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Writing about Life
Sponsored by: Benedictine Center
01/08/09
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7:00PM
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9:00PM
Thursdays, Jan. 8, Feb. 5, Mar. 5, Apr. 2, 7-9p
Description:
Writing about one’s life helps identify the forces and factors that shape who one is and how one sees the world. Following a pattern of discussion, reflection, writing, and sharing, participants begin the process of each telling his or her own unique story.
Presenter: Vic Klimoski
Location:
Benedictine Center
Contact: Guest Services, 651.777.7251, benedictinecenter@stpaulsmonastery.org
Event Fee: $15.00
Note: $50 for series, $15 per session
Thursdays, Jan. 8, Feb. 5, Mar. 5, Apr. 2, 7-9p
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Intro to Benedictine Center Resources
Sponsored by: Benedictine Center
01/13/09
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7:00PM
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9:00PM
Description:
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Presenter: Sam Rahberg
Location:
Benedictine Center
Contact: Guest Services, 651.777.8181, benedictinecenter@stpaulsmonastery.org
Note: freewill offering
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Who Do You Say that I Am? The Consequences of Believing in Jesus
Sponsored by: Benedictine Center
01/15/09
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7:00PM
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9:00PM
Description:
Surprisingly, the gospels are not about a personal faith in Jesus. In fact, it took centuries for Christians to come to understand faith primarily as a personal relationship. In the beginning, faith in Jesus was faith in an event. In the resurrection of Christ, God was breaking into time itself to restore and heal a world originally intended at the dawn of creation. This workshop will take participants carefully through this way of reading the gospels in their historical context to show how any
Presenter: Charles Bobertz
Location:
Benedictine Center
Contact: Guest Services, 651.777.7251, benedictinecenter@stpaulsmonastery.org
Event Fee: $25.00
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Hidden Film Treasures
Sponsored by: Benedictine Center
01/20/09
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6:45PM
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9:30PM
Description:
Hidden film treasures have not been noticed by the blockbuster public. Sometimes only a small number of audiences have seen these films and word of mouth leads them to be appreciated over time. In this class viewers will discover values in the strengths and misfortunes of characters, their coping skills, what saves them, or what dooms them. Films include: The Out-of-Towners, Green Card, Hope Floats, Never Cry Wolf, and Losing Chase.
Presenter: S. Carole Sweely
Location:
Benedictine Center
Contact: Guest Services, 651.777.7251, benedictinecenter@stpaulsmonastery.org
Event Fee: $10.00
Note: also Feb. 17, Mar. 24)
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Open Mind, Open Heart: A Discussion Keating's Book of Fr. Thomas
Sponsored by: Benedictine Center
01/22/09
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7:00PM
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9:00PM
Description:
Thomas Keating writes, “Contemplative prayer is a process of interior transformation, a conversion initiated by God and leading, if we consent, to divine union. One's way of seeing reality changes in Centering Prayer.” Join this evening conversation to preview Fr. Keating’s text in preparation for his Feb. 27 event in the Twin Cities.
Presenter: Sam Rahberg
Location:
Benedictine Center
Contact: Guest Services, 651.777.7251, benedictinecenter@stpaulsmonastery.org
Event Fee: $35.00
Note: $35 includes book
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(cancelled) Building a Just World Retreat
Sponsored by: Benedictine Center
01/23/09
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7:00PM
through 01/24/09 at
4:00PM
Description:
This retreat explores social justice as a vision for the world and a call to personal conversion of heart. This time of reflection, discussion, and prayer creates a deeper appreciation for the Church’s assertion that justice is constitutive of all Christian life.
Presenter: Bernie Evans
Location:
Benedictine Center
Contact: Guest Services, 651.777.7251, benedictinecenter@stpaulsmonastery.org
Event Fee: $160.00
Note: $160.00 includes lodging and meals
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Listen Deeply: Bio Spiritual Focusing Basics
Sponsored by: Benedictine Center
01/24/09
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8:15AM
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5:30PM
Description:
Bio Spiritual Focusing is a well-grounded practice for cultivating a depth of listening to one’s own “body knowing” rather than to the messages and problem-solving techniques that come from the head alone. The instructors are experts, embodying it in how they teach and relate to others. Offered in collaboration with Loyola Spirituality Center
Presenter: S. Virginia Matter OSB and S. Joanne Dehmer SSND
Location:
Benedictine Center
Contact: Guest Services, 651.777.7251, benedictinecenter@stpaulsmonastery.org
Event Fee: $105.00
Note: $105.00 includes certificate, lunch, and materials
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Poetry as Prayer and Communion
Sponsored by: Benedictine Center
01/27/09
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7:00PM
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9:00PM
Description:
Poetry is a profound source for prayer as writers seek to image their encounter with the Divine in unique ways. Using a wide range of poems, Jim Smith shows they can magnify and call forth prayer-filled communion with self, others, creation, and God.
Presenter: Jim Smith
Location:
Benedictine Center
Contact: Guest Services, 651.777.7251, benedictinecenter@stpaulsmonastery.org
Event Fee: $25.00
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(cancelled) Here I Am, Send Me: Discerning My Life's Meaning and Purpose
Sponsored by: Benedictine Center
01/30/09
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7:00PM
through 01/31/09 at
12:00PM
Description:
This retreat is for anyone who is wondering about their path in life. What should they be doing? Where are they going? How will they find meaning? Under Jackie Witter’s wise leadership, participants enter into a time of discerning how they are being called to express their gifts and talents.
Presenter: Jackie Witter
Location:
Benedictine Center
Contact: Guest Services, 651.777.7251, benedictinecenter@stpaulsmonastery.org
Event Fee: $125.00
Note: $125 includes lodging and meals
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Mary, Our Mother and Our Sister
Sponsored by: Ministry of Mothers Sharing
01/31/09
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8:00AM
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4:00PM
Description:
Look at Mary's life from a scriptural and woman's perspective.
Walk with Mary and experience the special grace of being born a woman.
See Mary through the eyes of a mother dealing with a violent and prejudice society.
Presenter: Sr. Paula Hagen, OSB
Location:
St. Thomas Aquinas, 13720 West Thomas Road, Avondale AZ 85323
Contact: Lori Krejsta, (623) 547-0510, bkrejsta@cox.net
Intro to Centering Prayer
Sponsored by: Benedictine Center
01/31/09
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9:00AM
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3:00PM
Description:
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Presenter: S. Virginia Matter OSB
Location:
Benedictine Center
Contact: Guest Services, 651.777.8181, benedictinecenter@stpaulsmonastery.org
Event Fee: $50.00
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