Spiritual Deepening Council

Whether you are new to group spiritual direction or wish to explore it further, this series of mornings is an introduction to group spiritual direction as prayer. Intended for people who want to explore their relationship with God, learn from listening deeply to others, and hold one another for the purpose of grounding and growth in Love. Each session will end with a reflection time. Silence will be threaded throughout each morning. Leaders: Carla Peterson is a member of Spiritual Directors International and a trained spiritual director with a certificate from Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation in 2008. She has ...

Donna Carnes, a trained psychologist and survivor of major life trauma, has developed this four-part workshop for women who are open to exploring the relationship between the individual self, life trauma and resilience—all in the context of our current cultural surroundings. During the 90-minute sessions, members of this small group are invited to share their personal experiences and coping strategies, including "favorite things" such as food, music, books, storytelling, and spirituality. The guiding questions for these sessions are: What do we expect of ourselves? What do others expect of us? How do those expectations play out and shape our choices ...

Evolutionary Consciousness: Deepening Our Understanding of the New Universe Story This series will address the BIG questions participants bring about evolution, evolutionary consciousness, how the universe unfolded and continues to unfold. How do the Book of Nature and the Book of Scripture together inform us? We will read Making All Things New: Catholicity, Cosmology, Consciousness by Ilia Delio. Delio demonstrates that catholicity (small c) is a conscious awareness of how everything, all organisms from the single-celled to homo sapiens, forms one whole; catholicity is whole-making. Speaker Mary Ellen Gevelinger, OP has been a Sinsinawa Dominican for 55 years, serving for five ...

Registration closed, retreat full. The transformed heart What does it mean to embrace and follow a spiritual path with personal integrity? In this six-session exploration of the complex relationship between personal spirituality and religious belonging we will read Tom Zanzig’s book, The Transformed Heart. Using contemplative dialog, lectio divina, and open conversation, our aim is for participants to reflect on their own experience of seeking a spirituality to ground their lives, whether that is outside organized religion or within a religious community. Spiritual transformation is a lifelong journey. Together we will engage the adventure of being both spiritual and religious. ...