The Cenacle is happy to promote this event by and from The Well Spirituality Center in La Grange, Illinois. This particular event is not sponsored by the Cenacle; registrations and inquiries may be sent to The Well.
John Philip Newell – Sacred Universe Award Presentation
Sunday, May 22, 4 PM (CDT)
Romano Auditorium, Nazareth Academy
1209 Ogden Avenue, LaGrange Park, IL
(across from The Well)
This program is a hybrid: in-person and on Zoom
The doors will open at 3:45 PM.
Zoom participants will receive Zoom sign-in information via email
upon registration + a reminder the day before the program.
The Well is thrilled to announce that John Philip Newell will be the recipient of the Sacred Universe Award. This award, first presented to Thomas Berry in 1993, honors leaders in the field whose work and life foster mutually-enhancing Human-Earth relationships.
Please join us for this special occasion to honor John Philip Newell, who will accept the award in-person, and will also give a talk at this event:
The Three Graces
An overview by John Philip Newell of the main themes of his seminal work Sacred Earth Sacred Soul in which he explores the three graces of Celtic wisdom for today.
The Grace of Nature
The Grace of the Human Soul
The Grace of Awakening
John Philip Newell (born 1953) is a Celtic teacher and author of spirituality who calls the modern world to reawaken to the sacredness of the earth and every human being.
Canadian by birth, and a citizen also of Scotland, he resides with his family in Edinburgh and works on both sides of the Atlantic. In 2016 he began the School of Earth and Soul (originally called the School of Celtic Consciousness) and teaches regularly in the United States and Canada as well as leading international pilgrimage weeks on Iona in the Western Isles of Scotland.
He has authored over fifteen books, including A New Ancient Harmony, Sounds of the Eternal, The Rebirthing of God, and his latest major publication Sacred Earth Sacred Soul.
The cost of this program is $25 in-person, $20 on Zoom. Scholarships and payment plans are available for those who need them. We invite those of you who may wish to do so to support the work of The Well with an extra donation.
Registration (in person or online) : https://csjthewell.org/programs/john-philip-newell/