Bi-annual Newsletter of the Sisters of Charity Spirituality Center August, 2014

Note from the Director…

Thank you so much to all those who completed our survey monkey to assist us in planning and meeting your needs better. We will be studying the results and making decisions where needed.

I have been struck by the words of many regarding their concept/understanding of prayer and struggle with it. I came across this excerpt in the Friends of Silence recent publication and thought I would share it with you.

“I don’t know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, which is what I have been doing all day. Tell me, what else should I have done?” ~excerpt from Mary Oliver’s The Summer Day

May you find time to be idle during the summer.

God love you, Annette Paveglio, SC

Monthly Book Sharing Wayfaring – A Gospel Journey in Everyday Life

James Martin, SJ describes Margaret Silf as “One of the most accessible and inviting Christian spiritual writers today. Her use of ‘personal anecdotes, charming candor, and elegant metaphors’ connect Scripture and our ordinary lives in an insightful and refreshing way.”

In the introduction Margaret says “This is a pilgrimage journey, not a tourist outing.” And offers the following quote (source unknown): The future is not some place we are going to but one we are creating. The paths to it are not found but made, and the making of those pathways changes both the maker and the destination.

Each of the 10 chapters contains her personal reflections, Scriptural connections and questions for personal reflection.

The group will meet on the second Thursday of the month beginning September, 2014 through June 2015 from either 1-2:30 or 7-8:30. Books need to be ordered so please register no later than August 22nd.

FACILITATOR: Maureen Heverin, SC DATES: Sept. 11, Oct. 9, Nov. 13, Dec. 11, 2014; Jan. 8, Feb. 12, Mar. 12, Apr. 9, May 14, June 11, 2015 TIME: 1-2:30 PM – OR – 7-8:30 PM FEE: $35 to be paid in full at time of registration (includes cost of the book)

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PROGRAMS-AT-A-GLANCE

September—December, 2014

September

11 Book Sharing

23 Grief Recovery

October

4 World Views & Paradigm Shifts

9 Book Sharing

18 Celebrating the Gifts of Autumn

November

2 Sunday of Reflection

8 Henri Nouwen: A Mosaic of His Gifts

13 Book Sharing

14-15 How Anger, Guilt & Shame Can Affect our Self

Esteem & Our Images of God – O/N Retreat

23 The Joy of the Gospel

December

2 Lectio Divina

7 Sunday of Reflection

9 Lectio Divina

11 Book Sharing

16 Lectio Divina

For more information please call

513.347.5449 or email

spirituality.center@srcharitycinti.org

World Views & Paradigm Shifts

What IS a paradigm? How do the shifts occur-ring challenge the status quo in many areas of our lives? What values are involved? How, on what basis, do we make decisions regarding being part of change occurring in major insti-tutions? Or do I resist change? E.g. technology, family, military, economy and church.

Session will include presentation, reflection and discussion along with using power point and you tube clips. We will address the con-cern and/or excitement and questions that emerge from and for us as we wrestle with accelerated change in our world and church.

PRESENTER: Louise Akers, SC DATES: Saturday, October 4, 2014 TIME: 9 AM-12 PM LOCATION: Cedars; SC Motherhouse FEE: $25 (add $7 if staying for lunch)

Louise Akers, SC, D. Min., ministry has included justice education and advocacy in formal class-room teaching on both the high school and university levels, parish coordinator in the archdiocesan Social Action Office of Cincinnati, founder and coordinator of Cincinnati’s Inter-community Justice & Peace Center, social con-cerns director of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and coordinator of the Sisters of Charity Office of Peace, Justice & Integrity of Creation, in Cincinnati.

Louise is currently involved in writing that is focused on women in the church, accepting public speaking engagements and has created a website, www.paradigmsshifting.org.

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Grief Recovery

All of us have been through many losses in our life (death, health, jobs and relationships). We have struggled with the concept of grieving and have learned misinformation and behaviors that don’t help very much.

This session will be an overview of a method of grief recovery that has been developed over the years by John James and Russell Friedman. During this introductory session many feelings that are experienced as a consequence of the death of a loved one or other significant emotional loss will be identified. We will review possible ways of working with these feelings that have been researched by the Grief Recovery Institute.

Workshops will be offered starting in January for seven weeks for those who would like to partici-pate in the actual grief recovery process. Your decision to continue the process will be made after the presentation on September 23.

FACILITATOR: Betty Finn, SC DATE: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 TIME: 2-4 PM – OR – 7-9 PM FEE: $10 fee paid in full at time of registration

Celebrating the Gifts of Autumn: Beauty, Harvest, Fallowness & Letting Go

Nestled in the heart of October, this retreat day celebrates four gifts autumn gives to us: Beauty, Har-vest, Fallowness and Letting Go. Using scripture, nature, music, stories, and humor, this gentle day ex-plores ways we can emulate this rich season in our everyday spiritual lives. PRESENTER: Melannie Svoboda, SND DATE: Saturday, October 18, 2014 TIME: 9 AM-3 PM LOCATION: Cedars; SC Motherhouse FEE: $45 (includes lunch & morning refreshment) $40 if paid in full by Oct. 8 $10 non-refundable registration fee due at time of registration (applied to total fee) Melannie Svoboda, a Sister of Notre Dame of Chardon, Ohio for 50 years, received a Masters in English from Indiana University and a Masters in Spirituality from Duquesne University. She has served as a high school and college teacher, novice director, and provincial of her congregation. She has also ministered in the Jesuit novitiate in Detroit for six years. A free-lance writer for many years, Sister Melannie is the author of numerous articles and twelve books including Traits of a Health Spirituality, When the Rain Speaks, and Everyday Epiphanies. Her favorite pastimes include walking, listening to music, reading, working cross-word puzzles and Sudokus, and cheering for her beloved Cleveland sports teams.

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How Anger, Guilt & Shame Can Affect Our Self-Esteem

and Images of God

We will explore our images of God along with our emotions. We will look at how our feelings of anger, guilt and shame can be sources of constructive energy. Integrating our less than favorable attributes (our Negative Shadow as-pects) can lead to wholeness. We learn to take responsibility for our connectedness with God and others, and claim our own individuality.

PRESENTER: Olga Wittekind, OSF DATE/TIME: Friday, November 14 (7 PM) – Saturday, November 15 (9-2:30) LOCATION: Rose Room; SC Motherhouse FEE: $95 (overnight); $60 (commuter)

$25 non-refundable registration fee due by Nov. 6

(applied to total cost) S. Olga Wittekind, OSF, is a clinical psychologist and Jungian Analyst. She studied at the Jung Institute in Zurich and Chicago. Sister Olga is the director of the Oldenburg Franciscan Center in Oldenburg, Indiana where she does spiritual direction and counseling.

Henri Nouwen: A Mosaic of His Gifts

Henri Nouwen is one of the most beloved and wide-ly read spiritual writers of the twentieth century. His central message is that we are all of us – each and every one – the beloved child of a loving Crea-tor. This widely acclaimed spiritual master believed there were many paths to God and divinity dwelt in

growth in the spiritual life. Let Henri accompany us with his trademark wisdom, acuity, common sense and most of all compassion – and help us encounter God more fully in our everyday life.

PRESENTER: Mary Ann Humbert, SC DATE: Saturday, November 8, 2014 TIME: 9-11:30 AM FEE: $25; $10 non-refundable fee to be paid at time of registration (applied to total cost) A Sister of Charity of Cincinnati and a Cincinnati native, Mary Ann has been involved in a variety of spiritual ministries. Mary Ann studied at the College of Mount St. Joseph, Creighton University in Omaha, NE and completed an internship at the Jesuit Spiritu-al Center in Milford, OH where she assisted in the training of retreat and spiritual directors. She con-ducts prayer classes, retreats and days of reflection and serves as a spiritual director for women and men of diverse religious traditions.

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She Will Look to the Future without Fear

November 2 Marge Kloos, SC

“Illuminated by the light of this Council, we confi-dently trust, the Church will become greater in spiritual riches, and gaining the strength of new energies therefrom, she will look to the future without fear.” (John XXIII in his opening remarks of the Vatican II Council.) Since these words were spoken, what has it meant for women religious to “look to the future without fear?” The activity of the Spirit in all spheres of our life has abundantly and graciously poured Herself into deep commun-ion with our longings, urgings, inspirations, and relationships. Women religious have intentionally and regularly opened ourselves to Spirit’s penetrating and illuminating direction. During this presentation we will look briefly at the fruits of this openness, particularly those that have led to spiritual innovations, challenges and opportuni-ties as energized women of faith. Even in our apparent diminishing, women religious are evolving as relational and faithful humans who continue to “look to the future without fear.”

Marge Kloos, SC, D. Min. is a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati and associate professor of religious and pastoral studies at Mount St. Joseph University. As a member of the religious studies faculty, she teach-es courses in Spirituality, Christology, Theology of Ministry, Feminist Theology, and Christian Social Justice as well as undergraduate interdisciplinary courses. Over the past ten years she has researched, taught, and led retreats about women’s spirituality.

December 7 Christine Rody, SC

We wrestle with how much is too much, enough or too little. We evaluate what we want by questions of what we/others need. We consider our wasting or frugality in light of our world’s situation. This presentation will explore some of the whys of embracing evangelical poverty.

Sister Christine Rody presently serves as Executive Councilor for the Sisters of Charity. Other ministries Christine has been involved in are serving on the Cleveland Diocesan Mission Team in El Salvador, General Superior of the Vincentian Sisters of Chari-ty, Delegate for Religious for the Diocese of Cleve-land, and Defender of the Bond at the Cleveland Diocesan Tribunal. TIME: 9:30 AM 10:45 AM 11:30 AM

12:00 PM FEE: $20 There is no fee for the Sundays of Reflection for SC’s and Associates. Donations are welcome to defray expenses. Those who do not live at the Motherhouse are requested to call 347-5300 (daytime) or 347-5346 (evening) and leave a message if you plan to stay for dinner

SUNDAYS OF REFLECTION

Theme: “We commit ourselves as a congregation

to explore in depth the choices and changes we need to make in order to strengthen the witness of consecrated life.”

(Chapter, 2011)

Heart Notes is a bi-annual newsletter published by the Spirituality Center of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Ohio.

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An Invitation to Explore Spiritual Direction

Spiritual direction is an opportunity to share one’s inner life in a confidential setting with a trained and trusted listener. This centuries old Christian practice is the art of listening to God together, searching for the meaning of God’s action in life, and/or deepening one’s relation-ship with God. The process is individual and personal, helping to focus on the mutual relationship between God and the person seek-ing direction. For additional information or a list of Spiritual Directors please call S. Annette Paveglio, SC (513.347.5453) or email annette.paveglio@srcharitycinti.org. Group Spiritual Direction is also available. If interested please contact S. Maureen Heverin at 513.347.1408.

Massage Therapy Mary Fran Davisson, SC, LMT

Massage is both an ancient and naturally instinctive form of anointing and healing touch that helps re-lieve pain and discomfort. Massage is a holistic therapy which enhances the mind, body, and spirit con-nection and helps open a person to the presence of God in their life. Modalities include: *Swedish Massage *Deep Tissue Massage *Medical Massage *Oncology Massage *Hot Stone Massage *Energy Work 15-min. neck & shoulder or foot massage $21.35 30-min. Energy Work $30.00 30-min. massage focusing on a specific area $32.00 1-hr. Energy Work $50.00 1-hr full body massage $53.40 1 1/2-hr Hot Stone Massage $69.40 Sales tax has been added.

Appointments are required for Massage. Gift certificates are available. Call 513.347.5318 to schedule an appointment. You are precious in God’s sight.

Is. 43:1

Join us for Centering Prayer

Centering Prayer is an ongoing program in the Spirituality Center. We seek to share the prac-tice of Centering Prayer and support one an-other in a contemplative lifestyle. FREE—no registration required.

Wednesdays

One 20-minute period of Centering followed by sharing on a selected book related to Centering Prayer.

LEADERS: Liz Maxwell & Joyce Richter, SC TIME: 4-5 PM PLACE: Prayer Room

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Registration Form

Name:___________________________________________

Address:_________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Phone:__________________________________________ Email:___________________________________________ Please send directions with confirmation:______

Send registration with deposit (if required) to: Sisters of Charity Spirituality Center 5900 Delhi Rd. Mount St. Joseph, OH 45051 Check payable to Sisters of Charity

Program Deposit Price

Monthly Book Sharing $35 $35

Grief Recovery $10 $10

World Views & Paradigm Shifts $25 $25

$7 [lunch]

Celebrating the Gifts of Autumn $10 $45

$40 [before 10/8]

Henri Nouwen: A Mosaic of His Gifts $10 $25

The Joy of the Gospel $20 $20

How Anger, Guilt & Shame Can Affect Our

Self-Esteem & Images of God $25

$95[O/N] $60 [commute]

Sunday of Reflection _____ November 2 _____ December 7

$20

$20

TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED: __________

**All deposits are applied to total cost.**

The Joy of the Gospel

At this moment in time, our church has been blessed with a very charismatic and prophetic leader. During this two-hour session, we will explore Pope Francis’ transformative vision for both church and society; moreover, we will consider the formula that Francis propos-es for creating a culture of encounter. PRESENTER: Dan Hartnett, SJ DATE: Sunday, November 23 TIME: 2-4 PM LOCATION: Cedars; SC Motherhouse FEE: $20 paid in full at time of registration

Fr. Hartnett, SJ is currently the pastor at Bel-larmine Parish at Xavier University. Prior to this assignment he taught at Loyola University Chicago for 12 years and worked in Peru (Latin America) for 20 years.

If you would like to attend our programs but

financial difficulties are an issue, please call

the Spirituality Center at 513.347.5453.

Partial scholarships are available.

Lectio Divina

During Advent we will gather in the Emmaus Room from 1-2 PM on Tuesdays to reflect on the Scriptures using the Lectio Divina process – Reading the Word, Reflect-ing on the Word, Responding to God’s Word and Resting in God. No fee or regis-tration required. Bring your Bible.

“Lectio Divina means ‘holy or sacred read-ing.’ It is an ancient prayer form being re-discovered and reclaimed in our time. Lec-tio is a slow, contemplative reading of the scriptures which leads us to union with God. It is an invitation to listen deeply for God’s voice in scripture and then to allow what we hear to shape our way of being in the world.” Taken from the book, Lectio Divina, by Christine Valters Painter and Lucy Wynkoop, OSB.

PRESIDER: Maureen Heverin, SC DATES: TIME: 1-2 PM

No fee for SC’s or Associates

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Spirituality Center Staff

Annette Paveglio, SC…………………………………………………………...513.347.5453 Director Maureen Heverin, SC…………………………………………………………..513.347.1408 Spiritual Director, Retreat Minister Mary Fran Davisson, SC……………………………………………………….513.347.5318 Licensed Massage Therapist Micki Trentman………………………………………………………………….513.347.5449 Secretary

Upcoming Programs — January-May 2015