Our annual Mid-Winter Retreat offers a time of insight and renewal through the input of a guest retreat presenter. Enjoy a time for quiet reflection, spiritual reading, personal and communal prayer, and the sharing of thoughts and experiences as you listen to the voice of the One who calls you.
THE HERMITAGE, MITTAGONG | 10 - 12 July
DR BONNIE THURSTON
Using contemplative meditation and prayer, this retreat day will provide reflective practices of finding God in ordinary moments and amidst the busyness of our lives. SYDNEY | Tuesday 7 May MELBOURNE | Friday 24 May Reflecting on poetry and Scripture, this twilight retreat will help lead us to the discovery of our true and authentic selves, which is full of God’s beauty.
PERTH
Tuesday 4 June
DR BONNIE THURSTON
Using contemplative meditation and prayer, this retreat day will provide reflective practices of finding God in ordinary moments and amidst the busyness of our lives. SYDNEY | Tuesday 7 May MELBOURNE | Friday 24 May Reflecting on poetry and Scripture, this twilight retreat will help lead us to the discovery of our true and authentic selves, which is full of God’s beauty.
ALICE SPRINGS
Sunday 26 May
DR BONNIE THURSTON
Using contemplative meditation and prayer, this retreat day will provide reflective practices of finding God in ordinary moments and amidst the busyness of our lives.
MELBOURNE
Friday 24 May
As Marists, we are constantly reminded that “the Spirit speaks God’s love ever afresh into our world” and to be attuned with our “desire to be continually open to its movement and urgings” (Water from the Rock, 148), “to contemplate the world with the eyes and the heart of God” (WFR, 90). The Marian Lecture 2019 will feature biblical scholar, author, poet and spiritual director, Dr Bonnie Thurston, who will draw on the rich tradition of contemplation and on being attentive to the “hints and glimpses” of the God within. Dr Bonnie Thurston is a woman of prayer and in her book “For God Alone: A Primer on Prayer” speaks of contemplation as “the prayer of waiting, the quietening of the heart to rest in joy in the presence of God.” This finds resonance in the life of Mary, a woman of contemplation who “pondered all things in her heart” (Lk 2:19).
MELBOURNE
Tuesday 21 May
6.30pm - 8.00pm (Doors open from 6.00pm)
As Marists, we are constantly reminded that “the Spirit speaks God’s love ever afresh into our world” and to be attuned with our “desire to be continually open to its movement and urgings” (Water from the Rock, 148), “to contemplate the world with the eyes and the heart of God” (WFR, 90). The Marian Lecture 2019 will feature biblical scholar, author, poet and spiritual director, Dr Bonnie Thurston, who will draw on the rich tradition of contemplation and on being attentive to the “hints and glimpses” of the God within. Dr Bonnie Thurston is a woman of prayer and in her book “For God Alone: A Primer on Prayer” speaks of contemplation as “the prayer of waiting, the quietening of the heart to rest in joy in the presence of God.” This finds resonance in the life of Mary, a woman of contemplation who “pondered all things in her heart” (Lk 2:19).
BRISBANE
Thursday 16 May
6.00pm - 7.30pm (Doors open from 5.30pm)
As Marists, we are constantly reminded that “the Spirit speaks God’s love ever afresh into our world” and to be attuned with our “desire to be continually open to its movement and urgings” (Water from the Rock, 148), “to contemplate the world with the eyes and the heart of God” (WFR, 90). The Marian Lecture 2019 will feature biblical scholar, author, poet and spiritual director, Dr Bonnie Thurston, who will draw on the rich tradition of contemplation and on being attentive to the “hints and glimpses” of the God within. Dr Bonnie Thurston is a woman of prayer and in her book “For God Alone: A Primer on Prayer” speaks of contemplation as “the prayer of waiting, the quietening of the heart to rest in joy in the presence of God.” This finds resonance in the life of Mary, a woman of contemplation who “pondered all things in her heart” (Lk 2:19).
SYDNEY
Tuesday 14 May
6.00pm - 7.30pm (Doors open from 5.30pm)
DR BONNIE THURSTON
Using contemplative meditation and prayer, this retreat day will provide reflective practices of finding God in ordinary moments and amidst the busyness of our lives. SYDNEY | Tuesday 7 May MELBOURNE | Friday 24 May Reflecting on poetry and Scripture, this twilight retreat will help lead us to the discovery of our true and authentic selves, which is full of God’s beauty.
FORBES
Thursday 9 May
DR BONNIE THURSTON
Raising Lazarus
Contemplative living and our inner journey from death to new life
Using contemplative meditation and prayer, this retreat day will provide reflective practices of finding God in ordinary moments and amidst the busyness of our lives.
Parramatta Institute for Mission, 1-5 Marion Street, Blacktown, NSW
Tuesday 7 May | BYO lunch
FREE - but please register ASAP mark.oconnor@parracatholic.org
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This national biannual conference invites staff from diverse areas of support in both our schools and ministries, to gather, share and deepen their experience of being Marist.
The conference title for 2018, A Future filled with Audacity and Hope, connects with our Association theme, offering a program that allows participants to engage with Marist spirituality and their own personal faith journey.
Date: 22 - 24 August 2018
Venue: Marist Centre Melbourne,
1 Dawson St, Brunswick.
Cost:$270 (plus own transport and accommodation arrangements)
Registration online through the schools Booking Officer at: www.msa.edu.au/registration-for-programmes
For further information, contact paul.harris@marists.org.au or phone (02) 9218 4000.
The aim of the Red Caravel Day is to strengthen the Caravel, with a focus on Christian leadership. Forming a strong Christian community and responding to social justice issues that exist, both on a global and local level.
