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Assisi Gardens, Te Kopi Rd., Gladstone, Wairarapa Well, 'What do you know?" New Zealand, Wairarapa to be more specific has its own Assisi. Assisi Gardens above Te Kopi Rd., Gladstone have been developed from scratch by Andrew & Cec Buchanan over the past 15 years. This magnificent, secluded, rural, retreat has been lovingly planted, landscaped, developed and maintained so well that it has become a garden of national significance - see NZ Gardens Trust. I wandered in unplanned early August 2015 while filling in time whilst in the Wairarapa. The drive in takes one to 225m ASL. At this height there is a definite micro climate for this garden tucked away in the Gladstone hills. The garden is open and accessible to the public daily, year round. There is access for buses and the venue is used for weddings and other functions. Large Marquees can be erected on a flat area adjacent the lower olive groves. The Lookout offers a wonderful panoramic view towards the residence and the southern Wairarapa. The walkway through the gardens (see diagram) took me around 40 mins. with a few stops. This definitely is walking to be savoured and approached meditatively. I came away thinking what a wonderful place for Retreat - perhaps a day retreat, but perhaps arrangements could be made with the owners for something more substantial in the nature of Retreat! This place is full of serendipity. Terry Alve 7 August 2015 Opening Hours and Tariffs Open all year from 8.30am Entry by appointment Adults $10 Contact Details and Location Physical Address: 23 Te Kopi Rd, Te Whanga Phone: 06 3727661 Email: assisinz@orcon.net.nz  CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE
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Mid-winter greetings as we update and report back after the Organising Group met this week. There are a number of matters to report. Firstly we note that this website has been edited and refreshed. Please take a look around. You might like to Contact Us and report on anything you would like to commend, suggest could be improved, etc. We draw the following to your attention:
 Our New Logo - What do you think?  The Home of Compassion, Island Bay from the Western Hills Above A FOUR AND A TWO DAY DIRECTED RETREAT will run concurrently at the Island Bay Home of Compassion in September.
4 DAY RETREAT - $390.00 Fri. 11 September - 6:30pm - Tues. 15 September 2015 - 2:30pm 2 DAY RETREAT - $235.00 Fri. 11 September - 6:30pm - Sun. 13 September 2015 - 8:30pm There are up to 15 Places Available Contact: Terry Alve 027 600 1926 terry.alve@gmail.com Preparations are well underway for two great opportunities to hear Dr Alexander Shaia here in Wellington - don't miss out!
Friday Evening June 27, 7.30pm at the Conference Room, St Andrew's on the Terrace The Fourfold Journey of All in Christ Our early Christian ancestors assumed a Jewish metaphor for the journey that each of us makes with God and Spirit. They understood the journey as on-going, cyclical and sequential, moving across four paths like the wheel of nature across the seasons. Their knowledge of the journey's four paths was the source of our great Christian spiritual practices. And among their most inspired action was the choice of the four gospels as The Fourfold Way (practices) of Jesus. In this lens, we will see the gospel of Matthew as the text of how we face change; Mark as how we move through suffering; John as how we receive joy and know union; and Luke as how we mature in service. To tend the sacred fire of love in action, we absolutely require a map. Yet having the map is but the first step. Then we must walk. All are invited to explore this ancient fourfold map and its practice. Welcome! Cost $10.00 - Enquiries to Andrew Pritchard: alp_resources@paradise.net.nz (04)9046764 ------------------------------ Saturday June 28, 10.00am - 4.00pm, St Theresa's Parish Hall, Plimmerton (Parking in James St) Four Critical Questions and Practices for the Journey A Professional Development Day for Spiritual Directors (and others in related ministry) BYO Lunch, AM & PM tea provided Cost $30.00 For Internet banking: Account Name: Spiritual Growth Ministries Account Number: 12-3142-0156477-00 Please use ‘Shaia’ and your surname as the reference so we can identify your payment. Registrations to: Andrew Pritchard: alp_resources@paradise.net.nz (04)9046764  Retreat Centre - Home of Compassion, Island Bay, Wellington SGM Wellington offer three Contemplative Spirituality Directed Retreats Annually.
Fees for these Retreats are subsidised by grants from the Wallis Trust. These Retreats are usually well-supported. We recommend that you register early. "What we take in by contemplation, that we pour out in love." "The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great." Meister Eckhart (adapted) Theologian & Mystic c.1260-1327  These two retreats were not advertised in the 2014 SGM Calendar. You may down load the Retreat info via the PDF link below and/or view the retreat info by scrolling through the attached PDF file. 
 "Be yourself... everyone else is taken! Truly!" Learn about your possible E-profile; see how you are not boxed-in to one Type; learn how your profile is connected by wings and arrows, by gender, instinct, culture, place in family, life experience, and your lived belief in and experience of God. Venue: Home of Compassion, Wellington: a weekend workshop
Dates: Saturday12 and Sunday 13 July. Presenter: Gabrielle from Hamilton is an educationalist (ex school principal) and member of the Association of Christian Spiritual Directors.Her offering of an Enneagram Workshop fills a significant gap for this kind of input in the wider Wellington Region. TO REGISTER: Phone Gabrielle 07-882-1574 or 021-112-6804 EMAIL: compassio@xtra.co.nz COST: $175 (accommodation and meals are a further cost, if required). COMPASSIO Services ‘Do you not know that your body is a shrine of the indwelling Holy Spirit?’(1 Cor. 6:19) www.compassioservices.com www.super-visionplus.vpweb.co.nz  March to November – WALKING THE MYSTICAL PATH – CONTEMPORARY SAGES SHOW US THE WAY.
A Contemplative Living programme undertaken at home. This programme is available as an ‘at home’ programme of: resource material, reading, reflection, spiritual practices and includes four spiritual companioning sessions by skype or phone. During the programme we look at five strands of the path: theology, prayer/meditation, compassion, creativity and social justice through teachings and practices of contemporary sages such as Merton, Newell, Bourgeault, Baxter, Rohr, Fox, Doherty to name but a few. This is an experiential programme to deepen and support your own sense of the contemplative Spirit. Facilitator: Pip Nicholls www.thegentleartofknowing.co.nz Cost: $300 for materials and spiritual companioning sessions Enquiries/registration by 14th March to: Pip (04) 562 6364 or pip.nicholls@xtra.co.nz 21-23rd Mar Step Eleven: ‘Sought through prayer and meditation…’ This retreat is for people who attend AA meetings. This residential weekend retreat is an opportunity to explore what "conscious contact" means for each of us and more importantly to experience this contact within our day to day lives. Dis-ease and stress will always distract us from ‘conscious contact’ so what are simple meditations that will bring us back. The retreat will be experimental, with time for individual reflection, discussion and there will be an AA meeting on Friday and Saturday night. Facilitator: Pip Nicholls www.thegentleartofknowing.co.nz Venue: Home of Compassion, 2 Rhine Street, Island Bay, Wellington Time: Friday 7pm to Sunday 2.30pm Cost: $140 for accommodation and meals plus koha for facilitator. If payment is an issue please contact Pip to discuss options. Enquiries/registration by 14th March to: Pip Nicholls (04) 562 6364 or pip.nicholls@xtra.co.nz Oct 19 INTRODUCTION TO CENTERING PRAYER - WORKSHOP
Centering Prayer is a form of Meditation in the Christian contemplative tradition that guides the heart, mind and soul to deepen towards the Sacred. Through silence and an inner gesture of letting go, we learn to experience God beyond words, emotions and thoughts, and to release our attachment to our ‘false self’ as Merton named it. The practice cultivates a deepening relationship with Life, and opens us to “purity of heart” and compassion. This workshop is based on the teachings of Fr Thomas Keating and Rev Cynthia Bourgeault. Facilitator: Molly King & Pip Nicholls Venue: St Andrew’s Church, Reikorangi Valley, Waikanae (Wheelchair Access) Time: Saturday 10:30am to 3.30pm. Cost: $50. BYO lunch Enquiries/regis. by 11 Oct: Molly King (04) 904 6102 or email: mdking@clear.net.nz Nov 7 THROUGH AGEING TO SAGEING – RETREAT DAY Spirituality for an emerging vision of growing older - This retreat day uses Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s definition of Sageing. “... a process of approaching ageing as a positive journey filled with wisdom, learning and spirituality. It affirms the importance of the elder years and teaches how to reap life’s wisdom”. Facilitator: Pip Nicholls Venue: Pa Maria, 78 Hobson Street, Thorndon, Wellington (wheelchair accessible) Time: Thursday Nov 7, 10am to 4pm Cost: $50 BYO lunch Enquiries/registration by 1 Nov. to: Pip Nicholls (04) 562 6364 or pip.nicholls@xtra.co.nz Nov 21 THIRST, TAMBOURINES AND TESSA WITH THE CARMELITES - RETREAT DAY If we ever thought the life of a monastic was more the ‘Mary’ role, well Teresa of Avila would prove that it’s frequently the role of ‘Martha.’ For Teresa, it’s not what we do but how we do it that counts. Today we’ll explore the ‘dance’ of the Carmelites through the eyes of Tessa Bielecki and what ‘embodied prayer’ may have to say to us today. Facilitator: Pip Nicholls Venue: Pa Maria, 78 Hobson Street, Thorndon, Wellington (wheelchair accessible) Time: Thursday Nov 21, 10:30am to 4pm Cost: $50 per day or $175 for all four days BYO lunch Enquiries/registration by 15 Nov. to: Pip Nicholls (04) 562 6364 or pip.nicholls@xtra.co.nz Nov 23 & 30 - TWO DAY RETREATS AT PETONE Come away for a day with yourself and with your God. There will be a substantial time for personal reflection, some time of input and a little time for optional sharing with others. See themes below. Theme: Advent Facilitator: Helen Tripp Time: 9.30am – 4pm Venue: Petone Baptist Church, 38 Buick Street, Petone. (opposite the large ceramic fountain) Wheelchair access. Bring: Notebook/pen, Bible, and warm clothes if wanting to walk along beach. Cost: $20 and bring your own lunch (cafes very close to church as well) Tea & coffee provided. Contact/Registration: Helen Tripp Ph: (04) 586 4626 or Email: helen.tripp@xtra.co.nz Limited to 8 places. Sep 1 - AN AFTERNOON ON CHANGE - Event Cancelled
Facilitator: Trish Harris - (04) 237 4711 or harrist@paradise.net.nz Contact Trish if you would like access to the resource she would have based this event on. Sep 13-14 FILMS – ANOTHER WAY GOD SPEAKS TO US
Leaders: Molly King and Maureen Lamb Venue: St Marks Church, 58 Woburn Rd, Lower Hutt Time: Friday 7 – 9:30pm to see film. Saturday 9:30am - 4 .30pm Cost: $45 Please register by Sept 6 with Maureen Lamb Ph: (04) 5694149 or Email: maureen@lamb.org.nz Sep 13-15 “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and getsome rest.” Mark 6:31b An opportunity to relax, rest, reflect and pray in the silence, away from the busyness of everyday life. 7pm Friday night (after dinner) to 3:30pm Sunday afternoon. Venue: Elm Lodge, El Rancho, Waikanae (wheelchair access). Comfortable accommodation not far from the ocean. Cost: $170 ($40 on registration.) All meals provided. For more information contact: Esmae Goodwin (06) 354 8458 or Ruth Rosser (06) 356 9994) or Email rrpeace@xtra.co.nz Registrations to Ruth Rosser, 5 St Paul’s Court, Westbrook, Palmerston North, 4412 by 17th August. |
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