Quilting Marathon
January 4-8, 2012
Need a break after the holidays? Take time to finish some UFO’s and join us for an extended Quilting Retreat. Starts Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. and continues until Sunday 1:00 p.m.
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Coloring with Embroidery
January 6-8, 2012
Lisa Kobetich Lisa will teach the technique of using Crayola’s with the basic embroidery stitches. The student will pick their own pattern (check the Crabapple Hill website for patterns). Marathon quilters are welcome to join in.
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Winter Spirituality: One of a Kind, Like a Snowflake
January 28, 2012
Presenters: Manna House Staff
There will never be another you! What is the gift that you are? Do you know it, celebrate it? During this day of reflection we will reverence the beauty of our unique lives and explore how we are called to be a blessing for the world. The day will include contemplative writing, time for personal and communal prayer, input and creative process. Saturday, 9:00-3:30 p.m. Registration: $40 (includes lunch).
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The Journey Continues: Life after Elected Leadership
February 23-28, 2012
Facilitators Marcia Allen, CSJ and Bette Moslander, CSJ
Are you an elected leader in a community of religious women who is leaving office in 6 to 18 months? Or perhaps you left office within the past one or two years and are still in transition. In either case, you find yourself in a process of discernment about the next step in your life. Are you confused by too many options or perhaps nothing attracts you? Are you concerned that you may make too hasty a decision about your post-leadership years?
This mini-retreat is an opportunity to begin to integrate the demanding and sometimes stressful and hectic years of leadership, to discern prayerfully where you want to go and what you want to do next.
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Syncopated Rhythm
February 24-26, 2012
Syncopated Rhythm with Christina Bloom will show students how to make the quilt pattern Syncopated Rhythm by Karen Montgomery using a simple template and cutting technique. Pattern will be provided.
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Spiritual Direction and The New Science:
Exploring the Journey into the Cosmic Christ
March 2, 2012- March 4, 2012
A weekend of reflection, study and the sharing of wisdom for those engaged in the ministry of spiritual direction, in light of the impact that the new science is making on the ways we accompany our spiritual companions.
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T-shirt Quilts
March 9-11, 2012
T-shirt Quilts with Helen Bausch! Gather your favorite old t-shirts and Helen will show you how to make a memorable quilt for a child, grandchild or for yourself.
For more information on the quilting retreats, please check that page. Click here.
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At Home in the Religious Life Culture A Workshop for Lay Employee Collaborators
April 16-20, 2012
This workshop is designed for lay professionals who serve religious congregations as Development Directors, Human Resource Directors, Communication Directors, Finance Directors, and Motherhouse Administrators. The men and women who serve in these positions bring important professional skills and expertise to the religious congregation that hire them, but they may be unprepared for the culture of religious life and uninformed about the history and spirituality that forms the core of a congregation’s life and mission. Join us as we explore and discuss working with a religious community – the language, the charism and mission, the history and the future.
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Falling in Love for a Lifetime
May 1-16, 2012
A fifteen day intensive of study and prayer for CSSJs who know that it’s all about-falling in love and staying in love; for CSSJs whose life experience has made active/inclusive love a habit and who want to renew their enthusiasm and zeal; for CSSJs who are puzzling over the meaning of their vocation in a time of ambivalence and multivalent opportunities for ministry; for CSSJs who feel “worn out” but want to rekindle their vision.
It offers a compressed study of the origins, primitive documents and historical development and concludes with a six day retreat on the Eucharistic Letter.
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Eucharistic Letter Retreat
May 10-15, 2012
Directors Bette Moslander, CSJ and Marcia Allen, CSJ
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Directed Retreat
June 10-17, 2012
Directors: Manna House Staff
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Contemplative Dialogue Retreat
July 22-26, 2012
Director Janet Lander, CSJ
This retreat will follow Theological Institute with Ilia Dileo, OSF.
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Making Lace, Making Peace Retreat
“The healing contemplative practice of making bobbin lace”
July 28 – August 4, 2012
Facilitators: Janet Lander, CSJ and Ramona Medina, CSJ
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For more information, Contact Manna House at: 785/243-4428 or email: retreatcenter@mannahouse.org