| Title: | Interplay |
| Event Date: | September 10, 2010 |
| Time: | 7:30-9:30pm (registration begins 7pm) |
| 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: | $15.00 |
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| Details: | INTERPLAY on the 2nd Friday of the month beginning September 10th 7:30-9:30p.m.
If you are looking for the MORE in your life…
If you want to reach out and touch God and feel God’s touch more concretely…
COME AND SEE!
Participants will explore their relationship with God through prayer and play, process and sharing, using simple exercises that invite the deeper Self to grow in confidence and knowledge, wisdom and discernment for daily living.
Interplay® is an invaluable support in the process of discernment and growing in interior freedom.
Offering: $15 per session |
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| Title: | Present Moment Sacred Moment |
| Event Date: | September 20, 2010 |
| Time: | 7:30-9:30pm (registration begins 7pm) |
| 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: | $15.00 |
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| Details: | An ongoing weekly program at the Cenacle
Monday Evenings 7:30-9:30p.m. Begins Sept. 20th $15 per session
o If YOU are looking for a more meaningful life with God and all your relationships;
o If YOU are interested in a contemplative journey in community in the midst of everyday life;
o If YOU want to explore how we contribute to the expansion of peace, justice, and compassion in our world community today,
THEN, THIS IS A TIME FOR YOU!
New members are welcome at the beginning of the Fall (September 20,2010) and Winter (January 10, 2011) Sessions. Interview required before session begins. Please call Sr. Pam if interested. Thank you! |
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| Title: | Women On The Journey |
| Event Date: | September 21, 2010 |
| Time: | 7:30-9:30pm (registration begins 7:15pm) |
| 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 along with her husband Michael, is part of a team facilitating evenings for married couples. |
| Offering: | $15.00 |
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| Details: | We will come together as women to celebrate who we are. Let us explore the blessings and gifts we are receiving on the journey. Come join us in prayer and sharing on themes adapted from Joan Chittister’s book The Story of Ruth: Twelve Moments in Every Woman’s Life. |
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| Title: | That All May Be One (Video Series) |
| Event Date: | September 26, 2010 |
| Time: | 1pm - 4:30pm (registration begins at 12:30pm) |
| 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: | $25.00 |
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| Details: | THAT ALL MAY BE ONE (Video Series)
Prayer of Jesus
You are invited to come and explore timeless questions that reveal
our inherent unity as human beings through the power of
three different but related videos.
Three Sunday afternoons this Fall 1 – 4:30 p.m.
The first movie
September 26th OH MY GOD
Peter Rodger roams the world to ask one question: “What is God?”
October 3rd ONE
Four friends decide to ask the world twenty perennial questions like,
“Why is there suffering?” “Why is there poverty?” “How does one obtain true peace?”
October 31st WITH ONE VOICE
Contemporary mystics engage these same questions and share their stories.
Each afternoon will consist of viewing the movie, prayer, and discussion.
THe offering is $25 per sessionor $60 for all three. |
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| Title: | Book Discussion "A Fragil Stone: The Emotional Life of Simon Peter |
| Event Date: | September 28, 2010 |
| Time: | 7:30-9:30pm (registration begins 7pm) |
| Presenter: | Valerie Dunne, Staff Associate & Kathy Madden. CND
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 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 is currently in an official canonical process of discernment regarding transferring to the Cenacle Sisters. |
| Offering: | $40.00 |
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| Details: | “A Fragile Stone: The Emotional Life of Simon Peter” by Michael Card
Tuesdays - 7:30 - 9:30p.m.
September 28, October 5, 26, November 2, 23 and December 7, 2010
Please cast your net with us on these six Tuesday evenings as we explore the dynamic and contradictory life of the apostle Peter through Michael Card’s landmark book “A Fragile Stone.” Let us be open to unexpected insights around how Peter, the impetuous fisherman of the Gospels, was transformed into the pivotal leader of the early church. How can we likewise be changed as Jesus calls us to follow him?
Book available for purchase at the Cenacle |
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| Title: | Day of Silence and Solitude |
| Event Date: | October 02, 2010 |
| Time: | 10am - 3:30pm (registration begins at 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Elenore Woronick, r.c.
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: | $35.00 |
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| Details: | Day of Silence and Solitude
This day offers an opportunity to withdraw from daily activities to pray and to reflect on your relationship with God in an atmosphere of silence and solitude. A brief presentation will begin the day and it will close with a prayer service. PLEASE BRING A BAG LUNCH. |
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| Title: | "No Other Desire" |
| Event Date: | October 09, 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. St. Therese of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face (Lisieux), a Carmelite nun and Doctor of the Church, speaks with candor about her “childish desires” in her younger years. At age 22, however, she writes, “And now I have no other desire except to love Jesus unto folly.” In prayer, we shall let her teach us how God purified her desires through Love until she was freed from her own desires so as to receive God’s desire. God’s desire then became her source of spiritual joy until her death of Love.
Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | God Is Everywhere! |
| Event Date: | October 10, 2010 |
| Time: | 1:30-4:30pm (registration begins at 1pm) |
| Presenter: | Mary Spratt, rc.
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: | In the midst of the busyness of life, we invite you to spend a relaxing and refreshing afternoon letting God remind you that God is indeed everywhere. Sometimes when people reflect on the circumstances of their lives they say: “If only I had more leisure in my life, then I could pray.” Or “If only I didn’t have so much pressure, then I could find God.” But the truth is: “The place where we stand is holy ground.” Come and spend some time experiencing the presence and activity of God in your day to day living. You are promised an afternoon of blessing and refreshment. The day will include presentations, time for quiet prayer and sharing. Light refreshments will be served. |
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| Title: | A Day for Wise Women...Aging and Saging |
| Event Date: | October 16, 2010 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Bev Bienemann & Mary Gallagher, Cenacle Associates
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.
Mary Gallagher, Staff Associate is a retired registered nurse, mother and grandmother. She has been certified as a spiritual director since 1990 and is active as a director and in supervision of other spiritual directors. Mary is a grief counselor and has led widow and widowers workshops both in her parish and at the Cenacle. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | This will be a day 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 at least the glorious age of 60 in
order to participate in this day. Remember the older you are, the more glorious you are.
Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | Women On The Journey |
| Event Date: | October 19, 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: | We will come together as women to celebrate who we are. Let us explore the blessings and gifts we are receiving on the journey. Come join us in prayer and sharing on themes adapted from Joan Chittister’s book The Story of Ruth: Twelve Moments in Every Woman’s Life. $15 per session |
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| Title: | Carmelite Spirituality: A Contemplative Study Group Series |
| Event Date: | October 20, 2010 |
| Time: | 2:30-4pm or 7:30-9pm |
| 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: | $140.00 |
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| Details: | An introduction to the teachings of St. John of the Cross, Carmelite and Doctor of the Church, is offered by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. His text will be used for our study in a series of seven (7) monthly sessions,beginning Oct. 20th, intended as an in-depth spiritual formation program. As such, each participant is expected to read, study, and pray the assigned texts as preparation for the group discussion each month. Our text will be John of the Cross, Doctor of Light and Love by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D., The Crossroad Publishing Company, 1999, $16.95. Pre-registration is necessary. To order textbook ($16.95) please call the retreat office 631-588-8366. Book order will be placed October 1st. Payment for the series is due at first session. |
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| Title: | Am I Just Another Grain of Sand on the Seashore? |
| Event Date: | October 23, 2010 |
| Time: | 10am - 3:30pm (registration begins at 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Madeline Birmingham, r.c. and Arleen Dietzel
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.
Arleen Dietzel is a young and energetic grandmother who has had a close relationship with the Cenacle since her 16th birthday. She has had a long experience as a facilitator with ALANON and 12 Step programs. A participant in the Cenacle Graced Journey, she looks forward to assisting in new workshops with Cenacle staff. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | When I reflect on my life, do I see it as ordinary, dull, even boring? Or do I sometimes catch a glimmer that I am part of an experience that is mine and God’s alone? On this day we will reflect, pray and talk together about how God sees and pursues each person in our vast universe as worthy of God’s individual attention – and how this includes me. Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | Visio Divina and Audio Divina: Methods of Praying with Scripture |
| Event Date: | October 30, 2010 |
| Time: | 10am - 3:00pm (registration begins at 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Barbara Regan, r.c.
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. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | Based on Lectio Divina, a traditional form of praying, these two methods use art and music to pray with Scripture, and draw upon the right hemisphere of the brain, the site of intuition, spontaneity, and perception of the whole. Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | Compassion: The Womb of God |
| Event Date: | November 06, 2010 - November 07, 2010 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm |
| Presenter: | Judy Osterburg, rc and Pat O'Connor, Cenacle 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.
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: | $75.00 |
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| Details: | Saturday, November 6, and Sunday November 7, 2010
Sat. 10:00a.m.-4:00p.m. BRING A BAG LUNCH and Sunday, 1:00p.m.-5:00p.m.
Compassion: The Womb of God
The root word for COMPASSION is WOMB
So the focus of the retreat is on COMPASSION as the WOMB OF GOD:
- The Compassion of God in the Hebrew Scriptures
- Jesus, The Compassion of God
- Living out the Compassion of God in our lives
The retreat includes prayer services, presentations, time for silent reflection and sharing.
Offering: $75 for both days |
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| Title: | A Day of Remembering for 12 Step Persons |
| Event Date: | November 13, 2010 |
| Time: | 10am-4:30pm(registration begins at 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Sr. Bonnie Kelley, CSJ
Bonnie Kelley, CSJ is a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood. In addition to a long teaching career, Sister Bonnie has been involved as a presenter in 12 Step Retreat Ministry for several years. It is with gratitude she has been able to share her experiences, strengths, and hopes with men and women who are wounded healers–healing. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | The day will include input, quiet time for reflection and sharing.
Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | Women On The Journey |
| Event Date: | November 16, 2010 |
| Time: | 7:30-9:30pm (registration begins 7pm) |
| Presenter: | Pat O'Connor, Cenacle Associate
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: | $15.00 |
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| Details: | We will come together as women to celebrate who we are. Let us explore the blessings and gifts we are receiving on the journey. Come join us in prayer and sharing on themes adapted from Joan Chittister’s book The Story of Ruth: Twelve Moments in Every Woman’s Life. Offering: $15 per session. |
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| Title: | Standing at the Foot of Another Person's Cross |
| Event Date: | November 20, 2010 |
| Time: | 10am - 3:00pm (registration begins at 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Barbara Regan, r.c.
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. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | When someone we care about is suffering or grieving, we can feel helpless and at a loss as to what to say or do. Come and learn some practical guidelines for being with someone who is suffering. Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | Married Couples Evening |
| Event Date: | November 21, 2010 |
| Time: | 6:00pm - 9:30pm (registration begins at 5:30pm) |
| Presenter: | Bob & Bev Bienemann
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.
Bob Bienemann is a retired sergeant from the New York City Police Department and a graduate of St. Francis College in Brooklyn. For most of his married life, Bob has been involved in ministry to couples. He is a graduate of the Pastoral Formation Institute and has trained as a spiritual director. He is a certified facilitator of Myers Briggs Personality Inventory and along with his wife Bev, has facilitated this instrument throughout the area. For the last 15 years he has enjoyed leading many days of prayer and retreats on Long Island. |
| Offering: | $40.00 |
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| Details: | The goal of this time is for us to fall more deeply in love with ourselves, with each other and with our God. We will spend time together reflecting on our relationships and the giftedness of our love. Through input, couple time and ritual we will grow in love. In this busy world, a few hours to slow down and focus on our love can be a real gift. Offering: $40 per couple.Light refreshments will be served. |
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| Title: | The Dream of God for Us and for OUr World |
| Event Date: | December 04, 2010 |
| Time: | 10am - 3:30pm (registration begins at 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Mary Spratt, rc. and Elenore Woronick, rc
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.
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: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | Advent is a time of dreaming, letting ourselves dream of great possibilities to live God’s Dream to bring us back to the place from which we have been exiled and return to the place of peace, security, safety and freedom.
The Advent Season calls out to us to PAUSE and LISTEN
- to the hopes and longings of our own hearts
- to the dreams of God for our world and for each of us
Come to the Cenacle, a place of rest and quiet, where we can let God fill us with hope and promise which God’s coming brings. Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | Plaster Statues or Real People? |
| Event Date: | December 05, 2010 |
| Time: | 1:30-5:00pm (registration begins 1pm) |
| Presenter: | Bob Freudenberg, Cenacle Associate and Barbara Regan, rc
Robert Freudenberg, 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.
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. |
| Offering: | $30.00 |
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| Details: | In the Christmas story, we encounter Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth, Zechariah and Simeon who had the same experiences we have, and some of the same questions, too. Come and learn from their faith and deepen your own. Light refreshments will be served. |
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| Title: | The Reed of God: a Silent Day of Prayer |
| Event Date: | December 11, 2010 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Kathy Madden,CND & Pat O'Connor, Staff Associate
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.
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: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | In her spiritual classic The Reed of God, Caryll Houselander tells us that there are things that refuse to be violated by speed, that demand at least their proper time of growth. In this tender time of Advent, this silent day will be an opportunity to allow Houselander’s wisdom to speak to us of the virginal quality of emptiness. Let us look to the Blessed Virgin to discover how we might become hollow reeds, empty chalices or warm nests ready to receive the growth of the hidden Christ. What infinite music might God be looking to play in us as we anticipate the coming of Jesus? The program will include presentations, time for personal prayer and sharing. Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | Holiday Evening with Your Higher Power |
| Event Date: | December 17, 2010 |
| Time: | 7:00pm-10pm(registration 6:30pm) |
| Presenter: | Ann Schehr, MS
Ann Schehr is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor as well as a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor with a 30 year history of giving retreats to people in recovery. She currently works as a psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner in Rockland County and lives in Lake Peekskill, NY. |
| Offering: | $25.00 |
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| Details: | An evening for women in 12 Step programs. The evening will include presentation, personal processing and integration. Light refreshments will be served |
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| Title: | Coming Home to Your Soul |
| Event Date: | January 08, 2011 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | bev Bienemann & Marilyn Hallam, Staff Associates
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.
Marilyn Hallam, 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 5 children and the grandmother of 9. She is also a Cenacle Affiliate. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | In the Book of Hebrews it says:”He (Jesus) was like us in all ways except sin.” The focus of this program is on the humanness of Jesus. We will reflect on Jesus’ experiences throughout his life. The program includes presentations, time for personal reflection, sharing and will close with a prayer service. Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | Present Moment Sacred Moment |
| Event Date: | January 10, 2011 |
| Time: | 7:30-9:30pm (registration begins 7pm) |
| 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: | $15.00 |
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| Details: | An ongoing weekly program at the Cenacle
Monday Evenings 7:30-9:30p.m. Begins Jan. 10th
o If YOU are looking for a more meaningful life with God and all your relationships;
o If YOU are interested in a contemplative journey in community in the midst of everyday life;
o If YOU want to explore how we contribute to the expansion of peace, justice, and compassion in our world community today,
THEN, THIS IS A TIME FOR YOU!
New members are welcome at the beginning of the Fall (September 20,2010) and Winter (January 10, 2011) Sessions. Interview required before session begins. Please call Sr. Pam if interested. Thank you!
Offering: $15 per session. |
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| Title: | The Humanness of Jesus |
| Event Date: | January 15, 2011 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Judy Osterburg, rc & Jack Gaudet, Cenacle 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.
Jack Gaudet, Staff Associate has been a member of St. Thomas More parish in Hauppauge, NY for 30 years. Jack is a certified spiritual director and on the associate staff at the Cenacle. He is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and the diocesan Pastoral Formation Institute. He has been married to Marcia for 45 years and they have four children and eight grandchildren. Jack and Marcia have worked together in Marriage Enrichment and Marriage Preparation Ministry in the parish and the diocese for 35 years, and have given numerous retreats and days of prayer together and separately. |
| Offering: | $35.00 |
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| Details: | In the Book of Hebrews it says:”He (Jesus) was like us in all ways except sin.” The focus of this program is on the humanness of Jesus. We will reflect on Jesus’ experiences throughout his life. The program includes presentations, time for personal reflection, sharing and will close with a prayer service. PLEASE BRING A BAG LUNCH |
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| Title: | Dreams and Discernment: A Day for Spiritual Directors |
| Event Date: | January 22, 2011 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| 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: | Working with a dream in spiritual direction provides directees with the opportunity to see dreams as a gift from God while working to explore and integrate the message of the dream into their lives. During our time together we will:
-reflect on a contemplative understanding and approach to dreams and dream-work and examine some practical guidelines for working with a dream.
-explore the use of dream-work in spiritual direction and the role the director plays in the dream-work process.
-delve into some ways to open the images and symbolic language which make up a dream.
-explore ways to help dreamers pray with and honor their dream as they work to integrate the message of the dream into the larger picture of their life and spiritual journey.
Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | Meeting God in the Detours |
| Event Date: | January 23, 2011 |
| Time: | 1:30-4:30pm (registration begins at 1pm) |
| 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: | $30.00 |
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| Details: | What happens when our plans go astray and we are faced with one of life’s many detours? Reflecting and sharing together can prepare us for the many twists and turns we negotiate throughout our lives. We’ll pray, we’ll share, we’ll reflect and maybe next time we face a detour we’ll be more open to the twists and turns. Light refreshments will be served. |
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| Title: | Body Sacred Body Mine |
| Event Date: | January 29, 2011 - January 30, 2011 |
| Time: | 9:30am - 4:30pm (registration begins at 9am) |
| 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: | $75.00 |
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| Details: | Body Sacred Body Mine – moving closer to God by re-friending your body
Sat. Jan. 29 (9:30 – 4:30) BRING A BAG LUNCH & Sun. Jan. 30 (1 – 5 p.m.)
A Retreat for Women
Paying attention to the body is one way of opening ourselves to our body’s wisdom,
and the activity of the Spirit in our lives.
We will support each other throughout these two days by our presence, prayer & reeflection, silence & sharing, and participation in a variety of experiences such as journaling, gentle movement, giving and receiving hand and head massage.
Dress comfortably. Bring a journal. Offering: $75 for both days |
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| Title: | Book DIscussion:"The Return of the Prodigal Son" |
| Event Date: | February 01, 2011 |
| Time: | 7:30-9:30pm (registration begins 7pm) |
| Presenter: | Valerie Dunne, Staff Associate & Kathy Madden. CND
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 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 is currently in an official canonical process of discernment regarding transferring to the Cenacle Sisters. |
| Offering: | $40.00 |
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| Details: | February 1, 22, March 1, 22, April 5, 2011
Are you seeking the illumination of a known way to homecoming, affirmation and reconciliation? Come join us on these five Tuesday evenings as we reflect on Henri Nouwen’s resonant reflection on Rembrandt’s well-known painting The Return of the Prodigal Son. What can the challenge to love as the father, and to be loved as the son, come to mean for us at this time in our lives?
Book available for purchase at the Cenacle
Offering: $40 for the series. |
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| Title: | God Gives Us Songs in Our Sleep |
| Event Date: | February 05, 2011 |
| Time: | 10am-4:30pm(registration begins at 9:30am) |
| 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: | A day 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 day is open to beginners as well as to those having experience with dreams. Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | Stopping By Woods On a Snowy Evening |
| Event Date: | February 06, 2011 |
| Time: | 1:30-4:30pm (registration begins 1pm) |
| Presenter: | Kathy Madden, CND
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. |
| Offering: | $30.00 |
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| Details: | Robert Frost’s poem about a traveler stopping for respite on a wintry night is familiar to many of us from childhood. How might it serve as a metaphor for our journey in prayer? What can its lilting meter and stilling imagery evoke in us as we find ourselves drawn into places that are “lovely, dark and deep” in our relationship with God? What impelling inner promises are ours to keep? Light refreshments will be served. |
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| Title: | How Do I Know It's God? |
| Event Date: | February 12, 2011 |
| 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 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: | When faced with choices in our everyday lives, we can sometimes feel ourselves pulled in different directions. We 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?”
We invite you to come for a day of prayer and reflection on these important questions in our lives. There will be helpful input, time for reflection, and sharing.
Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | Finding Your Voice - 12 Step Day for Women |
| Event Date: | February 19, 2011 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Ann Schehr & Pamela Carlton
Ann Schehr is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor as well as a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor with a 30 year history of giving retreats to people in recovery. She currently works as a psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner in Rockland County and lives in Lake Peekskill, NY.
Pamela Carlton is a Board Certified clinical Music Therapist with a background in psychiatric and medical music therapy. She currently works with hospitalized medically ill children as well as in private practice with clients recovering from mental illness, traumatic brain injury, addiction and codependency. She leads weekend retreats for women recovering from addiction and lives in Huntington, N.Y. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | This one day retreat will focus on women’s recovery and the importance of finding one’s physical, spiritual and metaphorical “voice”. We will tone, hum, sing and tell our truth in creative, authentic and unapologetic ways. Through sounding our physical voice, we will be empowering the deeper voice of the self to let go of dysfunctional limitations and become the louder and stronger voice of self love and acceptance. Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | The Stuck Place |
| Event Date: | February 26, 2011 |
| 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. Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | More on Maude Adams |
| Event Date: | February 27, 2011 |
| Time: | 1:30-4:30pm (registration begins at 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: | Hermit, Actress, Producer, Director also drama coach, stage light designer, highly respected business woman and philanthropist.
This will be our third time to delve into the many-faceted mysteries surrounding the life of Miss Maude. Her journey after retiring from the stage was a discovery and a honing of even more talents and skills.
Come travel with us as we share Maude Adams’ on-going adventures!
Light refreshments will be served. |
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| Title: | The Healing Touch of Jesus |
| Event Date: | March 05, 2011 - March 06, 2011 |
| Time: | 9:30am - 4:30pm (registration begins at 9am)Sat. & 1-4pm Sun. |
| Presenter: | Pam Falkowski, rc & Valerie Dunne, Staff Associate
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.
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 along with her husband Michael, is part of a team facilitating evenings for married couples. |
| Offering: | $75.00 |
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| Details: | Sat., 9:30a.m.-4:30p.m. BRING A BAG LUNCH & Sun.1:00-4:30p.m.
The Healing Touch of Jesus … It is within YOUR reach
As human beings we are born with a great need for physical touch. Jesus shows us time and again in the Gospels the incredible healing power of physical contact. Please join us as we explore the nature of touch in our lives and how God uses touch to heal us.
Offering: $75 for both days. |
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| Title: | The Returning Heart - Ash Wednesday Day of Prayer |
| Event Date: | March 09, 2011 |
| Time: | 9:30am-4:00pm(registration begins at 9am |
| Presenter: | Barbara Regan, rc & Margaret Rohde, rc
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.
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. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | If we take time to listen, we realize that God is the one we desire, and that God yearns for us, too. This day includes presentations, time for personal prayer, the Liturgy of Ash Wednesday, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and the distribution of ashes. Day includes a light Lenten luncheon |
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| Title: | A Sabbath Day for Spiritual Directors |
| Event Date: | March 12, 2011 |
| Time: | 10am-4:30pm(registration begins at 9:30am) |
| 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 day of reflection is for those spiritual directors who have made the Spiritual Exercises (Annotation 19 or 20).
It is a time to rekindle and embrace ever more deeply the graces of the retreat experience. We will focus on Weeks lll, lV and the Contemplatio.
Please pray with your retreat journal as you prepare for our time together. Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | Women On The Journey |
| Event Date: | March 15, 2011 |
| Time: | 7:30-9:30pm (registration begins 7pm) |
| Presenter: | Pat O'Connor, Cenacle Associate
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: | $15.00 |
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| Details: | We will come together as women to celebrate who we are. Let us explore the blessings and gifts we are receiving on the journey. Come join us in prayer and sharing on themes adapted from Joan Chittister’s book The Story of Ruth: Twelve Moments in Every Woman’s Life. Offering: $15 per session. |
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| Title: | Ashes to Easter with Cinderella |
| Event Date: | March 19, 2011 |
| Time: | 10am-4:30pm(registration begins at 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Valerie Dunne, Staff Associate & Kathy Madden. CND
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 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 is currently in an official canonical process of discernment regarding transferring to the Cenacle Sisters. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | “All of us at times, have to sit in the ashes.” writes Ronald Rolheiser. In this Lenten season of transformation, let’s spend a magical day with Cinderella, befriending what can support us in moving toward greater authenticity and union with God. We will view snippets of Disney’s “Cinderella,” experience related presentations, and take time for personal reflection/sharing. Come, discover the true fit of your glass slipper of transparency… Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | Enriching our Marriage Relationships in Lent: Evening for Married Couples |
| Event Date: | March 20, 2011 |
| Time: | 6:00pm - 9:30pm (registration begins at 5:30pm) |
| Presenter: | Jack & Marcia Gaudet, Staff Associates
Jack Gaudet, Staff Associate has been a member of St. Thomas More parish in Hauppauge, NY for 30 years. Jack is a certified spiritual director and on the associate staff at the Cenacle. He is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and the diocesan Pastoral Formation Institute. He has been married to Marcia for 45 years and they have four children and eight grandchildren. Jack and Marcia have worked together in Marriage Enrichment and Marriage Preparation Ministry in the parish and the diocese for 35 years, and have given numerous retreats and days of prayer together and separately.
Marcia Gaudet, Staff Associate has been married for 45 years, has four children, and eight grandchildren. Together with her husband Jack, she has been actively ministering for 35 years in programs of marriage preparation, renewal and enrichment. 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: | $40.00 |
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| Details: | During this Lenten season, take time for personal reflection, time to listen to one another and time to be aware of God’s relationship with us a couple. As we share our hopes and dreams together, we will be enriched to continue on the Lenten journey.
Light refreshments will be served.Offering: $40 per couple. |
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| Title: | Embracing the Wounds |
| Event Date: | March 26, 2011 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Bernadette Cioch
Bernadette Cioch is retired from a 27 year career in Emergency Medical Services. Bernadette is the former director of the Suffolk County Critical Incident Management Team for 14 years and has extensive training and experience in crisis intervention, alcoholism, trauma and pastoral counseling. She is a spiritual director and has given seminars and retreats for those in need of healing from trauma. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | The journey inward is a precious and sometimes painful process. Often our experience of suffering can be very lonely. Jesus, through His Death and Resurrection, was able to deal with the traumas of profound loss, suffering, rejection, abandonment, loneliness, depression, doubt, disillusionment, etc. We invite anyone who has experienced any of life’s traumas to join with us as we explore our brokenness, our grief and our heart’s desire to be peaceful. Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | Gazing at the Trinity: Persons and Personalities |
| Event Date: | March 27, 2011 |
| Time: | 1:30-4:30pm (registration begins at 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: | At times in our prayer we can move quickly into sharing with God what is primary in our needs, desires, even gratitude. Suppose we took time first to focus on whether we want to talk to God our loving parent or to center on Jesus our loving brother and companion. We might find ourselves more in need of our advocate, the Spirit given to us as eternal clarity and wisdom. Join us as we search together for a deeper understanding of how our God might wish to be seen in prayer and relationship. Light refreshments will be served. |
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| Title: | Lessons from the Garden |
| Event Date: | April 02, 2011 - April 03, 2011 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Pam Falkowski, rc & Barbara Regan, rc
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.
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. |
| Offering: | $75.00 |
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| Details: | Saturday 10:00a.m.-4:00p.m.BRING A BAG LUNCH and Sunday 1:00p.m.-5:00p.m.
Lessons from the Garden
The Garden of Eden, the Garden of the Song of Songs, and the Garden of Gethsemane are places where we can meet God and grow in wholeness and grace. Offering: $75 for both days. |
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| Title: | Finding Hope and Healing for Your Heart |
| Event Date: | April 09, 2011 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Margaret Rohde, rc & Mary Gallagher, 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.
Mary Gallagher, Staff Associate is a retired registered nurse, mother and grandmother. She has been certified as a spiritual director since 1990 and is active as a director and in supervision of other spiritual directors. Mary is a grief counselor and has led widow and widowers workshops both in her parish and at the Cenacle. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | Psalm 147:3 “God heals the brokenhearted and binds their wounds.” We all have life losses: death of family member or friend, aging, loss of self esteem, retirement, finances, death of a pet, frequent moves, empty nest, and job loss. Where is God in your pain? Come and continue your healing process. You don’t “get over” a loss; you learn to live with it. We will explore coping skills, and experience spiritual ways to nurture yourself as you heal. Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | The Ointmant's Fragrance...A Silent Day of Prayer |
| Event Date: | April 16, 2011 |
| Time: | 10am-4pm (registration begins 9:30am) |
| Presenter: | Kathy Madden, CND & Anita DosSantos, Staff Associate
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.
Anita DosSantos, Staff Associate is Director of Parish Social Ministry at St. Elizabeth’s Church in Melville. She is a spiritual director, a Cenacle Associate, 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. |
| Offering: | $50.00 |
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| Details: | We are told in John 12:1-11 that when Mary of Bethany anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair, the house was filled with the ointment’s fragrance. What costly gesture of extravagant love might I offer Jesus this Lenten season? What might it be like for Him to be the recipient of my lavish, intimate welcome? What new scent could delicately waft through my soul and my surroundings as a result? The program will include presentations, time for personal prayer and sharing. Day includes a light lunch. |
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| Title: | Women On The Journey |
| Event Date: | April 19, 2011 |
| 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 along with her husband Michael, is part of a team facilitating evenings for married couples. |
| Offering: | $15.00 |
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| Details: | We will come together as women to celebrate who we are. Let us explore the blessings and gifts we are receiving on the journey. Come join us in prayer and sharing on themes adapted from Joan Chittister’s book The Story of Ruth: Twelve Moments in Every Woman’s Life. Offering: $15 per session. |
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