Center for Spiritual Care
"Tending the holy..."
Programs
Pysanky Easter Egg Dying March 11, 18, 25, 2010
Join
Marg Putzke in this traditional Ukrainaian way of making wax-dyed
eggs to celebrate the fertility and new life Easter brings.
Participants will learn how to make and care for these gems in
Session 1. Sessions 2,3 & 4 provide an opportunity to practice the
technique and create additional eggs. The symbolism of the egg is
not lost on Marg Putzke, nor is her Polish heritage. Combining the
two, lead her to explore the ancient art of Pysanky,
Polish/Ukrainian egg decorating. Using authentic tools, wax, dyes,
and spiritual symbols, we will create artful eggs throughout the
weeks of Lent leading to the celebration of Easter.
Donation: $40 first session; $10 for each following session
Enneagram Certification Training January 11 - 15, 2010 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Course Cost
- $900 for Certification alone
- $1785 for Certification and 3 hours graduate credit
- 36 hours of Continuing Education Credits (CEU's) are approved through the Institute of Pastoral Studies, Loyola University.
$450 Deposit is due by November 15th to hold your place.
Spiritual Aspects of the Enneagram Workshop January 9 & 10, 2010
Jerry Wagner will be conducting this two day seminar on the Enneagram and spirituality. Intended as a follow-up to Enneagram Certification Training, this experience will help spiritual directors and people in ministry better assist those they serve.
We will explore the following questions from the Enneagram perspective:
When do you experience yourself as spiritual? And when do you feel not-so-spiritual? What keeps you from being spiritual? What are you passionate about? What divine aspect is God inviting to surface in you now? Is there a way that the not-so-spiritual in you represents a dark spot that hasn’t yet come to the light?
Our personality, which contains our idealized self-image, is like an idol, a graven image of our essence. Like an idol, it offers us safety and protection from harm; but it is also fearsome and threatening. We must follow its dictates or risk being vulnerable. Our personality idol promises to take care of us; but we must make the proper sacrifices to it, including the sacrifice of our soul child.
If we decommission our idol, we have resources available to us where we normally don’t expect them: in our shadow, the polar opposite of our personality, the very place our idols tell us to avoid.
We’ll look at the false promises and threats of our idol and the sacrifices we are asked to make to gain its protection. We’ll also look, against the advice of our personality, at our shadow to find hidden parts of ourselves that can lead us to wholeness.
Cost: $195. To reserve space, contact us at the Center for Spiritual Care.
7th Annual Icon Workshop March 1 - 5, 2010 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Our
7th Annual Icon Workshop features Fr. Richard Cannuli, O.S.A., from
$250 deposit is due by January 9 to hold your spot. Tuition: $525
Prayerful Knitting Every Wednesday 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
This prayerful group meets weekly to knit or crochet prayer shawls
for use by friends and relatives, especially for people who are
suffering from physical, emotional or mental illnesses. As
participants knit this easily crafted pattern, they pray for the
other's needs and for friends and family members. Sessions
include music, spoken prayer for each other and quiet intercessory
prayer for the shawls' intended recipients.
Donations Accepted. Please bring your own materials or use the donated materials at the Center. No experience necessary with prayer or knitting.
Centering Prayer
Based
on the work of Thomas Keating, these small groups meet to explore
their
spiritual depths. Maureen
Schlitt will offer a short presentation, lead participants through a
discussion of several chapters each week, and conduct a 20-minute
silent centering prayer time.
Please join us for this exploration of an ancient sacred
prayer form.
Excerpts of the "Awakenings" book will be used for the 3 weeks of December. "Crisis of Faith, Crisis of Love" will be used for the six week series beginning in October.
Please see our schedule page for times. All are welcome! Please join us for this time!
Group Spiritual Direction
In group spiritual direction 4-6 people gather in a prayerful atmosphere on a monthly basis to talk about their personal spiritual journey and to assist one another in discovering God in their daily lives. The heart of group spiritual direction is prayerful sharing. Groups already formed and meeting are closed groups. If you are interested in group spiritual direction and/or would like to be part of a new group, please call us at the Center for Spiritual Care.
Advent Women's Gathering
Set aside some time to tend to your soul in a special way. We will use creativity to open us to our own inner soul and to each other. This time filled with prayer and sharing brings us closer to our own purpose and meaning in life.
Spiritual World Net
Spiritual World Net offers opportunities to help spiritual directors
nurture their walk with others. Our internet-based interviews with
prominent spirituality authors allow spiritual directors across the
country and around the world to participate in real time, asking
questions of our featured guests. Using 21st century technology,
we hope to provide opportunities to Spiritual Directors and
Companions who seek to deepen their experience, widen their network
and grow their ministry. For more information on this exciting new
program, go to:
www.spiritualworldnet.com or our calendar page for Spiritual
World Net highlights and times.
Lenten Retreat at Home Begins February 17, 2010
A
Lenten Journey of Guided Prayer begins February 17 and continues
until Easter Sunday. We will be using the booklet:
Christ Our Hope, reflections by the late
Henri Nouwen, one of the most widely read spiritual writers of our
time. His deeply moving spiritual insights and prayerful
conversations with God are particularly timely during this holy
season of Lent when we contemplate the Christ who is our hope
through his suffering, death and resurrection.
If you seek a deeper and more intimate relationship with God, then consider this a personal invitation to join us this Lent for a retreat-like experience as you continue your daily work and home responsibilities. Of all the “holy” times and seasons included in our liturgical year, Lent is best suited through its scripture readings, special liturgies, and its length, to prepare us to become better aware of and receive more fully the gift of God’s love, His very self! The necessary response to the longing deep within us is to examine our prayer life and be open to experiences – especially new ones – that may enrich it. To that end a six week Guided Prayer Retreat Experience, led by trained Spiritual Directors, is being offered. Each person participating in this Lenten Journey will seek to pray daily for about thirty minutes, and all retreatants will have the opportunity to meet for a personal session once each week with his or her own director for approximately 45 minutes. Your Spiritual Director will discuss prayer with you and any particular insights or invitations that may arise during the daily prayer periods. Please click the link: Commitment Response for a printable Lenten Retreat Commitment Response form.