WISE ARTS FOR THE SOUL

Several online interactive series from February to July 2021

Wise Art of Journaling – April contact dieter@weinand.com.au

Wise Art of Conversations with Silence – May contact sallylongley07@gmail.com

Wise Art of Still Walking – June contact dieter@weinand.com.au

More details on this flyer and website: https://www.longley.com.au/wise-arts-for-the-soul/
 

CATALYST FOR RENEWAL 2021 Reflection Mornings

All are welcome. Numbers are limited and booking is essential.

Reflection Mornings each month– Hunters Hill beginning March 13

Enquiries: Carole 9869 1036 or Michelle 9958 5963

Reflection Mornings each month- Lawson beginning March 20

Enquiries: carol.len@me.com or phone Carol: 0449 172 669

More details on their website: www.catalystforrenewal.org.au

CAMPFIRE IN THE HEART in Alice Springs 2021 Retreats

Desert retreat: 18th – 24th July 2021 led by Celia Kemp with Sue and David Woods.

Wide Skies and Open Hearts retreats led by Sue and David Woods

• 30^th May – 5^th June
• 22^nd August – 28^th August

Each retreat offers a journey into scripture, landscape and music, indigenous theology and art. The Retreats seek to connect Scriptural Narratives with our own story through the themes of Land, Water, Incarnation, Fire and Air.

Register your interest at info@campfireintheheart.com.au More details on this flyer and their website: www.campfireintheheart.com.au

Oneness in Luminous Presence 

Five-day Silent Retreat, 7-11 June 2021

Dr Kerrie Hide, Catherine Hefferan rsm and Robyn Fitzgerald 

In an atmosphere of prayerful silence, we will withdraw into the depths of our heart to create a communion consciousness in the noosphere. Together, we will ponder the contemplative seeing from oneness in Luminous Presence. In daily teachings offered by Dr Kerrie Hide, we will focus on the oneing of the Luminous Energies of love. We will draw on a number of mystics, including Mechthild of Magdeburg, Hadewijch of Brabant, The Cloud of Unknowing, Swami Abhishiktananda and Beatrice Bruteau. Ever attentive to the stirrings of the Holy Spirit enflaming our hearts, we will draw out implications for creations evolutionary flow into Oneness in Love. 

This retreat is offered online, with meditation and teachings offered each morning between 9.30 - 11.00am. In these teachings, Kerrie explores the original mystical texts within their respective contexts, and develops ways of prayer that are an expression of this wisdom. These teachings support the mystical path to oneness in the energies of love in the Trinity in contemplation.

Guided meditations from 4.00 - 4.45 pm teach detailed ways of meditation that enhance contemplation so as to stabilise being able to see from oneness in Luminous Presence. Loving attention will be given to the breath and the body. 

Spiritual direction will be available every day. 

Cost:
The cost of this retreat is $350.00 and includes retreat resources, spiritual direction and ongoing access to recordings of daily teachings. A deposit of $150.00 is due March 19th, 2021. Final payment of $200.00 is due May 13th, 2021.

Contact:
For further information and to register please visit :https://contemplatio.com.au/retreats-spiritual-direction/in-the-gaze-of-luminous-presence/ or contact Catherine Hefferan rsm at chefferan@bigpond.com

Seven reflection mornings on Pope Francis' latest encyclical, Fratelli Tutti.
Presented by The Grail.

10am to 12 midday. 

9 February – Chapter One
13 April – Chapters Two and Four
18 May – Breaking Boundaries with Pope Francis
15 June – Chapter Three
3 August – Chapter Five
21 September – Chapters Six and Seven
9 November – Chapters Seven and Eight

For more details and to register, contact pgemmell@tpg.com.au 

The venue will be The Grail at North Sydney or another larger venue nearby depending on Covid restrictions.

Fratelli Tutti is available online at http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20201003_enciclica-fratelli-tutti.html but we will provide copies of the extracts chosen for reflection. 

First Friday Labyrinth Walks at the Centennial Park Labyrinth
Facilitated by Elizabeth Lee

First Friday of the month.

Liz is offering regular facilitated labyrinth walks on the first Friday of the month at 10am.  There is an open invitation to join one, several or all of these walks.

Each month draws on a different theme.

You can book ahead or just turn up.  Meet at the Centennial Park Labyrinth, Sydney at 10am on the first Friday of each month.  A suggested donation of $10 per session or what you can afford would be gratefully received.

5 March - 2 April – 7 May
4 June – 2 July – 6 August – 3 September
1 October - 5 November – 3 December

Contact: 

For further information and to register go to https://visionandaction.com.au/

Contact: Elizabeth Lee 0422 932 044 or Elizabeth.lee@visionandaction.com.au

Walking with John’s Gospel at the Centennial Park Labyrinth
Facilitated by Elizabeth Lee

Last Friday of the month.

Inspired by Sally Longley’s book  “Walking the Labyrinth with the Beloved in John’s Gospel.” Each fourth Friday of the month we will take a different excerpt of The Gospel of John opening to the interplay of images, words, symbols, metaphors, silence, nature, walking, community and prayer.

You can book ahead or just turn up.  Meet at the Centennial Park Labyrinth, Sydney at 10am on the last Friday of each month.  A suggested donation of $10 per session or what you can afford would be gratefully received.

26 February – 26 March - 23 April
28 May - 25 June – 23 July – 27 August
24 September - 22 October - 26 November

Contact: 

For further information and to register go to https://visionandaction.com.au/

Contact: Elizabeth Lee 0422 932 044 or Elizabeth.lee@visionandaction.com.au

The way of meditation: Pathway to silence, stillness, simplicity...beauty

Meditation sessions Online in zoom - Monday afternoons 4.00p.m. - 4.35 p.m AEST

For experienced meditators to support your own prayer practice of sitting in stillness.

Facilitated by Judith Keller

We sit in silence for 20 minutes and open and close with sacred music. To lead in and out of our sitting together, we draw briefly from a variety of texts including Rilke’s love poems to God; the writings on silence and stillness of John Main, and of Martin Laird; the translations of the Psalms of Nan C Merrill; the Celtic blessings of John P Newell; the meditations for the restless soul of Meister Eckhart; the poetry of Mark Burrows, and of Christine Valters Paintner. Our spiritual texts and songs may also reflect the call to ecological conversion, and draw on the writings of Thomas Berry and Brian Swimme and the new story linking science and spirituality.

For more information see the attached flyer: The Way of Silence

For enquiries and registration contact Judith Keller kellsull@ozemail.com.au

Contemplative Prayer

A Contemplative Prayer Gathering for those who wish to meet the Beloved in their home sacred space.
 

As we cannot meet physically at present, each week on Wednesdays at 6pm we invite you to light a candle, sit in your sacred space, and join us across the spaces that separate for a time of silent listening.
 

Ready for each Wednesday evening, participants will be emailed, in advance, a guided meditation to accompany their contemplative practice.  To receive these offerings in your inbox, email Debbie at Merthyr Road Uniting Church, New Farm, QLD: office@mruca.org.au

Online Dance Chapels

Hosted by Cynthia Winton-Henry and The Hidden Monastery
 

The Dance Chapel- using stillness, connection, movement, song and prayer. Come move, sing, and honor each other’s bodyspirit in these times…

These chapels recognize and enjoy the diverse body-wisdom or all spiritual lineages and led by leaders from North America and Australia. A variety of times available.  

All are welcome.  

For more details and to register to receive the links visit the Hidden Monastery Chapel page. 

Live webcasts from Bonnevaux Centre for Peace

Hosted by the World Community for Christian Meditation

The WCCM hosts several live sessions each week from the International Meditation and Retreat Centre of The World Community for Christian Meditation and the Bonnevaux Community in near Poitiers, France, including mediation, yoga, contemplative eucharist, and courses.

The regular live events are published on this page:

 https://wccm.org/live-webcasts/

Silverwattle Courses and Retreats 

Online offerings

See the Silverwattle website for retreats and courses coming up: https://www.silverwattle.org.au/upcoming-courses?month=03-2020