| Title: | God Gives Us Songs in Our Sleep |
| Event Date: | February 03, 2012 - February 05, 2012 |
| Time: | 7:15 pm with dinner |
| Presenter: | Jean Lynch
Jean Lynch, M.A. from St. John’s
University and Post Graduate Studies
from Immaculate Conception Seminary,
Huntington, NY. Jean is a certified
spiritual director and an Inner Healing
Specialist. She is a teacher of theology
and is on the staff of the Pastoral
Formation Institute. Jean has given
retreats and workshops for many years. |
| Offering: | $195.00 |
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| Details: | A weekend of prayer and reflection for women and men. Dreams offer an opportunity to explore the deep hidden truth of who we are as God’s beloved and precious creation. Join us as we explore the way the language of symbol opens up the hidden messages found in our dreams and offers us new and deeper insight into our personal truth. This retreat is open to beginners as well as to those having experience with dreams. Commuters are welcome on this retreat. The offering is $150 (4 meals-no breakfasts) Please call the retreat office to make arrangements 631-588-8366 |
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| Title: | How Do I Know It's God? FILLED |
| Event Date: | February 04, 2012 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Kathy Madden,CND & Mary Spratt, r.c.
Kathy Madden, CND completed
spiritual direction training at Creighton
University and the Center for Religious
Development. She spent more than
twenty years as a Montessori teacher
on the Pine Ridge Reservation in
southwestern South Dakota.
Mary Spratt, r.c. has extensive
experience in the ministries of retreats
and spiritual direction in the United
States and Africa. Sr. Mary has
earned a Masters Degree in Pastoral
Counseling and also a Masters of
Divinity Degree. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | THIS PROGRAM IS FILLED. PLEASE CALL THE RETREAT OFFICE (631-588-8366) IF YOU WISH TO BE PUT ON THE WAIT LIST. When faced with choices in my everyday life; or when faced with the question of how I want to live my life, I can sometimes feel myself pulled in different directions. I can wonder: “Where is the grace of God leading me?” or “What are the signs that I am being moved by God’s grace as I make this decision?” or “How do I know I am on the path of light as I choose a particular way of following Jesus?” We invite you to come for a day of prayer and reflection on these important questions. A light lunch will be served. |
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| Title: | Family" Matters" on Our Spiritual Journey |
| Event Date: | February 10, 2012 - February 12, 2012 |
| Time: | 7:15 pm with dinner |
| Presenter: | Lauren Hanley, CSJ
Lauren Hanley, C.S.J. is a Sister of St.
Joseph of Brentwood NY with over 30
years experience in spirituality, family
systems, and ministry formation on the
parish, diocesan, and national levels. Sr.
Lauren has a MS degree in Religious
Studies and a MA degree in Marriage
and Family Counseling. She also
has certificates in spiritual direction,
supervision of spiritual directors and
leadership from a systems perspective. |
| Offering: | $195.00 |
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| Details: | God desires the fullness of life for each of us. Our experiences in our families have a profound impact on how this desire of God unfolds in our lives. These experiences of love, safety, joy, pain, fear, loss, etc. are an integral part of our blessed history and reveal to us grace filled moments as well as the roots of our unfreedoms. Integrating spirituality and family systems theory, this retreat will provide participants with an opportunity to examine their past and present experiences of family as an integral part of their journey to wholeness - holiness. This will be done in a prayerful setting with opportunities for quiet reflection and sharing.
Commuters are welcome on this retreat. The offering is $150 (4 meals-no breakfasts) Please call the retreat office to make arrangements 631-588-8366 |
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| Title: | Acoustics of the Heart - Desire and Hope |
| Event Date: | February 11, 2012 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Judy Osterburg, r.c. & Elenore Woronick, r.c.
Judith Osterburg, r.c., M.Div.,
a Sister of the Cenacle, has been
involved in retreat work for over
25 years. She has been involved
in spiritual direction, directing the
Spiritual Exercises, directed retreats,
as well as other retreats. Sr. Judith is
a supervisor of spiritual directors and
has been on the staff of a Spiritual
Direction Training Program here on
Long Island. She also has been on the
summer staff of St. Ignatius Retreat House, Manhasset for their internship
program to train spiritual directors to
give directed retreats.
Elenore Woronick, r.c. has been
trained in spiritual direction and the
Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. She
has experience in the ministries of
spiritual direction, directed retreats,
days of prayer, as well as Retreat in
Everyday Life according to the Spiritual
Exercises. |
| Offering: | $35.00 |
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| Details: | Hope in the Lord, and do good: so you will live in the land and enjoy security. Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
PS 37: 3-4
Desires reflect the longings of our heart, keeping us on the lookout for new possibilities and encouraging HOPE in the future. Come, spend a quiet day of prayer learning the heartbeats of desire and hope in our hearts. This program will be offered at the Maude Adams House. Please bring a bag lunch. |
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| Title: | FILLED/Valentine Evening for Married Couples |
| Event Date: | February 14, 2012 |
| Time: | 6:30pm dinner |
| Presenter: | Valerie and Mike Dunne
Michael Dunne is a certified spiritual
director, a director of the 19th
Annotation Retreat of the Spiritual
Exercises of St. Ignatius and a
graduate of the Pastoral Formation Institute. Michael is an active cantor
and member of the liturgy committee
at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, West
Islip. Currently he coordinates and
co-facilitates a men’s group that meet
monthly and is the Tri-State coordinator
of M.A.L.Es (Men As Learners and
Elders) the work arm of the Center for
Action and Contemplation founded
by Richard Rohr, OFM. He and his
wife Valerie are core team members
facilitating evenings for married couples.
Valerie Dunne, Cenacle Staff
Associate, is a certified spiritual
director. She is a graduate of the
Pastoral Formation Institute. Valerie is
currently active in a women’s prayer
group and along with her husband
Michael, is part of a team facilitating
evenings for married couples. |
| Offering: | $80.00 |
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| Details: | THIS PROGRAM IS FILLED. PLEASE CALL THE RETREAT OFFICE (631-588-8366) TO BE PUT ON THE WAIT LISTThis is a romantic evening with an opportunity to reflect on our love and the goodness of God in our lives. Candlelight dinner and renewal of vows will set the tone for prayer, sharing and reflection. This is a wonderful way to celebrate the gift of your love. Dinner is at 6:30p.m. - the evening will conclude at 10:00p.m. |
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| Title: | A Radical Love: Mystics from Around the World |
| Event Date: | February 16, 2012 - February 19, 2012 |
| Time: | 7:15 pm with dinner on Thursday |
| Presenter: | Pam Falkowski, r.c.
Pamela Falkowski, r.c., D.Min. is
a spiritual director, musician, artist,
Trager® practitioner, licensed massage
therapist, and InterPlay®-er. Pam
believes that creativity and body
wisdom are powerful resources for our
healing. Consequently, she incorporates
the arts, body and movement into her
spiritual direction, retreats, courses,
and workshops. Her D.Min. thesis
was My Body My Prayer: Celebrating
Embodied Spirituality and Sexuality in
a Christian Tradition. |
| Offering: | $250.00 |
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| Details: | We will explore some of the great mystics: Etty Hillesum, Ignatius Loyola, Hildegard of Bingen, Rumi, Evelyn Underhill, Teresa of Avila, Rainer Maria Rilke, Therese Couderc, and others. We will consider how their lives call forth the mystic within each of us, and make a difference in our world today.Commuters are welcome on this retreat. The offering is $175 (6 meals (no breakfasts)Please contact the retreat office to make arrangements 631-588-8366 |
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| Title: | The Spiritual Director As Heart Specialist-Professional Day for Spiritual Directors |
| Event Date: | February 18, 2012 |
| Time: | 9:30am - 4:30pm (registration begins at 9am) |
| Presenter: | Paul Mast
Paul G. Mast is a native of Delaware.
He has a doctorate in spirituality and
a certificate in spiritual direction from
Neumann University in Aston, PA. In
addition to leading retreats and days of
spiritual renewal, he has had a spiritual
direction practice for fifteen years. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | In the secular world a heart specialist is called a cardiologist. In the religious world a heart specialist is called a spiritual director. Whereas the former treats someone’s heart for heart disease, the latter treats someone’s heart for emotional pain, struggles and growth in their relationship with God, and the joys and delights in deepening that relationship. This day will focus on qualities a spiritual director can use to help directees in their search for a more intimate relationship with God by acquiring a more contemplative attitude toward life.This program willbe at the Maude Adams House. A light lunch will be served. |
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| Title: | FILLED/The Spirituality of the Beatles Music - A Day of Spiritual Renewal |
| Event Date: | February 19, 2012 |
| Time: | 1:30-4:30pm (registration begins at 1pm) |
| Presenter: | Valerie Dunne, Staff Associate and Barbara Regan, r.c.
Valerie Dunne, Cenacle Staff
Associate, is a certified spiritual
director. She is a graduate of the
Pastoral Formation Institute. Valerie is
currently active in a women’s prayer
group and along with her husband
Michael, is part of a team facilitating
evenings for married couples.
Barbara Regan, r.c., MA, MTS, a
Cenacle Sister, has more than 26
years of experience leading retreats
and co-leading with women and men
from coast to coast. |
| Offering: | $35.00 |
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| Details: | THIS RETREAT IS FILLED. PLEASE CALL THE RETREAT OFFICE 631-5888-8366 TO BE PUT ON THE WAIT LIST.
Baby Boomers, Gen. X & Y people and others are welcome to experience the spiritual themes and wisdom of the Beatles’ music. Listening, going deeper, and sharing with your “sweet Lord” and others are part of this experience.THis program will be at the Maude Adams House. |
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| Title: | Book Discussion at Maude Adams House "The Other SIde of Chaos" |
| Event Date: | February 21, 2012 |
| Time: | 7:30-9:30pm (registration begins 7pm) |
| Presenter: | Kathy Madden, CND and Valerie Dunne Cenacle Staff Associate
Valerie Dunne, Cenacle Staff
Associate, is a certified spiritual
director. She is a graduate of the
Pastoral Formation Institute. Valerie is
currently active in a women’s prayer
group and along with her husband
Michael, is part of a team facilitating
evenings for married couples.
Kathy Madden, CND completed
spiritual direction training at Creighton
University and the Center for Religious
Development. She spent more than
twenty years as a Montessori teacher
on the Pine Ridge Reservation in
southwestern South Dakota. |
| Offering: | $40.00 |
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| Details: | How is life hurling you into chaos of change? Let us allow well-known author Margaret Silf to help us develop an authentic "spirituality of transition" that can lead us to embrace life's inevitable changes constructively, creatively amd confidently. This group will meet for 5 Tuesdays, begining Feb. 21st |
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| Title: | Ash Wednesday Day of Prayer |
| Event Date: | February 22, 2012 |
| Time: | 9:30am-4:00pm(registration begins at 9am |
| Presenter: | Judy Osterburg, r.c. & Bob Freudenberg, Cenacle Staff Associate
Judith Osterburg, r.c., M.Div.,
a Sister of the Cenacle, has been
involved in retreat work for over
25 years. She has been involved
in spiritual direction, directing the
Spiritual Exercises, directed retreats,
as well as other retreats. Sr. Judith is
a supervisor of spiritual directors and
has been on the staff of a Spiritual
Direction Training Program here on
Long Island. She also has been on the
summer staff of St. Ignatius Retreat House, Manhasset for their internship
program to train spiritual directors to
give directed retreats.
Robert Freudenberg, Cenacle Staff
Associate, is married and the father
of six children and grandfather of
twelve. He is a retired Suffolk County
Police Officer. He has a keen interest
in spirituality and was certified as a
spiritual director in 2003. Bob has
served in a variety of ministries in the
Church including facilitating a Bible
study group, and coordinating Renew
2000, as well as a divorced and
separated group for his parish. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | “BEHOLD I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW.”
Changes are a part of life. Where is God in all of these changes? How do I respond to changes? What is God’s invitation in them? There is a pattern: resistance, surrender and conversion. The day will include Celebration of the Eucharist and distribution of ashes. |
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| Title: | Seeking Jesus In Prayer/FILLED |
| Event Date: | February 24, 2012 - February 26, 2012 |
| Time: | 7:15 pm with dinner |
| Presenter: | Joan Kellenberg, r.c.
oan Kellenberg, r.c. is a Cenacle
sister living on Long Island. Her current
ministry includes in-depth spiritual
formation, directed and group retreats,
and spiritual direction. She desires
to lead persons to the source of
Living Water and encourages them to
surrender to Transforming Love. |
| Offering: | $195.00 |
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| Details: | PROGRAM IS FILLED. PLEASE CALL THE RETREAT OFFICE (631-588-8366) IF YOU WISHED TO BE PLACED ON THE WAITING LIST.This is a silent, contemplative retreat based on the teachings of two Carmelites, St. Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church, and Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection. It is for those who desire to enter “the school of the heart” to learn and practice contemplative prayer forms such as: vocal prayers prayed contemplatively, lectio divina, the prayer of recollection, and the practice of the presence of God. |
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| Title: | For the Sake of My Soul |
| Event Date: | March 09, 2012 - March 10, 2012 |
| Time: | 7:15 pm with dinner |
| Presenter: | Pat Duffy, OP
Pat Duffy, OP, PhD is a member of
the Sisters of St. Dominic, Amityville,
NY. She holds a MA in Religious
Studies from Fordham University and a
PhD in Human Development from The
Union Institute and University. Sister Pat
is an itinerant preacher who conducts
retreats, parish missions and workshops
throughout the Unites States. She is
the author of WOMANSOUL – Letters
of Encouragement and Possibility. |
| Offering: | $95.00 |
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| Details: | “All moments are key moments and life itself is grace.”
– Frederich Buechner
Life is a journey that leads us through different experiences and stages of development. Our journey with and to God is the basis of our growing as believing persons. We will explore the ways we journey with a longing in our hearts for deeper awareness and relationship with God. It is open to anyone who has a desire to experience “life in abundance” (Jn 10) promised by Jesus. Commuters are welcome. The offering is $75 (2meals-no breakfast)Please call the retreat office to make your arrangements. |
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| Title: | Spa Overnight Retreat |
| Event Date: | March 16, 2012 - March 17, 2012 |
| Time: | 7:15 pm with dinner |
| Presenter: | Pam Falkowski, r.c. & Margaret Rohde, r.c.
Pamela Falkowski, r.c., D.Min. is
a spiritual director, musician, artist,
Trager® practitioner, licensed massage
therapist, and InterPlay®-er. Pam
believes that creativity and body
wisdom are powerful resources for our
healing. Consequently, she incorporates
the arts, body and movement into her
spiritual direction, retreats, courses,
and workshops. Her D.Min. thesis
was My Body My Prayer: Celebrating
Embodied Spirituality and Sexuality in
a Christian Tradition.
Margaret Rohde, r.c. was a chaplain
and spiritual director for the past five
years at a recovery treatment center
in Florida. She offers 12-Step support
and is trained to give the Spiritual
Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
She has been a guest director at a
Jesuit spirituality center. Sr. Margaret
has practiced Centering Prayer for
many years and has been guest
director for Contemplative Outreach
of New Orleans for several years. She
is a certified labyrinth facilitator. Sr.
Margaret is Director of Ministry at the
Ronkonkoma Cenacle. |
| Offering: | $95.00 |
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| Details: | “Do you not know that your body is the temple
of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God and that you are not your own?”
(1 Cor. 6:19)
Join us for a weekend of gratitude for the gift of your body. Workshops will be experiential and include 10 minute neck/shoulder massage, Tai Chi, etc. Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. Come journey into wholeness. Wear comfortable loose clothing and bring a towel or mat.
Commuters are welcome for this retreat. The offering is $75 (2 meals-no breakfast) Please contact the retreat office to mak eyour arrangements. |
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| Title: | Celtic Spirituality |
| Event Date: | March 17, 2012 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Kathleen O'Brien, r.c.
Sister Kathleen ministered for many years as a partner in a small Cenacle that offered directed retreats and ongoing spiritual direction.A sabbatical spent backpacking in West Ireland, the Aran Islands and Wales deepened Sister Kathleen's interest in Celtic Spirituality. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | Celtic Spirituality is a blending of the beliefs of the pre-Christian Celts with the gift of Christianity brought to Ireland by St. Patrick. To the Celts, everything was spiritual because the spirits were in everything, in every piece of creation. The Celtic Christian belief that God lives in all things provides a spirituality in which the sense of the presence of God transforms daily life so that at any moment any object, any task, any happening can become the time and place for an encounter with God.
A light lunch will be served. |
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| Title: | Companioning Jesus in His Passion |
| Event Date: | March 18, 2012 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Joan Kellenberg, r.c. & Mary Spratt,r.c.
Joan Kellenberg, r.c. is a Cenacle
sister living on Long Island. Her current
ministry includes in-depth spiritual
formation, directed and group retreats,
and spiritual direction. She desires
to lead persons to the source of
Living Water and encourages them to
surrender to Transforming Love.
Mary Spratt, r.c. has extensive
experience in the ministries of retreats
and spiritual direction in the United
States and Africa. Sr. Mary has
earned a Masters Degree in Pastoral
Counseling and also a Masters of
Divinity Degree. |
| Offering: | $35.00 |
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| Details: | You are invited to a silent, contemplative day focused on the interior experience of Jesus as we accompany Him in His Passion. The day will include a morning and an afternoon conference, with ample time for sacred space with Jesus. Please bring a bag lunch. |
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| Title: | Your Inner Room: A Centering Prayer Retreat |
| Event Date: | March 23, 2012 - March 25, 2012 |
| Time: | 7:15 pm with dinner |
| Presenter: | Bill Sheehan, OMI
Bill Sheehan, OMI, is an experienced
retreat director and has led many
Centering Prayer workshops and
retreats, including many 11th step
retreats. He has been involved in
Contemplative Outreach since 1983,
practicing centering prayer and
guiding others in this way of prayer for
more than 25 years. |
| Offering: | $195.00 |
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| Details: | “But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.”
(Matthew 6:6)
Two questions arise from this text: How do we access our inner room? And what begins to happen in our inner room? In this retreat we will create a contemplative community grounded in silence through several periods of Centering Prayer with time for rest and reflection. Commuters are welcome on this retreat. The offering is $150(4 meals-no breakfast)Please contact the retreat office to make your arrangements 631-588-8366. |
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| Title: | Do You Have Issues With God? |
| Event Date: | March 25, 2012 |
| Time: | 1:30-4:30pm (registration begins at 1pm) |
| Presenter: | Barbara Regan, r.c. & Mary Sullivan, r.c. |
| Offering: | $35.00 |
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| Details: | Is that okay and do you have a safe place to talk about them? Join other women and men who also feel that way. The program includes input, time for reflection, group work, and group sharing. All who have issues with God are welcome. |
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| Title: | Palm Sunday Retreat The Passion of Jesus: His Unconditional Love For Us |
| Event Date: | March 30, 2012 - April 01, 2012 |
| Time: | 7:15 pm with dinner |
| Presenter: | Gerard O'Brien, S.J.
Gerard O’Brien, S.J. After receiving
his PhD in philosophy from Fordham
University, Father taught philosophy
at Boston College. He retired from
teaching in 2010 and continues to
be active in retreats and other
pastoral work. |
| Offering: | $195.00 |
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| Details: | “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.”
(John 15:9)
Jesus willingly gave His life for us so we may have eternal life. Commuters are welcome on this retreat. The offering is $150(4 meals-no breakfasts) Please call the retreat office to make your arrangements 631-588-8366 |
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| Title: | The Value of Sin |
| Event Date: | March 31, 2012 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Margaret Rohde, rc & Bob Freudenberg, Cenacle Staff Associate
Margaret Rohde, r.c. was a chaplain
and spiritual director for the past five
years at a recovery treatment center
in Florida. She offers 12-Step support
and is trained to give the Spiritual
Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
She has been a guest director at a
Jesuit spirituality center. Sr. Margaret
has practiced Centering Prayer for
many years and has been guest
director for Contemplative Outreach
of New Orleans for several years. She
is a certified labyrinth facilitator. Sr.
Margaret is Director of Ministry at the
Ronkonkoma Cenacle.
Robert Freudenberg, Cenacle Staff
Associate, is married and the father
of six children and grandfather of
twelve. He is a retired Suffolk County
Police Officer. He has a keen interest
in spirituality and was certified as a
spiritual director in 2003. Bob has
served in a variety of ministries in the
Church including facilitating a Bible
study group, and coordinating Renew
2000, as well as a divorced and
separated group for his parish. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | Huh? Does that seem like a strange title to you? Is there a value to our sin? Do you know what it is? Have you ever thought or prayed about it? Richard Rohr, O.F.M. in his book Everything Belongs shares with us that God wastes nothing. We’ll examine how our personal and communal sin can be of use. God will use it for our transformation. This is for sinners only! A light lunch will be served. |
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| Title: | Holy Week Triduum |
| Event Date: | April 05, 2012 - April 08, 2012 |
| Time: | 7:15 pm with dinner on Thursday |
| Presenter: | Paul Zilonka, CP |
| Offering: | $250.00 |
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| Details: | PASSING OVER WITH THE LORD: LIVING THE SACRED TRIDUUM CREATIVELY
The Sacred Triduum powerfully dramatizes Jesus’ word about himself. “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” (John 12:24). Our liturgical celebration of these sacred days, along with several conferences, invite us in silence to embrace the mystery of the dying and rising of Christ, so that we might live with grateful hearts and a courageous spirit. |
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| Title: | Mary Magdalene: Love Stronger Than Death- A Silent Weekend od Prayer |
| Event Date: | April 13, 2012 - April 15, 2012 |
| Time: | 7:15 pm with dinner |
| Presenter: | Valerie Dunne, Staff Associate, Pam Falkowski, r.c. & Kathy Madden. CND
Valerie Dunne, Cenacle Staff
Associate, is a certified spiritual
director. She is a graduate of the
Pastoral Formation Institute. Valerie is
currently active in a women’s prayer
group and along with her husband
Michael, is part of a team facilitating
evenings for married couples.
Pamela Falkowski, r.c., D.Min. is
a spiritual director, musician, artist,
Trager® practitioner, licensed massage
therapist, and InterPlay®-er. Pam
believes that creativity and body
wisdom are powerful resources for our
healing. Consequently, she incorporates
the arts, body and movement into her
spiritual direction, retreats, courses,
and workshops. Her D.Min. thesis
was My Body My Prayer: Celebrating
Embodied Spirituality and Sexuality in
a Christian Tradition.
Kathy Madden, CND completed
spiritual direction training at Creighton
University and the Center for Religious
Development. She spent more than
twenty years as a Montessori teacher
on the Pine Ridge Reservation in
southwestern South Dakota. |
| Offering: | $195.00 |
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| Details: | What might Jesus and Mary Magdalene teach us about living fully the wager that love is stronger than death? This silent weekend of prayer at the beginning of Eastertide will be based on Cynthia Bourgeault’s bedazzling development of conscious love and kenotic self-surrender as channels of Resurrection fullness. Commuters are welcome on this retreat. The offering is $150(4 meals-no breakfasts)Please contact the retreat office to make your arrangements 631-588-8366 |
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| Title: | Welcoming All That Is |
| Event Date: | April 20, 2012 - April 22, 2012 |
| Time: | 7:15 pm with dinner |
| Presenter: | Jan Novotka
Jan Novotka is a singer/songwriter and
an international retreat director who is
committed to the evolutionary shift taking
place in consciousness. She holds a
masters degree in Religious Education
and is certified in Earth Literacy. |
| Offering: | $195.00 |
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| Details: | Embracing the whole of ourselves and the whole of reality is the focus of this retreat. Letting go, accepting what is, allowing for healing, and investigating oneself in utter honesty is the work of our time together. Come with hearts wide open and the courage to see the deepest truth within and beneath your life situations.Commuters are welcome on the retreat. The offering is $150(4 meals-no breakfasts)Please contact the retreat office to make your arrangements 631-588-8366 |
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| Title: | "Bad Girls of the Bible"-A Day of Reflection and Sharing |
| Event Date: | April 22, 2012 |
| Time: | 1:30-4:30pm (registration begins at 1pm) |
| Presenter: | Valerie Dunne, Staff Associate and Barbara Regan, r.c.
Valerie Dunne, Cenacle Staff
Associate, is a certified spiritual
director. She is a graduate of the
Pastoral Formation Institute. Valerie is
currently active in a women’s prayer
group and along with her husband
Michael, is part of a team facilitating
Barbara Regan, r.c., MA, MTS, a
Cenacle Sister, has more than 26
years of experience leading retreats
and co-leading with women and men
from coast to coast. |
| Offering: | $35.00 |
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| Details: | Women played an important part in the history of salvation, often by stepping out of the roles society and religion assigned to them. What can these women tell us? Program includes input, time for personal integration work, prayer together and sharing circles. (Program based on the book Bad Girls of the Bible by Liz Curtis Higgs. You need not have read the book to attend.) |
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| Title: | Wise Women Retreat |
| Event Date: | April 27, 2012 - April 29, 2012 |
| Time: | 7:15 pm with dinner |
| Presenter: | Bev Bienemann & Marilyn Hallam, Staff Associates & Pam Falkowski, r.c.
Beverly Bienemann, Cenacle Staff
Associate, is a retired educator, who
has been married for 50 years. She
holds Masters Degrees in Theology
from Immaculate Conception
Seminary and in Counseling from St.
John’s University. She is a graduate
and former teacher of the Pastoral
Formation Institute. Bev is a spiritual
director who has been involved in
ministry for over 30 years. She is a
retreat director, frequent speaker, and
teacher, throughout the Metro area.
Marilyn Hallam, Cenacle Staff
Associate, is a graduate of the Pastoral
Formation Institute and a certified
spiritual director. She is involved in the
RCIA in her parish where she is also a
Eucharistic Minister. Marilyn is married
and the mother of five children and the grandmother of nine. She is also a
Cenacle Affiliate.
Pamela Falkowski, r.c., D.Min. is
a spiritual director, musician, artist,
Trager® practitioner, licensed massage
therapist, and InterPlay®-er. Pam
believes that creativity and body
wisdom are powerful resources for our
healing. Consequently, she incorporates
the arts, body and movement into her
spiritual direction, retreats, courses,
and workshops. Her D.Min. thesis
was My Body My Prayer: Celebrating
Embodied Spirituality and Sexuality in
a Christian Tradition. |
| Offering: | $195.00 |
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| Details: | A time to touch the wisdom within the heart of the mature woman. We will recognize our own giftedness and give thanks as we share our own wise stories. You must be the glorious age of 60 and older to participate in this experience. Commuters are welcome on this retreat. The offering is $150(4 meals-no breakfasts).Please contact the retreat office to make your arrangements631-588-8366 |
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| Title: | We're Off To See The Wizard |
| Event Date: | May 05, 2012 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Bob Freudenberg, Cenacle Associate and Pam Falkowski, r.c.
Pamela Falkowski, r.c., D.Min. is
a spiritual director, musician, artist,
Trager® practitioner, licensed massage
therapist, and InterPlay®-er. Pam
believes that creativity and body
wisdom are powerful resources for our
healing. Consequently, she incorporates
the arts, body and movement into her
spiritual direction, retreats, courses,
and workshops. Her D.Min. thesis
was My Body My Prayer: Celebrating
Embodied Spirituality and Sexuality in
a Christian Tradition.
Robert Freudenberg, Cenacle Staff
Associate, is married and the father
of six children and grandfather of
twelve. He is a retired Suffolk County
Police Officer. He has a keen interest
in spirituality and was certified as a
spiritual director in 2003. Bob has
served in a variety of ministries in the
Church including facilitating a Bible
study group, and coordinating Renew
2000, as well as a divorced and
separated group for his parish. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | Aren’t many of us off to see the wizard? Is it a necessary trip? Don’t most of us think that we need something that we’re looking for? A home? A brain? A heart? Courage? Maybe we don’t need those things. Maybe we’ll find more important things, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”. Maybe we’ll need help finding the things we need as we travel the Yellow Brick Road. Can companions help? Let’s explore these questions together from the perspective of the story of Oz and from our own story’s perspective. A light lunch will be served. |
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| Title: | Finding God At The Movies |
| Event Date: | May 05, 2012 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Paul Mast
Paul G. Mast is a native of Delaware.
He has a doctorate in spirituality and
a certificate in spiritual direction from
Neumann University in Aston, PA. In
addition to leading retreats and days of
spiritual renewal, he has had a spiritual
direction practice for fifteen years. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | Movies lure us out of our hectic lives and transport us into a world of digital magic that temporarily frees us from the burdens and stressors of our multi-tasking lives. Movies also have the capacity to trigger questions and issues that impact our relationship with God. This retreat will provide a reflection process for bringing the Gospels into dialogue with movies in order to capture spiritual themes that can nurture our interior lives and connect us with God through the movies. |
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| Title: | God-Tenderness In Jesus |
| Event Date: | May 25, 2012 - May 27, 2012 |
| Time: | 7:15 pm with dinner |
| Presenter: | Joan Kellenberg, r.c.
Joan Kellenberg, r.c. is a Cenacle
sister living on Long Island. Her current
ministry includes in-depth spiritual
formation, directed and group retreats,
and spiritual direction. She desires
to lead persons to the source of
Living Water and encourages them to
surrender to Transforming Love. |
| Offering: | $195.00 |
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| Details: | This is a silent, contemplative retreat in which the healing mysteries of Jesus will be our primary source of prayer. It is for those who desire to receive Jesus’ love and healing power through a contemplative form of prayer. On this Pentecost weekend we can expect to be touched deeply by the gentle Breath of the Holy Spirit, and comforted by the embrace of our Father-Mother God. |
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| Title: | Who Will I Be If I Retire? |
| Event Date: | June 02, 2012 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Bev Bienemann, Staff Associate
Beverly Bienemann, Cenacle Staff
Associate, is a retired educator, who
has been married for 50 years. She
holds Masters Degrees in Theology
from Immaculate Conception
Seminary and in Counseling from St.
John’s University. She is a graduate
and former teacher of the Pastoral
Formation Institute. Bev is a spiritual
director who has been involved in
ministry for over 30 years. She is a
retreat director, frequent speaker, and
teacher, throughout the Metro area. |
| Offering: | $35.00 |
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| Details: | A time to reflect on the changes in life and how to negotiate them. Often we become what we do. This time will help us to connect with our true selves and discern our calling in life. Please bring a bag lunch. |
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| Title: | Heart and Soul Self-Discovery and Divine Revelation |
| Event Date: | June 08, 2012 - June 09, 2012 |
| Time: | 7:15 pm with dinner |
| Presenter: | Pam Falkowski, r.c. & Mary Sullivan, r.c. |
| Offering: | $95.00 |
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| Details: | An adventure of the heartmindbodysoul. This is an invaluable experience for anyone wanting to increase trust in oneself and the Divine. No experience necessary. Commuters are welcome on this retreat. The offering is $75(2 meals-no breakfast)Please contact the retreat office to make your arrangements 631-588-8366. |
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| Title: | Formed By The Potter |
| Event Date: | June 15, 2012 - June 16, 2012 |
| Time: | 7:15 pm with dinner |
| Presenter: | Mary Spratt, r.c. & Anita Dossantos, Cenacle Staff Associate
Anita DosSantos, Cenacle Staff
Associate, is Director of Parish Social
Ministry at St. Elizabeth’s Church in
Melville. She is a spiritual director, and
a Tribunal Advocate and has been
involved in various ministries in her
home parish of St. Peter the Apostle,
Islip Terrace. Anita is a graduate of the
Pastoral Formation Institute and has a
Masters Degree in Social Work from
Stony Brook University.
Mary Spratt, r.c. has extensive
experience in the ministries of retreats
and spiritual direction in the United
States and Africa. Sr. Mary has
earned a Masters Degree in Pastoral
Counseling and also a Masters of
Divinity Degree. |
| Offering: | $95.00 |
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| Details: | You are invited to come apart and ponder the ways that God has used your life experiences to mold you into the person that God knows and loves. You will be guided by examples from scripture, reflections on making pottery, personal prayer and sharing. Each person will have the opportunity to create their own clay prayer bowl. Commuters are welcome on this retreat. The offering is $75(2 meals-no breakfast)Please call the retreat office to make your arrangements 631-588-8366 |
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| Title: | Rooted In Love: A Day of Spiritual Renewal |
| Event Date: | June 23, 2012 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Barbara Regan, r.c.
Barbara Regan, r.c., MA, MTS, a
Cenacle Sister, has more than 26
years of experience leading retreats
and co-leading with women and men
from coast to coast. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | In nature, we are surrounded by the receptivity, growth, renewal, and resting of the earth. As believers we are called to be rooted in Love. A light lunch will be served. |
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| Title: | The Stuck Place |
| Event Date: | July 07, 2012 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Joan Kellenberg, r.c.
Joan Kellenberg, r.c. is a Cenacle
sister living on Long Island. Her current
ministry includes in-depth spiritual
formation, directed and group retreats,
and spiritual direction. She desires
to lead persons to the source of
Living Water and encourages them to
surrender to Transforming Love. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | A contemplative day of prayer in silence and solitude. In her spiritual classic The Interior Castle, St. Teresa of Jesus (Avila) describes the path to union with God through the imagery of seven dwelling places. God IS in the center and seventh dwelling place of the castle. In prayer, we shall let St. Teresa teach us the reasons why so many persons remain stuck in the third dwelling places, and some effective remedies to get unstuck so as to move further on the path to deeper union with God. A light lunch will be served. |
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| Title: | The Heart of the Matter and a Matter of the Heart-Women in Recovery |
| Event Date: | July 13, 2012 - July 15, 2012 |
| Time: | 7:15 pm with dinner |
| Presenter: | Maureen Murphy, OP
Maureen Murphy, OP, a Dominican
Sister of Blauvelt, NY, is a certified
spiritual director and holds a Masters
Degree in Theological Studies. She has
extensive personal and professional
experience in the Twelve Step Program
of Recovery. Since 1994, Sister has
been involved in the ministry of retreats,
workshops, and spiritual direction
focusing on the spirituality of the Twelve
Step Way of Life. |
| Offering: | $195.00 |
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| Details: | The psalmist tells us “Let your heart take courage…hope in God” (Ps 31:25). Our hearts have found and taken courage through our journey of Recovery. I believe that the journey of recovery from addiction is one that gets to the heart of the matter and leads us to acknowledge that our journey is a matter of the heart. This retreat will explore that journey as it is taken through the Twelve Steps as a Way of Life.Commuters are welcome on this retrea. The offering is $150(4 meals-no breakfasts). Please contact the retreat office to make your reservations 631-588-8366 |
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| Title: | Summer Workshop: The Naked Now |
| Event Date: | July 30, 2012 - August 02, 2012 |
| Time: | 10am- 12noon daily |
| Presenter: | Tom Petriano, PhD.
Thomas Petriano, Ph.D. is chair of
the Religious Studies Department of
St. Joseph’s College, Patchogue, NY. |
| Offering: | $80.00 |
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| Details: | In the introduction, Richard Rohr suggests that his book was written to “awaken your desire for God, free yourself from the fears that can cripple you, connect to the joy already within you, transform yourself and inspire others, see as the mystics see, and live in the full awareness of the Naked Now.” Through careful reading, guided lectures, and shared discussion, this course will be presented as a meditation on these themes as they develop in the book. |
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