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Dear Friends,
During this Lenten season we invite you to visit our NRC Blog for reflections by our own Sister Mary Lousie Swift, CSFN.
RETREAT PROGRAMS FOR 2020-2021
“The Names of God Revealed Through Each Season”
A first-hand exploration and reflection of the four seasons of the year, allowing each season to teach us more about the presence and activity of God around and within us. As each season arrives, a different “Name of God” and lesson will be explored:
Autumn, October 10, 2020: 10am to 3pm
Color is the Autumn Name of God, A Time of “Letting go”
Winter, January 16, 2021: 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Silence is the Winter Name of God, A Time of “Inner Growth”
Spring, March 27, 2021: 10am to 3pm
Life is the Spring Name of God, A Time of “Potentials”
Summer, June 12, 2021: 10am to 3pm
Warmth is the Summer Name of God, A Time of “Bounty”
A Lenten Series…
“Boundless Compassion, Creating A Way of Life” by Joyce Rupp
All Dates listed are 7pm to 9pm
Compassion, one of the most basic and essential human attributes, will be the
focus of a six-week group study in Lent of 2021. A Small Christian Community format will be used for this program to enhance spirituality and personal growth.
Sister Joyce Rupp’s book makes use of Sacred Scripture, a vast number of resources on compassion and healing, and draws from her own experience as a spiritual guide and author to direct the group’s process with the following themes:
February 18, 2021: “Compassion as a Way of Life”
February 25, 2021: “Welcoming Ourselves”
March 4, 2021: “The River of Suffering”
March 11, 2021: “From Hostility to Hospitality”
March 18, 2021: “A Thousand Unbreakable Links”
March 25, 2021: “Becoming A Compassionate Presence”
“Photography as a Christian Contemplative Practice”
All weekdays listed are 7pm to 9pm
Photography has the ability to adapt the practice of “Lectio Divina” (Sacred Reading into a form of “Visio Divina” (sacred seeing) through a new way of spiritual observation (through the lens of a camera) and receiving images that will help nourish one’s contemplative Christian stance toward reality.
(Saturdays: April 24 and May 8, May 22, May 29: 1PM-3PM to Process photos)
A camera and journal are recommended tools for this Program.
April 15, 2021: “Seeing with the Eyes of the Heart and Soul”
April 17, 2021: “Practices and Tools to Cultivate Vision”
April 22, 2021: “The Dance of Light and Shadow”
April 29, 2021: “What is Hidden and What is Revealed?”
May 6, 2021: “The Symbolic Significance of Color”
May 13, 2021: “What is Mirrored Back?”
May 20, 2021: “Discovering the Holy Within Us”
May 27, 2021: “Seeing the Holy Everywhere”
Coming in 2022: OPEN FOR MARRIED COUPLES
The Alexander House Weekend for Spouses
April 29 to May 1, 2022
A Program that presents methods of nurturing the couples’ relationship with God and strengthening their commitment to each other and their families through stressful times.
Our Blessed Foundress
Blessed Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd, Frances Siedliska, 1842-1902
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