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  • December Retreat with Rev. Shawn Kafader, Dec. 8-11, at The Siena Center

  • Silent Saturday, November 5 , New location

  •  Jim Gill presents A Look at the Gospel of Matthew via Zoom

  • Art and Contemplation: Inner Landscapes, Tuesday, November 29,  at Trinity Woods Intergenerational Center

  • Other News: Report on The Introduction to Centering Prayer Workshop

  • COSEW is Growing, Letting Go and Moving On...

  • Save the Date: 2023 Retreats

  • Lectio Divina every Wednesday via Zoom

  • Share your photo, poem, or story with the Community             

"Prayer is an act of love. Words are not necessary".

Teresa of Avila

December Weekend Retreat

Entering the Mystical Mandala: 

Centering oneself in the Sacred Circle

 

at Siena Retreat Center

Racine, WI 

Thursday to Sunday

December 8-11, 2022

 

In this retreat participants will be offered an external experience that mirrors the internal journey of Centering Prayer. The process of creating simple mandalas will invite you to deepen your Centering Prayer practice.

 

Absolutely no art-making experience or art-making talent is needed to participate in this retreat. In fact, those with little art-making skills might be positioned to benefit most.

 

We will be concentrating 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. Participants will be guided through every step of the retreat experience.

 

Come with an open mind and open heart expectant to see where the Spirit might take you in this educational and creative retreat. 

 

Mandala creating and conferences will be

surrounded by the gift of silence as

well as regularly scheduled group Centering Prayer sessions.

 

 

 

Schedule:

Retreat begins with evening meal at 5:30pm on Thursday and ends after 12 noon lunch on Sunday. Registration opens at 2:30 pm on Thursday December 8 in the lobby of the retreat center. Optional centering prayer session on Thursday at 4:45pm.

 

Contact Ann Koerner at akoerner45@gmail.com

262-282-8622

or to Register click the button below

 

Meet the Presenter

Rev. Dr. Shawn Kafader

 

The Rev. Dr. Shawn Kafader is an ordained non-denominational clergyperson, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, certified Expressive Arts Therapist, certified Art4Healing® Facilitator, trained SoulCollage® Facilitator, and Artist.

He is a commissioned workshop presenter with Contemplative Outreach having offered workshops and retreats both in-person and

on-line. Mandala art has been Shawn's main art-making form for

over thirty years.

 

December Retreat

Silent Saturday

November 5

 

First Saturday of every month

 

This contemplative morning retreat is free to anyone.

 

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 3-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

 

There is no charge but we appreciate donations for the scholarship fund

 
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A Look at the Gospel of Matthew

presented by Jim Gill

via Zoom

Most of the Sunday Gospels read during the upcoming liturgical year, which begins with the First Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2022, will be taken from the Gospel of Matthew. 

  In this presentation we'll familiarize ourselves with Matthew and some of the passages we will be hearing. It will also prepare us for our weekly practice of Lectio Divina, praying with the scriptures.


 Thursday, Nov 17

6:30 - 8:30 PM

$10

via Zoom

 

Click button to register

Gospel of Matthew

Art and Contemplation:

Inner Landscapes

Tuesday evening

 

November 29

6:00-8:00 pm

$25.00

at

Trinity Woods Intergenerational Living

9525 W. Burleigh Street

Milwaukee, WI 53222

(Please use the main entrance and parking lot at 95th & Burleigh)

Inner Landscapes

The terrain of our inner life is constantly changing. Somedays our hearts feel like a placid body of water while at other times they may be rocky and cold like mountain peaks. And then there are those desert moments, and breathtaking sunsets.

 

In this contemplative art session we will view a slideshow of landscapes and seascapes around the world and then create a piece of art reflective of our own inner sacred space at this time in our lives.

An open studio approach will be used for the art-making, letting us choose which media best suits the response we are trying to create. Paper, markers, paint, clay, fibers are some of the materials that will be available.

 

Please join us as we begin the Advent and holiday season by slowing down, taking time for yourself, and creating your own inner landscape.

Instructor: Patricia Rass

 

Patty has an MS in Art Therapy and is a registered/certified art therapist who recently retired from teaching the graduate art therapy program at Mount Mary University. Over the years she has been involved in both educational and clinical art practices, focusing on the spiritual impact of the arts on one’s growth in wholeness. She has also facilitated ArtPrayer retreats and workshops for various organizations. As an artist Patty enjoys both quilting and watercolor.

Inner Landscapes

COSEW is Growing, Letting Go and Moving on…

 

 

 

The closing ritual at the Center for Contemplative Living in Elm Grove began with the song “This is Holy Ground”, because we were standing on holy ground.

It is here at our Center where we prayed together, sang songs together, were creative in art and contemplation classes, wrote icons, learned Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina, experienced community, and more.

 

It was also significant that we are “letting go of the Center” during Autumn time.

As a poem says:

 

Can we let go as trees let go

Their leaves, so casually, one by one,

If I can come to know what they know

That fall is the release time.

 

Above all, we trust in the slow work of God.

We may be impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new.

We ended the ritual with praying in the form of Lectio Divina with Jerimiah 29:11-14:

 

Yahweh says: For I know well the plans I have in mind for you…

 

And singing “Everyday God”.

 

Then we sorted through pressed leaves, and took some to carry home as a reminder that Fall is release time. And so we let go of our Center.

 

Other News

The Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop:

 

There were five enthusiastic participants at COSEW’s October 22nd online

Introduction to Centering Prayer: one from Germany, one from Missouri and the rest from here in Wisconsin.

 

Our German participant wrote, “Thanks again for this wonderful workshop. I really enjoyed it!!! I’ve no suggestions on how to improve its , as it is already great.”

Retreats 2023

Save the Dates
 

Dates:  

May 4-7, 2023

12 Step Outreach Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat

"First Things First - Faith in Recovery" 

Registration opens January 2023.

Sponsored by Contemplative Outreach of Southeast WI

July 23-29, 2023 

Intensive & Post Intensive Retreat

Registration opens April 2023.

Sponsored by Contemplative Outreach of Chicago

 

Location:  Siena Retreat Center, Racine, WI for both retreats

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

New email address for COSEW

Our email address transition is complete. We no longer use admin@contemplativeoutreachwisconsin. New and shorter:

admin@contemplativewisconsin.org

Prayer Groups

A Reflection,

a Photo,

a Poem 

We appreciate the contributions of a photo, a reflection, poem or story that we have received in the past.

We would like to share yours with the community.

Please send you submissions to

Christine at bendercm@earthlink.net

 
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