Interfaith Retreat
Tapping Into Rich Mystical Wellsprings: A Dynamic Conversation!
August 13-15, 2010
Tap into the wellsprings of Jewish and Christian mysticism. Follow these sources flowing into their great sea of contemplative traditions and practices. Rabbi Sigal Brier, and Fr. Tom Ryan, CSP with Jean Feraca will draw us to a "big enough God" to hold our diverse experiences, traditions and longings.
Come as seeker, healer, or wonderer. Come dialogue in a setting where spirituality and healing are deep and universal.
Call us today to reserve your place -- 866-333-7507 -- or fill out our form on our Contact Us Page.
Conference Reflection ...
Experience Sacred Presence in deep Sabbath rest and prayerful engagement in wisdom through teaching, movement and song from ancient spiritual traditions and practices.
Our Second Annual Interfaith Retreat brings a Catholic priest and a Jewish rabbi together with the discerning Wisconsin Public Radio host, Jean Feraca, of Here On Earth. These presenters represent diverse spiritual traditions, and their lives are characterized by spiritual quest. Our intention is to engage in processes designed to bring about an internal shift. You will return home restored, more in touch with your authentic self and with a sense of greater Wholeness.
Costs: $400 (all-inclusive, shared housing); $250 (for commuters, includes tuition and six meals); $275 (includes tuition and meals and bring-your-own tent) Early registration before July 13: Deduct $30 from your cost.
Rabbi Sigal Brier, MA, is an innovative leader, psychologist, and experienced spiritual facilitator with an integrative approach. She has been a faculty member in diverse academic, holistic and Jewish organizations, including Temple University, Kripalu Center and Gratz College. She founded the Institute for Religious Leaders after serving as a congregational rabbi for 10 years and directing a program for rabbis and rabbinical students in New York City.
Fr. Thomas Ryan, CSP, directs the Paulist North American Office for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations in Washington, DC. As an expression of his ministry to promote Christian unity and interreligious understanding, he leads retreats throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. He has authored a dozen books, among them Prayer of Heart and Body; Meditation and Yoga as Christian Spiritual Practice; Reclaiming the Body in Christian Spirituality; Four Steps to Spiritual Freedom; Interreligious Prayer: A Christian Guide; Soul Fire; and the DVD Yoga Prayer.
Jean Feraca, MA, is a 27-year veteran of public talk radio in the United States. She brings us the unique sensibility of a poet/humanist/journalist, combined with a lively personal style and a sense of adventure, discovery and delight perfectly suited to creating a global on-air community. Jean Feraca is Wisconsin Public Radio's Distinguished Senior Broadcaster and has been host and co-producer of the Ideas Network's award-winning call-in news and cultural affairs program, Conversations with Jean Feraca, from 1990 to 2003. In 2003 she started her new daily program Here On Earth.
Since 1980 the Christine Center has been a unique sanctuary for spiritual deepening leading to individual and global transformation. Today, it remains grounded in the Catholic commitment to dialogue and respect for all faith traditions. The Center bears the Franciscan hallmarks of simplicity, welcoming hospitality, and love for nature. It exists as a space for discovering God, self and creation, more intimately present in the pause a retreat allows.
Hidden off the highways of central Wisconsin, the Christine Center is a natural sanctuary of woodland, ponds and meadows. Its hermitages and other accommodations calm the restless spirit and invite the seeker to breathe with the rhythms of the earth.
The entire environment is designed to deepen spiritual practice in solitary quiet. Our kitchen offers acclaimed meals with natural ingredients, locally harvested and graciously prepared in the old fashioned slow cooked way, thereby nurturing body and soul.