Linwood Spiritual Center | Retreat Programs: SPIRITUALITY and HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

> AT-HOME RETREAT FOR COMMUTERS
> IGNATIAN DIRECTED RETREAT
> AUTUMN DIRECTED PRAYER WEEKEND
> SPRING DIRECTED PRAYER WEEKEND
> SPIRITUAL DIRECTION: FEEDING THE SOUL
> LENTEN RETREAT: CALL TO HOLINESS
> PSALMS AND COMPASSIONS
> QUILTING BY THE RIVER
> WORKING FROM WITHIN: PERSONAL SPIRITUALITY FOR THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL
> ADVENT RETREAT
> COME AND SEE WEEKEND
> THE ART OF GIVING A DIRECTED RETREAT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
> YOGA AND THE ART OF RELAXATION
> HOLY WEEK RETREAT
> ART-JOURNALING: A WAY OF PRAYER AND A HOLISTIC JOURNALING TOOL

QUILTING BY THE RIVER
"Piecin' a quilt's like livin' a life…the Lord sends us the pieces, but we can cut 'em out and put 'em together pretty much to suit ourselves, and there's a heap more in the cuttin' and sewin' than there is in the caliker…"
Aunt Jane of Kentucky, 1898, Eliza C. Hall

What could be better…being in beautiful, spiritual place, being with wonderful people, and being able to quilt! This workshop/retreat will be a mixture of quilting and prayerful reflection and renewal. It will be a time away from our busy lives where we can be in a circle sewing and have quiet time for reflection. It will be a time to inspire and be inspired by what each of us brings to the circle. Each day there will be teaching sessions of the various techniques with the option to apply the techniques on different projects. Beginners, experienced, machine and hand-quilters are welcome. Feel free to bring an ongoing project, or begin one here at the riverside. A suitable project for beginners will be a splitrail.

October 31-November 3, 2008
January 16-19, 2009
Patty Curry
Suggested Fee: $250.00

WORKING FROM WITHIN: PERSONAL SPIRITUALITY FOR THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL
This will be a weekend of prayer, discussion and reflection for health care professionals to assist in identifying and expanding the spiritual dimension of their work. We will explore personal and professional experiences and deal with the theology and reality of the suffering we continually encounter. We will reflect on how we receive as well as offer healing to patients and how our work affects our personal spirituality.

February 27-March 1, 2009
Kathleen Duffy, RN
Katherine Marschall, MD
Suggested Fee: $175.00

ADVENT RETREAT
Our lives are an Advent – a time of waiting, listening and hoping, a time of openness to the unimaginable gift of God. Pause in quiet reflection these days and listen to the winter within. Prepare for God’s gift to us in the Incarnation.

December 12-14, 2008
John Mullin, SJ
The Linwood Staff
Suggested Fee: $175.00

COME AND SEE WEEKEND
How is God inviting me into my future? Where is God in my life? If you have been considering a life of service in the Church as a religious sister, come spend a weekend with your God, yourself and other women who are asking these questions on the journey. We will spend some time listening, sharing, and learning what this experience might mean for us and getting to know the Sisters of St. Ursula and their ministries. There will be time for personal prayer and Eucharistic liturgy together.

October 31-November 2 , 2008
A team of Sisters of St. Ursula
Suggested Fee: Donation

SPIRITUAL DIRECTION: FEEDING THE SOUL
Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.
In living and growing as spiritual directors, we are invited to goodness, on-going conversion, and compassion. These experiences feed our souls and the souls of those we encounter in spiritual direction. Life is dependent upon recognizing life-moments, accepting the goodness that is offered and witnessing life-giving moments in others’ stories. In conversion, we find ourselves in an eternal moment of birth, of being new again. Goodness brings patience and wisdom to the task of growing. As we allow ourselves to live fully our own small space of life, we are stretched to the wide world beyond ourselves. As we grow in compassion for ourselves, the angle of compassion for others becomes wider.

This is a SILENT, contemplative retreat for spiritual directors and others in the helping professions to reflect on and explore their experiences of growth and deepening in the spiritual life. There will be guidance for prayer, quiet time for prayerful reflection, as well as the opportunity for group sharing.

February 6-8, 2009
Don Bisson, FMS
Kathy Donnelly, SU
Tuition: $175.00

YOGA AND THE ART OF RELAXATION
Come rest, relax, rejuvenate, and have FUN through the exploration of yoga, and experience yoga nidra (the art of deep relaxation). The heart of yogic teachings lies in the belief that a self-fulfilled person is a healthy person, free from dis-ease caused by stress and improper living habits. The practice of yoga is designed to lead the person to an ever-increasing knowledge of herself/himself and the needs of her/his body and mind in order to achieve and maintain good physical and mental health and spiritual harmony.

Relaxation is a skill that is vital to life in the 21^st Century. We will utilize periods of silence to discover and listen to that deeper voice inside. We will also experience the connection of the mind, body, heart and spirit. This workshop is for the new and curious about yoga to the experienced yogis and yoginis. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring a journal and a mat or beach towel.

February 13-15, 2009
Nancy Plumer
Suggested Fee: $250.00

AT-HOME RETREAT FOR COMMUTERS

Have you ever wished to make a retreat, but can’t get away to a Spiritual Center? This week provides the opportunity to make a retreat right in your own home! Retreatants are invited to pray daily with scripture and meet daily with a spiritual director. The format is based on The Ignatian Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life. The team of spiritual directors is experienced in giving the At-Home Retreat.
The retreat begins on Sunday and ends the following Sunday. Spiritual direction meetings will take place at Linwood Spiritual Center at a time convenient for you.

September 28-October 5, 2008
The Linwood Staff and Guest Directors
Suggested Fee: $45.00

IGNATIAN DIRECTED RETREAT
Come to Linwood in the most glorious season of the year! Enjoy the crisp air and riotous color of autumn while giving yourself time to be attentive to the movement of the Holy Spirit in your life. There will be regular meetings with an experienced spiritual director using scripture and life experience as the primary source for prayer and conversation. Eucharistic Liturgy will also be part of the experience of each day.

October 10-17 , 2008
Edward F. Salmon, SJ
Suggested Fee: $450.00

HOLY WEEK RETREAT
This day shall be a memorial feast for you, which all generations shall celebrate as a feast in Yahweh's honor.
Exodus 12
This triduum retreat is a special invitation to spend time apart in an atmosphere of prayer and silence so that we may enter more deeply into the Pascal Mystery. Each day of the retreat will center around the liturgical celebration and will provide an opportunity for guidance in personal prayer.

April 9-12, 2009
Edward F. Salmon, SJ
The Linwood Staff
Suggested Fee: $195.00

AUTUMN DIRECTED PRAYER WEEKEND
Experience the warm sun, the brisk air and the golden beauty of Linwood’s spacious grounds. At your own pace, give yourself space and time to listen to God speaking within and around you. We welcome you to an atmosphere of contemplative silence. Eucharistic liturgy will be part of the experience as well as spiritual direction for those who wish. (Indicate desire at the time of registration)

November 14-16, 2008
The Linwood Staff
Suggested Fee: $175.00

SPRING DIRECTED PRAYER WEEKEND
Spring is burgeoning, the earth is warm and flowers begin to appear once more. Why not take time to look at the new life within yourself? At your own pace, give yourself space and time to listen to God speaking within and around you. We welcome you to an atmosphere of contemplative silence. Eucharistic liturgy will be part of the experience as well as spiritual direction for those who with. (Indicate desire at the time of registration.)

May 8 -10, 2009
The Linwood Staff
Suggested Fee: $175.00

LENTEN RETREAT: CALL TO HOLINESS
St. Irenaeus said, “The glory of God is the human fully alive.” From this perspective, the weekend retreat will examine aliveness of soul, openness to the experience of the holy, releasing transformative Divine energy and healing old images of holiness still embedded in the psyche. This will be a SILENT retreat, with quiet, personal time to reflect on stirrings of the soul. There will be opportunities for individual spiritual direction throughout the weekend offered by a team of spiritual directors.

March 6-8, 2009
Don Bisson, FMS
A Team of Spiritual Directors
Suggested Fee: $200.00

ART-JOURNALING: A WAY OF PRAYER AND A HOLISTIC JOURNALING TOOL
This weekend will combine led journaling experiences with times for silence and community, in the beauty of the Linwood landscape. We will engage in prayerful journaling using a process that combines simple art materials and writing within a meditative context. Emphasis will be on the practice of contemplative gazing, with its potential to deepen our appreciation of God’s unique creation – ourselves included! Optional gentle stretching exercises will help focus the embodiment of this holistic process. Ways of noticing the present moment, and ways to continue the journaling process will be presented. No art experience needed for this non-verbal/verbal approach.
Please bring a journal. Other materials will be provided.

May 1-3 , 2009
Marianne Hieb, RSM
Suggested Fee: $175.00

PSALMS AND COMPASSIONS
Immediately following his return from a student service project in Mexico, Fr. Tim Brown was diagnosed with colon cancer. He turned to the Book of Psalms as a source of strength throughout his illness and recovery. Explore the language of the King James Version of the Psalms in prayer. Using his book, Psalms and Compassions, we will discover how we can enter the Psalms as we enter great poetry, no matter who we are or what we believe. The vivid imagery provides a great deal of comfort and can be a vehicle of deliverance. Perhaps those journeying through cancer or accompanying a loved one through cancer would find consolation in this weekend.
Fr. Brown wrote a companion volume, Psalms and Consolations, turning again to the Psalms as a way to find solace and work his way through bereavement and grief.

April 3-5, 2009
Timothy Brown, SJ
Suggested Fee: $175.00