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Greetings Brigid's Place Family,We are excited to announce this year's book study series. In addition to both summer and fall studies we will have an online book group. The dates for the online group are to be determined, however, you are certainly welcome to attend and participate in one or all of the studies. Specific details are listed below for each.
If you are interested in attending the summer study which begins Monday, June 14th, please respond to our Administrator by June 4th.
Thank you for your continued interest in Brigid's Place and have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.
Blessings to all.
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 ONLINE STUDY
Facilitated by Jeanette Carter
Would you enjoy being in a book group while sitting at home in your pj's?Are you interested in a book group but work and family leaves you no time for meetings?Do you only have odd times to commit to a book group like late nights or early mornings or only Thursday afternoons?Are you interested in participating in an Online Book Group with Brigid's Place? If you would like to join the Brigid's Place Online Book Group or have questions about the group, please email Jeanette Carter, Vice President of Brigid's Place, at jeancart57@hotmail.com by Friday, June 4, 2010. She will contact tespondents with more details including the date for the study. |
 SUMMER STUDY
Facilitated by Lucia Bettler
Traveling with Pomegranates: a Mother-Daughter Story by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor
This book is a dual memoir by the famous novelist and her daughter about facing various stages of a woman's life. Kidd and Taylor found strength and inspiration on their respective journeys in the lives of Athena, the Virgin Mary and Joan of Arc, but mostly through a new understanding and appreciation of each other. - (partial quote from Publisher's Weekly's via Amazon)
Four (4) Monday evenings: June 14, June 28, July 5, and July 12, 6:00 to 7:45 p.m. at Lucia's Garden, 2216 Portsmouth, Houston, Texas 77098. If you are interested in attending this study, please respond to the Administrator by June 4, 2010 at brigidsplace@brigidsplace.org or 713-590-3333.
Facilitator: Lucia Bettler, Program Chair of Brigid's Place, is the owner of Lucia's Garden which she formed with her husband Michael in 1984. The shop offers a bookstore with music, herb crafting and gardening, meditation and aromatherapy and cooking classes with Lucia.
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 FALL STUDY
Facilitated by Pam Stockton
Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now is a life-changing book. It challenges conventional thinking on nearly every page, starting from the premise that thinking itself is not only an addiction but among our greatest obstacles to spiritual awareness. Time is an illusion, as Tolle demonstrates, but time spent internalizing the wisdom of this text is a deep dip into being, the timeless space of consciousness beyond resistance to the present moment. "Enter the now from wherever you are." Eight (8) Wednesday evenings, September 29 through November 17, 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Bride's Room of Christ Church Cathedral, 1117 Texas Avenue, Houston, Texas 77002. If you are interested in attending this study, please respond to brigidsplace@brigidsplace.org or 713-590-3333. Facilitator: Pam Stockton, formerly President of Brigid's Place and Editor of the Women's Journal, is also a graduate of Perkins School of Theology. Currently she is a student at Houston Graduate School of Theology in the Master of Arts in Counseling program. |
Brigid's Place is a 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Non-Profit Organization that supports the spiritual development of women. We offer classes, lectures, discussion groups, weekend workshops and retreats where people can ask questions relating to their spiritual journeys, address their doubts, and become empowered to meet the challenges of life. We are named after St. Brigid, a fifth century Irish Celtic Saint who founded a monastery of nuns and monks based on the social concept of equality of men and women. They were known for their wisdom, compassion, hospitality, and healing.
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