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Feed My Shepherds: A Monthly Gathering for Christian Leaders
The vocation of Christian leadership can be overwhelmingly demanding, potentially wounding, and decidedly stressful . . .
The gospel resurrection narratives reveal the sustenance, renewal and healing in the relationship between the risen Jesus and his followers. Using her book, Feed My Shepherds: Spiritual Healing and Renewal for Those in Christian Leadership (Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1997), the group will reflect on and discuss such issues as: Incarnational Spirituality, Depth Healing: the Leader’s Urgent Need, Spiritual Exhaustion and Depth Renewal, Spiritual Protection in Toxic Relationships, and more. Sessions will include input, discussion and time for prayerful reflection and meditation. All aspects of the gatherings will invite healing and renewal. |
Series Dates, Thursdays:
January 19, 2012
February 16, 2012
March 15, 2012
April 19, 2012
May 17, 2012
August 23, 2012
September 20, 2012
October 18, 2012
November 15, 2012
December 6, 2012
Presenters: Carol Rivers Mullikin
Time: 3:00pm – 4:30 pm
Cost: $200 for the (10) sessions
 
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Carol has been a spiritual director for many years. She has worked extensively with the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius with both individuals and groups. Carol is an Adjunct Faculty Member for Friends University’s Master of Arts in Christian Ministry program where she teaches coursework in Spiritual Formation. Carol loves literature and the arts and integrates these disciplines in her approach to Christian Spirituality. |
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Praying With Ignatius of Loyola
The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius have been integral to our understanding of Christian Spirituality and are his greatest contribution. Presented in a structured format for prayer and reflection, the Spiritual Exercises are for anyone who wants to deepen their prayer life, feel more connected to God and share their spiritual journey with other pilgrims “on the way.” Based on the five movements of the Spiritual Exercises, we will pray and meditate on the following: God’s love for us, God forgives us, Jesus’ life and ministry, Jesus’ great love for us, and Jesus’ continuing love for the world. In each of the five evenings, we will learn about the Spiritual Exercises and experience a meditation from that week’s movement. |
Series Dates, Thursdays:
January 26, 2012
February 23, 2012
March 15, 2012
March 29, 2012
April 12, 2012
Presenters: Carol Rivers Mullikin
Time: 7:00pm – 8:30 pm
Cost: $100 for the (5) sessions
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Carol has been a spiritual director for many years. She has worked extensively with the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius with both individuals and groups. Carol is an Adjunct Faculty Member for Friends University’s Master of Arts in Christian Ministry program where she teaches coursework in Spiritual Formation. Carol loves literature and the arts and integrates these disciplines in her approach to Christian Spirituality. |
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Series on Life Legacies
Legacy Letters: The Voice of the Heart — January 28, 2012
How do you want to be remembered? A Legacy Letter is a heartfelt letter describing what truly matters most in your life. It is a way to share your values, beliefs, life lessons, and hopes for the future with present and future generations. Imagine the joy you would find in reading the Legacy Letters of your grandparents and their parents? It would be enlightening to trace the values passed on from generation to generation. Legacy Letters are also being written by people at turning points and transitions in their lives and when facing challenging life situations. They may be one of the most cherished and meaningful gifts you can give yourself, your family and community. Individual writing activities and sharing with others will be included. Come to this workshop to receive practical tools to craft your own legacy letter.
Life Reflections: Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary People — February 11, 2012
Have you ever thought about preserving significant stories from your life for future generations? Maybe you have wondered, “How do I get started?” If so, this workshop is for you. It is designed to plumb your memory for the stories and the cast of colorful characters you’ve encountered along your life’s journey. These specific, thought provoking activities are designed to add leaves and branches to your family tree. Individual writing activities and sharing with others will be included. Don’t miss this opportunity to preserve your treasured stories for your family.
Making a Difference: Creating a Plan of Action — February 25, 2012
How would you like your life to make a difference? The Making a Difference workshop will enable you to create a meaningful and deliberate plan for having a heightened impact on people and causes you care about. Not only can your Plan bring growth, it can help you achieve greater focus so that you have the most personal impact to effect the issues and people significant to you. Individual writing activities and sharing with others will be included. Plan the immediate future for the legacy and influence you want to leave in the distant future.
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Series Dates:
January 28, 2012
February 11, 2012
February 25, 2012
Presenters: Brenda Glanzer Lilliston
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Cost: $35 for each session
includes lunch and handouts
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Brenda Glanzer Lilliston is a legacy facilitator called a LifeSAGEr.
Inspired by her aunt’s legacy letter, she was trained with “Celebrations of Life” in Minneapolis, MN. As a LifeSAGEr, Brenda leads workshops encouraging participants to record their values and life experiences for future generations. She is also available for one-to-one consultations. Brenda is an ordained minister with the Western District Conference, Mennonite Church USA and is a board certified chaplain. Brenda also offers storytelling and provides input for retreats, women’s and children’s events, and worship services. |
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“Sacred Fire” A DVD presentation by Father Rohald Rohlheiser
We are incurably sexual, deeply sexed not just in our bodies but in every dimension of our being. Sexuality is a powerful fire inside of us, the best of all fires and the most dangerous of all fires. It is also a sacred fire, meant to be enjoyed as God's great gift to us even as it is guarded by chastity. This workshop will attempt to articulate both an essential anthropology and an essential spirituality of sexuality.
Rev. Ron Rolheiser, OMI, is a Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate and a specialist in the fields of spirituality and systematic theology. His weekly column appears in Catholic newspapers around the world and his captivating style brings a modern approach to spirituality home to a new generation of seekers. His best-selling books include: The Restless Heart, Forgotten Amongst the Lilies, The Shattered Lantern, The Infinite Horizon and The Holy Longing. This enriching video experience was taped before a live audience at the King's House Retreat and Renewal Center in Belleville, Illinois. |
Friday, January 27, 20127:00 PM
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Saturday, January 28 ,2012 3:00 PM
Discussion led by:
Sister Janice Grochowsky,CSJ.
Cost: $25 (includes lunch snacks)
Overnight accommodations are
available for $45 per night.
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Sister Janice Grochowsky, a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph, successfully completed a three year SpiritLife Spiritual Director Formation program through the Heartland Center for Spirituality in Great Bend, Kansas. She earned a Licentiate in Canon Law from Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Pastoral Ministry from Newman University in Wichita, Kansas. Currently, Sister Janice ministers as Chancellor and Director of the Tribunal in the Diocese of Dodge City. She is available for spiritual direction and continues to be involved in the parish setting through involvement in RCIA, adult formation and music ministry. |
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Holy Saturday: In-between Time
You are invited to reflect upon the experience of Holy Saturday that captures the space between death and resurrection. It is a time of expectant waiting, of unknowing, that calls forth radical trust. We stand as if in the limen of a doorway, on the threshold of Mystery. How might we cooperate with God more fully in being formed in this in- between place in any season of our lives?
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Friday, March 9, 2012
Cost: $35 (includes lunch, snacks,
handouts)
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Presenter: Presenter: Kathryn Damiano
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Kathryn Damiano is a Quaker and life long contemplative. As a teacher of in-depth spiritual life studies and retreat leader, she sees her ministry as working for peace and justice through spiritual formation.
Kathryn has been a spiritual director for 25 years.
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Journaling Retreat: Learn to write your own personal prayers by using reflective writing
Prayer has been defined as a dialogue with God. Come and learn how to begin your own dialogue with God through spiritual journaling. If your prayer life could use a boost, change of pace, or be more meaningful, come and discover a new way to deepen your relationship with your intimate God. You will leave with all the tools you need to grow your faith through the practice of journaling.
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Friday, March 9 starting at 7 pm
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Saturday March 10, 2012 to 3 pm
Cost: $75 with overnight accommodations
$40 without overnight
Presenter: Joan Broussard
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Joan Broussard has been Spiritual Director since 2007 having completed her studies in at the St. Charles Retreat Center, in the Diocese of Lake Charles, Louisiana. She has been giving retreats on Spiritual Journaling since 2004, journaling her own prayer for over 25 years. Joan also gives other retreats such as: Journaling Through Grief, Prayer Ways of the Heart, Having a Mary Spirit in a Martha World and a special retreat introducing people to St. Joseph. Joan is a published author and serves her parish as Lector, Eucharistic Minister as well as member for the Parish Council for St. Anne Catholic Church in Youngsville, LA. |
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Ministry to the Minister: Good Self-Care in the Healing Professions
Co-sponsored with Via Christi Health
Good self care is not selfish; it's good stewardship of the primary gift we've been given: ourselves. This day will explore some of the traps of "ministry burn-out," how these might be avoided, and ways in which one might recover.
Nursing Credit Hours and certificates of attendance available. |
Friday, March 30, 2012
Presenter: Sister
Sallie Latkovich
, CSJ
Time: To Be Determined
Location: Via Christi Hospital on Harry Street
Cost: $40, includes lunch
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Sister Sallie Latkovich is a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph and, has a Doctor of Ministry Degree in Scripture and Spirituality. She ministered on the West Coast of Florida for twenty-five years, both as Co-Director of a House of Prayer and as Professor at the Blessed Edmund Rice School for Pastoral Ministry of Barry University. In August 2009, Sallie moved to Chicago where she is the Director of Biblical Study and Travel at Catholic Theological Union.
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What is Spirituality, Anyway?
"Spirituality" is a word that has come into popular usage, and has many connotations. What is spirituality anyway, from the perspective of one who believes in God? We will also explore the "four non-negotiable essentials" of Christian spirituality, from Ron Rolheiser's book, "The Holy Longing." Come to this day of reflection with your own description of spirituality. |
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Presenter: Sister
Sallie Latkovich
, CSJ
Time: Friday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Cost: $40 (includes lunch, snacks
Handouts)
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Sister Sallie Latkovich is a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph and, has a Doctor of Ministry Degree in Scripture and Spirituality. She ministered on the West Coast of Florida for twenty-five years, both as Co-Director of a House of Prayer and as Professor at the Blessed Edmund Rice School for Pastoral Ministry of Barry University. In August 2009, Sallie moved to Chicago where she is the Director of Biblical Study and Travel at Catholic Theological Union. |
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Christian Spirituality in the 21st Century
The postmodern worldview emerged during the 1960s and has come to shape all aspects of culture since, especially in First World countries. Its heightened emphasis on values of tolerance, inclusivity and community life has resonated well with some aspects of the Gospel while introducing tensions with others. This tension often shows up in Christian communities, even to the extent of catalyzing splits in major church denominations. This one-day workshop will help participants reflect on how postmodernity has influenced their own lives, and how it has helped and hindered their living of the Christian message. |
Saturday, April 21,2012
Presenter: Philip St. Romain
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Cost: $40
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Philip St. Romain is the author of 20 books on theology, prayer, and Christian spirituality. Currently, he serves as a spiritual director and retreat director at Heartland Center for Spirituality in Great Bend, KS. His Doctor of Ministry project in 1995 was entitled, God, Self and Ego: Discerning “Who’s-Who” on the Spiritual Journey. It is published by Lulu Press. Find out more by visiting www.philstromain.com.
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Art and Spirit
In this workshop, Anne Hanley and Terry Mullen, SNJM, will explore art images and reflect with the group on what these images say to us about the people and cultures to whom they belong. As the day moves along, our own images, spirituality and wisdom will emerge from the core of our individual and collective experiences. Participants will reflect and create their personal response/art as they engage their imaginations and create dialogue between their inner and outer realities.
This workshop will be offered for graduate credit through Friends University. |
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Presenters: Anne Hanley, Ph.D.
Terry Mullen,SNJM
Time: 10:00am – 3:00 pm
Cost: $45 (includes Lunch, handouts and
art materials)
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Anne Hanley, Ph.D. is the director of Sky Mountain Institute’s educational, research, and training center in Escondido, California. Anne comes with a rich background in theology, transpersonal psychology, education, and the expressive arts. |
Terry Mullen, SNJM, is a member of the Fine Arts Faculty at Heritage University, Toppenish, Washington, where she teaches Art History as a dialogue with other cultures and as a resource for understanding our own history and culture. She encourages her students in painting and metalsmithing to express their own personal experience. |
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Seasons of the Holy Spirit
“Seasons of the Holy Spirit” is a weekend retreat geared to the spiritual and physical stages or seasons of our lives as we mature. Each different season, summer, autumn, winter, and spring, will be explored through the lens of scripture as well as music and poetry. We will concentrate on the movements of the Holy Spirit at each stage, inviting the Holy Presence of God to guide and sustain us.
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June 29-30, 2012
Presenter: Sister Janet Franklin, CSJ
Time: Friday 7:00 PM – Sunday noon.
Cost: $50 (includes meals, handouts
etc.)
$125 (includes overnight lodging)
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Sister Janet Franklin, CSJ, a Sister of St. Joseph, is currently associate director at Sangre de Cristo Center, an international, sabbatical renewal-retreat center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Janet is a spiritual director and teacher with Jungian psychology training, who enjoys giving and directing integrative retreats.
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Prayer Ways of the Heart
Expand your notions about prayer and explore new prayer ways. Come and discover the way your heart longs to pray and be in relationship with God. Come to this Day of Prayer with an open mind and let your heart show you the way it prays best. Then see the fruits of your prayer life and spirituality grow.
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Saturday, September 8, 2012
Presenter: Joan Broussard
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Cost: $40
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Joan Broussard has been Spiritual Director since 2007 having completed her studies in at the St. Charles Retreat Center, in the Diocese of Lake Charles, Louisiana. She has been giving retreats on Spiritual Journaling since 2004, journaling her own prayer for over 25 years. Joan also gives other retreats such as: Journaling Through Grief, Prayer Ways of the Heart, Having a Mary Spirit in a Martha World and a special retreat introducing people to St. Joseph. Joan is a published author and serves her parish as Lector, Eucharistic Minister as well as member for the Parish Council for St. Anne Catholic Church in Youngsville, LA. |
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Having a Mary Spirit in a Martha World
Finding balance between the call of prayer and the business of life. Are you a Mary or a Martha? Come and find out which one and discern how to find balance in your life.
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Sunday, September 9, 2012
Presenter: Joan Broussard
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Cost: $20
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Joan Broussard has been Spiritual Director since 2007 having completed her studies in at the St. Charles Retreat Center, in the Diocese of Lake Charles, Louisiana. She has been giving retreats on Spiritual Journaling since 2004, journaling her own prayer for over 25 years. Joan also gives other retreats such as: Journaling Through Grief, Prayer Ways of the Heart, Having a Mary Spirit in a Martha World and a special retreat introducing people to St. Joseph. Joan is a published author and serves her parish as Lector, Eucharistic Minister as well as member for the Parish Council for St. Anne Catholic Church in Youngsville, LA. |
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The Seven Story Mountain
Thomas Merton is one of the most influential Christians of the 21st Century. He grew up orphaned and afoot in Europe, studied at Oxford and Columbia Universities, was converted to Christianity and became a Trappist Monk. His writings continue to inform seekers across a wide-spectrum of faiths and traditions. Using his autobiography, The Seven Story Mountain (Harcourt Brace & Company, 1948) we will look at the chaos of his early life, his companions and mentors, his conversion, and his confession of faith. The gatherings will include discussion of the book and short video segments from two documentaries. |
Series Dates, Thursdays:
October 11, 2012
October 25, 2012
November 8, 2012
November 29, 2012
Presenters: Carol Rivers Mullikin
Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Cost: Donation
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Carol has been a spiritual director for many years. She has worked extensively with the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius with both individuals and groups. Carol is an Adjunct Faculty Member for Friends University’s Master of Arts in Christian Ministry program where she teaches coursework in Spiritual Formation. Carol loves literature and the arts and integrates these disciplines in her approach to Christian Spirituality.
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From Saying Prayers to Being Prayer
God draws us into deeper relationship as our prayer moves from asking for specifics to being in the Presence. How has your experience of prayer changed in the course of your faith journey and how does this change reflect your sense of God, self, and the world? In this fall season, treat yourself to some quality time with God and others who seek to ponder the nature of prayer in their lives.
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Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
Presenter: Presenter: Kathryn Damiano
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Cost: $35 (Includes llunch, snacks,
handouts)
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Kathryn Damiano is a Quaker and life long contemplative. As a teacher of in-depth spiritual life studies and retreat leader, she sees her ministry as working for peace and justice through spiritual formation.
Kathryn has been a spiritual director for 25 years.
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Tracking the Spiritual Journey
What do we mean by “spiritual” development? What kinds of “markers” might we use to track spiritual development? These two questions will be the focus of our one-day workshop. Using a four quadrant approach adapted from the work of Ken Wilber, we will identify lines of growth in personal and communal spiritual development. Times for quiet and reflection will allow participants to chart their own development and to identify opportunities and obstacles to growth. |
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Presenter: Philip St. Romain
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Cost: $40 |
Philip St. Romain is the author of 20 books on theology, prayer, and Christian spirituality. Currently, he serves as a spiritual director and retreat director at Heartland Center for Spirituality in Great Bend, KS. His Doctor of Ministry project in 1995 was entitled, God, Self and Ego: Discerning “Who’s-Who” on the Spiritual Journey. It is published by Lulu Press. Find out more by visiting www.philstromain.com. |
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