| Title: | Women On The Journey |
| Event Date: | March 16, 2010 |
| Time: | 7:30-9:30pm (registration begins 7pm) |
| Presenter: | Valerie Dunne, Staff Associate
Valerie Dunne, Staff Associate attended a three-year training program for Spiritual Direction and 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 is part of a team along with her husband Michael facilitating evenings for married couples. |
| Offering: | $15.00 |
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| Details: | Standing at the Threshold
As women we benefit greatly by coming together to share what is really important in our lives. This year we will be using the image of the door as we reflect on our lives. Each of us has her own sacred door opening to her soul. We invite you to join us as we begin our third year in reflection and celebration of the gift of our womanhood. |
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| Title: | Working with Resistance & Avoidance in Spiritual Direction/ FILLED |
| Event Date: | March 20, 2010 |
| Time: | 9:30am - 4:30pm (registration begins at 9am) |
| Presenter: | Karen Doyle, SSJ, D.Min.
Karen Doyle, SSJ, D. Min. St. Ignatius Retreat House, Manhasset, NY. Sr. Karen has more than 20 years experience as a Spiritual Director, Supervisor, Director of Directed and Guided Retreats, and in the Formation of Spiritual Directors and Supervisors. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | THIS PROGRAM IS FILLED, PLEASE CALLTHE RETREAT OFFICE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PLACED ON A WAIT LIST.
A Professional Day for Spiritual Directors -
Often spiritual directors encounter resistance and avoidance in directees to that which they desire most…invitation to deepen one’s intimacy with God. This Professional Day for Spiritual Directors will explore how we as directors might respond to the directee’s resistance or avoidance in the spiritual direction session. This day will address such topics as: Resistance in the Directee
Resistance to Religious Experience
Suggestions for helping one contemplate the resistance
Resistance to the director
Day includes a light lunch.
Possible approaches
Shared experiences |
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| Title: | Tailoring Prayer |
| Event Date: | March 21, 2010 |
| Time: | 1:30-4:30pm (registration begins at 1pm) |
| Presenter: | Madeline Birmingham, r.c. & Bob Freudenberg, Staff Associate
Madeline Birmingham, r.c. has been a Cenacle Sister for over 50 years. Much of her ministry has been aimed at helping others to deepen their relationship with God through prayer that is warm and personal. She has also worked in training programs for the formation of spiritual directors and has supervised many directors in their ministry.
Robert Freudenberg, Staff Associate is married and the father of six children and twelve grandchildren. He is a retired Suffolk County Police Officer. He has a keen interest in spirituality and was certified as Spiritual Director in 2003. Bob has served in a variety of ministries in the Church including facilitating a Bible study group, coordinating Renew 2000 as well as a divorced and separated group for his parish. |
| Offering: | $30.00 |
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| Details: | Is your prayer well suited to you? Does it need alterations? Maybe your prayer which once fit, needs to be taken in or let out? Like our bodies, our relationship with God changes; and the way we listen to and talk to God changes as well. In fact, change is one of the only things we can be certain of. We will explore how we have changed or are changing and what prayer fits us best.
Light refreshments will be served. |
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| Title: | "Letting Go & Moving On" |
| Event Date: | March 27, 2010 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Barbara Regan, r.c. & Pat O'Connor, Staff Associate
Barbara Regan, r.c., MA, MTS, a Cenacle Sister, has 26 years of experience leading retreats and co-leading with women and men from coast to coast.
Pat O’Connor, Staff Associate is a Graduate of the Pastoral Formation Institute, retreat leader, 12 step retreat leader and Spiritual Director. Pat is also an accountant, mother and grandmother and an active member of Infant Jesus Parish. |
| Offering: | $35.00 |
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| Details: | Everyone tells us to forgive, but no one tells us how to do it, or what to expect along the way. This is a practical, down to earth, reality-based program that helps you move beyond your hurts to freedom in God. . PLEASE BRING A BAG LUNCH |
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| Title: | On Pilgrimage to the Sacred |
| Event Date: | April 08, 2010 |
| Time: | 7:30-9:30pm (registration begins 7:15pm) |
| Presenter: | Pam Falkowski, r.c.
Pamela Falkowski, r.c. 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: | $20.00 |
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| Details: | Thursday Evenings: April 8, 15, 22, 29
On a sacred journey?
Interested in how other traditions show the Way? Come join us as we take a scenic route to the Divine by way of world religions. This four-session introduction to some of the world's prominent religious traditions will consist of a presentation, conversation, reflection and prayer.
Offering: $20 per session or $65 for all 4 sessions. A $5 deposit will hold your reservation. |
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| Title: | Jesus Lives! Find Him in our Transformed Lives |
| Event Date: | April 17, 2010 |
| Time: | 9:30am - 4:30pm (registration begins at 9am) |
| 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 is currently in an official canonical process of discernment regarding transferring to the Cenacle Sisters.
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. Presently, Sr. Mary is Director of Ministry at the Ronkonkoma Cenacle. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | After the Resurrection of Jesus, the disciples came to recognize the risen presence of Christ in a transformed life marked by friendship, unity, mercy, and love for one another and for God. Looking through the lens of the Gospel of John, we will reflect on their lives and our own; and we will explore ways God might want to deepen these same graces in ourselves at this time.
Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | Slow Down: Pause in your Busy Life to Notice God |
| Event Date: | April 18, 2010 |
| Time: | 1:30-5:30pm (registration begins 1pm) |
| 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 has a certificate in Pastoral Ministry. Sr. Elenore has experience giving spiritual direction, directed retreats and prayer programs, especially days of Silence and Solitude. She has given the thirty-day retreat experience of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. |
| Offering: | $30.00 |
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| Details: | An afternoon to reflect on where God is in our lives and in our world. We will also notice how God-with-us, Jesus, reaches out in love to us and our world. The program includes presentations, time for personal reflection/sharing, and will close with a prayer service. Light refreshments will be served. |
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| Title: | Women On The Journey |
| Event Date: | April 20, 2010 |
| Time: | 7:30-9:30pm (registration begins 7pm) |
| Presenter: | Marcia Gaudet, Staff Associate
Marcia Gaudet, Staff Associate is married for 45 years, has four grown children, and eight grandchildren. Together with her husband Jack, she has been actively ministering for 35 years in programs of marriage renewal and enrichment, as well as marriage preparation. She has 23 years of involvement with the diocesan Cursillo, both as a member of the team facilitating the weekend experience and as a part of group reunion. She is a graduate of Pastoral Formation Institute and after a 2 ½ year training program was certified in 2006 as a spiritual director. |
| Offering: | $15.00 |
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| Details: | Closing the Door
As women we benefit greatly by coming together to share what is really important in our lives. This year we will be using the image of the door as we reflect on our lives. Each of us has her own sacred door opening to her soul. We invite you to join us as we begin our third year in reflection and celebration of the gift of our womanhood. |
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| Title: | Maude Adams: Actress and Hermit |
| Event Date: | April 24, 2010 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Madeline Birmingham, r.c.
Madeline Birmingham, r.c. has been a Cenacle Sister for over 50 years. Much of her ministry has been aimed at helping others to deepen their relationship with God through prayer that is warm and personal. She has also worked in training programs for the formation of spiritual directors and has supervised many directors in their ministry. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | If you are attracted to mysteries-
If you are beguiled by questions that seem to have no clear answers, we invite you to walk with us through the life of a woman whose consuming passion was that of acting before thousands of people, yet who left the stage behind her daily to live in personal solitude. What motivated this beautiful woman to amass hard-earned money only to keep giving it away? Where did she find God and how did she relate to God? Come and explore the questions with us. How might this exploration enrich your own life?
Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | Joseph, Wonder-Worker |
| Event Date: | May 01, 2010 |
| Time: | 9:30am - 4:30pm (registration begins at 9am) |
| 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. On this feast of St. Joseph the Worker, our silent saint will reveal to our silent hearts how he experienced intimacy with Mary and Jesus while working for their good. As patron of the interior life, Joseph will show us the wonders he desires to work for us on our spiritual journey. Please bring your Bible. Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | Choose Joy |
| Event Date: | May 08, 2010 |
| Time: | 9:30am-4:00pm(registration begins at 9am |
| 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: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | Joy is one of the most powerful of the Easter graces. In John’s Gospel Jesus prays that “His joy may be in us and that our joy may be complete.” But in the midst of the unpredictable terrain of daily existence many of us struggle to experience the JOY that Jesus desires to give us. Questions about the meaning of joy abound:
What is the true meaning of JOY?
Can JOY be found in the midst of confusion and even pain?
Is JOY something we go out seeking or is it a gift we already have?
Join us for a day of reflecting and praying on these questions and the true meaning of the Easter gift of JOY. Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | A Day to Mother Me |
| Event Date: | May 09, 2010 |
| Time: | 10am-4:30pm(registration begins at 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Ann Schehr, CRC
Ann Schehr, M.S. from Stony Brook University has given retreats for more than twenty years: Cursillo, At Home Retreats, Serenity Retreats and Compulsive Eating Retreats. Ann is Program Director at Clubhouse of Suffolk, a non-profit psychosocial rehabilitation facility in Ronkonkoma, N.Y. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | This special program for women in 12 Step programs will include presentations, process time and an opportunity for integration. Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | Women On The Journey |
| Event Date: | May 18, 2010 |
| Time: | 7:30-9:30pm (registration begins 7pm) |
| Presenter: | Bev Bienemann, Staff Associate
Beverly Bienemann, Staff Associate is a retired educator, who has been married for 48 years. She has four grown children and six grandchildren. She holds a Masters in theology from Immaculate Conception Seminary and is a graduate and former teacher of the Pastoral Formation Institute. She also holds a Masters Degree in counseling from St. John’s University. 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 Metropolitan area. |
| Offering: | $15.00 |
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| Details: | Beyond the Door
As women we benefit greatly by coming together to share what is really important in our lives. This year we will be using the image of the door as we reflect on our lives. Each of us has her own sacred door opening to her soul. We invite you to join us as we begin our third year in reflection and celebration of the gift of our womanhood. |
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| Title: | Pentecost |
| Event Date: | May 23, 2010 |
| Time: | 1:30-5:30pm (registration begins 1pm) |
| 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 is currently in an official canonical process of discernment regarding transferring to the Cenacle Sisters.
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. Presently, Sr. Mary is Director of Ministry at the Ronkonkoma Cenacle. |
| Offering: | $30.00 |
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| Details: | Are you worn down and in need of a boost of energy? Are your batteries registering “low” and calling for a re-charge? We invite you to come to our Pentecost celebration which promises that, like the early disciples, you will be “filled with the Holy Spirit” and enabled to find fresh energy – God’s energy – bubbling up from within. The afternoon will provide input, time for quiet prayer, and sharing. Light refreshments will be served. |
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| Title: | Body of Christ |
| Event Date: | June 05, 2010 |
| 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. An opportunity to experience a prayer-vigil for the Solemnity of the Body of Christ…a most sacred time and space for profound worship, glad thanksgiving, powerful hope and trust, courageous surrender, and Spirit-filled love for the ”Mystery of Faith”, the Eucharist. Then-let yourself be loved by this same Jesus. Please bring your Bible. Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | Taking Time to Wonder |
| Event Date: | June 06, 2010 |
| Time: | 1:30-5:30pm (registration begins 1pm) |
| Presenter: | Madeline Birmingham, r.c.
Madeline Birmingham, r.c. has been a Cenacle Sister for over 50 years. Much of her ministry has been aimed at helping others to deepen their relationship with God through prayer that is warm and personal. She has also worked in training programs for the formation of spiritual directors and has supervised many directors in their ministry. |
| Offering: | $30.00 |
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| Details: | Would you ever consider spending a few hours of your time and energy in just looking at God – talking to God about nature’s beauty, reveling in moments of quiet,
simply enjoying God? Would you want to take time to enter into the hidden, quiet places within your heart, where God is waiting to greet you?
Would you be drawn to a few simple passages of scripture where God tells you about Godself, describes what God cares about most of all – loving you and being loved by you?
Would you want to be still for awhile, long enough to begin to experience the reality of God’s love living in you – and the richness of believing in, and rejoicing in, that love? Light refreshments will be served. |
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