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Wednesday Evening Bible Study with The Rev. Edward Johnston, 3:30-5:00 pm. Mondays, 6:30 pm, Christian Meditation Group Readings from Fr. John Main and Fr. Laurence Freeman, with a recorded teaching of Fr. Main, followed by a 30-minute period of meditation. Into Action Manhattan Group of Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:00 pm, Wednesdays Please note: AA is a closed meeting. The last Wednesday of the month is an open meeting.
Yoga with Lisa Tatham leading a yoga class for all ages, please call the House office for more information and cost.
UPCOMING House Sponsored Retreats: PROGRAM CANCELLED: Religious Pluralism: How to Live with People of Diverse Religions Sister Eleanor Francis, CSJB, Superior of the Community of St. John the Baptist in Mendham, NJ will lead a day retreat based on her life experiences as a Vedanta nun (an Eastern religion based in Hinduism) for 15 years before becoming a Christian priest. Lunch Provided. Fee: $25. Please call for reservations. Saturday February 4, 8:45 am-3:00 pm. PROGRAM CANCELLED: Annual Lenten Retreat: Self-Dedication to God Brother Roy Parker, OHC, has been a Benedictine, having joined the Order of the Holy Cross in 1972. The chanting of the psalms of the community originally attracted him; later he was also taught calligraphy and Centering Prayer. Regarding the latter, he is indebted to wonderful teachers who continue to inspire and instruct him. Retreat topic will be gleaned from homilies he has preached at the Holy Cross Monastery and also from the writings of Mary Oliver, Antoine Saint-Exupery and William Faulkner. Lunch Provided. Fee: $25. Please call for reservations. Saturday March 10, 8:45 am-3:00 pm. PREVIOUS House Sponsored Retreats: The Advent Call of the Prophets: Wait on the Lord! Brother James Michael Dowd, OHC will lead the House’s Advent Retreat. Brother James was born in Queens, NY and, prior to entering the Order, pursued a more than twenty-five year career as a director in the theater and in live events staged for television. For our Advent Quiet Day Brother James Dowd will explore the lives and teachings of some of the great Prophets of the Advent season, from Isaiah to John the Baptist. Digging into their messages, we will focus on how those messages apply to our lives in the 21st century and how they call us to experience a new type of Christmas. Lunch Provided. Fee: $25. Please call for reservations. Saturday December 10, 8:45 am-3:00 pm Annual Lenten Retreat Sr. Eleanor Francis, CSJB, Superior of the Community of St. John the Baptist in Mendham, NJ will Annual Advent Retreat The House of the Redeemer’s Annual Advent Retreat will be lead by Brother Andrew Colquhoun, OHC. Brother Andrew has served churches as a Presbyterian minister in Scotland, Virginia and North Carolina. He was priested in 1984 while he was a CPE Supervisor in Iowa. In the Order he has been Guestmaster and Prior at West Park and has just returned from South Africa where he helped found the monastery there and where he was the Novice Master. The retreat topic will involve The Psalms as the voice of God’s people. What do The Psalms say to us in this time of expectation? This day will explore the longings of our hearts through the Psalms of the Advent liturgies and the assured belief that God hears our longings and blesses them. Lunch will be provided. Please reserve. Fee: $25. Saturday, December 4, 8:45 am-3:00 pm. Opening a Space Within: Hospitality in the Benedictine Tradition The Rev’d. Dr. Jane A. Tomaine, Episcopal priest, nationally known retreat leader and author of St. Benedict’s Toolbox: The Nuts and Bolts of Everyday Benedictine Living, will lead this evening program focusing on the practice of hospitality found in the sixth-century monastic Rule of St. Benedict. When we want to trade our family members in for “shiny new ones” or close the door on a community, the wisdom of St. Benedict can help us to reclaim connection and purpose in these relationships. Ideas and useful tools for the practice of hospitality will be introduced. Suggested donation: $15 Thursday, February 25 at 6:00 pm. Annual Lenten Retreat This year’s Lenten retreat will be led by Sister Faith Margaret, CHS. Sister Margaret is one of three sisters serving on the Community of the Holy Spirit Council that oversees the running of the entire Community, as well as performing the role of Treasurer to the Episcopal Diocese of New York. Topic will be: Fasting & Different Approaches to Fasting. Lunch will be provided. Fee $25. Please call to reserve space. Saturday, March 6 8:45 am-3:00 pm. Great Expectations This year’s advent retreat will be led by Brother Robert Sevensky, OHC (Superior of the Order of the Holy Cross). In Twelve-Step circles it is sometimes said: “An expectation is a resentment waiting to happen.” What may we legitimately expect of God, of others, of ourselves? We will explore the dynamics of hope and the ways it expresses itself in our dreaming and desiring. Can we be people of great expectations? Where do the deepest longings of our hearts find a home in the Christmas promise? Lunch is provided. Fee $25. Please call to reserve space. Saturday, December 12, 8:45 am-3:00 pm. For further information on any of the above events please call (212) 289-0399. THE HOUSE OF THE REDEEMER 7 East 95th
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