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SILENCE AND AWARENESS 2012 
A Retreat Experience in Christian Insight Meditation
 
July 13-14 (Metta) and July 14-22 (Silence and Awareness)
Holy Spirit Retreat House              map             REGISTRATION Information & Form
Janesville, Minnesota
 
Mary Jo Meadow OCDS                    Staff                               with Fr. Tom Boedy SJ
 
August 4-12 
Bethany Spirituality Center          map               REGISTRATION Information & Form
Highland Mills, New York
Mary Jo Meadow OCDS                     Hal Richardson          with Fr. Richard Hunt SJ 
 
September 7-16                                                                                     England
September 21-30                                                                                  Scotland 
Fr. Daniel Chowning OCD                                                     Mary Jo Meadow OCDS 
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The S & A Retreat Develops
  • Knowledge of the teachings of Christian Mystics, especially St. John of the Cross
  • Skill in Insight (Vipassana) Meditation Practice
  • The abilty to manage intense experience
  • Enhanced skills for Daily Living
Vipassana enables participants to empty themselves of roles, voluntary experiences, and other “trappings” of ordinary daily life to be available to God. It helps meditators to be receptive to the purification and self-knowledge that mystics taught as necessary for spiritual growth—and eventually enables practioners to “see” God.
 
No previous meditation experience needed to attend. Practitioners of many traditions find this practice helpful to deepen self-knowledge and spiritual growth.
The retreat is preceded by an optional day of Loving-Kindness (Metta) Practice.

Retreat details
Each day offers:
  • Two Meditation Instruction sessions
  • Eucharist
  • Group Sitting Meditation
  • Walking Practice 
  • An integrative conference
  • Communal Reconciliation
  • Question and answer sessions

 

Individual interviews with retreat staff are available daily to clarify meditation instructions or to offer consultation, reconciliation, and guidance.
 
Retreatants do not interact during the retreat to foster deep stillness and awareness.