
LIVING IN CONSOLATION
Wednesday, 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM
We will explore the differences
between desolation, depression and the dark night of the soul and
point to God’s gift of consolation within them so that we may
continue to find God in all things, even darkness. “All things work together
for good for those who love God.” (Rom.
8) Donation: $25. Lunch
Included.
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11-13 DIRECTED RETREAT
WEEKEND
7:00 PM Friday to 1:00 PM
Sunday
A weekend of silence, solitude,
prayer with Scripture, spiritual direction and Liturgy. Donation:
$125 / $40 non-refundable deposit with registration.
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14
TAIZE EVENING PRAYER
Monday,
7:00 - 8:00 PM
Come for a refreshing evening
of communal contemplative prayer through psalm singing, Scripture
readings, silence and prayer.
“In common
prayer, the spirit of praise gives glimpses of the invisible. And within you comes welling
up the wonder of love.”~ Br. Roger of Taize.
Join us!
Sandy Carmichael. Donation: Love
Offering.
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30
PERSONAL RETREAT DAY
Wednesday, 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Take a day away from the
busyness of your life to rest a while in the Lord. The day includes
silence, personal prayer and optional spiritual direction. We begin
and end with a brief prayer together. Donation: $10 or $40 with
spiritual direction.
Please bring a bag
lunch.
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MAY
4
ME AND MY SHADOW
Sunday, 9:30 AM –
2:30 PM
The Shadow
represents the dark or under-developed side of our
personalities. We will
learn to identify, allow, understand and even befriend our shadow as
our way of responding to God’s call to grow in loving compassion,
even for ourselves.
Donation:
$20. Please
bring a bag lunch.
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5
TAIZE EVENING PRAYER
Monday, 7:00 - 8:00
PM
A gentle way to
close the day with Scripture, silence and song. Join us! Sandy Carmichael. Donation: Love Offering.
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6
CENTERING PRAYER EVENING
Tuesday, 7:30 –
8:30 PM
We meet one Tuesday a month for 20 minutes
of Lectio Divina and 40 minutes of Centering Prayer. These evenings really help
to keep your centering prayer practice alive. There is grace in the
group. Donation: Love
Offering.
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8
THE TRUE COST
Thursday, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
This evening
presentation simplifies and clearly explains how International
Financial Institutions have organized economical and political
structures so that the poor feed and clothe the rich. Gallagher explains the
notion of institutionalized violence and tremendous injustice which
supports the lifestyles of the rich. He opens our minds and
hearts to the cries of the poor through an uncommon blend of passion
and intelligence.
Vincent A. Gallagher. Donation: Love
Offering
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9
I REMEMBER MAMA
Friday, 9:30 AM – Noon
This morning
retreat gives time and space for those who have lost their mothers
recently (and not so recently) to grieve, remember and celebrate
their mother’s life. A wonderful way to prepare for Mother’s Day.
Donation: $15
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9-10 WOMEN’S
OVERNIGHT RETREAT
7:00 PM Friday to 7:00 PM Saturday
A 24-hour get away
for those who can’t take a whole weekend but need and desire time
for prayer and refreshment.
God will be here waiting to welcome you with a felt sense of
Presence as you pray.
Please give yourself this gift of time and prayer. Liturgy and dinner are
included on Saturday.
Residents $65 / Commuters $50
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JUNE
3
CENTERING PRAYER EVENING
Tuesday, 7:30 – 8:30 PM
7
PERSONAL RETREAT DAY
Wednesday, 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM
20/21 MORNING CLEANING
PARTY
&/or Friday and/or Saturday,
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Come, spend a
morning of service at Francis House, helping us prepare for our
summer retreats. Come either or both days. Bring cleaning supplies.
Thanks! Breakfast and lunch provided.
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7-Day Directed Retreats
Begins 7:00 PM – Ends 10:00
AM
June 15 -22 (Sunday
to Sunday)
June
22-29
(Sunday to Sunday)
July 6-13 (Sunday
to Sunday)
August 6-13 (Wednesday
to Wednesday)
August
15-22 (Centering
Prayer Retreat)
August 24-31
(Sunday to Sunday)
September
14-21 (Sunday
to Sunday)
Donation
$350
$50 non-refundable deposit with
registration
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7-Day Centering Prayer Retreat
Begins 7:00 PM – Ends
10:00AM
August 15 - 22
(Friday to Friday)
A centering prayer retreat
invites you to go more deeply into the silence and stillness which
facilitates growth in contemplative prayer and real attentiveness to
God’s Word. The
schedule provides many optional communal Centering Prayer periods
which are usually preceded by 20 minutes of Lectio Divina.
Donation:
$350
$50 non-refundable deposit with
registration
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Please send us your e-mail
address if you would like us to send you brief reminders of events
about every two weeks.
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to:
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