Easter Sunday Breakfast Sunday, April 17, 2022 10:00 am to 12:30 pm
A family tradition! Join us for a delicious buffet breakfast as we celebrate Easter with family and friends. Reservations are required ~ RSVP by Monday, April 11
*Remote Via Zoom* Spirituality Series 2022: Steps 2 & 3: “We AGNOSTICS” A Choice & A Decision! Herb K & Joe C will discuss their respective approaches: Traditional VS Non-Traditional and dialogue about their understanding and experience then open the workshop to participant questions. Herb K will unpack his understanding and experience with the Big Book from the “spiritual” perspective – helping participants clarify the practical meanings of: FAITH; CHOICE; DECISION.
*Remote Via Zoom* Path to Personal Freedom ~ 12 Traditions: Ten, Eleven and Twelve: The topic of this workshop will be Traditions Ten, Eleven and Twelve. The 12 Traditions, approved in 1950, established Principles for behavior within each group as well as between all groups. Many individuals have found these guidelines useful in their personal lives and relationships with others.
Levanté 1 ~ Online Video Retreat Program ~ This is the first of Michael Fish’s fascinating new online retreat series designed to help us find the Divine in everyday life. Levanté 1 can be viewed at home on your pc or laptop. It includes an introduction video by Michael Fish, five “Day” retreat videos, a bonus sixth “Day” retreat video, and a video conclusion all with Michael Fish. It also includes these unique study aids and printed keepsakes: Downloadable PDFs of Michael’s talks; A Personal Journal, spiral bound; Pilgrim’s Credentials and “Day” Stickers. Each video series will be available for a limited time. There is also an option for an Enhanced Retreat Experience viewing the series onsite at Mary & Joseph Retreat Center.
*Remote Via Zoom* Spirituality Series 2022: Resentments: Columns 3 & 4: Step Four: Moral Inventory RESENTMENTS ~ Identification of the Obstacles in Us to Power
• Overview of the entire process; use of the model of survival instincts - fight, flight, freeze. • Actual application of precise instructions for Resentment analysis: Identifying false “beliefs;” our “should(s)”; “unenforceable rules”...
SoulCollage® is a gentle, intuitive, creative process that involves creating small collage cards that participants use as a powerful tool for ongoing self-reflection, self-awareness and community building. Through the use of images, symbols, and pictures from magazines and periodicals and other sources, the participants in this workshop will engage in the reflective process to create collage cards, that they can use as tools for prayer, meditation & connecting with their inner spirituality or soul wisdom. As part of the workshop, we will integrate the labyrinth of Mary & Joseph Center. We will provide the materials – magazines, scissors, glue sticks, SoulCollage®cards, etc.
Retreatants will experience a deeper connection with nature, God, themselves, and leave with a plan of action for creating more Joy with nature in this workshop. They will achieve this through a series of nature experiences, mindfulness, prayer, journaling, sharing, & the discovery of what kind of “bird” they might be. This workshop is meant for anyone interested in improving their relationship with nature & God and interested in helping migrate the effects of climate change. Participants should be able to walk or move for up to 10 minutes in various periods in the natural environment.
*Remote Via Zoom* Path to Personal Freedom ~ 12 Traditions: Conclusion and Experience: The topic of this last workshop will be Conclusion and Experience. The 12 Traditions, approved in 1950, established Principles for behavior within each group as well as between all groups. Many individuals have found these guidelines useful in their personal lives and relationships with others.
*Remote Via Zoom* Spirituality Series 2022: Forgiveness: A Process “Nuts & Bolts” a Continuation... Beginning with a review of previous sessions so anyone can attend, this workshop will teach the steps to FORGIVENESS as determined by the Stanford Forgiveness Projects. Lecture and guided practice will be offered. Bill Wilson (cofounder of AA) discusses forgiveness - he calls it “letting go of resentment”. It’s not done to please others, but in the interest of freedom - theirs and ours. A life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. Learn about the process of forgiveness ~ 1. what it is and what it is not, how to forgive them and ourselves. Workshop will focus on positive intention, unenforceable rules, and decision & action as tools for the forgiveness process.
*Remote Via Zoom* Spirituality Series 2022: PURPOSE: The Twelve Step process is a solution not only to addiction but for resolving the human malady of “unmanageability”. Carl Jung suggested “The Spirit is the antidote to spirits.” Bill Wilson states in the Big Book “…our way of living has its advantages for All.” Attendees ~ will experience the process for radical personal change in the way they think, feel and behave; will identify sources of serial suffering and chronic unhappiness; will learn about resources and tools for healing and a life that flourishes; will practice the skills and actions which establish and foster a sense of well-being and joy. Who should attend? · ALL who are interested in improving the QUALITY of their life; especially those in any 12 Step Fellowship. Honestly ask yourself: Are you experiencing serial suffering? Are you ‘restless, irritable and discontent’? Unhappy? Do you find yourself repeating certain self-defeating patterns?