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Spirit Journal – July 2024

Preview

In this midsummer issue, you’ll find:

  • Alan Krema’s thoughts on the experience of practicing Centering Prayer with prisoners at the Cook County Jail
  • An invitation to an Introductory to Centering Prayer Workshop at Healing Gardens on Saturday July 27
  • An opportunity to learn about an online contemplative community hosted by Old St. Pat’s, Chicago
  • Information about a weekly online gathering of young contemplatives
  • A link to the 2024 Contemplative Events Calendar, which lists online and in-person events through December
  • A listing of in-person and online prayer groups you may wish to join
  • July Insights from Michael Curry, Thérèse of Lisieux, Desmond Tutu, and Hildegard of Bingen

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Spirit Journal – June 2024

Preview

In this June issue, you’ll find:

  • Your invitation to this summer’s Intensive/Post-Intensive Centering Prayer Retreat – later this month at the Siena Retreat Center
  • Information about an online contemplative community offered by Old St. Pat’s
  • An invitation to this summer’s John Main Seminar, from the World Community for Christian Meditation
  • Information about another Intensive/Post-Intensive Retreat coming up in July in Rock Island, Illinois
  • Notice of an Introduction to Centering Prayer workshop at Healing Gardens in late July
  • A link to the 2024 Contemplative Events Calendar, which lists online and in-person events through December
  • A moving Father’s Day Reflection from Johanna Ash
  • A “help-wanted” notice: Can you help us build an effective social media presence?
  • An opportunity to apply for the Alan Krema scholarship
  • A listing of in-person and online prayer groups you may wish to join
  • May Insights from Simone Weil, Elizabeth Bruenig, Martin Scorsese, and Alice Walker

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Spirit Journal – May 2024

Preview

In this issue, you’ll find:

  • A link to our first member survey in four years – please help us plan for the future
  • Your invitation to this summer’s Intensive/Post-Intensive Centering Prayer Retreat – next month at the Siena Retreat Center
  • Information about WCCM’s 2024 John Main Seminar, coming up in July
  • Notice of a weekend retreat, “Abide,” starting May 31
  • A link to the 2024 Contemplative Events Calendar, which lists online and in-person events through December
  • A “help-wanted” notice: Can you help us build an effective social media presence?
  • A listing of in-person and online prayer groups you may wish to join
  • May Insights from Maya Angelou, John Main, Thomas Keating, and James Baldwin

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Spirit Journal – April 2024

Photo: Silvia Lobo

Preview

This post-eclipse, Eastertide issue includes:

  • Information about our April 27 workshop, in collaboration with the Theosophical Society, on Teresa of Avila’s The Interior Castle – live or online with Juliana Cesano
  • Your invitation to a Zoom workshop we are co-sponsoring with Contemplative Outreach of Atlanta on May 11, with Dr. Carmen Acevedo Butcher
  • A link to the 2024 Contemplative Events Calendar, which lists online and in-person events through December.
  • A “help-wanted” notice: Can you help us build an effective social media presence?
  • The announcement of our first member survey in four years – please participate!
  • A listing of in-person and online prayer groups you may wish to join
  • Spring Insights from Rainer Maria Rilke, Oscar Wilde, John Galsworthy and Charlotte Brontë

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Spirit Journal – March 2024

Preview

This edition includes:

  • The awarding of the very first Alan Krema Scholarship – congratulations to Rosemary Armocida!
  • Our first announcement of an April 27 workshop on Teresa of Avila’s The Interior Castle – live or online with Juliana Cesano
  • An invitation from Contemplative Outreach of Colorado to their March 23 workshop with our good friend Michael Battle – Contemplative Prayer and African Christian Mysticism – live or online
  • Information about a Zoom workshop we are co-sponsoring with Contemplative Outreach of Atlanta on May 10, with Dr. Carmen Acevedo Butcher
  • An invitation to an in-person Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop to be presented in Plainfield on March 23 by JoAnne and Bill McElroy
  • An updated calendar of events of interest, local and online, through the end of this year
  • A listing of in-person and online prayer groups
  • Insights from Carmen Acevedo Butcher, Teresa of Avila, Michael Battle, and Thomas Keating

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Spirit Journal – February 2024

Preview

In our February newsletter, you’ll find:

  • An invitation to join us tomorrow for a contemplative/musical experience – Notes of Rest with Julian Davis Reid – at St. Leonard’s Ministry on February 15
  • Information about an interfaith event with Carl McColman, which we are co-presenting with the Theological Society in America in March
  • Thoughts from Alan Krema about the beginning of Lent and the very high level of current interest in Introductory Centering Prayer workshops
  •  A reminder that you are invited to apply for the Alan Krema Scholarship
  • “A Lenten Pilgrimage” – snatches of spiritual memoir from Johanna Ash
  • Notice of additional contemplative events coming up soon from the St. John of the Cross Christian Meditation Groups, and Contemplative Outreach chapters in Colorado and Southeast Wisconsin
  • An updated calendar of events of interest, local and online, through the end of this year
  • A listing of in-person and online prayer groups
  • Insights from Thomas Merton, Esau McCaully, Walter Brueggemann, and Barbara Holmes

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