COMMUNITY
June 7, 2014
10 am-noon
A Morning of Silence:
Celebrate the Gift of Pentecost
Centering Prayer &
Enrichment led by
Molly Payne-Hardin
Christ Church
Pensacola, FL
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July 24, 2014 Centering Prayer--Dual Track Intensive/Post Intensive RetreatBenedictine Sisters Center Cullman, AL Register: Contact D. Tschache tschached@bellsouth.net July 27-August 2, 2014 Deepening the Contemplative Dimension of Servant Leadership
Marianist Center
St. Louis, MO
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CONTINUING
We foster a spirit of unity, generosity, and utmost charity in all our relationships.
Theological Principle# 13
So that they may all be one; just as You, Father, are in me and I in you, may they also be one in us.
John 17: 21
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CONSIDERATION
CONWF extends gratitude to the Event Service Team and to
all of those who helped to plan and to assist with the events during Father Meninger's visit.
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"Almost forgotten for six hundred years, Julian is a phenomenon, and she represents what Christianity will be like four to five hundred years from now. It was given to her to understand that God was going to act and 'all shall be well'." Father William  |
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A Cry for MercyO Lord, this holy season of Lent is passing quickly. I entered into it with fear, but also with great expectations. I hoped for a great breakthrough, a powerful conversion, a real change of heart; I wanted Easter to be a day so full of light that not even a trace of darkness would be left in my soul. But I know that you do not come to your people with thunder and lightning. Even St. Paul and St. Francis journeyed through much darkness before they could see your light. Let me be thankful for your gentle way. I know you are at work. I know you will not leave me alone. I know you are quickening me for Easter - but in a way fitting to my own history and my own temperament.
I pray that these last weeks, in which you invite me to enter more fully into the mystery of your passion, will bring me a greater desire to follow you on the way that you create for me and to accept the cross that you give to me. Let me die to the desire to choose my own way and select my own desire. You do not want to make me a hero but a servant who loves you. Be with me tomorrow and in the days to come, and let me experience your gentle presence. Amen. Henri Nouwen
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CALLING
Living Flame 1
A FORMATION PROGRAM
Sept. 2014~May 2015
LIMITED SPACE STILL AVAILABLE
The Living Flame program is an extraordinary opportunity for practitioners of Centering Prayer to experience seven retreat days scheduled monthly. Individual guest Presenters commissioned by Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. will teach sessions to include: Lectio Divina, The Refinement of Centering Prayer, The Human Condition, Divine Therapy, The Dark Night of Sense, The Welcoming Prayer Practice and The Discernment Practice.
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CONVOCATIONCONWF members and others were blessed to be recipients of the wisdom teaching of Father William Meninger as he made his annual visit to NW Florida. In Tallahassee, he led a workshop, "The Ennegram for Couples", and also a retreat at Camp Weed, "The Process of Forgiveness". Next in Pensacola, "Forgiveness" was the topic when he spoke with the men at Pathways for Change. Meninger also taught on "Julian of Norwich--A Mystic for the 21st Century" to a crowd-packed house at Christ Church.
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