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Susan Phillips CPE Seminar - 16 March, 2010 - Sydney

The NSW College of Clinical Pastoral Education
in association with The Eremos Institute
are proud to present A half-day seminar for those involved in Chaplaincy, CPE or any of the helping/caring professions
Issues of Suffering and Theodicy in Patient Care
On Tuesday, 16th March, 1-5pm
At Jack Lang Auditorium, St Joseph’s Hospital,
Normanby Road, Auburn
Cost $50 for current CPE Students and Members of NSWCCPE
$55 Non-members

Registrations close 4th March.
Please contact: Mrs Hilda Hedevang,
Email: execsec@cpensw.org
Phone: (02) 4344 2450
Full seminar details and registration form available in the attached PDF flyer below.

Susan Phillips Seminar March 16, 2010.pdf - [94KB]
Susan Phillips - 17 March - Alice Springs

Wednesday, 17th March - from 7:00pm
We Are What We Eat: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Living.
At Campfire in the Heart, Alice Springs.
Donation: $15.00
Enquiries and registrations to David & Sue Woods
Phone: (08) 8952 6607. www.campfireintheheart.com.au
Email: woods@campfireintheheart.com.au
Susan Phillips QLD CPE Seminar - 23 March, 2010

The Qld Institute of CPE Inc.
in association with The Eremos Institute
would like to invite you to a morning with Dr Susan S. Phillips, exploring
Garden or Circus: Metaphors We Live (and Die) by

On Tuesday, 23rd March, 9am-12:30pm
At Riverglenn Conference Centre, 70 Kate Street, Indooroopilly, Qld
Cost $55 for early bird registration by 19th February
       $65 registration after 19th February
Optional extra: Lunch $20

To register for this event please contact:  Cathy Brown, Treasurer,
Qld Institute of CPE
Email:   cathy@brownclan.id.au
Phone: (07) 3264 4144
Refer to the PDF flyer below for full seminar details and registration form.

Dr Susan Phillips QICPE.pdf - [343KB]
Passion and Possibility - 6 day retreat - April 2010

"Passion and Possibility - Living Hopefully"
A six day retreat, facilitated by Michael Dyer at Stanwell Tops on Sydney's South Coast.
Friday, 9 April to Thursday, 15 April, 2010
For further details, see attached PDF or visit www.chrysalisconsulting.com.au

Email: dyerlog@tpg.com.au

Retreat Flyer April 2010.pdf - [355KB]
Sea of Faith (SoFiA) Victoria

Lectures are held Thursdays, 7.30pm and are followed by questions, discussion and refreshments. Gold coin donation appreciated.
Lectures Location: Carlton Library Meeting Room, corner Rathdowne and Newry Streets, North Carlton.
18 Mar 2010 Dr Joseph Gelfer (Editor, Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality www.jmmsweb.org): ‘Undoing Christian Masculinities’
22 Apr 2010 (4th Thursday) Rev Dr Paul Tonson: ‘Your karma has run over my dogma: Biblical affirmation of pluralism’
20 May 2010 David Miller "Secular Religion: Non-supernatural Spirituality"
17 June 2010 Alex McCullie "Progressive Christianity: A Secular Response"
15 July 2010 Rick Barker (Philosophy Forum)
19 August 2010 Rev. Dr John Bodycomb
Further enquiries: Chantal Babin 0434 713 335 or the email address below.

Email: sofmelb@yahoo.com.au
MOWatch International Conference - August 2010

"Women of Faith ... Imaging God to the World"
Keynote Presenters - Dr Paula Gooder, Rev. Canon Dr Jane Shaw and Australian Women Bishops

St Joseph's, Kincumber, NSW Central Coast
Tuesday, 24th - Thursday, 26th August, 2010
For further details, see attached PDF or visit www.mowatch.org.au

DL Info Mowatch Women In Faith.pdf - [437KB]
Common Dreams 2 - Melbourne - 15-18 April 2010

"Progressive Religion as a Transforming Agent"
Keynote Presenter - Rev. Gretta Vosper
Other speakers - Hugh Mackay, Fr Peter Kennedy, The Hon. Michael Kirby, Dr Val Webb, Francis Macnab
St Kilda Town Hall
Thursday, 15 April to Sunday 18 April, 2010
For further details, see attached PDF or visit www.commondreams.org.au

Common Dreams Brochure 2010.pdf - [230KB]
Arts in Action (Sydney) January - June 2010
Venue: Chester Street Uniting Church, Epping. Bookings essential via the phone number or email address below.
- Sacred Circle Dance with Mary Jones, Saturdays 2-5pm. 6th March and 5th June. ‘By dancing in a circle together we can nourish our lives physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.’ Cost $25/$20 concession, including afternoon tea.
- Escape to Create Visual art workshops with Lindena Robb, 1-5pm on Saturdays, 27th March, 24th April, 22nd May, 26th June - Poetry and Paint. For all who want to explore their creativity, freely express themselves in a variety of media, or find inspiration. $50 per session, including all materials and afternoon tea.
Phone: (02) 9869 1327
Web: http://www.chesterstreet.org.au
Email: artsadmin@chesterstreet.org.au
Brisbane Quiet Days

Sisters of the Society of the Sacred Advent will hold quiet days on
13 February (Rev’d Hadge Hughes),
12 June (Rev’d Helen Phillips),
16 October (Ven. Matthew Jones) and
4 December (presenter yet to be confirmed).
For further information and/or bookings please phone the Sisters on 07 3262 5511.
Community House, 34 Lapraik Street, Albion, Qld 4010
Spiritual Directors International 20th Anniversary Gathering

Gratefulness: The Heart of Spiritual Care
San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
April 8-12, 2010
See attached PDF flyer for more details and a list of keynote speakers, including Br David Steindl-Rast, OSB who recently toured Australia.
Program includes Leadership Institute, Conference, Spirituality and Health Care Institute, Men’s Institute and Pilgrimage to Bay Area holy sites.
Complete information and registration available September 2009 at: http://www.sdiworld.org

SDI Apr 2010 conference.pdf - [109KB]
Adelaide Philosophy Café

The Philosophy Café meets on the third Wednesday of each month. In 2010 we will be using as a basis the book, What Not to Say by Mark Vernon. Venue: St George’s Church House, on the corner of Angas Street and Goodwood Road, Goodwood, a few metres south of the Capri Theatre: 7.30–9.30pm.
The Empty Mirror meets on the first and third Wednesdays of each month from February–December from 7.30–9.30 pm at St George’s house (see above). On the first Wednesday we explore Mindfulness Meditation. On the third Wednesday we discuss some of the big questions of life. The Empty Mirror is not allied to a religious or philosophical tradition.
Convenor: Nicholas Rundle sofadelaide@yahoo.com.au or call 08 8370 3583
Pray 2010 - Brisbane in July

The Brisbane Catholic Archdiocese is sponsoring a major gathering on prayer in Brisbane, July 7–10, offering over 40 keynote presentations, plus prayer workshops and opportunities for praying in a rich diversity of styles, drawing upon the wisdom and experience of over 130 international, national and local presenters.
For more information and registration visit www.pray2010.org.au
Centre for Progressive Religious Thought, Sydney & Melbourne

Greta Vosper is the keynote speaker at the Second International Gathering of Religious Progressives to be held in Melbourne from 15th–18th April 2010. Before returning to Canada, Greta will participate in ‘Common Dreams on the Road’.
Following the international gathering in mid-April she will participate in a weekend of meetings in Sydney. At the same Sydney gathering we will also host Val Webb in a Saturday workshop style meeting.

The Centre for Progressive Religious Thought meets twice a month in Ryde. Using the Eremos ‘Books for Groups’ study guides, the aim of the group is to learn from each other in our discovery of meaning in human existence.

Enquiries: Eric Stevenson - (02) 9888 5361 or 0405 758 116.
The Secretary, CPRT, 22 Badajoz Road, Ryde, NSW, 2112 www.progressivereligion.org.au/NSW
Email: ericwstevenson@yahoo.com.au
Adelaide (SA)

There are two groups that meet in Adelaide which express the Eremos focus on exploring spirituality, meaning and purpose within an Australian context.

On the first Wednesday of each month the Empty Mirror Spirituality Café combines story telling from our lived experiences or combined with a story from a spiritual tradition with 30 minutes of shared silence and then discussion. It's amazing the insights that come from the deep experience of being still together and from a sense of common concern and hope that often arises from being together, that arises from stories and from our own experience. There are no prayers, thus allowing people of every faith or none to live with respect within their belief framework.

On the third Wednesday of each month the SoFiA Philosophy Café is exploring post modern belief - guided, inspired and provoked by Don Cupitt's book 'Emptiness and Brightness'. Don has written to the group, 'Emptiness and Brightness has just come out in Japanese, and it is indeed one of the most Buddhist of all my books. Which prompts the thought that we in the west have been struggling for generations to get free of Plato's influence, and that the study of a Buddhist culture like Japan is helpful because it shows us very clearly what it could be like to live outside Plato's ways of thinking.'

Both groups are held at St George's Church House on the corner of Angas and Goodwood Roads, a few metres south of the Capri Cinema on Goodwood Road from 7.30 - 9.30 pm. No need to book, just turn up - cost is a gold coin donation to cover the costs of Fair Trade Tea and Coffee. Refer to the Noticeboard section on the Eremos Website for more information. If you come bring your sense of humour and generous spirit we do enjoy ourselves immensely!

Eremos members might also be interested in the City of Marion Philosophy Café held at the Cultural Centre Library on Saturdays from 10.30 - 11.30 am and led by philosopher Nicholas Rundle in Socratic style.

For the full program and other details phone Renya at the Marion Library Service (08) 8375 6755. These are free community events.
Email: sofadelaide@yahoo.com.au
Port Hedland (WA) Meetings

We meet monthly in the local Uniting Church Hall and call ourselves Spirituality in the Pilbara. We average about 10–15 people turning up and have one or two people speak on a designated topic followed by general discussions. We have several Eremos members, including Bron Elvery, the Uniting Church Minister, who usually keeps the discussion moving along.
For further information, contact Mary Jane Coates on (08) 9172 1984 or via the email address below.
Email: 4coates@tpg.com.au
Stillpoint Centre, Toowong Qld
Please contact for a planned calendar of events including quiet times and retreats.
Tel: (07) 3217 8992
Web: http://www.stillpoint.org.au
Email: stillpointcentre@bigpond.com
Campion Centre of Ignatian Spirituality (Melbourne)

99 Studley Park Rd, Kew 3101

Retreats, prayer days/evenings, spiritual direction, counselling and other services.
Tel: (03) 98548110
Fax: (03) 9854 8100
Web: http://www.campion.asn.au
Email: campion@cis.jesuit.org.au