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This Month If you will "view this Newsletter in an online browser", you will not miss important announcements! Please click on "view in a browser" (at the very top of this page) on your computer or phone. Welcoming Prayer Workshop, Two Options: Two Monday evenings or One Saturday The Spiritual Journey Series, Course 2 : The Human Condition, starts Monday, January 27 Silent Saturday, January 7, at the house on St. Romans Campus Silent Third Saturday, January 21, at First Fruits in Elm Grove
Madison Silent Saturday zoom and in-person, quarterly schedule for 2023 Art and Contemplation: Re-Imagine 2023: Saturday, January 28, at Trinity Woods Intergenerational Center 2023 Retreats:
12-Step Outreach: First Things First, Siena Center, Racine, May 4-7 Intensive and Post Intensive: Siena Center, Racine, WI, July 23-29 Simple Presence via zoom, Sat, Jan 21, by Alan Krema of Contemplative Outreach Chicago Other News: Reports on December Retreat with Rev. Shawn Kafader Lectio Divina every Wednesday via Zoom Share your photo, poem, or story with the Community
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“ If God wants to speak to me, let Him come to me, I won't go out.” Meister Eckhardt |
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Welcoming Prayer Workshop 2 Options Two Mondays or One Saturday |
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The Welcoming Prayer helps to dismantle acquired emotional programs and to heal the wounds of a lifetime by addressing them where they are stored – in the body. Through it we consent to God’s presence and action in our physical and emotional reactions to events and situations in daily life. It welcomes the Holy Spirit into the particular pain we experience, whether physical, emotional or mental. |
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Cost $25 Sponsored by: Contemplative Outreach of Southeast Wisconsin (COSEW) Contact/Presenter: Jack Dierks dierks.jack@gmail.com (414) 688-1677 |
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| | Online via Zoom Two Mondays Part 1 February 20, 2023 Part 2 February 27, 2023 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm CST This option gives you the opportunity to practice the prayer for a week between classes. Please click below to register | | |
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| | In-Person One Saturday Saturday, February 25, 2023 Part 1 9:30 am to 11:30 am CST Lunch Break Part 2 12:00 pm to 2:15 pm CST at First Fruits Center Elm Grove, WI Coffee, tea, water and snacks will be provided, but lunch is not included. We will be taking orders for Jimmy John subs for anyone interested, otherwise, please plan on bringing your lunch. Thank you. | | |
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Click here to download a flyer for the Welcoming Prayer |
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The Human Condition, Course 2 A Spiritual Journey Class on Zoom Mondays for 6 weeks January 30, February 6, 13, 20, 27 and March 6 7:00 - 8:30 pm CST* Cost $25 This class reveals the obstacles that keep us from peace, identifying our programs for happiness that-can-never-work, while helping us with the unloading of the unconscious. The sessions consist of videos followed by a facilitated discussion. The videos feature Thomas Keating, the founder of Contemplative Outreach . Beginners and seasoned Pray-ers alike follow Keating through the concepts and ideas that he taught in this foundational series. Father Thomas’ self-evolution makes concrete by example the process of transformation, as he brings in, not only his theology, but also his knowledge of psychology, and his insight into the overlap between ancient traditions of the world. *This class features the instruction of the practice of the Welcoming Prayer, a tool for bringing us into the "now" in the presence of the Holy Spirit during the disturbances of everyday life. We will be joining the Welcoming Prayer workshop for weeks 4 and 5 which start earlier, at 6:30 pm, CST. The cost of the workshop is included in the price of the class. Facilitator: Christine Bender Commissioned Presenter of Centering Prayer Facilitator of the Spiritual Journey Series bendercm@earthlink.net 720-987-7433 Click below, or go to Events and Workshops |
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Silent Saturdays A Silent Saturday provides a couple hours each month that are set aside for Centering Prayer, Lectio Divina, spiritual teaching and reflection. There are currently two monthly and one quarterly events available. The events are free and do not require pre-registration, however we appreciate any donations |
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| | January 7 First Saturday of every month 9:15 to 11:30 am New Location 1910 W. Bolivar Milwaukee, WI on the campus of St. Roman's Catholic Church Silence begins at 9:15 am till 11:30 am. The day consists of two periods of centering prayer followed by a 10-minute break, Lectio Divina, monastic-style, and a final period of centering prayer. Contacts: Sr. Kathryn Ann Kobelinski kkobelinski@ssndcp.org Lynn Holland lynnhlly2@sbcglobal.net | | |
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| | January 21 Third Saturday of every month 9:00 to 11:00 am First Fruits 890 Elm Grove Road Village Court, Bldg 2 Watch for signs in the courtyard. Take elevator to the lower level, turn right and follow the sign This morning of prayer begins with two 25-minute sits. The prayer time is followed by a video (about 30-40 minutes) with conversation in response. Contact: Ann Koerner at akoerner45@gmail.com 414-477-8430 | | |
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Donations for our Silent Saturdays will be put toward the Scholarship Fund. |
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Silent Saturday Contemplative Outreach of Madison Quarterly Schedule for 2023 January 14 April 15 July 8 October 14 Offered In-person or by Zoom 10AM Central Time We will be returning to our pre-pandemic practice of having three 20-minute periods of prayer. You are welcome to join us for one, two or all three. Between the sits we will be having a short meditative walk for those meeting in person at the church. If you are joining by Zoom, we encourage you to do whatever prayerful silent act that feels right to you between the prayer periods. We hope you can come join us for this communal practice of a method of prayer that has roots all the way back to the Desert Fathers and Mothers of early Christian monasticism.
To join in person:
Christ Presbyterian Church 944 E. Gorham St, Madison, WI
To join by Zoom: please use the link below (open at 9:45 AM CT):
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84132196412?pwd=dytLRkVlcEV1SUQxWmQzbUMxUTVrZz09
Meeting ID: 841 3219 6412
Passcode: 682101
or dial 312 626 6799 US.
Use same Meeting ID and Passcode as above. |
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Art and Contemplation: 2023 Re-Imagined Saturday, January 28 9:30-11:30 am $25 (includes materials) |
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Do you want this new year to be different than the past one but sometimes feel stuck or helpless in knowing how to move forward? The contemplative art process for this session will offer you a simple technique that helps to open your mind and heart to see the “More”, and to experience a hope for growth and change. We will be using simple materials: a picture, scissors, and glue, so that you can repeat the experience whenever you’d like once home. Come be part of the creative energy of re-imaging the future! Contact: Patricia Rass patriciarass@sbcglobal.net |
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held at Trinity Woods Intergenerational Living 9525 W. Burleigh Street Milwaukee, WI 53222 (Please use the main entrance and parking lot at 95th & Burleigh) Click below to register |
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Retreats 2023 Save the Dates |
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First Things First - Faith in Recovery Dates: May 4-7, 2023 Siena Center Racine, Wisconsin |
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Recovery, the power of story, in the silence of Centering Prayer |
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This is a 12-Step Outreach Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat Registration opens February 2023 Sponsored by Contemplative Outreach of Southeast WI Presenter: Kenny Kohberger Commissioned presenter of the 12-Step Centering Prayer Meditation practice |
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Intensive & Post Intensive Retreat July 23-29, 2023 Registration opens April 2023. Sponsored by Contemplative Outreach of Chicago Location: Siena Retreat Center, Racine, WI for both retreats |
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Simple Presence A Contemplative Prayer Experience with the Vision of Contemplative Outreach offered by Contemplative Outreach of Chicago Saturday, January 21 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (US/Canada Central) The workshop will include embodied prayer, chant, reflective readings, Centering Prayer, Welcoming Prayer, and wisdom sharing. Come prepared to sit in Simple Presence with the sacred words of the Vision. This prayerful event will be approximately two hours in length and will be presented online using Zoom. Presented by Alan Krema click below |
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Report on December Weekend Silent Retreat with Shawn Kafader, "Entering the Mystical Mandala: Centering Oneself in the Sacred Circle" |
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In this retreat we were offered an external experience that mirrors the internal journey of Centering Prayer. The process of creating simple mandalas invited us to deepen our Centering Prayer practice. |
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| | Absolutely no art-making experience or art-making talent was needed to participate in this retreat. Shawn Kafader focused our attention on the "process" of creating, and how that process has been used in every culture and faith tradition to center oneself on the Holy, not the "product" of our creations. | | |
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| | We were guided through every step of the retreat experience in making our mandalas, which means "circle". We were encouraged to come with an open mind and open-heart expectant to see where the Spirit might take us in this educational and creative retreat. | | |
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Lectio Divina Every Wednesday via Zoom 7:00pm The evening will consist of centering prayer for 20 minutes, and then Lectio Divina. We use the monastic form of this prayer, that is, reading the scripture passage twice, followed with reflection time and optional sharing. Facilitated by Sr. Kathryn Ann Kobelinski, SSND, a commissioned presenter of the prayer. There is no fee, but we are grateful for a donation (see our donation page). Contact Sr. Kathryn Ann for the link. kkobelinski@ssndcp.org |
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A Reflection, a Photo, or a Poem Please send you submissions to Christine at bendercm@earthlink.net | | |
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Smiling Mary from children's concert in Wauwatosa, 2022 |
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