Upcoming Offerings
“Peace meets you at the garden gate..At Bethany every leaf and tree,
every stone and flower seems infused with the prayers of the faithful.”
–Desmond Tutu
Come and find a place of prayer and hospitality, beauty, worship and the companionship and witness of others.
EVENING CONTEMPLATIVE EUCHARIST
St. Anne’s Chapel, May 16, 7:00 pm. Join us every 3rd Wednesday evening September – June.
Join us for an evening service of song, silence, readings, prayers, and Eucharist. Celebrant: The Rev. Susan Richmond. Music: Cathy Okhuysen. All are welcome.
Contemplative Prayer on Thursday mornings 10:00- 11:30am in the Chapel, led by Bethany Colleagues
ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS: A MOTHER’S GROUP FOR NOURISHING BODY AND SOUL
May 7, May 21, and June 4 2012 from 7PM to 8:30PM
This three-week program will offer time and space to share wisdom and humor with other mothers, be renewed by quiet reflection, and to reconnect with a sense of ourselves and the holy amid the chaos and joys of daily life. Please join us to share in this new offering. For more information, click here. To register online, click here.
REFRESHMENT DAY: THE SOUL OF LEADERSHIP
Tuesday, June 5, 9AM to 2PM
In twenty-first century Western culture, leaders are rewarded for their drive, decisiveness, productivity, and long work hours. What would it look like for a leader to cultivate the inner life, to step off the treadmill, to take time apart for personal reflection? What would leadership arising from the soul look like? This will be an experiential, interactive workshop, in which presentation will be interwoven with periods of quiet reflection, and participants’ own experiences will serve as the basis for reflection and discernment.
This workshop will be led by Rev. Dr. Benefiel. Rev. Dr. Benefiel is the Executive Officer of Executive Soul, LLC, which offers consulting, coaching, and spiritual direction for leaders and organizations. She is also adjunct faculty at Andover Newton Theological School in Boston and visiting lecturer at All Hallows College in Dublin, Ireland. In addition to numerous other publications, Dr. Benefiel is the author of Soul At Work (Seabury, 2005) and The Soul of a Leader (Crossroad, 2008), and co-editor of The Soul of Supervision (Morehouse, 2010).
Come join us for a day of reflection, learning and quiet. Registration required. Fee: $50 includes the midday dinner at the Convent. To register online, click here.
SAVE THE DATE: June 12, 2012
An Evening with David Rynick, Zen Teacher and Author
This Truth Never Fails: A Zen Memoir in Four Seasons
Join for a special evening of Reading, Conversation and Music
celebrating the wisdom, candor and hope offered in this wonderful new book.
GROUPS: See Groups and Workshops for more information
Contemplative Prayer Group: Awaken to Mystery
A weekly gathering for contemplative prayer, Thursday mornings 10:00- 11:30 am in the Chapel. A circle of encouragement for the practice of contemplative prayer. Join us every week or as you can. Led by Bethany House of Prayer Colleagues and Associates. Registration appreciated.
SOLITUDES THAT LEAVE INDELIBLE MARKS: CONTEMPLATIVE GREEN RETREAT
Bethany House of Prayer, Postponed to a date to be announced. Let us know of your interest.
There are “childhood solitudes that leave indelible marks on our souls,” says philosopher Gaston Bachelard in his beautiful book, The Poetics of Reverie: Childhood, Language, and the Cosmos . In the Celtic imagination, says John O’Donohue, “the visible world is the first shoreline of the invisible world.” All of us remember first encounters with the natural world, and we tell those stories with a continuing sense of awe. Led by poet and spiritual director Kimberly Green, this contemplative retreat will invite meditation on our first experiences of and experiments with nature. To let us know of your interest or to register online, click here.
We welcome having your group on retreat at Bethany House.
Please call, email, or fill out our online form to explore possibilities.
Individual Quiet Days and Retreats for your Parish or Group:
Bethany House of Prayer offers an exceptional space for retreats for individuals and groups. Please contact us if you wish to arrange a day of retreat which can be self – directed, meeting with a spiritual director or facilitated by Bethany House of Prayer. We now have space that can accommodate both smaller and larger groups. Register online or call or email to inquire or reserve retreat opportunities.
“Catch the Vision” Celebrating a Century of the Order of Saint Anne
This handsome book of 112 pages and 123 full-color illustrations, offers us glimpses of OSA, past and present, together with reflections written by some of the Order’s many friends.The book can be ordered from the Sisters by email.
Join us as we bring our lives and souls into the transforming reality of God’s spirit in the world.