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WHITE PLAINS NEW YORK 10603
PHONE: 914-798-1200
FAX: 914-949-5169
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Spirituality Center Programs
Ongoing Programs
National Alliance for Mental Illness: Family to Family: a free 12-week education group for the families of persons with a mental illness. classes are Monday or Tuesday evenings. For information call the NAMI office at 914-592-5458
Westchester Holistic Network: a network of women and men interested and/or engaged in holsitic practices. The group meets at the center on the 2nd tuesday of each month. For information call 914-830-3568.
CPR for the Spirit
What we know:
* The short, dark, cold days of winter can weigh heavily on our spirits.
* It can feel like a dull ache we stop paying attention to.
* No one ~ least of all ourselves ~ is going to invite us to step outside out daily lives for a bit of respite.
What we wish we knew:
* We can run on empty for only so long
* "Toughing it out" is an unnecessary position that we adopt and then feel compelled to see through.
* Taking time just to be quiet ~ and prayerful ~ is not selfish.
And now you DO know:
* We have quiet space, a hot meal, a warm bed with your name on it
* We have a quiet, peace-filled chapel for an hour's "time out".
* We have places to sit and read (or snooze), and beautiful grounds to roam.
Consider this our invitation to come for a morning or
afternoon...a day...an hour...an overnight.
You probably won't do this without a nudge, and the folks who are urging you to "keep on keeping on" certainly don't have a stake this.
So, what do you say???
(Before you overthink, this call Liz at 914-798-1202
FEBRUARY 2010
Monday evenings in Lent
Praying With...
Each Monday evening during lent we will focus on the gifts and insights of women of faith. Some women are historical figures, some are of our time. All are for our time
2/22 Mary Magdalene
3/1 Flannery O’Connor
3/8 Jane deChantal
3/15 Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
3/29 the Canaanite woman from the gospel
7 – 8:30 pm
Facilitators: Susan Becker, RDC, Alice Feeley, RDC
Cost ~ $10 per evening; $50 for the series
No registration necessary
Wednesdays in Lent
Centering Prayer is an ages old practice of sitting quietly in God’s presence, open to the moment.
Please join us from 5:30 to 5:55 each Wednesday evening in Lent in the Spirituality Center Chapel
No reservation necessary
Fridays in Lent
Lenten Lunches. Please join us for a simple, quiet meal of soup and bread, time to reflect on a selected reading, and then an opportunity to share your reflections with the group, (or to just sit and listen!)
Facilitators: Center Staff
Noon ~ 1 pm
beginning on February 19 and concluding on March 26
Cost: $6.00 per Friday for lunch and materials
No reservatio n necessary
2/27 The Face of Compassion: Praying with the Icon of Mother Mary Veronica
This morning we will pray with the icon of Mother Mary Veronica, foundress of the Sisters of the Divine Compassion. The book of Genesis tells us that creation is an icon of God, and as we sit in the stillness before the icon of Mother Veronica, we can begin to see and know with our hearts the face of the Divine Compassion
Facilitator: Alice Feeley, RDC
10 am ~ noon
Cost: Free will offering
No registration necessary
MARCH 2010
3/12 - 3/13 A Gift of Time
"The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work" Ezra Pound
Honor your art with this retreat, which will offer some reflections on the spiritual sources of our writing, time to write (of course!), and an opportunity to share your work in a relaxed and encouraging community of writers.
All are welcome, experienced writers and those who hope to be. This retreat will begin with dinner on Friday at 5:30 and close on Saturday evening at 8:00 pm. Attendees have the option to stay Saturday night and leave after breakfast on Sunday for an additional $38.00
Facilitator: M. Doretta Cornell, RDC, PhD
Cost $110 ($80 for commuters)
3/17-3/21 Busy Persons’ On-line Retreat
A late winter mid-Lent opportunity to pray with the Lenten scriptures as we move toward Easter (and spring!)
Each day a reflection for the day will be posted on line. Retreatants spend some quiet time with the reading, then e-mail reflections to her/his director (who will be assigned at the beginning of the retreat.) The director will respond in a mutually agreed-upon time.
Registration deadline March 10. # of participants limited.
Cost: $15.00
APRIL 2010
4/16 - 4/17 Women’s Retreat
Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There! Chances are, more times than not, you find yourself “running on empty.” And we know that time to re-energize does not magically appear; we need to create it for ourselves.
Our challenge to you: carve out the 21.5 hours between7:00 pm April 16 to 4:30 pm April 17 as a time-out for yourself. Gather for prayer and then get a good night’s sleep, Saturday will be a mix of quiet time, reflection and discussion. Treat yourself to a massage.
The 21.5 hours? 12% of your week; 3% or your month; .2% of your year...don’t you owe it to yourself?
Presenters Alice Feeley, RDC and Center staff
Cost: $110.00 (Massage extra)
Reservation and deposit by April 10 a must
4/30 – 5/1 Men’s retreat
It’s About Time!...that we typically don’t take for ourselves. Somehow the urgent trumps the important, and then we wonder why we feel so spent. Please join us for a “time out,” an overnight retreat that provides opportunities for quiet, prayer, and discussion on the things that have deep meaning in our lives
Facilitator: James Stewart, LMSW
7:00 pm April 30 to 4:30 pm May 1
Cost $110.00
Reservation and deposit by April 20 a must