We also work with people living with physical and intellectual disabilities, and work in clubs, social centres, and outreach programmes. We are involved in the ministry of prayer, spirituality, retreats, counselling, spiritual direction, chaplaincy and care of the earth. ...
particularly, and proposes to itself for its model, the retirement of the Blessed Virgin in the Cenacle, after the Ascension of our Lord, while the whole Church, expecting the Holy Ghost,“were persevering with one mind in prayer with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus” (Acts, i,...
I have a penchant for immersive experiences, long-form retreats from everyday reality into alternative worlds. Among the most memorable were a 72-hour science-fiction film marathon, an all-night Epiphany liturgy in a circus tent, Peter Brook’s 11-hour staging of theMahabharata, Masaki Koybaya...
Within the active followers' cohort, women, upper class, Hindus and never married/widowed had higher phase 2 FS and CIT scores. Active followers who attended retreats for meditation and reflection, practiced yoga, prayer and personal study during retreats, and regularly maintained the spiritual ...
Ashley Grunhovd, evangelization director for the diocese, says one of the Vigil Project musicians shared with her that when women come to retreats like this, they’re often burdened with many things — whether it’s child care tasks, marriage or work. Participants will be encouraged to...
On the positive side, there has been a movement among the younger generation to reform the order and restore its former splendor. (Signs of hope still remain in Ignatian retreat houses. One of the greatest retreats a Catholic can make today, is to visit an Ignatian retreat house and--throug...
The retreats were initially organized to meet the needs of the many UFGLI students who lived in the urban area and attended City College U. The first retreat was led jointly by the Counselling Center and the AME Church. The pastor of the AME Church had developed a mentoring program at ...
It’s obvious that spirituality, whatever the religion or tradition, is now more often practiced by women. In the West, at all events (conferences, seminars, retreats, etc.) relating to this field, there are generally many more women than men. Why? The first answer is that women’s more...
the same brief glance to Christian images which they gave to Athena and Apollo in the Greek museums, enjoy the spectacular views, and head off to the next attraction. It doesn’t always feel like pilgrimage. And many of the monks themselves have long since fled to more solitary retreats. ...
When we pine for escape from the rat race; when we check into spas, yoga centers, encounter weekends, spiritual retreats; when we fret about the disappearance of more old fashioned time, with its former, generally agreed-upon rhythms of labor and repose; when we deplore the increase in ...