Do you ever feel like you want to connect to God in a deeper way? Maybe you want to connect for the first time, or perhaps you are struggling to hear Him or to understand meaning in life. The Quest for Home is a six-week online retreat for a small group of individuals from different parts of the world who are open minded, curious and want to deepen their relationship with God. Log on from anywhere and learn with others how to talk with God through different forms of prayer, how to be aware of His constant invitation, and recognize what draws you to and away from Him.
Each Quest for Home retreat is directed by a spiritual guide and is based on an introduction to the 'Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life' by St. Ignatius of Loyola.
WEEKLY FORMAT
Complete daily prayer exercises and reflections
Adopt a few spiritual practices
Make journal notes
Share on-line once weekly in a Google Hangout with a small group
SIGNUP INSTRUCTIONS
The cost is $70 per person. Click 'register' below to pay and reserve your place. Email us with your preferred Google Hangout day:
Sunday September 21st at 2pm CST / 8pm GMT
Tuesday September 23rd at 1.30pm CST / 7.30pm GMT
Friday September 26th at 1.30pm CST / 7.30pm GMT
Registration closes Tuesday September 16th.
If you would like to take the Quest for Home online retreat on your own with a personal guide email us for details.
Ignatian Contemplation is a six week retreat in every day life. More commonly known as ‘Imaginative Prayer” participants are given guidance to enter this grace filled form of prayer. Imaginative Prayer uses the will, memory, imagination and all five senses to enter into a Gospel story, be near Jesus and participate in His teaching, actions and events that unfold. Participants contemplate Jesus and gain insights about His personality, attitudes and motivations. Most importantly participants are helped to notice and pay attention to the effect Jesus has upon their own attitudes, life and relationships. They discover Jesus speaking to them and what He is drawing their attention to. The pray'er enters into conversation with Jesus and the enjoyment of His loving presence.
To embark on Ignatian Contemplation, participants will need to have completed the Quest for Home Retreat which provides an introduction to Imaginative Prayer.
WEEKLY FORMAT
Complete daily prayer exercises and contemplate three Gospel stories
Make journal notes and adopt a few spiritual practices
Meet once a week, with a Certified Prayer Guide for 50 minutes (online or in person) to process prayer experiences.
Through a contemplative approach to your prayer experience, the Guide will gently ask questions to evoke self awareness of God’s presence and invitation.
SIGNUP INSTRUCTIONS
The cost is $259 per person. Click 'register' below to pay and reserve your place. Email us to arrange your weekly appointment with your guide.
Retreat begins week commencing Sunday September 21st. Registration closes Tuesday September 16th.
A strong sense of joy and peace about our direction and vocation in life may be hard to find. Dreams may get lost or our vision gets cloudy. Worse still we may become satisfied with 'okay'. In this retreat you will undertake reflective exercises on your God given unique qualities, skills and life experience. Through peer to peer dialogue and the assistance of a guide you will discover key statements about your values, beliefs and what 'fires your rockets' towards vision and mission. Finally, you will assemble a visual mood board to display your discoveries.
This class will help you connect to your story, refine it in a way that is simple for you and others to understand and begin to look at ways you might tell it to those around you. Whether you're an individual or a business, your core identity is the passion that drives you and the way you will be most fulfilled.
WEEKLY FORMAT
Attend an online Google Hangout once weekly
Complete simple homework assignments
Share your findings with the group, listen and feed into others' stories
Be open, curious and willing to create a final mood board using printed text and cut outs from magazines (this final mood board can form the basis to build a visual identity in the future if you so desire).
SIGNUP INSTRUCTIONS
The cost is $120 per person. Our next class begins Monday January 5th, 2015 at 7.30pm CST. Click 'register' below to pay and reserve your place. Registration closes Monday December 22nd, 2014