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SeekaRetreat - Illinois retreats, retreat workshops, programs and events. Directory of retreat leaders and spiritual directors and coaches. Retreats include themes with topics including: spiritual retreats, religious retreats, healing, yoga, self improvement etc...
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Illinois, mid-western state in the N central United States. Illinois is bordered by Lake Michigan and Indiana (E); Kentucky, across the Ohio R. (SE); Missouri and Iowa, across the Mississippi River (W); and Wisconsin (N).
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Retreat Centers with Scheduled Retreats
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| The Well is a place where people of all faiths and cultures are invited to recognize and affirm our communion with God and all creation; to experience an atmosphere for spiritual, physical, and emotional wholeness and to participate in the Sacred processes of healing and caring for earth and her people. |
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Come to the Well -- We are a people and a place for:
Retreats Workshops
Spiritual Direction
Eco-Spirituality
Sabbaticals
Healing - Massage, Reiki, Grief Counseling
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| The Well has a complete schedule of programs and a calendar of events that can be viewed online. For more information... |
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Rooms are available at The Well and/or in the CSJ Motherhouse for your individual or small group needs. Group sizes from 7- 40 persons. Overnight accommodations limited to 13. Days of prayer and reflection, meetings, workshops, etc. may be arranged.
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The Well is a sponsored ministry of the Congregation of St. Joseph
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The Cenacle is a Catholic congregation of women religious whose mission is, “We work for the transformation of the world by awakening and deepening faith with and for the people of our times.” The Cenacle Sisters have been giving retreats and spiritual direction to thousands of people in the United States and Canada for more than 100 years. There are Cenacle Retreat Centers in Chicago & Warrenville, IL, Long Island, NY, Houston, TX, Metairie, LA, Lantana, FL, and Vancouver, BC. Please call 773-528-6404 or e-mail jrennert@cenaclesisters.org
Retreat Center Events: Retreats, Spiritual Direction, Faith Formation, Human Development Programs, Hospitality.
Please visit our web site at www.cenaclesisters.org
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Highlighted Retreats
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Tue, May 20th 7:00pm till Sun, May 25th 6:00pm
Meditation Retreat with Bhashkar Perinchery in Michigan
Ask the heart where to go, ask the mind how to get there
Inner Metamorphosis University
1418 W. Howard St. at Sheridan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
773-262-1468
www.lifesurfing.org
amona@lifesurfing.org
To realize our deepest longing, we need to learn to use the knowledge and capacities of the mind consciously and carefully. This seminar is all about not getting limited by the logical, rational approach of the mind. When continuing to be in touch with inner silence and the heart, finding fulfillment becomes possible, loving life becomes possible.
 Retreat leader: Bhashkar Perinchery
The I.M.U. (Inner Metamorphosis University) was initiated in 2005 by the mystic Bhashkar Perinchery.
He is known among his friends as FIL (Friend of Inner Light).
Born in India in an atmosphere of a spiritually rich, culturally diverse and colorful background, Bhashkar Perinchery traveled extensively in connection with his work and on his own initiative, experiencing and practicing various forms of spiritual and mystical teachings. He came in contact with innumerable mystics, masters and religious leaders of diverse approaches. This period had a profound impact on his life.
Bhashkar Perinchery has been teaching the art of inner growth and the 'flowering' of the human potential for over 25 years, giving individual counseling, leading seminars and trainings, and lecturing in Universities and symposiums all over the world. He lives in Germany where, for the past 15 years, he has been leading the "Universal and Multiversal Academy", which represents the unity and wholeness as well as the complexity and multidimensionality of the human being.
Bhashkar attempts to create spaces, which allow us to inquire, to experience and to discover the different dimensions of our reality.
In 1997, he was invited to come to the US. He has lectured at Universities and various institutes around the country. In 1998, he came to lead events and talks during the Martin Luther King-Mahatma Gandhi-Peace Celebrations. During the past few years Bhashkar has been offering various events in and around Chicago.
His publications and articles explore world peace, ecological balance and reclaiming one's divinity, or understanding oneself more deeply, with an emphasis on "Individual Initiative". His understanding of the essential factors prevailing in all moments of fulfillment in every area of life, as well as in all mystical, religious and spiritual teachings is expressed in his book "The Secret of Ecstatic Living". One of his most recent publications "The Source of Joy Within", contains twelve sets of meaningful reminders; practical methods that can be applied in everyday life situations, a gentle, joyful, and easygoing approach to self-growth and awareness.
Retreat leader phone: 773-262-1468
Retreat leader web site: www.lifesurfing.com/aboutus-initiator
Retreat leader email: amona@lifesurfing.org
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* * *A DAY of PRAYER AND HEALING FOR PRIESTS* * *
Conducted by Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM, CAP, Preacher to Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, and the Papal Household (http://www.cantalamessa.org)
To confirm your reservation call: Fr. Paul Burak, Pastor at Our Lady of the Ridge,
(708) 425-3800.
Fr. Paul Burak will also be on Relevant Radio, 820 AM, tomorrow, Monday, at 9A.M. talking about the Priest Day of Prayer with Fr.Cantalamessa. Hope you get to take the day off, and be with the Brothers and our Master, Jesus, on the 23rd. Come away by yourselves...
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For additional programs and information about The Well, please visit our website at www.csjthewell.org
This retreat experience takes place August, 2008. A one, two or three-week experience offers a contemplative experience for nurturing your spirit.
Week One
Come and Paint
August 10-15, 2008
with Sr. Mary Southard, CSJ
Week Two
Transitions and Transformations: Living Life's Paschal Mystery
August 17-22, 2008
with JoAnn McCaffrey, DMin
Week Three
Earth Hope: Personal Conversion, Cultural Transformation
August 24-29, 2008
with Sr. Marya Grathwohl, OSF
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 Icon Writing Retreat
Icons are written, not painted. They are believed to embody the Word, God, in physical form. Icons act as physical windows into Heaven and icon writing is a direct experience of the Divine.
Hildegard von Bingen
Hildegard (1098-1179) was a medieval woman mystic: a German abbess, poet and composer, who also wrote works on medicine and natural history. Her story is an inspirational account of an irrepressible spirit and vibrant intellect that overcame social, physical, cultural and gender barriers to achieve transcendence. Hildegard offers a timeless wisdom for all spiritual seekers.
Iconographer: Donna Rathert
This unique double-weekend prayer experience will be offered at The Well in October, 2008
Fri., Oct. 10 (7pm - 9 pm), Sat. Oct. 11(9 am – 9 pm), and Sun, Oct. 12 (9am – 1 pm)
and Fri., Oct.17 (7pm - 9 pm), Sat., Oct. 18 (9 am – 9 pm), Sun., Oct.19 (9am – 1 pm)
Cost: $250 for commuters; $375 for overnighters.
Price includes supplies, meals and refreshments.]
A non-refundable down payment of $100 due by October 1st will secure your place for this retreat. Call or email for more information. Space is limited.
 This icon writing retreat is appropriate for those new to this form of expression as well as those who have previously written icons. Artists and non-artists can engage in this meditative process and leave with a completed piece, ready to display. Prayer and reflection place the participant in a receptive frame of mind, open to explore a place beyond words through the beauty of the Christian symbolism of an icon. The remarkable spirit of Hildegard von Bingen has been selected for this retreat.
For information on Donna Rathert: www.reflectionministries.net
For information on Icon writing: www.panagia-icons.net/id3.htm
For information on Hildegard von Bingen: www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/hildegarde.html
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The Cenacle 
Retreat Center: Christ in the Wilderness