wisdom ways fall 2013 catalog

A Ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet1890 Randolph Avenue St. Paul, MN 55105

www.wisdomwayscenter.org

Harmony

SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2013

www.wisdomwayscenter.org 651-696-2788 [email protected] 3


ExploreConversations about Sacred Wisdom, Divine Mysteries and Human Questions

* Thomas Merton: Prophet and Guide for the 21st Century ....5

* An Evening Celebration of Hildegard of Bingen .....................5

* Sacred Art of Living and Dying Training Program – Unit 1 ....6

* Two Events with John Philip Newell

and the Human Soul .............................................................7 ...........7

* Etty – The Play ........................................................................8

Re-imagineNew and Emerging Ideas and Understandings

* A Common Cosmic Story: Awakening Earth Ethics – .......................9

* The Whole Picture: Mixing Memoir with History .................. 10

*Conference ............................................................................ 11

MEN’S SPIRITUALITY . 12

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to Nonviolent Communication .............................................. 13 ............................... 13

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Embody Spiritual Practices for Everyday Living

MEDITATION * Teaching Christian Meditation to Children and Youth .......... 15

* Meditation: a Way of Contemplative Prayer ......................... 15 ................................................................... 16

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SPIRITUAL PRACTICES AND RITUALS* Walking in Harmony: A Labyrinth Journey .......................... 18

* Growing into Harmony: A Writing Series ............................. 19 .......... 19

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* Blessing the Day: Making a Small Devotional Book ........... 21

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* NightChants – A Winter Solstice Celebration ...................... 23

ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ~ SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH SPIRITUALITY MINISTRIES

...................... 24Justice Commission ................................................................ 24Membership and Association ................................................. 25Second Sunday ........................................................................ 25Spiritual Direction ................................................................... 25

................................................... 25Carondelet Center .................................................................. 25

EVENTS IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY ............................. 26

St. Paul ..................................................................................... 26

WISDOM WAYS RESOURCES LABYRINTHS TO RENT ................................................. 27

CALENDAR OF PROGRAMS ...................................28-29

LOOKING AHEAD*

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* Coming Home to Soul with

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INDEX & REGISTRATION INFORMATION .............. 30

2 All programs are held at Carondelet Center, 1890 Randolph Ave., St. Paul, unless otherwise noted.

OUR MISSION

Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality offers programs to explore the spiritual dimensions of contemporary life for women and men and to re-imagine and embody all that women can be as agents of transformation in church and society. Established in 1994, Wisdom Ways is a sponsored ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Paul Province, who build their ministries around love of God and the dear neighbor without distinction.

Your comments are welcome. Please contact us at 651-696-2788 or [email protected] to share comments or to notify us of address changes.

WELCOME

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

WISDOM WAYS’ ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Mary Beckfeld, Consociate; Mary Farrell Bednarowski, Ph.D; Meg Gillespie, CSJ; Ginger Hedstrom, Consociate; Rev. Barbara Kellett, Consociate; Honorary member Eleanor Lincoln, CSJ, Ph.D.; William McDonough, Ph.D.; Joan Mitchell, CSJ, Ph.D.; Rev. Julie Neraas; Joan Pauly Schneider, M.Div., Consociate.

CONTRIBUTING WRITER SUSAN GRIFFIN wrote the reflection, for this catalog. Her books have been translated into 17 languages and her essays and poems widely anthologized. Known for blending public history with private memoir, she was named by as one of a hundred important visionaries for the new millennium.

As the movie opens, violin and voice weave a plaintive path around one another, hinting at the grief of the images to come.

Harmony is our theme this fall at Wisdom Ways. We know harmony when we hear it. As it reverberates deep within us, it sounds effortless, yet it always takes work! Bringing two different pitches into the same chord takes a good deal of courage and careful listening. Not just the music of the spheres but the groans of God’s beloved creation inform the song we sing.

Our theme unfolds through a chorus of distinct voices. John Philip Newell probes the way the Holy sacred sound of the universe connects us all. The Hedgerow Initiative invites us into the singing heart of the world’s creation story. How each person’s story dwells in its historical times is the focus of contributing writer Susan Griffin. Using only Etty Hillesum’s words, Susan Stein, actor and writer, takes us to 1943 where we witness the power of hope in the most extreme circumstances, ultimately addressing issues of human nature, human rights and genocide. And during the Fall Soul Conference, we will listen to the cosmos as the Magi did, searching to find new ways home, beyond the denial that keeps us from responding to our warming planet’s plea.

Wisdom Ways strives to create space for harmony-making. There are no soloists here—rather, a community sharing hopes and yearnings that resonate with others. As we move from warmth to chill and light to dark, we invite you to add your part. We are all in this together.

Barbara Lund, Director

You can learn more about programs and presenters at www.wisdomwayscenter.org

HARMONY

We wake up empty and frightened.

Take down a musical instrument. Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to

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THOMAS MERTON: PROPHET AND GUIDE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY This three-part mini-course on the life and writings of the 20th-century Trappist monk Thomas Merton will discuss key aspects of his work as they apply to or-dinary people today, of whatever spiritual persuasion. Focusing on the rich har-mony his life expressed, reflected in his Celtic love of nature and strong sense of social responsibility, this course will be divided into three sessions, with partici-pants reading, if possible, certain books that relate to each topic: (1) Merton’s Early Life, Conversion, and Becoming a Spiritual Writer (read his autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain); (2) Merton’s Ideas on Prayer and Social Action (read Contemplative Prayer with the Introduction by Thich Nhat Hanh) and/or his journal, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander; and (3) Merton’s Dialogue with Asian Religions, especially Buddhism (read The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton). Each evening will consist of a presentation; open dis-cussion, based upon input from the book; and short DVD selections.

Presenter: Ed Sellner, Ph.D., is a professor of theology and spirituality at Saint Catherine University, where he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses and administered vari-ous departmental programs for over thirty years. Ed is also a popular national and international speaker and author whose most recent titles are and The

. Now at work on a book on Buddhism in the lives and writings of Thomas Merton and Jack Kerouac, he recently found the Bangkok, Thailand, cottage where Merton died forty-five years ago this December.

WHEN: Tuesdays, October 8, October 22, and November 5, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

COST: $90.00

AN EVENING CELEBRATION OF HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

* HILDEGARD VON BINGEN

Who was this fascinating medieval mystic and prophetess? What meaning does her life and writing offer women today? The evening will include presentation, conver-sation, and ritual surrounding the theol-ogy and life of Hildegard of Bingen. Mary Sharratt will read from and share about the writing of

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Presenters: Mary Sharratt, author of

Bingen, is a Minnesota-born writer who lives in the Pendle region of Lancashire, Northern England, the setting for her ac-claimed novel, Daughters of the Witching Hill. Mary’s interest in sacred music and herbal medicine, along with twelve years in Germany, inspired her to write

Bingen, which explores the dramatic life of the 12th century Benedictine abbess,

composer, polymath, and powerfrau. won the Nautilus Gold Award for Better Books for a Better World and was selected as a Kirkus Book of the Year. Learn more at www.marysharratt.com.

Gabriel Ross, MA Catechetics and Liturgy, University of St. Thomas, directs Creative Spirit, a non-profit organization dedicated to exploring spirituality through the arts. She has taught adult education courses for over 25 years including a course on women mystics. Gabriel leads women’s spiritu-ality groups, Celtic drum and ritual groups, “Soul Journal” workshops and “Mystics at the River”.

WHEN: Tuesday, October 15, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm COST: $30.00

The new paperback version of will be available for purchase at the event.

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The Music We Make* SUSAN GRIFFIN©

The year is 1952. My sister and I are sitting in the back seat of a recent model Dodge sedan, one of the automobiles that my grandfather, a retired executive salesman for the company that makes these cars, is entitled to buy at a discount every year. As we embark on another yearly ritual, my grandfather drives his new car, while my grandmother sits beside him in the front seat, giving directions. This year, we are going to tour the fancier neighborhood just across Olympic Boulevard so we can see the Christmas lights displayed by the rich and famous. My sister, who lives in Northern California, is here for the holidays. She is 6 and a half years older than I, so because I am about 9 years old, she must be 16. Besides adoring her, I look up to her. She knows much more than I do about everything. Even now she is teaching me to sing in harmony so that during this tour we can serenade our grandparents with Christmas Carols. Since she has an alto voice and I a soprano, our performance works out very well. My favorite carol is Town of Bethlehem. But I also want to sing, Stormy Weather. I love this song so much it makes me want to be a blues singer when I grow up.

Our grandmother is thrilled to see that there is a fine display of lights at Nat King Cole’s house. How she has determined which house is his, I will never know. But in hindsight, it interests me even more that her admiration does not contain even a trace of the subtle racism that was part of how she saw the world. Have the sweet harmonies her granddaughters are making helped to banish, at least temporarily, every bit of this terrible brand of dissonance?

My sister and I, so happy making music, are not thinking about that now. Yet as our voices merge and resonate with or Hark! the Herald a perceptive listener might be able to detect another kind of dissonance that we’ve tried to put in the back of our minds. Since after our parents divorced three years ago, we were separated, me living with my grandparents, my sister sent to live with my Great Aunt at opposite end of the state of California, we are overjoyed to be united again. But still there is a storm on the horizon of our happiness. We both know that before New Year’s Eve my sister will be back on a train heading North. .....continued




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Conversations about Sacred Wisdom, Divine Mysteries and Human Questions TWO EVENTS WITH JOHN PHILIP NEWELL

A NEW HARMONY: THE SPIRIT, THE EARTH, AND THE HUMAN SOUL Through presentation, reflection, meditation, music and conversation, the day will unfold Newell’s new book, A New

, in three parts: The Ancient Harmony, The Broken Harmony and The New Harmony.

As never before in the history of humanity, we are becoming aware of the interrelatedness of life. The question is wheth-er we can bring the treasures of our Christian household to this moment and translate this emerging consciousness into transformative action so that we and the world may be well.

Come seek transformation in our lives and the world by re-membering life’s sacredness, addressing life’s brokenness, and learning to serve earth’s oneness.

WHEN: Tuesday, October 29, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm followed by book signing

COST: $65.00, includes lunch

ONE FOOT IN EDEN: A CELTIC VIEW OF THE STAGES OF LIFE A morning of ritual, music and exploration of the stages from birth to death and the thin places that bridge these junctures on the eve of All Souls, Halloween and All Saints Day.

WHEN: Wednesday, October 30, 9:00 am to 12:00 noon WHERE: Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church,

511 Groveland Ave., MPLSCOST: $35.00, includes beverages and pastries

Presenter: John Philip Newell is a poet, peacemaker, scholar of Celtic spiri-tuality, and minister of the Church of Scotland with a fresh vision for harmony between the great spiritual traditions of humanity. One of the most prominent teachers of spirituality in the English-speaking world, Newell teaches and preaches internationally on themes re-

lated to the sacredness of the earth and the oneness of the human soul. He is founder of the Praying for Peace Initiative, which nurtures greater relationship between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Learn more about Newell at www.salvaterravision.org

the deepest sound within us is the deepest sound within one another and within everything that has being. We will hear that the true harmony of our being belongs to the universe and that the true harmony of the universe

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SACRED ART OF LIVING AND DYING TRAINING PROGRAM

Ancient wisdom tells us that the quality of life is enhanced when we do not live in fear or denial of suffering and mortality. The four-unit Sacred Art of Living and Dying program is taught in two-day, retreat-like workshops that blend presentations, reflection, and sacred ritual to give participants: • Practices to alleviate spiritual and emotional

distress at the end of life. • Strong grounding in the rich monastic history

of spiritual caregiving and practice. • Proven results to relieve physical and spiritual pain and

the voluntary reduction of analgesics at the end of life. • Valuable tools for addressing death anxiety, bereavement

care, and caring for the caregiver to avoid burnout.

Unit 1, Understanding Spiritual Pain, explores the ancient teaching, “We are the medicine,” through the perspectives of quantum science and the healing arts. Encounter the rich cultural history and practices for detecting and alleviating spiritual and emotional distress in times of loss, transition, ill-ness and at the end of life. Discover a Total Pain Management model and learn valuable tools and insights that facilitate ex-amining life’s priorities, addressing death anxiety, and recon-necting one’s “soul and role.”

Richard Groves is co-founder and executive director of the Sacred Art of Living Center in Bend, Oregon. He has degrees in theology, world religions, bio ethics, and law. He is co-author of The American Book of Living and Dyi ng. There will be a team of instructors to teach Unit 1. For more information see www.sacredartofliving.org

WHEN: Friday, October 25, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and Saturday, October 26, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.

COST: $350.00, includes meals, resources and CEUs

Financial support available call Wisdom Ways at 651-696-2788

“ Spirituality is the most overlooked factor in relieving

* CICELY SANDERS, MD,

FOUNDER OF THE MODERN HOSPICE MOVEMENT




ETTY – THE PLAY

So begins ETTY, a one-woman theatrical play based on the diaries and letters of Etty Hillesum. Using only Etty’s words, Susan Stein brings us to 1943, when Etty, a young Jewish woman, is about to be deported out of Holland.

Sharing the stage with a suitcase, Etty speaks to us as she tries to gain clarity and insight into her life as she prepares for her three-day journey to the east. She digs deep into her soul to understand this piece of history and root out any ha-tred or bitterness, believing that humanity is the best and only solution for survival. Etty’s words, insights and beliefs reach out from the Holocaust and allow us to see the power of hope and individual thought in the most extreme circum-stances, ultimately addressing issues of human nature, hu-man rights and genocide. She asks us to consider our own responsibility today, in a world where the promise of “nev-er again” has not yet been realized. In her gentle yet forth-right way, Etty asks us not to leave her at Auschwitz but to let her have a bit of say in what she hopes will be a new world.

Esther “Etty” Hillesum was a young Dutch Jewish student living in Amsterdam during World War II. Etty’s diaries and letters from 1941 - 43 describe life in Nazi-occupied Holland and Westerbork Transit Camp where she was interned. Etty Hillesum was 29 years old when she was murdered at Auschwitz/Birkenau.

Actor and Director: Actor/writer Susan Stein created ETTY after picking up her diaries for fifty cents at a yard sale. After reading them, Susan wanted to give something back to Etty and keep her alive. She has been performing ETTY in theaters, prisons and universities throughout the U.S. and Europe for the past two years. Previously, Susan appeared in Arthur Miller’s American Clock and Bathsheeba Doran’s as well as Richard Nelson’s , Lanford Wilson’s

, Beckett’s Play, and Christopher Durang’s .

Director Austin Pendleton is an American film, television and stage actor, playwright, theater director and teacher whose career spans over forty years. He is an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and the author of

and Booth.

WHEN: Thursday, December 12 and Friday, December 13 at 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

WHERE: Frey Theater on the campus of St. Catherine University (see website for map)

COST: $10.00, free for students with ID

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Conversations about Sacred Wisdom, Divine Mysteries and Human Questions Re-imagineRE-IMAGINE

New and Emerging Ideas and Understandings

HEDGEROW INITIATIVE

A hedgerow is a biosphere and a haven.

A COMMON COSMIC STORY: AWAKENING EARTH ETHICS – SEEKING GLOBAL HARMONY

Tell me a fact and I will learn. Tell me a truth and I will believe. Tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever.Indian Proverb

Our common cosmic story—can it awaken humans to our oneness with all and our part in sustaining life on Earth? What is the power to transform us in the story that science tells of our cosmic unfolding? What ethics arise from kinship with all that is? Evolution is our story—the emergence of life and conscious spirit in matter. So what?

We know as humans the power of story to interpret the past, live in the present, and imagine the future. We live our sto-ries within a multiplicity of metastories—cultural, spiritual, scientific. Which stories shape who we are? Which hold us captive? Which open avenues to global harmony? Which in-spire us and spur us to action?

This course will challenge our assumptions, open us to inte-grate our thoughts, and inspire us to authentic and creative action. Each session will utilize writing prompts to deepen engagement. Participants will gather these writings and create their own book of stories. Prepare to be astonished!

Instructors: Catherine Steffens, CSJ, MA in Education – New School at UND and MA in Spirituality – Creighton University; Joan Pauly Schneider, CSJ Consociate, MA in Theology-St. Catherine University, M.Div-United Theological Seminary.

Guest Presenters: Mary Kaye Medinger, MA Theology; Joan Mitchell, CSJ, MTS-Harvard Divinity School, PhD, Luther Seminary; Gail Worcelo, co-founder of Green Mountain Monastery with Thomas Berry and Bernadette Bostwick; Jill Welter, Professor of Biology, St. Catherine University.

Highlights:• The Power of Story, Our Common Cosmic Story and

Why It Matters• Architecture of Creation: Evolutionary Consciousness• Architecture of Creation: Life, Kinship and Harmony • Architecture of Creation: The Mind and Ground of Being• Emergent Earth Ethics• Fall Soul Conference: What is the Cosmos Telling Us? • What’s the Story? Who Are We, and What Should We Do Now?

Primary Text*

John Feehan

Secondary Texts* Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth, Llewellyn Vaughan-

Lee, Editor* , Catherine Keller*

Barbara Holmes*

John Philip Newell*

Crazy, Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone

WHEN: Mondays September 23 - December 9, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

COST: $240.00 for all 12 sessions. $25.00 per sessionTEXTS: Texts are available through Good Ground Press:

www.goodgroundpress.com. www.wisdomwayscenter.org




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THE WHOLE PICTURE: MIXING MEMOIR WITH HISTORY Just as history is part of us, we are all part of history. This workshop explores how to mix personal stories with the larg-er stories we call history or news. Memoir or autobiography can be given another dimension through the addition of his-torical contexts and current events. Similarly, any history or issue can come to life through personal stories. Susan Griffin, whose work is known for blending history with memoir, will describe the process of creating a collage from personal and public events and present elements of craft that can be used in this process. As we discuss these topics, including the ways that private and public realms are connected, students are en-couraged to ask questions and contribute their own insights. One or two brief assignments will allow students to experi-ment with this form in class.

Presenter: Internationally celebrated and pub-lished in 17 languages and many an-thologies, Susan Griffin’s books meld personal memoir with public history. A Chorus of Stones: the Private Life of War, a New York Times Notable Book and

Pulitzer Prize finalist, explores the development of nuclear weapons, revealing how both private lives and public events can be seen as causes as well as consequences of war. The

explores a hidden side of women’s history; the ground-breaking Woman and Nature, connecting the denigration of women with the devaluation and reification of nature, inspired the movement known as eco-feminism. She co-edited Transforming Terror:

, whose contributors from 24 different countries present a path to non-violence by rec-ognizing that civilians targeted by violence all over the world have a common cause.

Find out more about Griffin, named by Utne Reader as one of a hundred important visionaries for the new millennium, at www.susangriffin.com

WHEN: Thursday, November 21, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm COST: $55.00Limited to 25 participants

RE-IMAGINE

As the planet warms, it cries out—through deadly heat waves, drought, superstorms like Hurricane Sandy, rising sea levels, and vanishing plant and animal species. But who is listening? Through discussion and reflection, song, film, science, and literature, we will practice being attentive to lis-tening to the cosmos, and explore how to move beyond denial to find meaning in a time of frightening change, transform our ways of living, and respond to the earth’s plea.

Film: Chasing Ice

is the story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of climate change. Using time-lapse cameras, National Geographic photographer James Balog’s videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate. For more visit www.chasingice.com

Keynote presenters:Listening to the Ice is the theme of award-winning, best-selling author Susan Griffin’s session. Her forthcoming novel

tells a story of global warming through the eyes of a skater from Southern California. “Gigi is strong headed, which sustains her through many challenges,” says Griffin. “But to create this dance she will ultimately have to learn a deep humility...this quality is also what is required of us now as inhabitants of an earth endangered by global warm-ing. We need to see that we aren’t on this planet alone. To save

ourselves and what we love, we will have to learn to dance with all creation.” Griffin has written 20 books, including fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, and online essays for The Huffington Post, The Women’s Media Center and Open Democracy. Mark Seeley is Extension Climatologist and Professor in the Department of Soil, Water, and Climate at the University of Minnesota and weekly commentator on Minnesota Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” news program. He has helped Twin Cities Public Television produce award-winning docu-mentaries, edited numerous children’s books on weather and climate, and has taught atmospheric science to K-12 science teachers for over 20 years. Mark will lead What’s Happening in Our Own Backyard?, a discussion on extreme weather and our changing climate.

Through the “mysterious accidental process” of songwriting, Adam Levy, lead singer of Minneapolis based, The Honeydogs, will help us imagine through song and our own stories what the planet is trying to tell us.

WHEN: Friday, November 22, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Saturday, November 23, 9:30 am to 3:00 pm

COST: Friday only $20.00, Saturday only $55.00, includes lunch Full event both Friday and Saturday, $60.00 $10.00 for students with ID for full event

WHAT IS THE COSMOS TELLING US? ANNUAL FALL SOUL CONFERENCE

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No wonder the term harmony is used as a metaphor for the nearly indefinable state of being that comes from living peacefully with others. As various harmonies echo through your body and your mind, these sounds will expand whatever your state of mind, drawing you into larger worlds. You become aware simultaneously of the largeness that has surrounded you all along and the largeness that is always inside you. .....continued

Chasing Ice attempt by a scientist named James Balog and his team of researchers on the Extreme

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ENHANCING OUR RELATIONSHIPS – AN INTRODUCTION TO NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION (NVC)Culturally, we have been educated from birth to compete, judge, demand and diagnose, to think and communicate in terms of what is “right” and “wrong”. Nonviolent Communication (NVC) helps increase our awareness about how we think and use language in everyday conversation and promotes compas-sionate consciousness in our interactions with others. These simple but effective communication skills help us to commu-nicate without blame, criticism or demands. They also provide effective tools to heal pain, find mutually satisfying resolution to conflict, and to get needs met peacefully. Come learn and practice the basic principles and techniques of Nonviolent Communication (NVC), a valuable communication model that can enhance relationships in our own lives.

Facilitator: Yvette Erasmus, M.Ed., MA, a trained facilitator of mind-body skills groups through the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, DC, has extensive experience teach-ing Compassionate Communication—a communication model designed to transform domination systems—with preschool children, teachers, parents and prison inmates. Learn more about NVC at www.cnvc.org WHEN: Wednesday, November 20, 7:15 am to 9:15 amCOST: $30.00

AN EVENING WTH STORYTELLER KEVIN KLINGWhat do we do with loss, intense suffering and the focused an-ger that arises out of loss that can’t be cured and only healed? Kevin Kling knows the desolate inner experience of living with PTSD from an accident that nearly killed him. He has reflected on how the three phases of prayer in his life (from praying to

get things, to praying to get out of things, to gratitude) have allowed for him to find “a blessing in my curses every day.” A good code of conduct for men confronting violence may well be Kevin’s words of wisdom, “When you’re laughing at some-thing, it can’t control you.” He helps us to “find solace in mys-tery through storytelling.” Join us for this engaging evening of laughter and storytelling connected to our theme by a man who has experienced life deeply.

Presenter: Monologist and playwright Kevin Kling is working with Minnesota Public Radio in a three-year residency, which culminates in an annual original radio play on the Fitzgerald stage. He appears often at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee, is a commentator for National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” and the author of the books and

, the 2012 Minnesota Center for Books Arts “Winter Book.” WHEN: Wednesday, December 4, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pmCOST: $30.00 (open to both men and women)

CENTERING PRAYER CIRCLETo foster community among participants, the Wisdom Ways Men’s Spirituality Series will hold a monthly contemplative prayer circle. Each meeting will begin with 20 minutes of contemplative prayer practice using Centering Prayer as the method. Opportunity for group sharing around this prayer will be included, as well as occasional video teachings by Centering Prayer teacher and Trappist monk Thomas Keating. This ancient practice of Christian meditation is related to the classic tradition of contemplation and is easily accessible.

Facilitators: Louie Doering, a retired banking executive and group leader for Centering Prayer groups at St. Stanislaus Parish in St. Paul, and Terry Shaughnessy, Men’s Spirituality Program Coordinator. WHEN: Wednesdays, 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm, September 4,

October 2, November 6, and December 11 COST: Donation, RSVP

MEN’S STRUGGLE WITH VIOLENCE AND OUR CALL TO NONVIOLENCE: A GROUP DISCUSSION Kick off our fall series by participating in an informed discussion on men, our struggle with violence, and our call to nonviolent ways of being. In recognizing how violence permeates our lives, it is a confusing struggle to know how to bring intentionality, emotional intelligence and practical spiritual wisdom to bear in facing violence and living peacefully. When our nonviolent values are usurped by predominating cultural values of male aggressiveness, how do we bring balance to our lives? Participants are invited to read and discuss an insightful article from America magazine, which relates Thomas Merton’s understanding of cultural violence to the Boston Marathon bombing. Article will be sent to all registered participants and available at www.wisdomwayscenter.org.

Co-facilitators: Roy Wolff, theologian and activist, and Terry Shaughnessy, Men’s Spirituality Program Coordinator.

WHEN: Wednesday, September 11, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pmCOST: RSVP, donation

FULL CIRCLE, FULL SPIRIT: MEN’S JOURNEY TO GENDER JUSTICE This morning session will reflect upon the epidemic level of male violence against women and children and the overwhelming male silence that accompanies this onslaught. We will review gender socialization and societal norms that support the imbalance of power, safety, and status between men and women, girls and boys. Then we will begin to consider a mending that restores the social balance, respect, and honor that both women and men deserve. Full circle, full spirit.

Facilitator: Chuck Derry has worked to end men’s violence against women since 1983. He is co-founder of the Gender Violence Institute (GVI) in Clearwater, MN. GVI provides training and technical assistance nationally and inter-nationally on the dynamics of domestic violence, criminal justice system reform, effective coordinated community responses to domestic violence, law enforcement investigations, and rehabilitative programs for men who batter.

WHEN: Wednesday, October 30, 7:15 am to 9:15 am COST: $30.00

MEN’S SPIRITUALITY

men register for the sessions (except for December 4).

Coordinator: Terry Shaughnessy holds an MA in Christian Spirituality from Creighton -

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Spiritual Practices for Everyday Living

MEDITATION

TEACHING CHRISTIAN MEDITATION TO CHILDREN AND YOUTHYoung people have a natural capacity for meditation, and they love it! When their capacity meets the ancient practice of Christian meditation, the exciting benefit is a mindfulness that helps them reduce stress, increase their sense of well-being, and deepen their relationship with God. When we teach children to meditate, we are at the same time fostering their sense of being valued and loved.

Come learn how to make this ancient spiritual practice and universal life skill more available to children and youth. For teachers, pastors, healthcare professionals, religious education staff, youth directors, counselors, parents, and all involved in the development of children and youth, this seminar will address the spiritual, psychological, and practical aspects of introducing Christian meditation to children and youth.

Topics Include:• What is Christian Meditation?• Why Teach Meditation to Children and Youth?• Review of Research on Christian Meditation• Practical Tools and Techniques for Teaching

Meditation to Children and Youth• Questions and Explorations of Getting Started

in Local Community

Presenters: Dr. Cathy Day is Director of Catholic Education for the Diocese of Townsville in Australia. Under her leadership, a Christian Meditation program was developed for all Catholic schools in the diocese. Ernie Christie is Assistant Director of the Catholic Education Office in Townsville. He is the author of Coming Home: A Guide to Teaching Christian Meditation to Children.

WHEN: Friday, September 20, 9:00 am to 3:00 pmCOST: Early bird special $40.00 through September 6th,

regular rate, $55.00, includes lunch. $10.00 for students with ID.

MEDITATION: A WAY OF CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER

the draw of divine love.

* EILEEN O’HEA, CSJ

Meditation is a form of contemplative prayer in which we move beyond words, thoughts, and images. We open ourselves to God’s mysterious and silent presence within us and to a change in consciousness. This contemplative consciousness enables us to find God present in all things and compels us beyond our place of prayer to compassionate action in the world. This fall, Wisdom Ways offers weekly times of meditating with others, teaching sessions, and a full day of prayer during Advent to deepen our contemplative practice. We invite you to learn this way of Christian contemplative prayer. ...continued on page 16

* CHILD IN MEDITATION PROGRAM IN UK SCHOOLS

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Is a connection with the universe deeply embedded in us, even in our bodies? I have learned from my friend, the cognitive scientist, George Lakoff, that empathy is a natural function of the brain. When we observe sorrow or happiness in another, nerves that correspond to these feelings in our own bodies and minds will fire off in sympathy. Or as I picture it, in harmonious chords that create a silent music, an emotional call and response. .....continued




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CHRISTIAN MEDITATION – TIMES OF PRAYER

During these times of prayer, we will sit in silent meditation with others. Meditating together supports our personal practice. Come as often as you are able.

TUESDAY EVENING MEDITATION

The weekly sessions include a short reading and one 25-minute meditation. Following meditation, there will an optional short introduction to Christian Meditation for those new to this form of prayer.

WHEN: Weekly on Tuesday evening, September 3 – December 17, 7:00 pm to 7:40 pm.

COST: Registration is not required and sessions are free.

CHRISTIAN MEDITATION – TEACHING SESSIONSBECOMING ONE WITH THE ONE: AN INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIAN MEDITATIONJohn Main, a twentieth-century Benedictine Monk, reintroduced spiritual seekers to the rich Christian tradition of meditation. On this weekend, we will explore his teachings on meditation as a way of contemplative prayer, its roots in the Christian tradition, the practice of meditation, its stages, and its power to compel us beyond our place of prayer to compassionate action in the world. Each session will include presentations, discussion, and times of meditation together.

WHEN: Friday, October 11, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm and Saturday, October 12, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. A few rooms for lodging are available Friday night for an additional charge. Please call Wisdom Ways at 651-696-2788.

COST: $55.00, includes lunch on Saturday

THE ROOTS OF MEDITATION IN THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION Come explore the roots of meditation (contemplative prayer) in the Christian tradition beginning with contemporaries John Main and Thomas Keating and going back to the Cloud of Unknowing, the desert fathers and mothers, and the words of Jesus. The session will include a time of meditation. This session is offered twice so you may choose one that is convenient for you.

WHEN: Wednesday, November 6,10:00 am to 11:30 am and Wednesday, November 20, 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

COST: Donation, RSVP

DAY OF CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER During Advent, a time of waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Christmas mysteries, this day of contemplative prayer provides a more extended and focused time to deepen our existing practice of meditation. A pattern of sitting and walking meditations, teaching, mindful movements, and chanting offer an experience of prayer and silence. Please plan to attend the entire day. Limited to 25 participants.

WHEN: Saturday, December 14, 8:30 am to 3:15 pmCOST: $40.00, includes lunch

Facilitators: Deborah Chernick, a CSJ consociate and longtime meditation practitioner, is on the board of the Trust for the Meditation Process. She is a financial management consultant for nonprofits. Susan Oeffling, CSJ, a spiritual director and group facilitator, has practiced meditation for years. She has master’s degrees in theology and counseling and spiritual direction training from the Center for Spiritual Guidance.

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But dissonance, if you can hear it, enlarges your world too. In the words of the poet Theodore Roethke, “In a dark time, the eye begins to see.” I am thinking that the pain of loss my sister and I endured as children must have helped to turn both of us into writers. And there were other subtle signs of a greater dissonance we experienced on that night of making harmonies. In December of 1952, just as we passed by Nat King Cole’s House, another storm was appearing on the horizon. This was the same month and year when the Supreme Court began to hear the landmark case, Brown v Board of Education, that would challenge the legality of segregation in public schools. .....continued

Learning to pray is learning to liveas fully as possible in the present moment

* JOHN MAIN, OSB




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WALKING IN HARMONY: A LABYRINTH JOURNEY

In the midst of daily challenges and conflicts within our greater communities, cultivating a spirit of harmony and peace is a gift to yourself and to the world.

You are invited to walk the labyrinth indoors at Carondelet Center, whether this is your first walk or you are developing a spiritual practice.

After a brief reflection, you are welcome to walk as often as you wish. There will be space for writing and artist play as well as time for quiet prayer and meditation.

In 1997, Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality mowed an outdoor labyrinth in the lawn of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, the first in the Twin Cities community. Wisdom Ways has introduced the labyrinth to thousands through the many labyrinth conferences, programs and events we have sponsored since then.

Facilitators: Since 1991, Barbara Kellett, M.Div., a Veriditas trained labyrinth facilitator, has presented labyrinths in numerous interfaith and secular settings, while guiding thousands of people. She sparked what became the Minnesota Labyrinth Network and helped shape the Wisdom Ways Labyrinth Festivals. Barbara is often called the “Grandmother of Minnesota Labyrinths”. She is a member of Wisdom Ways Advisory Team and developed the rental of labyrinths through Wisdom Ways.

Marilyn Larsen has been making labyrinths since 1996. She creates labyrinths for personal and public spaces in a variety of media. Most recently, she designed the labyrinth for the Spiritual Center at Hennepin County Medical Center.

M.J. McGregor, Ph.D, Advanced Veriditas Certified Facilitator, introduces and facilitates labyrinth walks nationally and in Chartres Cathedral, France. M.J. leads pilgrimages in Chartres, where she is a seasonal resident, and most recently co-guided a walking pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres Cathedral.

WHEN: 2nd Fridays of the month September 13, October 11, November 8, December 13, 9:30 am to 11:00 am

COST: Free, RSVP

GROWING INTO HARMONY: A WRITING SERIES How do our lives progress from harmony to dissonance to harmony once again? To explore this question

and music and our own storehouse of experience.

SPIRITUAL PRACTICES

Sing a New Song: A Workshop Of Word and Music Bring your pen and prepare to dance between words and music as we examine and weave together text without melody and melody without text. We will write new words to old tunes, always listening for words and chords of dissonance and harmony. Inspiring us will be words and poems from Kathleen Norris, zen poets, and Minnesota poets as well as cello music of J. S. Bach, vocal meditation, hymns and folk tunes.

WHEN: Tuesday, October 1, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm COST: $30.00

Writing as Illumination The afternoon will focus on paths, illumined and shadowy, that define our journey. We’ll read and reflect on essays by Jane Hirshfield and Patricia Hampl and poems by T. S. Eliot, lucille clifton, Mary Oliver, and Rumi. A labyrinth journey with cello accompaniment, writing in response to images, and sharing our writing and enlightenment with the group will help us illumine our journeys. There will be time to re-work/refine first drafts. Please bring your own work or a work of a writer you admire on the subject of Illumination.

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Writing as Sanctuary Reading, writing, and sharing in community creates a sanctuary. We will write in celebration and consternation of change – the progression from discord to accord – in order to see and know our lives in continual movement. Writing about thin places which we recognize as divine events in our journey as we listen to Native American, ancient Chinese, and Anglican readings as well as cello music by Casals and Vaughn-Williams, together we will compose a litany for transformation.

WHEN: Friday, October 4, 9:00 am to 11:30 am COST: $40.00

All three events special $99.00

Presenter: Carol Pearce Bjorlie has spent her life dancing between words and music. Her poetry and essays appear in

and recently, Poetry Journal. Behind the Cello, poetry about music, was published by Main Street Rag, Charlotte, NC, in 2012. She is poetry editor of in Asheville, NC, where she teaches writing at the Osher Lifelong Living Institute at the University of North Carolina and freelances as a cellist.

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actual making of a book is uncomplicated.

A simple pamphlet stitch or an accordion book can be learned in the span of an hour. Begin by folding pages with the grain so that the book will open and

* REGULA RUSSELLE©

REFLECTION

Though we aim for beauty in our language, most writers are more drawn to write about dissonance than harmony. We are drawn to injustice, crimes, abuse, unspeakable subjects, whatever has been ignored, censored, or denied. .....continued

BLESSING THE DAY: MAKING A SMALL DEVOTIONAL BOOK The practice of art has the power to connect us to our deepest selves, the wider community, the life of the spirit. The calligrapher Donald Jackson says that to choose a text that resonates with us and to render it carefully on beautiful paper will alter the way we understand that text. Poet William Stafford writes that our art making will reflect our inner coherence, that akin to all spiritual practice, it will inform and remind us who we are.

In this workshop, you will make a small, beautiful, hand-crafted book on the theme of Blessing the Day using poetry or prose and simple images. Your book may contain original writing or a chosen text. We will also reflect on the creative process and explore how our art making might be integrated into our personal and community lives. The focus will be on shaping a well-made book that can be made with inexpensive tools on a kitchen table or a desk.

Presenter: Regula Russelle loves teaching book arts to college students at Augsburg College and to community members at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. She also runs a small, independent press, Cedar Fence Press, and enjoys collaborating with others to get word and image into print. Her work is shown nationally and she has won several honors including the 2011 Minnesota Book Artist Award. She is a long-time member of Prospect Hill Friends Meeting. See more of Regula’s work at www.regularusselle.com

WHEN: Tuesdays, November 19, 26, December 3, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

COST: $90.00, includes supplies – the class is limited to 12 participants. No previous art experience is necessary for this class. A perfect gift for the holiday season!




In her new book, Writing to Wake the Soul, writer, teacher and minister Karen Hering invites readers to awaken the “still, small voice within” through a spiritual practice of writing offered in many recent Wisdom Ways programs. Come savor food for thought about writing, the nature of language and spiritual practice, and how to engage words as bridges of connection rather than points of division and departure. For those who wish to write, the book provides reflections on writing and spiritual practice and more than two hundred pages of meditations and writing prompts to launch or nurture your own practice at home. Other readers may enjoy the book as a guide for meditation on ten key words, including

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Books will be for sale at a discounted price and a book signing will follow the reading.

Presenter: Karen Hering is a consulting literary minister based at Unity Church – Unitarian and serving the larger community. Her ministry of story and words offers guided writing sessions, retreats and workshops that engage writing as a spiritual practice and a tool for social change. Her reflections have appeared in journals, anthologies and several Wisdom Ways catalogs. Learn more at www.uni tyun i tar ian .org/ l i terary-ministry.html

WHEN: Thursday, December 5, 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm followed by book signing and reception.

COST: Free, RSVP.

REFLECTION

It is a sad part of Nat King Cole’s story that ignoring a request from the NAACP, he continued to sing in segregated clubs. Yet, even so when he performed in the state where he was born, Alabama, he was attacked on stage by a group of white men causing an injury to his back that gave him pain for the rest of his life. .....continued

A WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATIONNightChants

Winter Solstice features selections from Jan Gilbert’s

texts for mixed vocal ensemble. Originally commissioned by the Minneapolis ensemble LISTEN, NightChants explores chanting in both traditional and experimental ways. Selections from the work have been recorded by Chanticleer and performed by choirs as well as small vocal ensembles. The performance for Solstice will include chant settings of texts from Navajo, Caxinua, Crow, Eskimo and Quechua traditions from W.S. Merwin’s translations.

Jan Gilbert’s interest in experimental and non-western music has led her to create many works centering on cross-cultural themes. Her choral works include commissions by Chanticleer, the Dale Warland Singers, Ars Nova Singers, LISTEN, WomanVoice Choral Festival, and the United Nations International Choir of Houston. Her instrumental works often include narration - settings of folktales from the Hmong, Tlingit, Mozambique, and Mexican cultures. She has

collaborated with Gita Kar, storyteller, Ranee Ramaswamy, choreographer, Nirmala Rajasekar, veena artist, Ying Zhang, Chinese flutist, and Hossein Omoumi, Persian ney. Her latest work, for Persian singer Jessika Kenney, is a setting in Farsi of the poetry of Fatemeh Keshavarz.

The vocal ensemble will be directed by David Harris, vocalist and director of Voices of the Sepharad.

WHEN: Thursday, December 19, 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm COST: Donation; registration required - see Wisdom Ways

website; www.wisdomwayscenter.org

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ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIESSISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH SPIRITUALITY MINISTRIES

CELESTE’S DREAM: SPIRITUALITY FOR YOUNG ADULTSEngage in Community * Nourish Spirit *We are a ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Rooted in the Catholic, Christian faith, we welcome people from all spiritual traditions. We offer young adults 20-35 years old an opportunity to integrate their education, values, spirituality, and work in the context of community through retreats and programs on- and off-site. Come join us for weekly community gardening, programs like Presentation and a Pint, and a visit to women’s religious communities to meet, learn, share meals, and pray with Catholic Sisters. For more information on Celeste Dream events go to www.csjstpaul.org/celeste or contact 651-696-2873 or email [email protected].

JUSTICE COMMISSIONThe Justice Commission of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and Consociates, St. Paul Province, acts for justice and equality for all by always moving toward profound love of God and neighbor without distinction. We join with other groups in addressing issues influencing human dignity and Earth.

11th Day Prayer for PeaceCreated in 2001 and offered on the 11th of each month, 11th Day Prayer for Peace provides the opportunity for those gathered to pray for peace in situations throughout the world where it is needed. Themes include a variety of issues such as anti-human trafficking, dismantling racism, eco-justice, life from womb to tomb, non-partisan get out the vote and more.

WHEN: 11th day of each month, 6:30 pm to 7:15 pmWHERE: Presentation of Our Lady Chapel

(Sisters Chapel), 1890 Randolph Ave., St. Paul

September 11 International Day for PeaceOctober 11 Criminal JusticeNovember 11 Armistice DayDecember 11 Our Lady of Guadalupe

CSJ MEMBERSHIP AND ASSOCIATIONThe CSJ Way: Community, Spirituality, and Justice – a half-day retreat!

Spend a Saturday morning with the Sisters of St. Joseph and Consociates learning about the many ways to become involved with this energetic, contemporary community of spirituality and justice. The morning will include prayer and stories focusing on this community’s mission and spirituality. Themes explored include ecology, spirituality and justice. Learn about how you can engage as program participant, volunteer, Consociate and/or Sister. Healthy, nourishing snacks will be provided. Join this movement!

WHEN: Saturday, September 21, 9:00 am to 12:30 pmWHERE: CSJ Administration Center,

1884 Randolph Ave. St. Paul, MNCONTACT: Joan Pauly Schneider at 651-690-7063,

[email protected], or Mary Kaye Medinger at 651-690-7082, [email protected].

Rituals to Mark the Seasons – Celebrating the Journey Season by Season

Gather together at Carondelet Center to connect with earth rhythms and ancient wisdom traditions in prayer and ritual to celebrate the change of seasons. Bring a drum or other rhythm instrument if you would like.

September 18 Fall Equinox: Beginning the Journey into Darkness

October 30 Samhain/All Hallows Eve: The Thinning of the Veil

December 18 Winter Solstice: Celebrating the Newborn Cosmic Child

January 29 Candlemas/Brigid’s Day: The Growing Light on Your Journey

WHEN: Gather at 5:30 pm; ritual from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. These seasonal gatherings were started by Roseann Giguere, CSJ, who died on June 9, 2013.

WHERE: Carondelet CenterCONTACT: Mary Lou Flandrick at 612-724-6008COST: Free, no registration

SECOND SUNDAY – NOW IN ITS 26TH YEARSecond Sunday is a community circle in which women and men and families gather to reflect together on the Sunday scriptures. Second Sunday began among the Sisters of St. Joseph in three community houses.

In 2004 the members of Second Sunday decided to gather at Carondelet Center. We reflect on the Sunday gospel and nourish one another’s lives with this sharing. We share bread and wine and lift up the prayers of all gathered and concerns for the world. Following, we drink coffee and enjoy treats. All are welcome and invited to come when you can. The group is a new blessing each month. WHEN: Second Sunday of each month, 10:00 amWHERE: Carondelet Center, 1890 Randolph Ave. CONTACT: Therese Sherlock, CSJ, 651-690-7011

SPIRITUAL DIRECTION Spiritual Direction is the practice of being with people as they attempt to deepen their relationship with the divine. In spiritual direction, space is created for one to learn and grow in their spirituality. The person seeking direction shares stories of his or her encounters of the divine, or how he or she is experiencing spiritual issues.

Spiritual direction nurtures a deeper relationship with the spiritual aspect of being human. It is not counseling, psychotherapy or financial planning. If you seek spiritual direction, the following CSJ Spiritual Directors are available to support you on your journey.

Elizabeth Kerwin, CSJ 651-641-0008Margaret L. Kvasnicka, CSJ 651-696-2805 (women only)Mary Lamski, CSJ 651-695-5387Susan Oeffling, CSJ 651-696-2757Cathy Steffens, CSJ 651-696-2760Jill Underdahl, CSJ 651-696-2873 Gina Webb, CSJ 651-696-2757

RETREAT CENTERCarondelet Center welcomes individuals and groups for meetings and retreats.

Visit www.carondeletcenter.org or call 651-696-2741.




EVENTS IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY WISDOM WAYS RESOURCES

CELTIC CONTEMPLATIVE COMMUNION:

* a Celtic Journey into the Mysteries

September 8 Let My Prayer Rise UpOctober 13 Suddenly Anything Could Happen to You November 10 To Love God Is to Love Many Things December 8 The Fear of Love December 24 Our 6th Annual Celtic Christmas Eve ServiceJanuary 12 Take Me as I Am

NORDIC CONTEMPLATIVE EVENING PRAYER:

* the rich and haunting music of the Scandinavian peoples

September 22 I Don’t Know Who God Is ExactlyOctober 27 Don’t Come to Me with the Entire TruthNovember 24 Seasons of God’s MerciesJanuary 27 Make Light of Darkness

SAINT CLAIR SUNDAY EVENINGS AT PILGRIM LUTHERAN CHURCH

October 10, 7:00pm at The O’ShaughnessyCathleen Kaveny, Notre Dame University professor of moral theology and law, will speak on religious liberty, “Catholics in the Public Square: Prophecy, Civility and Truth.” Kaveny has published a new book on the topic: Autonomy and Solidarity in American Society.

7TH ANNUAL MYSER LECTURE AND AWARD ON CATHOLIC IDENTITY

EVENTS IN THE WIDER COMMUNITYLABYRINTH RESOURCES TO RENTOne mission of Wisdom Ways is to share resources in ever-expanding circles. Wisdom Ways has over 70 multiple-sized labyrinths and ritual items for rent. Canvas labyrinths are available to rent for church or community events, business retreat days, civic gatherings, weddings, celebrations and personal use. Additional ritual and creative resources are also available. To see selection, visit www.wisdomwayscenter.org or call 651-696-2788 to make arrangements.

Wisdom Ways’ labyrinth facilitators are available to bring presentations and portable labyrinths to your site or to guide you in the use of your own labyrinth. Contact us at 651-696-2788 to make arrangements or visit www.wisdomwayscenter.org.

LIBRARYWisdom Ways’ collection of more than 2,500 books, audio, videotapes and CD/DVDs on spirituality-related themes is located in the west parlor of Carondelet Center. Browse our labyrinth section of inspiring images and background on the labyrinth.

DIRECTIONS TO CARONDELET CENTERCarondelet Center is located at 1890 Randolph Avenue, St. Paul, between Cleveland and Fairview Avenues. From I-94, take the Snelling or Cretin/Vandalia exit south to Randolph Avenue. Travel west from Snelling or east from Cretin. From I-35E, take the Randolph exit west past Fairview to 1890 Randolph. Turn in at either of the two driveways marked by the brown and teal signs marked CSJ, Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Free parking is available.

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FALL-WINTER 2013 CALENDARFALL-WINTER 2013 CALENDAR

ONGOING OFFERINGS

Tuesday Evening Christian Meditation-Times of Prayer

7:00 pm to 7:40 pm

St. Brigid’s Day with Pádraigín Clancy – January 31-February 1, 2014Celebrate the feast day of St. Brigid with scholar Padraigín Clancy, who will draw on her knowledge of Celtic Christian Spirituality to bring Brigid’s day alive.

Coming Home to Soul with Joyce Rupp and Mary Kay Shanley, May 1-4, 2014This four-day retreat will inspire and sharpen skills that help express the soul’s hidden treasures. Led by author, cre-ative midwife, and Servite Sister Joyce Rupp with Mary Kay Shanley, 2012-13 Iowa Author of the Year.

LOOKING AHEAD

SEPTEMBER Date Program Page 9/3 Tuesday Evening Christian Meditation Series: 9/3 – 12/17 16 9/4 Men’s Centering Prayer 13 9/11 Men’s Spirituality Series 12 9/13 Walking in Harmony: A Labyrinth Journey 18 9/20 Teaching Christian Meditation to Children & Youth 15 9/23 Hedgerow – A Common Cosmic Story: Awakening Earth Ethics, Seeking Global Harmony 9 9/30 Hedgerow – A Common Cosmic Story: Awakening Earth Ethics, Seeking Global Harmony 9

OCTOBER

Date Program Page

10/1 Sing a New Song 19 10/2 Men’s Centering Prayer 13

10/3 Writing as Illumination 19

10/4 Writing as Sanctuary 20

10/7 Hedgerow – A Common Cosmic Story: Awakening Earth Ethics, Seeking Global Harmony 9

10/8 Thomas Merton: Prophet & Guide for the 21st Century 5

10/11 Walking in Harmony: A Labyrinth Journey 18

10/11 Becoming One with the One: 10/12 An Introduction to Christian Meditation – Teaching Retreat 16 10/14 Hedgerow – A Common Cosmic Story: Awakening Earth Ethics, Seeking Global Harmony 9

10/15 An Evening Celebration of Hildegard of Bingen 5 10/21 Hedgerow – A Common Cosmic Story: Awakening Earth Ethics, Seeking Global Harmony 9


10/25 – Sacred Art of Living & Dying, Unit 1 10/26 6 10/28 Hedgerow – A Common Cosmic Story: Awakening Earth Ethics, Seeking Global Harmony 9

10/29 John Philip Newell: A New Harmony @ Wisdom Ways 7 10/30 John Philip Newell: One Foot In Eden 7 @ Hennepin Avenue United Methodist

10/30 Men’s Spirituality Series 12

NOVEMBER

Date Program Page



11/6 The Roots of Meditation in the Christian Tradition 17

11/6 Men’s Centering Prayer 13



11/19 Blessing the Day: Making a Small Devotional Booklet 21


11/20 The Roots of Meditation in the Christian Tradition 17

11/21 The Whole Picture: Mixing Memoir with History 10

11/22 – Fall Soul Conference 11/23 11



DECEMBER

Date Program Page




12/5 Writing to Wake the Soul Reading & Book Signing 22


12/11 Men’s Centering Prayer 13

12/12 – Etty the Play @ SCU 12/13 8


12/14 Day of Contemplative Prayer 17

12/20 Winter Solstice Celebration - NightChants 23


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PRESENTERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER - FALL 2013

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Carol Pearce Bjorlie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-20Deborah Chernick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Ernie Christie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Cathy Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Chuck Derry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Louie Doering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Yvette Erasmus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Jan Gilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Susan Griffin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 10, 11David Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Karen Hering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Barbara Kellett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Kevin Kling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Marilyn Larsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Adam Levy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11MJ McGregor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Mary Kaye Medinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Joan Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9John Philip Newell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Susan Oeffling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Gabriel Ashley Ross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Regula Russelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Joan Pauly Schneider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Mark Seeley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Ed Sellner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Mary Sharratt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Terry Shaughnessy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 13Cathy Steffens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Susan Stein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Jill Welter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Roy Wolff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Gail Worcelo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Ways to register:www.wisdomwayscenter.org

Phone registration at 651-696-2788 or email at [email protected].

Gift certificates are available, call 651-696-2788. Financial assistance is available for all programs.

Unless otherwise noted, all events will be held at the Carondelet Center, 1890 Randolph Avenue, Saint Paul, MN. Free and ample parking.

INDEX AND REGISTRATION REFLECTION

Sometimes I love you. Despite the extraordinarily smooth flow of Cole’s pleasantly low voice, I hear a rich complexity when he sings. Sometimes I hate you. It’s this complexity that makes me like his voice so much. But when I hate you It’s cause I love you. The way he sings, even the most cheerful lyrics, I’m happy when I’m with you, are ringed with a shadowy sadness. I suspect that to achieve harmony among us, we are called on to feel whatever dissonance we’ve been avoiding. I know this to be true from the process of writing. So many times I’ve encountered this paradox: whenever I begin to recognize and name the form of dissonance I have been avoiding, I find myself to be more in tune with myself. And as what has been rejected is reclaimed, telling an uncomfortable truth has another almost alchemical effect: my story (or your story, his or hers) becomes our story, part of the music we make together every day.

* SUSAN GRIFFIN©

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