Contemplative Programs by Shalem Graduates
The programs listed here are offered by graduates of Shalem's extension programs and are provided as a service for people looking for spiritual formation opportunities. They are not sponsored by the Shalem Institute. Contact each event directly to find out more information or to register -- you cannot register for these events through Shalem.
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For a directory of spiritual retreat and conference centers, go to http://www.findthedivine.com, integrated with http://www.seekaretreat.com, a directory of retreat events, retreat leaders and spiritual advisors.
Spiritual Directors International also has a resource list of global retreat centers at http://www.sdiworld.org/retreat_centers.html
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Idaho
Event: Retreat- Losses of Our Lives
Date: November 13 - 15, 2012
Place: Monastery of St Gertrude, Cottonwood, Idaho
Time: 7:30 pm Nov 13 - 1:30 pm Nov 15
Cost: $175 - includes room and board
Details: From birth until we take our last breath, life continually presents us with unwanted losses. We’ll explore awareness of the myriad ways we face loss daily, a posture of responding to loss without holding too tightly, and ways of experiencing the sacred in loss.
Leader: Dr. Nancy Copeland-Payton is an experienced retreat leader, spiritual director, ordained Presbyterian pastor, and a physician who practiced medicine for twenty years. She is a graduate of Shalem’s Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups & Retreats and the author of The Losses of Our Lives: The Sacred Gifts of Renewal in Everyday Loss.
Contact: Monastery of St Gertrude www.stgertrudes.org, (208) 962-2000,
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Indiana
Event: Directed Retreats:
Dates: October 14-19, 2012
Time: Sunday 7pm – Friday 1:00pm
Place: John XXIII Retreat Center, 407 W. McDonald St., Hartford City, IN 47348
Cost: Retreat fee includes daily, personal spiritual direction, lodging, and all meals for $75.00 per day. There is $50 non-refundable deposit to reserve your place, which will be applied to your balance.
Details: If you have a desire for a special walk with Jesus, then a Directed Retreat is for you. Each day you will be given the opportunity to participate in liturgy, to meet with your spiritual director, and you will be invited to three full meals. The rest of your day is for prayer, reading, reflection, enjoying the out-of-doors, journaling and rest. You can expect a friendly home with a private bedroom, good food, and tranquility. We have a labyrinth, swings, a hammock, bikes, a gazebo, and a large backyard to provide prayer space, exercise and relaxation. You can also schedule a massage. We encourage a minimum stay of three days. If the above dates for our scheduled Directed Retreats do not work for you, we invite you to make your own Personal Directed Retreat. Retreats are available throughout the year by calling the Center @ 1-888-882-1391 or e-mail:
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Leaders: In June, Fr. Steven Janoski and Sr. Joetta Huelsmann, PHJC, who is a graduate of Shalem's Spiritual Guidance Program, will be the spiritual directors. Fr. Al Naseman, C.PP.S. and Sr. Joetta will be giving spiritual direction in October.
Contact: www.john23rdretreatcenter.com
Maryland
Event: Group Spiritual Direction
Dates: October 4, 2012 through May 2, 2013, meeting monthly on Thursday evenings, 6:00 - 9:00 pm.
Place: Hagerstown Church of the Brethren, 15 S. Mulberry Street, Hagerstown, MD 21740
Cost: Donation
Details: A small group experience in spiritual direction based on the Shalem model of sacred listening circles. A process if facilitated where a small group gathers regularly to support each other in an ongoing responsiveness to God in all of life, based on the belief that in Christ, God enters our pain and joy. It is open to all, both lay and clergy. Participants are asked to read John Philip Newell's A New Harmony: The Spirit, the Earth, and the Human Soul. First and last meetings have retreat format (3:00 to 9:00 pm).
Leaders: Ed Poling, Church of the Brethren pastor and spiritual director, and Don Evason, United Church of Christ minister, retired hospital chaplain, and spiritual director.
Contact:
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or phone: 301-733-3565.
Event: Encountering the Multi-Dimensional Merton—Weekend Retreat
Dates: September 14-16, 2012
Time: 7 PM Dinner on Friday until 2 PM on Sunday
Place: Dayspring Retreat Center, 11301 Neelsville Church Road, Germantown, MD 20876
Cost: $200; $100 due with application
Details: Thomas Merton's essays, poems, and letters span nearly every sphere of public, religious and spiritual life—social reform, theology, peacemaking, the creative arts, East-West dialogue. But, at root, Merton was a contemplative, spending as many hours in solitude as he could arrange. Whether one considers Merton a longtime inner companion or a complete stranger, this weekend is an invitation to find an entry point by which one can see life through the eyes of the twentieth century’s best-known monastic.
Leaders: Merrill Carrington is a spiritual director, retreat leader, and graduate of Shalem's Spiritual Guidance Program; Tim Carrington is board chair of The Friends of St. Benedict and a graduate of Shalem's Soul of the Executive Program.
Contact: www.dayspringretreat.org/weekend
New Mexico
Event: Coming to Your Senses—Ecumenical Education for Discipleship Program
Dates: Thursdays, June 20, July 11, 18, 25 and August 1, 2013
Time: 6:00-8:30 PM
Place: Norbertine Abbey Library, 5825 Coors Blvd., SW, Albuquerque, NM 87121
Cost: $80; please register by June 18; limited to 12 individuals
Details: At the heart of contemplative prayer is a desire and willingness to be open to the presence of God in the here and now. Contemplative prayer practices encourage new ways to become sensitive to God’s presence and revelation in each moment, each situation, and each person, place and thing we encounter. The five human senses (taste, touch, sight, smell, hearing) are areas where we can open up this sensitivity and awareness. This course will offer opportunities to examine, experience and explore our relationship with God through the five senses. Each class will offer a different sensory experience as we seek to deepen and expand our modes of prayer.
Leader: Tim Schumacher is a chaplain with Zia Hospice in Albuquerque, a graduate of Shalem’s Personal Spiritual Deepening, and Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups and Retreats Program, and is Shalem associate faculty. Over the past 4 years he has offered contemplative prayer groups, classes, retreats and spiritual formation programs in the Albuquerque area.
Contact: Judith Todd, EIM-EED Program Coordinator, 5825 Coors Blvd., SW, Albuquerque, NM 87121-6700, (505) 873-4399, ext 229,
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For more information: www.eimnm.org
New York
Event: A Directed Retreat for Clergy
Dates: February 26-28, 2013
Time: 10 AM on 2/26 to after lunch 2/28
Place: Linwood Spiritual Center 50 Linwood Road, Rhinebeck, NY
Cost: $200 (includes $50 non-refundable deposit); $50 for spiritual direction
Details: To retreat is to step outside of our normal lives in order to reflect on where we have been and where we might be going; to catch a glimpse of how we might live differently; and to listen for the still, small voice of God that still whispers throughout the land. During a directed retreat, there is a daily opportunity for meeting with a director to reflect on God’s presence and movement in one’s life as revealed in prayer, the events and relationships in one’s life, and the response to God that is being made by the retreatant. The director may make suggestions (prayer forms, Scripture, or reading materials) to support and deepen the person’s awareness of and response to God. Using a variety of contemplative prayer practices, we will nurture our desire for prayer through daily worship times together. Much of the retreat will be in silence (including some of the meals).
Leaders: Ellen Ratmeyer and Ella Campbell are both ordained Elders and spiritual directors. Arlene Wilhelm is a Minister of Word and Sacrament and a spiritual director. Ellen and Ella are both graduates of Shalem's Spiritual Guidance Program, and Ellen is also a graduate of Shalem's Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups & Retreats Program.
Contact: Ellen Ratmeyer,
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, 973-951-8176
Event: A Directed Retreat: Encouraging the Nurture of a Listening Heart
Dates: March 12-14, 2013
Time: 10 AM on 3/12 to after lunch 3/14
Place: Linwood Spiritual Center, 50 Linwood Road, Rhinebeck, NY
Cost: $200 (includes $50 non-refundable deposit); $50 for spiritual direction
Details: To retreat is to step outside of our normal lives in order to reflect on where we have been and where we might be going; to catch a glimpse of how we might live differently; and to listen for the still, small voice of God that still whispers throughout the land. During a directed retreat, there is a daily opportunity for meeting with a director to reflect on God’s presence and movement in one’s life as revealed in prayer, the events and relationships in one’s life, and the response to God that is being made by the retreatant. The director may make suggestions (prayer forms, Scripture, or reading materials) to support and deepen the person’s awareness of and response to God. Using a variety of contemplative prayer practices, we will nurture our desire for prayer through daily worship times together. Much of the retreat will be in silence (including some of the meals).
Leaders: Ellen Ratmeyer and Ella Campbell are both ordained Elders and spiritual directors. Arlene Wilhelm is a Minister of Word and Sacrament and a spiritual director. Ellen and Ella are both graduates of Shalem's Spiritual Guidance Program, and Ellen is also a graduate of Shalem's Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups & Retreats Program.
Contact: Ellen Ratmeyer,
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, 973-951-8176
North Carolina
Event: Meeting God in Silence: A Silent Retreat
Dates: April 5-7, 2013
Time: 3 PM Friday to lunch on Sunday
Place: St Francis Springs Prayer Center, 477 Grogan Road, Stoneville, NC 27048
Cost: $50 non-refundable deposit by 3/15; $260 (single room); $220 (double/triple room)
Details: Silence is in many ways a stranger to our lives. Our culture does not honor silence but rather fills our lives with noise. Our minds are not trained for silence but rather for worry or stimulation. Silence is often foreign to both our inner and outer lives. For some—and for all at times—silence can even unsettle us, stirring up fear of the void. Yet, as the 16th century Spanish monastic John of the Cross said, “Silence is the primary language of God.” Genesis recounts that out of the silence God spoke and created the world, “Then God said, ‘Let there be light’ and there was light.” God still speaks to us out of the silence and creates new worlds within each of us, calling us to become that person we are created to be. It is a good and wondrous thing to make time for silence, time for being with God in the silence, for making a quiet place wherein we can simply listen, rest, and receive. This weekend away provides time to lay down those things that press upon us so relentlessly so that we might walk more closely with God for a while. St. Francis Prayer Center, deep in the country north of Greensboro, provides a peaceful place to let go of the world and breathe deeply.
Leader: The Rev. Winston B. Charles, PhD, is a Shalem board member and graduate of Shalem's Spiritual Guidance Program and Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups & Retreat Program.
Contact: Judy Charles, 919-783-9263 or
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Ohio
Event: Nourish Your Spirit: A Shalem Institute Retreat Day
Dates: Saturday, April 27, 2013
Time: 8:30AM-4:30 PM
Place: Martin de Porres Center, St. Mary of the Springs, 2330 Airport Drive Columbus, Ohio
Cost: $60 before 4/5/13; $75 after 4/5/13; lunch is provided. Space is limited; please register early.
Details: We welcome all who would like to join us for this retreat day—Shalem graduates, friends, and other spiritual seekers, those interested in finding out more about Shalem Institute programs, and those who simply thirst for a nourishing day of contemplative practice within a spiritual community. Our day will include a variety of contemplative prayer practices, in group and individual settings, as well as free time for personal reflection and to explore the grounds of the Martin de Porres Center. Leah Rampy, Shalem’s Executive Director, will join us to speak about living contemplatively and the role of spiritual community. During this retreat day, we will also pause to express our thanks and gratitude to two Central Ohio Shalem graduates —Sister Noreen Malone, OP (SGP 1988) and Richard “Dick” Wood, Sr. (SGP 1990)—who have made significant contributions to forming and serving the Central Ohio spiritual community. We hope that this day provides an opportunity for people in Central Ohio and surrounding areas to gather, be refreshed and renewed, and exchange ideas and hopes about deepening our spiritual community
Leaders: Nancy Nikiforow is a graduate of Shalem's Spiritual Guidance Program; Nan Weir is a graduate of Shalem's Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups & Retreats Program and the Facilitating Group Spiritual Direction Program; and Leah Rampy is Shalem's executive director.
Contact: Nan Weir,
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or (614) 538-1153. Please click here to download a registration form.
Texas
Event: Witnessing the Divine Spark: Spiritual Direction Community Annual Retreat
Dates: November 9-11, 2012
Place: Cedarbrake Retreat Center, Belton, Texas
Cost: contact Leslie A Hay for information
Details: retreat for spiritual directors: creative expression, silence and sharing to honor and deepen our graced journeys of prayer and ministry.
Leader: Marianne Hieb, Graduate of Shalem spiritual guidance program, retreat and spiritual director, artist and art-journaler, author of Inner Journeying through Art- Journaling
Contact: Leslie A Hay;
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Event: A Weekly Centering Prayer Group
Dates: Ongoing
Time: 6:30 PM, Fridays
Place: St. James the Apostle Episcopal Church, 1803 Highland Hollow Drive at Texas 105 West, Conroe, TX (north of Houston)
Cost: Free
Details: This ongoing group provides the chance to come together weekly for centering prayer.
Leaders: Pamela Lewis, a graduate of Shalem's Spiritual Guidance Program, has led and co-led retreats for years, and is co-leader of the Spiritual Formation Committee at St. James the Apostle Episcopal Church. She is co-leading this group with the Rev. Deacon Phyllis Hartman.
Contact: For more information:
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; 936-520-8004 (cell).
Virginia
Event: Contemplative Prayer Drop-in Group
Dates: Third Monday of each month
Time: 7:30 to 9PM.
Place: Providence Presbyterian Church, 9019 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax, VA
Cost: No charge; occasional donations.
Details: The time includes brief introductions, opening prayer, some relaxation movements, the evening's presentation, 15 minutes of silence, journal-keeping and small group sharing. There is a closing intercessory prayer circle to name our concerns aloud or silently.
Leaders: Ann Kulp is a spiritual director, retreat leader, member of the Shalem Institute's associate staff, and author of SPIRIT WINDOWS, A Handbook of Spiritual Growth Resources for Leaders.
Contact: Ann Kulp at 703-978-9078 or
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Event: Centering Prayer, Contemplative Prayer, Christian Meditation
Dates & Time: Every Tuesday evening from 7-7:45pm
Place: St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, 1830 Kirby Road, McLean, VA 22101
Cost: Free
Details: This is for anyone seeking a deeper relationship with God in a silent gathering. Contemplative prayer is simply a wordless, trusting, opening of self to the divine presence. St. John of the Cross instructs us that 'silence is the first language of God.' Come, be supported in your desire for God. No experience needed. All are welcome. Come as you are able.
Leaders: Maureen Jenkins, graduate of Shalem's Spiritual Guidance Program Class of 2007. 703-356-1881. No registration needed.
Washington, DC
Event: Evelyn Underhill Quiet Day—Becoming the Parent of New Life
Dates: Saturday June 15, 2013
Time: 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Place: Sayre House, The Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC
Cost: $35; $15 for students
Details: During her lifetime, Evelyn Underhill was admired and appreciated for her personality as well as for her ideas—for her groundedness and integrity, for her humor, for her transparency as a living icon. In this sense, her wisdom was "caught" as well as taught. Although Underhill never bore children of her own, her vocation as a Mother of Souls was central to her identity. At this year's Day of Quiet, we will explore Underhill's friendships with those who sought her guidance in relation to the life of the Spirit. We will look particularly at her extensive correspondence, the letters that functioned as a "mysterious link between soul and soul," seeking clues about how—and where and when—she approached the practice traditionally described as "spiritual direction."
Leader: Merrill Ware Carrington, M. Div., is a retreat leader and, for twenty years, has been actively engaged in the ministry of spiritual direction. An Episcopal laywoman, she lived for several years in London, just around the corner from the house where Underhill, during the Blitz, spent the final months of her life. Merrill was a regular communicant at the parish church in whose churchyard Underhill is buried.
Contact: For more details: http://www.evelynunderhill.org/newsletter/2013/2013-1.pdf or contact:
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Event: Pilot Program – Renewing the Prayer Lives of Church Leaders
Dates: July 2013 – January 2014
Place: At home prayer & studies with Oct. 2-4 retreat at Bon Secours, Marriottsville, MD
Cost: $295 to cover retreat facility expense; three books and spiritual guidance no charge
Details: This is an ecumenical program for ordained and lay ministers who are currently actively involved in leadership ministry (e.g., parish, chaplaincies, spiritual formation). The first phase will include an opening session with the program director and two to three months of individualized home studies and intentional prayer practices. The participants will gather mid -point at the beautiful retreat center of Bon Secours in Marriottsville, MD. The last three-month phase will focus on an individualized program of reading from a classic spiritual text(s) and increasing conscious integration of spirituality/interior prayer with ministry practice. There will be a final session with the program director in early January. Contact the leader soon since space is limited. This program is ideal for people living in the broader Washington, DC area, but open to others willing to travel here for the October retreat.
Leader/Program Director: The Rev. Cynthia Rogers, LC, LCSW is a graduate of both Shalem’s Spiritual Guidance Program and Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups & Retreat Program. She serves as the Director of Chaplaincy Services at Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute. She is in her last semester of studies in Washington Theological Union’s DMin. Program in Christian Spirituality. This pilot program is her doctoral project in which she is hoping to get helpful feedback for programs that can assist church leaders in integrating a contemplative spirituality with ministry practice.
Contact: For more information contact Cindy Rogers at
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West Virginia
Event: 2012 Quiet Days Apart for Prayerful Reflection
Dates: August 18, October 20, December 1
Time: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm
Place: Priest Field Pastoral Center, 4030 Middleway Pike, Kearneysville, WV 25430 (1-1/2 to 2 hrs from Washington DC – Baltimore area)
Cost: $30 per retreat, includes lunch
Details: Come away to revitalize your body, mind, and spirit. Each retreat day will include brief meditations around the themes inspired by the corresponding season in Nature and the Church. There will be plenty of spaciousness for silence, solitude, and taking in the beauty of the surroundings; also, small group reflection and opportunity to creatively engage with the themes through various prayer forms, art, and journaling. Themes for the Quiet Days are as follows: February 18: Listening for God, Preparing for Lent; April 28: Springtime Newness and Resurrection Possibility; June 30: Summer’s Delight and Gratitude for the Ordinary; August 18: Endings and Beginnings, a Sacred Rhythm of Life; October 20: Learning in Autumn to Trust and Let Go to God; December 1: Stilling Our Hearts, Making Room for Christ
Leader: Trish Stefanik, graduate of Shalem’s Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups and Retreats Program
Contact: To register for one, all, or any number of the retreats and for more information, contact Priest Field at 304-725-1435 or email
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, see www.priestfield.org
Event: Haiku as Spiritual Practice – a meditative arts retreat
Dates: November 2 – 4, 2012
Time: 6:30 pm Friday – 1:00 pm Sunday
Place: Still Point Mountain Retreat/Rolling Ridge Study Retreat (75 miles from Washington DC – Baltimore)
Cost: $165 (scholarships available)
Details: The process of writing haiku, and illustrating it if you like, awakens our senses and opens us to the beauty and wonder of the moment. Through this playful art form we have the opportunity to realize our deep connection to the natural world, the Creator, and each other.
Leader: Trish Stefanik, graduate of Shalem’s Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups and Retreats Program
Contact: For more information and to register, see www.rollingridge.net
Austria
Event: Kairos Platzl
Dates: Ongoing
Time: Mondays and Fridays from 20-21h. for meditation in the chapel. Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10-11h. and 20-21h.
Place: 5505 Mühlbach am Hochkönig, Mandlwandstrasse 437 AUSTRIA
Cost: Please call or email for a place. The seating is limited. You may also make a private appointment.
Details: “Kairos is an ancient Greek word meaning the right or opportune moment(the supreme moment). The Acient Greeks had two words for time, chronos and kairos. While the former refers to chronological or sequential time, the latter signifies a time in between, a moment of indeterminate time in which something special happens. What that special something is depends on the individual. While chronos is quantitative, kairos has a qualitative nature.” (Wikipedia) Clair and Rainer Ullmann moved ten years ago to this beautiful area in Austria. They always dreamed of a place where they could invite people to come and be, to enjoy nature, inhale the fresh mountain air, be reconnected with nature, listen to the voice within, and recharge their “batteries.” The time has come, the “Platzl” is prepared and the invitation is extended. As locals we are often blind to what is in front of us. For visitors to our region, this is a unique welcome to begin their holiday: to prepare their bodies, minds, and spirits for the energy and radiance of Hochkoenig. It is an invitation to live more fully into this experience of nature as they hike, rest, and enjoy this mountain lifestyle. Come and visit this special “Platzl" and feel the peace that Clair and Rainer have found here. It offers rest, time to be, words of encouragement and reflection. Time is precious. You are precious. Come and join us in this informal and relaxed atmosphere as we breathe in this “Kairos.” Discover who you are and where you are being led. Clair is waiting to welcome you. This is a free gift!
Leader: Clair Ullmann is a graduate of Shalem's Spiritual Guidance Program and currently a Shalem board member.
Contact: Cell: +43 664533 3530; Home: +43 6467 20 107; Email:
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; www.members.aon.at/ullmann-map
Canada
Event: Contemplative Fire Gatherings
Dates: 4th Sunday of the month (except July 2012)
Place: St Leonards Anglican Church 25 Wanless Avenue, Toronto ON Canada
Cost: free-will offering
Details: This is the monthly worship of our alternative contemplative community. It is an experiential, eclectic, contemplative engagement with scripture and includes communion. There is spaciousness, stillness, and storytelling. It has a different flow, visual images and eclectic music each month depending on the theme.
Leader: Anne Crosthwait is an Anglican priest and Community Leader of Contemplative Fire. A graduate of Shalem’s Leading Contemplative Groups and Retreats Program, she is a retreat and spiritual director, artist and art-journaler.
Contact: 416-834-3400 www.contemplativefire.ca
Italy
Event: Seeking the Advent Face of the Holy in Assisi, Italy
Dates: November 30-December 6, 2012
Place: Hotel Giotto, Via Fontebella, Assisi Italy
Cost: $1690. Double occupancy, $1890. Single occupancy
Details: begin the season of Advent in the town whose St. Francis brings us to the crèche as a spiritual and artistic celebration. Quiet prayer, opportunity for contemplative pilgrimage, and guided sessions to explore creative expression and creative wellness will enhance our time in this extraordinary gathering place of stunning beauty. Request brochure for further detail.
Leader: Marianne Hieb, Graduate of Shalem spiritual guidance program, Retreat and spiritual director, artist and art-journaler, author of Inner Journeying through Art- Journaling with facilitators: Helen Owens, founder of Lourdes Wellness Center and Integrative Nurse Coach, and Barbara Moeller, certified yoga and meditation instructor and spiritual director.
Contact: Lourdes Wellness Center, Beverly Chabalowski 856-869-3127, www.lourdeswellnesscenter.org