Special opportunity without travel …
SKYPE AND SIP FOR SPIRITUAL SEEKERS
First Tuesday of each month:
January 3 • February 7 • March 7 • April 4 • May 2
3:00-4:00 p.m. (Central Time)
Facilitator: Julia Walsh, FSPA
Join our new faith sharing discussion group from anywhere via your device with Skype. Grab your beverage of choice, light a candle, and join our contemplative conversation. Our first conversation will explore what spiritual practices help us pause and connect with the Divine in the midst of our busy days. $5 suggested offering each session. Please call 715-385-3750 at least 24 hours prior to session to join the discussion. Include your Skype profile name, email address and phone number.
Women’s Christmas
An Epiphany Celebration for Wise Women Please use S Julia’s description from the cards she made.
SPIRITUAL CHECK-UP TIME
January 6 – Friday
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Presenter: Marla Lang, FSPA
As we move into 2017, we are invited to look at where the journeys of our lives are moving. What is becoming more visible? What are we learning? What may be breaking through? What is needing more focus? What are we feeling called to celebrate? Join us in this time of guided reflection.Suggested offering $10.00. Register by Wednesday, January 4.
WINTER “SHINRIN-YOKU’’
(Forest Bathing)
January 12 – Thursday
1:00-4:00 p.m.
Presenter: Pat Pintens
“Forest bathing” is a Japanese approach to walking in the forest. It is a slow, deliberate immersion in nature. Come bathe yourself in the white, beautiful silence of the winter forest. Dress warmly. Snowshoes might be needed. We willmeet at Marywood and proceed to a winter trail. Call Marywood for further information. Suggested offering $10.00. Register by Monday, January 9.
THE WINTER OF THE SPIRIT
January 17 – Tuesday
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Presenter: Dick Bruesehoff
Has your life ever brought you into the places of deep darkness? Do you experience winter as a fallow time? Winter—whether literal or figurative—can be a time to explore the ways in which our spirit conspires with (that is, “breathes with”) the Spirit for new life and growth in us—even during the dark times. Suggested offering $10.00. Register by Friday, January 13.
WHERE DO WE FIT IN?
January 18 – Wednesday
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Presenter: Marla Lang, FSPA
Using a blend of Psalms 8 and 139 as well as the recent encyclical, Laudate Si, we will reflect on their wisdom regarding our role in God’s creation. We will also ponder some of the wonders that can be seen in the magnitude of the cosmos and some of the microscopic delights that have only been seen recently. Where are we called to fit into this array of wonderment?Suggested offering $10.00. Register by Monday, January 16.
YOUNG ADULTS (18-35 years)
WEEKEND RETREAT
January 20 – 22
Friday 3:00 – Sunday 11:30
Facilitator: Julia Walsh, FSPA
Get away from your busy schedule and unplug from your devices. Tune into God for an entire weekend to see what wonders emerge. This contemplative retreat will consist of talks on discipleship plus much prayer and a chance to relax with others. $215 includes a private room in a shared cabin and
all needs. $175 for a shared room and all needs. Commuters $165. Partial scholarships available. Register by Friday, January 6.
PRAY ALL WAYS
January 26 – Thursday
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Presenter: Pat Pintens
St. Paul encouraged us to “pray always.” It might help us to “pray always” if we were to “pray all
ways.” One of the most available and easy means of prayer is the use of our senses – gifts God has
given us. We will practice various ways of praying with our eyes (sight), ears (sound), noses
(smell), mouths (taste) and skin (touch). Who knew our bodies were naturally equipped for praying
always! Suggested offering $10.00. Register by Tuesday, January 24.
WHAT JESUS REALLY MEANT WHEN HE SAID “TURN THE OTHER CHEEK”
January 31 – Tuesday
9:00 a.m.-Noon
Presenter: Julia Walsh, FSPA
Come learn how to live Jesus’ teachings on non-violence and pray for peace. This workshop will examine Gospel non-violence, Pope Francis’ promotion of peace and the momentum stirring in the Church for a shift away from a Just War theory to a culture of Just Peace since the Vatican Conference on Non-Violence and Just Peace in April 2016. Suggested offering $10.00. Register by Tuesday, January 24.
