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July 2010
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  Come to the Quiet - Centering Prayer
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  Centering Prayer - Come to the Quiet
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  Meeting Thomas Merton Again For the First Time
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  Come to the Quiet - Centering Prayer
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  Yoga Spirit Day
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  Centering Prayer - Come to the Quiet
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  Theresa of Avila: A Story of Water
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  Come to the Quiet - Centering Prayer
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  T'ai Chi for Better Health!! Body Movement Meditation
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  Centering Prayer - Come to the Quiet
  T'ai Chi for Better Health!! Body Movement Meditation
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  Henri Nouwen Journey of the Heart
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  Come to the Quiet - Centering Prayer
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  Centering Prayer - Come to the Quiet
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  Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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  Come to the Quiet - Centering Prayer
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  Hermitage Retreat
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  Hermitage Retreat
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Jul 1st, 2010 (Thu)
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  Come to the Quiet - Centering Prayer
Come on Tuesday mornings or Thursday evenings to experience a silent communion with God in a group of pray-ers.

Facilitator: Bunny Scott
Bunny is a Pastoral Associate at St. Frances Cabrini Parish and a Spiritual Director at the Upper Room. She has been practicing Centering Prayer for many years.

Fee: Free Will Offering
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Jul 6th, 2010 (Tue)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  Centering Prayer - Come to the Quiet
Come on Tuesday mornings or Thursday evenings to experience a silent communion with God in a group of pray-ers.

Facilitator: Bunny Scott
Bunny is a Pastoral Associate at St. Frances Cabrini Parish and a Spiritual Director at the Upper Room. She has been practicing Centering Prayer for many years.

Fee: Free Will Offering
Jul 7th, 2010 (Wed)
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  Meeting Thomas Merton Again For the First Time
Meeting Thomas Merton Again
For the First Time

Thomas Merton- -monk, mystic, and prophet- -has been acclaimed a modern spiritual master and a contemporary “Father of the Church,” who, more than four decades after his death, continues to emerge as a spiritual luminary.
Come to meet Merton again, as if for the first time, from The Seven Storey Mountain, to all his challenges of the later 20th Century, to his death in Asia. Join us to explore his rich and provocative legacy of wisdom.

Presenter: Kathleen Deignan, SND
Professor of Religious Studies at Iona
College, New Rochelle, NY. A composer of sacred music. Author of: When the Trees Say Nothing: Thomas Merton’s Writings on Nature and Thomas Merton: A Book of Hours which has sold over 46,000 copies.
Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Fee: $25

Registration with a $10 deposit required by July 1st
Jul 8th, 2010 (Thu)
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  Come to the Quiet - Centering Prayer
Come on Tuesday mornings or Thursday evenings to experience a silent communion with God in a group of pray-ers.

Facilitator: Bunny Scott
Bunny is a Pastoral Associate at St. Frances Cabrini Parish and a Spiritual Director at the Upper Room. She has been practicing Centering Prayer for many years.

Fee: Free Will Offering
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Jul 10th, 2010 (Sat)
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  Yoga Spirit Day
Yoga Spirit Day

Feel God’s presence and get in touch with the spirit within as we journey into Yoga. Yoga is the body at prayer and is the foundation for physical, mental and spiritual well-being. Discover the power of your breath; reconnect with your body through yoga postures and your mind with the discipline of meditation and deep relaxation. Wear loose comfortable clothing; bring a yoga mat or towel, and any yoga props, eg, straps, neck tie, etc. A blanket, jacket and socks will help to warm your body during session.

Presenters: Catherine Larsen and Karen Kozlowski
Catherine is a Certified Padme Yoga Teacher. She integrates Christian Spirituality with Yoga. Karen is a registered Yoga Teacher, Certified Christian Yoga Teacher.
Date: Saturday, July 10, 2010
Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm
Fee: $50 (Light lunch provided)

Registration with a $20 deposit required by July 1st
Jul 13th, 2010 (Tue)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  Centering Prayer - Come to the Quiet
Come on Tuesday mornings or Thursday evenings to experience a silent communion with God in a group of pray-ers.

Facilitator: Bunny Scott
Bunny is a Pastoral Associate at St. Frances Cabrini Parish and a Spiritual Director at the Upper Room. She has been practicing Centering Prayer for many years.

Fee: Free Will Offering
Jul 14th, 2010 (Wed)
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  Theresa of Avila: A Story of Water
Theresa of Avila:
A Story of Water
“All who are thirsty come to the water.” (Is 55:1)

Through the shared experience of water, Theresa, a 16th century Mystic, teaches people in all times a spirituality of relationship, connection, and communion with God and with all that is. Following the flow of water in Theresa’s writings deepens our understanding of the place of prayer and the presence of the Holy in our journey of faith and fullness of life.
Come and be drenched in God’s abundant love!

Presenter: Joan E. Carey, SSJ
Assistant Director of WATERSPIRIT.
Date: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Fee: $25

Registration with a $10 deposit required by July 7th
Jul 15th, 2010 (Thu)
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  Come to the Quiet - Centering Prayer
Come on Tuesday mornings or Thursday evenings to experience a silent communion with God in a group of pray-ers.

Facilitator: Bunny Scott
Bunny is a Pastoral Associate at St. Frances Cabrini Parish and a Spiritual Director at the Upper Room. She has been practicing Centering Prayer for many years.

Fee: Free Will Offering
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Jul 17th, 2010 (Sat)
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  T'ai Chi for Better Health!! Body Movement Meditation
T’ai Chi for Better Health!!!
Body Movement Meditation

Experience more abundant health, harmony and balance! T’ai Chi Chih’s gentle movements release stress by relaxing and rejuvenating the body while refreshing the mind and spirit. T’ai Chi Chih can be performed as a body movement meditation, offering a greater sense of clarity, groundedness and interior peace. The twenty movements, done in repetitions of nine, can be performed with ease by anyone, regardless of age or physical condition.

Instructor: Maureen Conroy, RSM, D.Min.
Certified T’ai Chi Chih Instructor
Dates: Saturday, July 17, 2010 (9:30am-1:00pm)
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 (6:30-9:30pm)
Fee: $65

Registration with a $20 deposit required by July 12th
Jul 20th, 2010 (Tue)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  Centering Prayer - Come to the Quiet
Come on Tuesday mornings or Thursday evenings to experience a silent communion with God in a group of pray-ers.

Facilitator: Bunny Scott
Bunny is a Pastoral Associate at St. Frances Cabrini Parish and a Spiritual Director at the Upper Room. She has been practicing Centering Prayer for many years.

Fee: Free Will Offering
Jul 20th, 2010 (Tue)
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
  T'ai Chi for Better Health!! Body Movement Meditation
T’ai Chi for Better Health!!!
Body Movement Meditation

Experience more abundant health, harmony and balance! T’ai Chi Chih’s gentle movements release stress by relaxing and rejuvenating the body while refreshing the mind and spirit. T’ai Chi Chih can be performed as a body movement meditation, offering a greater sense of clarity, groundedness and interior peace. The twenty movements, done in repetitions of nine, can be performed with ease by anyone, regardless of age or physical condition.

Instructor: Maureen Conroy, RSM, D.Min.
Certified T’ai Chi Chih Instructor
Dates: Saturday, July 17, 2010 (9:30am-1:00pm)
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 (6:30-9:30pm)
Fee: $65

Registration with a $20 deposit required by July 12th
Jul 21st, 2010 (Wed)
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  Henri Nouwen Journey of the Heart
Henri Nouwen
Journey Of The Heart

Henri Nouwen was an internationally renowned priest and author who wrote over forty books on the spiritual life including: The Wounded Healer, The Life of the Beloved, and The Way of the Heart. “My hope is that the description of God’s love in my life will give you the freedom and the courage to discover…God’s love in yours.”
Come to this program and take a “Journey of the Heart” with Henri Nouwen through his reflections on the spiritual life.

Presenter: John McGuire
Father, Grandfather and Permanent Deacon at
Immaculate Conception Parish in Spotswood, NJ
Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Time: 7:00pm – 9:30 pm
Fee: $25

Registration with a $10 deposit required by July 14th
Jul 22nd, 2010 (Thu)
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  Come to the Quiet - Centering Prayer
Come on Tuesday mornings or Thursday evenings to experience a silent communion with God in a group of pray-ers.

Facilitator: Bunny Scott
Bunny is a Pastoral Associate at St. Frances Cabrini Parish and a Spiritual Director at the Upper Room. She has been practicing Centering Prayer for many years.

Fee: Free Will Offering
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Jul 27th, 2010 (Tue)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  Centering Prayer - Come to the Quiet
Come on Tuesday mornings or Thursday evenings to experience a silent communion with God in a group of pray-ers.

Facilitator: Bunny Scott
Bunny is a Pastoral Associate at St. Frances Cabrini Parish and a Spiritual Director at the Upper Room. She has been practicing Centering Prayer for many years.

Fee: Free Will Offering
Jul 28th, 2010 (Wed)
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
A Woman of Deep Prayer

Mother Teresa was considered one of the most powerful and influential women of the 20th Century. Her Secret? Prayer. She says: “Prayer is as necessary as the air we breathe. It is what keeps us alive to the grace of God. Without prayer we can do nothing.”
Join us for an evening of reflection, prayer and faith sharing in the tradition of Mother Teresa.

Presenter: Judy Warenkiewicz
Mother, Grandmother, Spiritual Director at the
Upper Room and St. Gabriel’s Parish, Marlboro
Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Time: 7: 00 pm - 9:30 pm
Fee: $25

Registration with a $10 deposit required by July 21st
Jul 29th, 2010 (Thu)
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  Come to the Quiet - Centering Prayer
Come on Tuesday mornings or Thursday evenings to experience a silent communion with God in a group of pray-ers.

Facilitator: Bunny Scott
Bunny is a Pastoral Associate at St. Frances Cabrini Parish and a Spiritual Director at the Upper Room. She has been practicing Centering Prayer for many years.

Fee: Free Will Offering
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Jul 30th, 2010 (Fri)
  Hermitage Retreat
Hermitage Retreat
HERMITAGE RETREAT
ALONE WITH GOD

Do you need some time alone with God and yourself? A Hermitage Retreat offers you an opportunity for solitude and prayer with a schedule you can create yourself. It is an invitation to grow in friendship and union with God. There are several parks close by and the ocean is only a ten minute ride away.

Facilitator: Trudy Ahern, SSJ
Upper Room co-director, spiritual director and educator of spiritual directors.

Date: Friday, July 30 – Friday, August 6, 2010

Time: 7:00 pm Arrival – 10:30 am Departure

Place: The Upper Room Spiritual Center
3455 W. Bangs Avenue
Neptune, New Jersey 07753
(Behind Holy Innocents Church)

Fee: $325 (seven nights)

Deposit: $75 (with reservation, non-transferable and non-refundable)

Simple meals & snacks will be available;
However, there will not be regularly scheduled meals.

Registration with a $75 deposit required by July 25, 2010
Jul 31st, 2010 (Sat)
  Hermitage Retreat
Hermitage Retreat
HERMITAGE RETREAT
ALONE WITH GOD

Do you need some time alone with God and yourself? A Hermitage Retreat offers you an opportunity for solitude and prayer with a schedule you can create yourself. It is an invitation to grow in friendship and union with God. There are several parks close by and the ocean is only a ten minute ride away.

Facilitator: Trudy Ahern, SSJ
Upper Room co-director, spiritual director and educator of spiritual directors.

Date: Friday, July 30 – Friday, August 6, 2010

Time: 7:00 pm Arrival – 10:30 am Departure

Place: The Upper Room Spiritual Center
3455 W. Bangs Avenue
Neptune, New Jersey 07753
(Behind Holy Innocents Church)

Fee: $325 (seven nights)

Deposit: $75 (with reservation, non-transferable and non-refundable)

Simple meals & snacks will be available;
However, there will not be regularly scheduled meals.

Registration with a $75 deposit required by July 25, 2010
 

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