Be still and know that I am God. – Psalm 46:10
This six-week introductory course provides an opportunity for those interested in Christian meditation to experience the practice in a small group. We will learn about its origins and discover its relevance as a form of prayer for the contemporary world.
Dates:
March 4 – What is Christian meditation?
March 11 – John Main
March 18 – The roots of the tradition
March 25 – The wheel of prayer
April 1 – Leaving self behind
April 8 – The fruits of meditation
Time: 6:30-7:45 PM
Cost: $100 for the six-week series or $20 per session.
Presenter: Sister Cynthia Comiskey serves on the U.S. Executive Council of the World Community for Christian Meditation. She has conducted workshops around the country on Christian meditation and teaching Christian meditation to children. Sister Cynthia is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in private practice. She previously ministered as an elementary teacher and school counselor.
Imaginative Contemplation and Interactive Guided Imagery in Clinical and Spiritual Practice
Most styles of meditation used in clinical settings and practice encourage non-attachment to images, feelings, thoughts and desires. Another less well-known form of meditative or contemplative practice called Imaginative Contemplation encourages participation in sacred narratives, metaphors, symbols, and images in ways that often promote powerful psychological and spiritual differentiation and integration.
Martha A. Robbins, Th.D., will describe and explore various ways of engaging in imaginative contemplation and interactive guided imagery and discuss the spiritual and clinical benefits and potential risks.
This workshop on ethics offers six Continuing Education Credits for social workers, nurses, psychologists, NCC Counselors, LPCs and LMFTs.
Program Objectives
Participants who complete this program should be able to:
At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. Describe various forms and practices of imaginative contemplation within a spiritual tradition
2. Participate experientially in at least two forms of imaginative contemplation and one form of guided imagery in order to distinguish their similarities and differences
3. Examine and discuss the use of interactive guided imagery in a clinical case study
4. Explore spiritual and clinical benefits as well as potential risks in the use of imaginative contemplation, guided imagery, and interactive guided imagery within therapeutic settings and as complementary to therapy
Program Schedule
Registration and continental breakfast
9:30 a.m. Opening contemplative imagination practice
9:45 a.m. Purposes and practices of imaginative contemplation within several spiritual traditions: Definitions, descriptions, and differentiation
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. A method for and an engagement with imaginative contemplation
11:30 a.m. Clinical explorations of benefits, risks, and counter-indications
12:30 p.m. Lunch and round table discussion with reflection questions
1:30 p.m. Guided imagery and interactive guided imagery in therapy: Definitions, descriptions, and differentiation
1:45 p.m. Presentation and discussion of a clinical case study using interactive guided imagery
3:15 p.m. Stand up and stretch.
3:20 p.m. Encountering inner wisdom through guided imagery: Experiential exercise followed by discussion
4:00 p.m. Evaluations and dismissal
About the Speaker
Dr. Robbins has lectured and given workshops and retreats in Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Ghana, France, and Canada as well as the United States. As a licensed psychologist, she has worked in a
number of counseling settings including The Cambridge Hospital at Harvard Medical School and the Family Centre in Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
Dr. Robbins is the author of published poems, numerous articles, book chapters, and a book, Midlife Women and Death of Mother: A Study of Psycho-historical and Spiritual Transformation. She authored a series of professional CDs, Guided Meditations on Sacred Scripture to help others engage in contemplative prayer practices.
Date: Friday, March 22, 2019 | 9:30 AM-4:30 PM
Cost: $100 includes lunch and refreshments (Additional fee for CEUs) Register online or print a registration brochure.
Presenter: Martha A. Robbins, Th.D.
Location: St. Joseph Spirituality Center | 1020 State St. Baden, PA 15005
We welcome your contribution whether it’s for an hour or the entire day. Our monthly volunteer work day tasks include, but are not limited to: weeding, gardening, labyrinth maintenance, grape vine pruning, statue painting, wood chopping and weed whacking.
Please RSVP to Luke Badaczewski at lbadaczewski@stjoseph-baden.org or 724-869-6550 at least one week before each Work Day and let us know if you will be staying for lunch, which is provided. Email reminders will be sent 2 weeks prior to each work day. Weather related cancellations will be announced the Friday before each work day.
Earth Tones ministry reflects our reverence for Earth by encouraging an understanding and awareness of God and nature.
Our December Adoration, Praise and Retreat Day has been canceled. If future Adoration dates are scheduled, they will be announced on our website and Facebook page. Thank you!
Join us for an afternoon of prayer, beginning with music in our chapel to draw us deeper into God’s presence. This is followed by a brief reflection, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, a variety of options of prayer, and a social to conclude the afternoon. This is one of three Adoration gatherings co-sponsored by our Vocations Office and St. Joseph Spirituality Center.
Adoration Dates: Saturdays from 12:30-3:00 PM
September 22, December 8 and March 23
Cost: There is no cost for these events, but registration is requested.
The public is welcome to join the Sisters in Eucharistic Liturgy on Sundays at 10 a.m.
Be still and know that I am God. – Psalm 46:10
This six-week introductory course provides an opportunity for those interested in Christian meditation to experience the practice in a small group. We will learn about its origins and discover its relevance as a form of prayer for the contemporary world.
Dates:
March 4 – What is Christian meditation?
March 11 – John Main
March 18 – The roots of the tradition
March 25 – The wheel of prayer
April 1 – Leaving self behind
April 8 – The fruits of meditation
Time: 6:30-7:45 PM
Cost: $100 for the six-week series or $20 per session.
Presenter: Sister Cynthia Comiskey serves on the U.S. Executive Council of the World Community for Christian Meditation. She has conducted workshops around the country on Christian meditation and teaching Christian meditation to children. Sister Cynthia is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in private practice. She previously ministered as an elementary teacher and school counselor.
Please join us as Sister Carolyn Wiethorn leads the Sisters of St. Joseph Auxiliary and friends in a day of Lenten reflection.
Schedule:
9:00 am Registration/Continental Breakfast
9:30 am Presentation
11:30 am Mass in the Motherhouse Chapel
12:15 Lunch
There is no charge for the event; however a reservation is required. Space is limited.
Please consider a $5 donation towards the cost of lunch. We also welcome PA scratch-off lottery tickets. We will use the lottery tickets to create a basket for the annual Auxiliary Spring Luncheon event on May 18!
Living in Hope: Finding God in an Imperfect World
The Sisters and their Associates invite you to come and be refreshed by the promise of hope on our sacred grounds. In our weary and wounded world, the virtue of hope, rooted in our faith in God, is the antidote to despair. Come, and let God’s Spirit of mercy and promise nurture your own seeds of hope.
Date: Friday, March 29, at 7:00 PM through Sunday, March 31, at noon
Cost: $140 includes meals, lodging and materials. Assistance with cost is available upon request.
Presenters: Associate Cathy Ciccone, Associate Chris Didio and Kathy Wray, Director of St. Joseph Spirituality Center
Print a registration brochure.
View a full list of St. Joseph Spirituality Center programs.
The public is welcome to join the Sisters in Eucharistic Liturgy on Sundays at 10 a.m.
Be still and know that I am God. – Psalm 46:10
This six-week introductory course provides an opportunity for those interested in Christian meditation to experience the practice in a small group. We will learn about its origins and discover its relevance as a form of prayer for the contemporary world.
Dates:
March 4 – What is Christian meditation?
March 11 – John Main
March 18 – The roots of the tradition
March 25 – The wheel of prayer
April 1 – Leaving self behind
April 8 – The fruits of meditation
Time: 6:30-7:45 PM
Cost: $100 for the six-week series or $20 per session.
Presenter: Sister Cynthia Comiskey serves on the U.S. Executive Council of the World Community for Christian Meditation. She has conducted workshops around the country on Christian meditation and teaching Christian meditation to children. Sister Cynthia is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in private practice. She previously ministered as an elementary teacher and school counselor.