spiritual direction
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The Holy Trinity as Spiritual Practice
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesThe doctrine of the Holy Trinity, a core tenet of Christianity, has often been treated as nothing more than a complex mental construct remote from ordinary experience. Dr. Jonas explores with us how Trinity – a “dance-around of love” – becomes a core archetype for navigating unity and diversity in our daily life, in our
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The Astounding Bernadette Roberts: Insights and Experiences of a Modern Christian Mystic
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesFr. Thomas Keating considered Bernadette's book, The Experience of No-Self, to be "one of the best ... since St. John of the Cross. An amazing book, it clarifies the higher
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Contemplation and Caring for Creation
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesThis day-long immersion will explore the ways contemplation can support the healing of our planet. Participants will explore methods of prayer to awaken to God’s presence in the natural world to help us better care for creation in our daily lives. The day will include periods of silence, “forest bathing,” and mindful exploration. Participants will
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All Parts of You Are Welcome Here
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesDo you do and feel things you don’t want to? Do you long to connect with God exactly as you are and not as you “should” be? Join therapist Jenna Riemersma as she explains why all parts of you are welcome and guides you into a deeply transformational connection with the Divine. This day is
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Body Presence and Contemplative Awareness – BioSpiritual Focusing Day of Presence – via Zoom
Internet - OnlineDiscover a deeper awareness of healing and wisdom accessible to each of us through our bodies. During this day we'll establish BioSpiritual Focusing’s place in Body Awareness Practice and then progressively and experimentally introduce participants to the focusing concepts which will conclude with a demonstration and discussion of Focusing. Participants will be invited to welcome
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Waking Up with the Enneagram: A Guide for your Contemplative Journey
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesContemplative Enrichment Day with Rev. Nhien Vuong, J.D., M.Div. The Enneagram is an extraordinary framework for transformational development. A multi-dimensional model of consciousness, the Enneagram equips each of us with
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Welcoming Prayer Introductory Workshop
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesAccording to Fr. Thomas Keating, “Welcoming Prayer is the practice that actively lets go of thoughts and feelings that support the false-self system. It embraces painful emotions experienced in the
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Body Presence and Contemplative Awareness – BioSpiritual Focusing Day of Presence
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesContemplative Enrichment Day with Donna O’Connor and Mike Smoolca Discover a deeper awareness of healing and wisdom accessible to each of us through our bodies. We’ll establish BioSpiritual Focusing’s place in Body Awareness Practice and then progressively and experientially introduce participants to the focusing concepts which will conclude with individual experiences of being companioned through
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Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat
Monastery of St. Gertrude 465 Keuterville Road, Cottonwood, ID, United StatesThis 7 days / 6 night Centering Prayer retreat provides an opportunity to deepen one's established Centering Prayer practice by building to 4 1/2 hours of prayer time at mid
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Certificate in Contemplative Spiritual Direction
Columbia Theological Seminary 701 South Columbia Drive, Decatur, GA, United StatesThe certificate offering is a 2-year formation and training program for persons who discern a call to the ministry of spiritual direction. Applicants will begin Phase I in July 2025. Certificate in Contemplative Spiritual Direction features: Contemplative spiritual formation as the foundation A 24-month Focused Program with home-based assignments A Cohort Model in a hybrid
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Directed Silent Retreat
Bethany Retreat Center 1031 Germania Rd, Frenchville, PA, United Stateswith the topic Heartfulness Transformation in Christ - with Thomas Keating and Betty Sue Flowers. Spiritual direction or spiritual companionship is a process guided by the Holy Spirit in which
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Anam Cara: Thomas Merton, and Pursuing Relationships That Enlighten Our Lives
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United StatesThough Thomas Merton craved the solitude of a hermitage and the silence in which “God shines there and is immediately found,” his mysticism and writing life were deeply fed and
