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Wednesday Evening Bible Study with The Rev. Edward Johnston, 3:30-5:00 pm will begin September 15, 2010. Mondays, 6:30 pm, Christian Meditation Group Readings from Fr. John Main and Fr. Laurence Freeman, with a recorded teaching of Fr. Main, followed by a 30-minute period of meditation.
Into Action Manhattan Group of Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:00 pm, Wednesdays all year.
Yoga, April Puciata leads a yoga class for all ages. Yoga classes resume Tuesday, September 14 at 8:00 am for 10 sessions. Please call the House office for more information and cost.
UPCOMING House Sponsored Retreats: Annual Advent Retreat, The House of the Redeemer’s Annual Advent Retreat will be lead by Brother Andrew Colquhoun, OHC. Brother Andrew has served churches as a Presbyterian minister in Scotland, Virginia and North Carolina. He was priested in 1984 while he was a CPE Supervisor in Iowa. In the Order he has been Guestmaster and Prior at West Park and has just returned from South Africa where he helped found the monastery there and where he was the Novice Master. The retreat topic will involve The Psalms as the voice of God’s people. What do The Psalms say to us in this time of expectation? This day will explore the longings of our hearts through the Psalms of the Advent liturgies and the assured belief that God hears our longings and blesses them. Lunch will be provided. Please reserve. Fee: $25. Saturday, December 4, 8:45 am-3:00 pm. PREVIOUS House Sponsored Retreats: Opening a Space Within: Hospitality in the Benedictine Tradition, The Rev’d. Dr. Jane A. Tomaine, Episcopal priest, nationally known retreat leader and author of St. Benedict’s Toolbox: The Nuts and Bolts of Everyday Benedictine Living, will lead this evening program focusing on the practice of hospitality found in the sixth-century monastic Rule of St. Benedict. When we want to trade our family members in for “shiny new ones” or close the door on a community, the wisdom of St. Benedict can help us to reclaim connection and purpose in these relationships. Ideas and useful tools for the practice of hospitality will be introduced. Suggested donation: $15. Thursday, February 25 at 6:00 pm of vents Annual Lenten Retreat, This year’s Lenten retreat will be led by Sister Faith Margaret, CHS. Sister Margaret is one of three sisters serving on the Community of the Holy Spirit Council that oversees the running of the entire Community, as well as performing the role of Treasurer to the Episcopal Diocese of New York. Topic will be: Fasting & Different Approaches to Fasting Lunch will be provided. Fee $25. Please call to reserve space. Saturday, March 6 8:45 am-3:00 pm Great Expectations, This year’s advent retreat will be led by Brother Robert Sevensky, OHC (Superior of the Order of the Holy Cross). In Twelve-Step circles it is sometimes said: “An expectation is a resentment waiting to happen.” What may we legitimately expect of God, of others, of ourselves? We will explore the dynamics of hope and the ways it expresses itself in our dreaming and desiring. Can we be people of great expectations? Where do the deepest longings of our hearts find a home in the Christmas promise? Lunch is provided. Fee $25. Please call to reserve space. Saturday, December 12, 8:45 am-3:00 pm. Saturday, March 14, 8:45 am-3:00 pm: Lenten Retreat, Brother Scott Wesley Borden will lead this year’s Lenten Retreat. Br. Scott is a monk of the Order of the Holy Cross, an Episcopal Benedictine Monastic Community in West Park, NY. Before becoming a monk he worked for 25 years in the field of Public Radio, including many years at WNYC New York. The topic will be “Preparing Heart and Mind for Lent (and what comes after),” focusing particularly on the Benedictine approach to Lenten practice. For further information on any of the above events please call (212) 289-0399. THE HOUSE OF THE REDEEMER 7 East 95th Street New York, NY 10128Phone: (212) 289-0399 Fax: (212) 410-7899 Email: info@redeem.org |
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