Bay Area Centering Prayer Speaker Series--2012
Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Parish, San Francisco
You are cordially invited to calendar/attend a 2012 Centering Prayer Speakers Series to be held in the New Year from January to May at Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Parish in the Castro area of San Francisco. Join Most Holy Redeemer's Centering Prayer Community for five Saturday mornings featuring periods of prayer, thoughtful presentations by well-known local presenters, reflection, dialogue and fellowship. Theme, dates, topics and speakers appear below.
Spiritual Practice & Transformation in the 21st Century
The Inner and Outer Journey
January 14, 2012
Seeing with New Eyes, Catherine Regan Speaker
February 18, 2012
Awakening To New Life, Catherine Regan Speaker
March 31, 2012
Loving In a Wounded World, Catherine Regan Speaker
April 21, 2012
Becoming Human, Vincent Pizzuto Speaker
May 12, 2012
Becoming Divine, Vincent Pizzuto Speaker
Catherine Regan, Ph.D is a spiritual director, clinical psychologist, and adjunct staff member at Mercy Center with a special interest in contemplative practices and resultant benefits in our individual and collective lives.
Rev. Vincent Pizzuto, Ph.D is Associate Professor in the Dept. of Theology & Religious Studies at the University of San Francisco. Recent publications include studies in Mathew's infancy narratives, Scriptural ecology readings to confront climate crises, and homosexuality and the Church. Vincent ministers to New Skellig, a Bay Area Celtic contemplative community.
Topics will explore contemporary life & human experiences in light of spiritual practices--for example, the critical issue of environmental sustainability as a spiritually fulfilling & socially just expression of human presence on the planet; how Centering Prayer helps dismantle personal programs of consumerism & other addictions and see ourselves more honestly in the loving eyes of God; ways to recognize and integrate a new and transformed life; Centering Prayer's role in cultivating a loving and forgiving heart in our woundedness; ways to become more deeply aware of ourselves, our bodies, our very hearts as "sacred scripture"; how to integrate our intellectual, mystical and sexual energies as experiences of the Divine Presence within us.
This Speaker Series is an excellent way for individuals and Centering Prayer groups to deepen their Christian meditation practice and integrate into the larger northern California contemplative community.
Carpooling is encouraged. Free Will Donation requested. Coffee and refreshments. For more information, call Sr. Cathy Cahur SC at 415-553-8776 or Mary Wyman at 415-431-8590.
Location: Auditorium below Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church--100 Diamond Street on corner of 18th Street in the Castro area of San Francisco. Registration 9:00am to 9:30am. Program 9:30am to 12:30pm.
Rev. Vincent A. Pizzuto, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
Director, Catholic Studies and Social Thought Minor
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
Web: www.newskellig.org
