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2008 Retreat Schedule
June 9-13 Fr. Jim Moran, CSP: A Step 11 Retreat
The gift of recovery is the gift of relationships.
Step 11: If not, why not?
A few days of grace to help us (re)accept God's gifts and get our priorities the way we want them.
Jim Moran CSP has been skipping and walking the 12 Steps for 20 years. He invites you to walk with him for a few days of discovery, acceptance and fresh hope.
Jim is involved in administration these days. He's looking forward this week to more time with people than with issues.
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June 13-15 Fr. Ken McGuire, CSP: Spiritual Discovery Through Movies
A weekend retreat
Spirituality and values portrayed through movies have a huge effect, maybe more than 10 minute sermons on Sunday. We will explore themes, values and spirituality of Into the Wild, Brokeback Mountain, Whale Rider and Inherit the Wind.
Ken McGuire is a Paulist Priest and Cultural Anthropologist. He has served many years as a campus minister, pastor, director of St. Mary's onf the Lake and taught Cultural Orientation for International Priests and Nuns, COPIM at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
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June 23-27 A Retreat with Fr. James Alison
The Victim Speaks: Reading Scripture with the help of René Girard
René Girard is a leading French cultural thinker and theoretician of desire. His thought, sometimes described as “mimetic theory” has become increasingly influential in theological circles, above all because of the freshness of the readings of Scripture which his approach opens up. James Alison is one of the people who has sought to flesh out the theological implications of Girard’s thought to help make the Gospel more available in contemporary circumstances. During the course of retreat, James proposes a journey through some texts of the scriptures, illuminated by the thought of René Girard, which will give us an approach that is both very modern, and yet very pre-modern, to Luke’s testimony: “He opened to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself” (Luke 24, 27b).
In addition to the Scripture sessions, there will be more informal sessions of sharing where participants will be able to flesh out applications for ourselves.
No previous knowledge of the thought of Girard will be expected, though anyone who wishes to prepare themselves for the retreat will find that time spent with Michael Kirwan’s Discovering Girard (London: DLT/Cambridge: Cowley Publications) is not time wasted.
James Alison is a Catholic theologian, priest and author. He has studied, lived and worked in Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile and the United States as well as his native England. He earned his doctorate in theology from the Jesuit Faculty in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He is the author of Knowing Jesus (London: SPCK 1992,8; Springfield: Templegate 1993); Raising Abel New York: Crossroad 1996 (The UK edition is called Living in the End Times SPCK 1998) The Joy of Being Wrong (Crossroad 1998); Faith beyond resentment (London: Darton Longman & Todd 2001; Crossroad 2001) On being liked (DLT 2003 and Crossroad 2004). Most recently Undergoing God has been published by DLT (London) and Continuum (New York).
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July 7-11 Fr. Vinny McKiernan, CSP : Praying Your Life.
Through various prayer experiences we will try to relate to the fullness of God's presence to us in the past, present and future. A time to look at past memories, those that were hurtful and those that are healing. A time to learn how to be present to the present and to embrace the future with trust. A time to center with periods of centering prayer, anchoring the day together with the daily celebration of the Eucharist.
Fr. Vinny McKiernan, CSP is Campus Minister at The Ohio State University and an experienced Spiritual Director and Retreat Master.
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July 14-18 Br. Michael Moran, CP: Windows to Heaven: An Icon Painting Retreat
Participants will be lead in the painting of an icon of the Mother of God. The daily schedule of the week will consist of two large blocks of time for painting, as well as "teachings" relevant to the spirituality of seeing and of icons. There will also be daily prayer, opportunties for discussion, as well as quiet time. No experience is necessary and art supplies will be provided. The goal is for each participant to have painted his/her own icon by the end of the retreat.
Michael Moran professed his vows in 1974 as a Brother of the Eastern Province of the Passionist Community in the USA. Since then he has spent much time and private study developing his artistic talents. Proficient in many media, one of his specialties is painting icons, translating this ancient art form of the Eastern Christian Churches into contemporary terms. His works have been exhibited since 1985 in galleries and museums largely in Illinois, Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas.
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July 21-25 Ken Meltz and John O'Brien, CP
Church Alive: Communion, Mission and Renewal In The Parish
A Study Week for Clergy and Pastoral Ministers
Participants will explore and discuss the phenomenon of the American parish with nationally known authors and liturgists, Reverend John J. O’Brien, CP and Ken Meltz. This study and leisure week will focus on the church as communion. Through this lens of communion participants will explore the theology and pastoral basics for evangelization, liturgy, community building, social justice, and the mission of the parish as leaven in the neighborhood.
Reading / Study Materials:
Excellent Catholic Parishes by Paul Wilkes
From Maintenance to Mission: Evangelization and the Revitalization of the Parish by Bob Rivers
Parishes That Excel by Patrick Brennan
Paulist Liturgy Planning Guide by Lawrence Boadt
Reverend John J. O'Brien, CP has published journal articles, encyclopedia essays, homilies, and book reviews in liturgical renewal in Worship, Catechumenate, Homily Service, and Liturgical Ministry. John received an STL from Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts and completed his STD in 2002 at Weston. He has recently published George G. Higgins and the Quest for Worker Justice: The Evolution of Catholic Social Thought in America with Sheed and Ward
Ken Meltz is a published composer, Ken has also written articles and book reviews for Worship, Modern Liturgy, Catechumenate, Liturgy and Pastoral Music. His most recent publications include We Go To Church, a CD-ROM resource about the mass for young children, and the Paulist Liturgy Planning Guide, for which he contributed the music notes for each Sunday and feast day of Years A, B and C. A member of the North American Academy of Liturgy since 1978, Ken is on the formation team for the MA degree in ministry offered by Saint John's Seminary in Boston
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