Facilitated by Sr. Celeste, Crine, OSF

Sr. Celeste Crine, OSF, is a Sister of St. Francis of Philadelphia. She is a spiritual director, retreat facilitator and an accredited Tai Chi Chih Teacher. Her ministries have included being Associate Director/Coordinator at the School of Applied Theology, Director of Spirituality and Healing Arts at St. Joseph Family Center, Spokane WA and served as a supervisor for spiritual directors in the Neumann University Pastoral Counseling Department in Aston, PA.

“Know that God’s word is spoken fully only in silence.

Be still, and you will know, not by the knowledge

of the mind, but by the knowledge of the heart,

Who God is and who you are.”

Thomas Keating, God is All in All.

Together we will join in prayer with the opportunity to reflect and respond in silence. You may respond in silent sitting, Centering Prayer, or Contemplative Writing.

Format:

• Opening Prayer
• A Reading
• 20 minutes for Your Contemplative Response
• Silent Sitting or Contemplative Writing
• Closing Prayer

Times on Thursday Morning from 9:00 am to 9:45 am, and the Dates below will be:

Thursday morning, July 9, 2020; Thursday morning, July 16, 2020; Thursday morning, July 23, 2020; Thursday morning, July 30, 2020; Thursday morning, August 6, 2020; Thursday morning, August 13, 2020. No experience needed. All are welcome.

There will not be sharing during this time. If your form of contemplation is writing have a pen and paper or journal with you.

Free Zoom Meeting online. Please register below and we will sent you the link. Feel free to give a donation by click on this link –  Donations welcome.

Facilitated by Jan Stegner, MTS, MMC

Jan is a graduate from the Franciscan School of Theology at the Graduate School of Theology in Berkeley, California. She holds two master degrees: Theological Studies, and Multi-Cultural Church. Jan has been teaching Religious Studies to children, teenagers, and adults for over nineteen years. Jan currently works at San Damiano Retreat Center, and at Saint Perpetua Parish in Lafayette. Jan is married with two adult children and lives in Walnut Creek with her husband and their cat and three dogs.

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San Damiano will be offering a monthly series for women beginning in June of 2020. Sisters in Spirit (SIS) will be held the following dates with the following topics in mind: Live Zoom from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm.

• Tuesday morning, June 16: Ruth
• Tuesday morning, July 28: Mary Magdalene
• Tuesday morning, August 18: St. Clare
• Tuesday morning, September 29: Thea Bowman
• Tuesday morning, October 20: Women Mystics

We will look at these women scripturally, historically, and spiritually and find our similarities and or differences. No Bibles or books required, simply your presence and your thoughts and experiences. We will have time to take a break and time for discussion and sharing too.

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*** Please register below.  You will then be sent a link to log into the Zoom Online Retreat via email after you register online. 

***Cost is $20 nonrefundable. ZOOM ONLINE: 11:00 AM TO 12:30 PM!

***Please text or call Kateri at 925-785-9850, if you don’t want to register online on PayPal. Thank you!

Facilitated by Sr. Celeste, Crine, OSF

Sr. Celeste Crine, OSF, is a Sister of St. Francis of Philadelphia. She is a spiritual director, retreat facilitator and an accredited Tai Chi Chih Teacher. Her ministries have included being Associate Director/Coordinator at the School of Applied Theology, Director of Spirituality and Healing Arts at St. Joseph Family Center, Spokane WA and served as a supervisor for spiritual directors in the Neumann University Pastoral Counseling Department in Aston, PA.

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“Eternal Cycles of Nature”

As we live the daily adaptations of covid-19, it is easy to forget time and even what is happening beyond the stresses of the virus. The seasons of nature remain faithful to their cycles of moving forward. Gift yourself with part of a day in the next few months to pause and join others in listening to what nature offers for nourishment of spirit and refreshment of life.

There will be prayer, presentation, reflection time and optional sharing.

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San Damiano will be offering one Series per month on Thursday Mornings:

September 10 to December 3, 2020 from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm.

Here are the following dates with the topics below:

• Thursday morning, September 10: Turning from Summer to Autumn – “Harvest will come, and then every farmer’s rich.” Thomas Fuller
• Thursday morning, October 15: Autumn – “There is a harmony in Autumn, and a luster in its sky…” Percy Shelley
• Thursday morning, November 12: Turning from Autumn to Winter – “With sudden stir the air startled forest sings Winter’s returning song…” John Clare
• Thursday morning, December 3: Advent – “Make my spirit pure and clear as are the frosty skies” Tennyson

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*** Please register below.  You will then be sent a link to sign into the Zoom Online Retreat after you register online.

***Cost is $25 per person.  ZOOM ONLINE: 9:30 AM TO 12:00 PM!

***Please text or call Kateri at 925-785-9850, if you don’t want to register online on PayPal. Thank you!