Collage of Words and Dreams

COLLAGE of WORDS and DREAMS A FOUR WEEK SERIES Registrants must attend all four sessions: Tues. October 8, 15, 22, and 29 10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon Central via Zoom Our lives are a blend of various elements…we pull memories from here and there, we mix and match events, we discover, uncover and renew relationships. […]

Centering Prayer – Holiday 2024

All are welcome! For those unfamiliar, Centering Prayer with the Cenacle is 50 minutes and is a method of mostly silent, contemplative prayer. This method of prayer employs lecio divina and visio divina, reading a particular passage or seeing a particular image and then praying about that, singularly, as best one can. This is a […]

Centering Prayer – Autumn 2024

All are welcome! For those unfamiliar, Centering Prayer with the Cenacle is 50 minutes and is a method of mostly silent, contemplative prayer. This method of prayer employs lecio divina and visio divina, reading a particular passage or seeing a particular image and then praying about that, singularly, as best one can. This is a […]

Prickly People: A Workshop To Help Us All!

Whether it’s a friend’s occasional moodiness or the grouch at work, or perhaps the person in the mirror, there are people with whom we are uncomfortable with at times. No matter what our personal environment happens to be, we all interact with people who are irritating, defensive, irksome, and frustrating — in short, prickly! While […]

First Friday (February 2025) In-Person

Formerly hosted at the 513 W. Fullerton Retreat House in Chicago, Cenacle Sisters will now lead First Fridays a few blocks away at the National Shrine of St. Francis Xavier Cabrini beginning Friday October 4. More information and registration opens in August 2024. First Fridays, featuring Cenacle Sisters and sponsored by the Shrine will take […]

First Friday (December, in-person)

First Fridays at the Shrine December 6, 2024 Sr. Pamela J. Falkowski, r.c. Formerly hosted at the 513 W. Fullerton Retreat House in Chicago, Cenacle Sisters will now lead First Fridays a few blocks away at the National Shrine of St. Francis Xavier Cabrini beginning Friday October 4. More information and registration opens in August […]

Friday Friday (November, in-person)

First Fridays at the Shrine November 1, 2024 LIFE IS CHANGED, NOT ENDED Sr. Mary Guido, r.c. (Doors open at 9:00 AM, Program begins promptly at 9:30 AM) “In [Christ] the hope of blessed resurrection has dawned, that those saddened by the certainty of dying might be consoled by the promise of immortality to come. […]

Friday Friday (October, in-person)

October 4, 2024 – Sr. Mary Peters, rc Register Here   “The one who hopes lives differently; the one who hopes has been given new life.”  (Spe Salvi,  Pope Benedict). Hope requires a change of life.  As we close the Season of Creation on the Feast of St. Francis, we pause to reflect on how we are called […]

Directed Retreat (Madison, CT)

THIS event at Mercy by the Sea in Madison, CT has sold out. To join the waitlist, please visit: https://mcm.retreatportal.com/events/f?p=101:2:32650050976998::::PROGRAM_ID:14412 Helen Bearisto Sr. Helen Beairsto, r.c. is a Cenacle Sister in the North American Province, whose ministry is spiritual direction, retreats and offering spiritually orientated programs. Her original formation in the Spiritual Exercises occurred in […]

Sister Circles

Sister Circles A Celebration of Remembering What has been forgotten? – the Divine Feminine that is rising and calling us to awaken to her presence within and around us. (A Virtual Program, led by Sr. Anelie Arao, r.c. at 6:30 PM Central on the Second Thursday of every month) “The feminine holds the mystery of […]