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 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
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 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  
I will be running an online Retreat in September on Pilgrimage. In this retreat we look at our life journeys through the lens of pilgrimage. Some of the topics covered include our longings, risks of embracing change, what we carry with us, going beyond the safety and security of the familiar, releasing our hold onto maps and plans for our journey, facing detours and delays and facing growth and change. If any of this resonates with you, you may want to consider joining me on this Retreat.
Jan Sampson  Trish McBride - Wellington Spiritual Director Two Spiritual Outlook programmes on the National programme were recently devoted to exploring the practice and benefits of Spiritual Direction.
Spiritual Outlook for 30 June 2013 (Audio File Length 19′ 18″) Trish McBride has experience as a spiritual guide, chaplain in a mental health context, counsellor and educator and writer who's lived in several different religious traditions. She talks to Mike Gourley about the role of spiritual directors. Spiritual Outlook for 7 July 2013 (Audio File Length 18′ 22″) In the second of a 2-part programme exploring the practice and benefits of what's become known formally as Spiritual Direction, Mike Gourley talks with Wellington woman , Anne Hadfield, a past executive member of the Association of Christian Spiritual Directors You can listen to these programmes on your computer via the links above. Once you have heard these interviews you may like to comment below on your responses or to raise any questions.  Currently we are drafting the SGM Wellington/Kapiti programme for 2014. This will be included in the 2014 SGM National Calendar. You can view the current (2013) Calendar below.
This is an invitation to qualified and registered Spiritual Directors who subscribe to SGM's focus on the Christian Heritage of Contemplative Spirituality. If you would like your planned event/s for 2014 included in the Calendar, please send information to the SGM Wellington Planning Group via Terry Alve by 31 August 2013. Also you are welcomed to request that we provide a contemplative spirituality event for your local church or ministry unit. It's around this time of the year annually that interested people are invited to apply to join the Spiritual Director's Formation Programme offered by Spiritual Growth Ministries Nationally. More info is available via the brochure below.  Late Winter: Early Spring Events Late winter and early spring naturally offer rich opportunities for contemplative mediation and prayer. SGM Wellington offers various opportunities for us to emerge out of deep winter into the season of life and joy.
The SGM 2013 National Calendar offers a full list of these events - see pages 31-33 especially. Some of these opportunities are also highlighted on this website. In particular:
Please click links on this page for more info about these events...  Our Lady's Home of Compassion, Island Bay Friday 20 to Tuesday 24 September 2013
(Wheelchair access) Begins 7:30pm Friday and Ends 3pm Tuesday. A substantial part of each day will be in silence in order to listen more closely to God. Typically each day will offer: • Morning Prayer and optional other resources for the day • Evening Prayer & Communion to close each day • an individual daily spiritual direction session (30-40 mins) • personal space for your own journey • periods of communal silence will be kept • clay and material for drawing and painting will be available • provision will be made for those who want to make a fully silent retreat Venue: Our Lady’s Home of Compassion, Island Bay, Wellington Facilitators: SGM Team Cost: $300.00 or $285 if fully paid online by 30 August For More Info and Registration Form  Pip Nicolls is a member of the organising group for SGM Wellington. She is a very experienced spiritual director and contemplative. Her offerings in contemplative spirituality nationally and locally are accessible via her website:
www.thegentleartofknowing.co.nz Or, you can download them as a PDF file HERE For information and bookings on any of these offerings contact Pip on: (04) 562 6364 |
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