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Laudato Si Programs
Living Simply in a Consumer Society: listening to the “cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor” amidst the din of our consumer culture.
Earth, Our Common Home: exploring our place in the web of life through the lens of Laudato Si’.
Healing Earth with the Beatitudes: deepening our awareness of how humans are wounding the planet and reflecting on ways to be a healing presence.
Celebrating the Bliss of Being The “Beatitudes of Being” are the path to the fullness of being human and holy in this precious life of ours. We take time to experience the grandeur of being and the call to deepen our delight in living.
Celebrating Simple Living We pause to consider ways to hone our life-style for the sake of our own sanity, for the good of our dear neighbors of every species and for the benefit of the Earth.
These presentations are offered as solo presentations, a weekend or a week-long retreat
Faith Story, Cosmic Story ~ One Story
Participants in these presentations will explore the integration of our faith story – the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, the Paschal Mystery, with the Universe Story. We will weave the stories with art, poetry and theological reflection. The Great Flaring Forth of the universe is an invitation to contemplate how Divine Mystery enfolds the cosmos. Deep incarnation, Kenosis, deep Resurrection and the Cosmic Story are all one great mystery. There is time for reflection and sharing on integrating our faith
Dancing within the Heart of the Holy One
The Holy One dances throughout the cosmos. We are invited into this Trinitarian dance of life, love and joy! The cosmos shouts that the Holy One is relationship. Out of the Trinity’s generative, loving relationship, creation takes form, fully mirroring its Creator. This is the dynamic of life planted inside everything, from hearts and circulatory systems to photosynthesis, gravity, electromagnetic fields, and the field of light that apparently is “one” throughout the whole universe. We will spend time reflecting on this mystery and the wonder of our Trinitarian God using art, scripture, poetry, cosmology and Visio Divina. Our daily themes will be: Dancing in Heart of Creation, The Dream of the Holy One, The Lord of the Dance, Dancing within the Heart of the Holy One, Living Simply and Sharing our Cosmic Story.
Celebrating Creation ~ Being Alive in the Glory
These presentations are for those who want to celebrate with the Holy One alive in all creation. You are invited to take time to relax, to revel in the wonder of creation and the awe of the cosmos. There are opportunities to praise and thank Creator for all the beauty and marvels of nature. You are called to take time to enter into the mystery and message of Divine love that creation gives us. Each presentation offers a reflection featuring the art of Marion Honors, CSJ, prayer, creative response, music, dance and poetry, with time for being and re-creating.
Entering into the spirit of the Presentations with praise and wonder, we will celebrate the book of nature, the powers of the cosmos, the bliss of being, and the gift of simple living.
About Linda Neil, CSJ
Linda Neil, CSJ is a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Linda is a lover of our magnificent Cosmos! She holds an MA in Earth Literacy from St. Mary of the Woods College. Sr. Linda is also engaged in Eco-spirituality work, presenting a workshop series titled Encountering Earth: Reclaiming the Human in the Web of Life, designed to help participants become more mindful of being responsible and caring members of the Earth community. She is an educator, hiker and naturalist. Linda holds a Masters Degree from the Earth Literacy Program at St. Mary of the Woods College, IN. She has been a presenter at Manna House (Concordia, KS), Marillac Retreat Center, Leavenworth, KS, Pyramid Life Center (Paradox, NY), Miramar Retreat Center (Duxbury, MA), St. Joseph’s Provincial House (Latham, NY), the White Violet Center (St. Mary’s of the Woods, IN), St. Stephen’s Retreat Center (Oahu, Hawaii), Genesis Spiritual Life and Conference Center (Westfield, MA), Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and Orange, CA and parishes and schools in the Albany Diocese.
Contact me at linneil19@gmail.com ~ visit my blog https://sisterlindaneil.blogspot.com/ ~ FaceBook Encountering Earth
Encountering Earth these workshops use PowerPoint presentations to weave the art of Marion Honors, CSJ, music, poetry, story, sharing and science into an experience of deeper awareness of our place in the web of life. 