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Program Presenters
Marcella Clancy, CSJ Marcella Clancy, CSJ earned her Ph.D. in nursing, but has had a long interest in spirituality and parish ministry. In 1990 she received a M.A. degree in Theology from Sacred Heart Major Seminary. She has given retreats and days of prayer for parishes, parish staffs and religious congregations. She has also served as adjunct faculty at Assumption University in Windsor teaching courses in Christian Spirituality, Women Mystics, Principles of Spiritual Direction, and Journey into God Language.
Discovering God Anew |  | |
Nancy Diment Nancy Diment has been a student of yoga for 30 years and has been teaching for 13 years. She is a registered teacher with Yoga Alliance at the 500 hour level and has earned her Relax and Renew Trainer certificate. Her background in education and as a physical therapist influence her teaching. She also teaches Gentle Yoga classes at Awake and Aware studio, focusing on a well rounded practice for aging issues and chronic conditions. She particularly enjoys introducing newcomers and seniors to the benefits of a yoga practice.
Yoga & Centering Prayer Retreat
Yoga & Centering Prayer Retreat |  | |
Frankie Dutil, CSJ Frances (Frankie) Dutil, CSJ has a B.A. in French and music, an M.A. in educational psychology and an Associate Degree in art. She spent many years as an elementary teacher and principal. Art has always been a love in her life. Her love of Ireland goes back to her roots on her mother’s side. Both great-grandparents came to America during the potato famine. Her Celtic ancestry and trips to Ireland and Scotland have helped her develop knowledge and appreciation of the unique contributions of Celtic spirituality. Celtic scenes and objects populate her art through which she tries to communicate the ineffable qualities of these places and beliefs.
Watercolor - The Free Flow of Letting Go
Watercolor: The Free Flow of Letting Go |  | |
Rev. Jerry Haas Director, Academy for Spiritual Formation and Emerging Ministries
Upper Room Ministries Division
Jerry Haas is a United Methodist minister who served parishes in California and Arizona before moving to Nashville, Tennessee in 1999. As Director of the Academy for Spiritual Formation and Emerging Ministries, he seeks to create opportunities for intellectual and spiritual growth for clergy and lay leaders around the country. He and his wife Donna (a practicing psychotherapist in Nashville) are actively involved in planning their retirement in the Tucson area.
Shaping a Life of Significance for Retirement
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Diane Hamel Diane Hamel, a lifelong artist, studied fine art at Michigan State University from 1971 to 1975. After raising her family, she returned to Aquinas College in 1989, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in theology in 1991. She began working as a professional lay minister at St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Greenville, Michigan, where she served as the Director of Religious Education for nine years. In August 2000, Diane began working at St. Patrick Parish in Parnell, Michigan, as the Director of the Catechumenate. In addition to her ministry at St. Patrick Parish, she served the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan as a member of the Liturgical Art and Environment Commission for many years. Diane has given numerous workshops on preparing sacred spaces and liturgical environments.
In 1997, Diane attended “‘A Brush with God’ Icon Workshop,” given by Peter Pearson, a Master Iconographer from New Hope, PA. It was during this experience that her two passions of faith and art converged, and she has been studying iconography and painting icons ever since. In 2005, Diane began studying with Xenia Prokovsky, a Russian iconographer from Boston, Massachusetts. Diane has written many icons for private collections, churches, and other institutions, including the Cathedral of St. Andrew in the Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her icons have been exhibited around the United States. One of her icons belongs to the private collection of Bishop James Harvey, the Prefect for the Papal Household at the Vatican.
Diane has given retreats, workshops, and college courses on the technical skills and spiritual aspects of creating an icon to a wide variety of people. She works out of her studio, Viriditas Icon Studio in Lowell, Michigan, and gives private lessons to those who are interested. She is privileged to be a part of the rediscovery of iconography within the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.
Diane lives with her husband in Lowell, Michigan, and is a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church.
Beyond Words: An Icon Painting Retreat
Beyond Words: An Icon Retreat |  | |
Jack Hansen Jack and his wife Pat reside in Greenville, South Carolina, where they moved to be closer to their grandchildren in retirement. Jack continues to consult on a part-time basis for two of his former employers. He spent his career conducting and directing research. His last full time position was Associate Director of the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (Pensacola, FL), and prior to that he served as the Deputy Center Director for Research at the NASA Ames Research Center (Mountain View, CA).
He began examining the personal dimensions of the transition to retirement while participating in the two-year Academy for Spiritual Formation, a program of The Upper Room. For his Academy ministry project he interviewed retired professionals around the country, and became intrigued by what he discovered. Subsequently he and Jerry Haas collaborated on a book based on the insights shared in these interviews and on their own experiences
Shaping a Life of Significance for Retirement
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Marianne Novak Houston Marianne Novak Houston has a graduate degree in religious studies. She worked for nine years with Dr. Parker J. Palmer, to help found the international formation movement. She is a senior advisor and facilitator with the Center for Courage and Renewal in Seattle, Washington. A teacher for more than 40 years, she now devotes full time to retreat facilitation and trains and mentors future formation facilitators in the U.S. and abroad.
Work Done with Great Respect - A conversation with veteran teacher and Courage & Renewal Facilitator, Marianne Houston.
Living From Within: Registration Closed***
Living From Within |  | |
Karen Anne Jackson, CSC Karen Anne Jackson, CSC is a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross St. Mary’s, Notre Dame, Indiana. Karen has an extensive history as an educator teaching all ages of students. During the past 20 years, in addition to full time ministry, she has facilitated 12-Step retreats for women in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois.
The 12 Steps of AA Women's Retreat |  | |
Joel Mabus Joel Mabus may be called a singer-songwriter, but he doesn't sound like one. He's the son of a 1930's old time fiddle champ and a banjo-pickin' farm girl. His performing career began in college during the Vietnam era, where he studied anthropology and literature by day and played coffeehouses by night. One critic writes, "Joel Mabus knows his way around the English language and American culture just as well as he knows his way around a fretboard.”
Born in 1953 in the southern Illinois town of Belleville, Joel has recorded 19 solo albums of original and traditional music since his recording career started in 1978. The Banjo Monologues, Joel's unique blend of old-time banjo and storytelling, placed #6 in the Folk Radio charts for 2007. He placed #4 in the same charts for 2008 with his latest, Retold -- some of his original songs revisited. A one-off in the folk world, Mabus defies any easy pigeon-hole. His palette ranges from mountain banjo to jazz guitar -- from sensitive introspection to wicked satire. He's both picker & poet, and from coast to coast over the past 30 years this Midwesterner has brought audiences to their feet, wanting more.
Joel Mabus and Carrie Newcomer Concert and Workshop |  | |
Sue Mosteller, CSJ Sue Mosteller, CSJ is a Literary Executrix of Henri Nouwen's literary estate, serves on the board of the Henri Nouwen Society and has played a significant role in the L'Arche Community in Canada and internationally. Henry Nouwen jonied a L'Arche community, an international network of faith-based communities creating homes and day programs with people who have developmental disabilities, and wrote about it in the books The Road to Daybreak and Adam, God's Beloved. Sue travels widely to share the values of community communion with God and compassion.
Henri Nouwen and Our Search for Belonging Retreat |  | |
Carrie Newcomer Carrie Newcomer is a rare breed of singer/songwriter: the kind who illuminates life with startling depth, humor and clarity. Her ability for sharp observation of the world lead the Dallas Morning News to rave, "She's the kind of artist whose music makes you stop, think and then say, 'that is so true'."
Mining what is true, Newcomer's latest Rounder release, Before and After is a multi-layered work that invites the listener to slow down and reflect on the experiences that have changed and shaped our lives. On Before and After, Newcomer remarks, she has "peeled back another musical and emotional layer". The result is melodious and smooth, infused with classic Newcomer grace and honesty, so that, she says "there is something unguarded and naked about this album."
Joel Mabus and Carrie Newcomer Concert and Workshop |  | |
Fr. Richard Rohr Fr. Richard Rohr is a Franciscan priest of New Mexico. He founded the New Jerusalem Community in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1971, and the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1986, where he presently serves as Founding Director.
Richard was born in Kansas in 1943. He entered the Franciscans in 1961, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1970. He received his Master’s Degree in Theology from Dayton that same year. He now lives in a hermitage behind his Franciscan community in Albuquerque, and divides his time between local work and preaching and teaching on all continents.
He considers the proclamation of the Gospel to be his primary call, and uses many different platforms to communicate the message. Themes he addresses in service of the Gospel include Scripture as liberation, the integration of action and contemplation, community building, peace and justice issues, male spirituality, the Enneagram, and eco-spirituality.
An internationally known speaker, Richard’s travels have recently carried the message to Europe and Australia/New Zealand. Teaching on such themes as adult Christianity, politics and spirituality, embracing the role of prophet in the modern world and presence to the Eternal Now, Richard has partnered with such esteemed teachers as Thomas Keating, OCSO, Ron Rolheiser, OMI, Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault, Joan Chittister, OSB and Jim Wallis.
Richard is probably best known for his numerous recorded teachings, and through the Center’s quarterly publication, Radical Grace. He is a regular contributing writer for Sojourners and Tikkun magazines.
His current recorded teachings include: A New Way of Seeing, A New Way of Being: Jesus and Paul; The Great Chain of Being: Simplifying Our Lives; Holding the Tension: The Power of Paradox; Prophets Then, Prophets Now; How Do We Breathe Under Water; and The Divine Dance: Exploring the Mystery of Trinity.
Some of his best known books include: Everything Belongs, Radical Grace: Daily Meditations, Adam’s Return: The Five Promises of Male Initiation, Hope Against Darkness, The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective, From Wild Men to Wise Men: Reflections on Male Spirituality, and his latest book The Naked Now was published in 2010.
Richard has also been a featured essayist on NPR’s “This I Believe” and a guest of Dr. Mehmet Oz on the “Oprah and Friends” radio show, he also appears in the 2006 documentary, ONE, featuring spiritual teachers from around the world.
Dinner and Conversation with Fr. Richard Rohr
*Registration is Closed* Richard Rohr Presents on Awakening to God |  | |
Laurel Simon Laurel Simon is a trained spiritual director, has an M.A. in art, psychology an spirituality, and a B.S. in art therapy. She has been involved with retreat ministry and facilitated guided art meditations since 1992.
Centering Prayer Retreat Day |  | |
Elizabeth Tompkins Elizabeth Tompkins has a background in theology, pastoral care, and spiritual formation. She is certified in spiritual direction and labyrinth facilitation, and has extensive experience as a retreat facilitator. She brings a rich diversity of tools, including art and stories, to enhance the retreat experience.
Walking the Labyrinth - Finding a Path to Meet the "Other" |  | |
Olga Wittekind, OSF Sister Olga Wittekind, OSF is a Franciscan Sister from Oldenburg, Indiana. She is a Jungian analyst and focuses on working with dreams to bring inner wholeness. She is the director of the Oldenburg Franciscan Retreat Center. She is a psychologist and spiritual director. She enjoys presenting workshops on psychology & spirituality.
Listening to God Through Our Dreams |  | |
Br. James Zullo, FSC, PhD Brother Jim Zullo is a former Faculty Member of the Institute of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University of Chicago, specializing in courses in The Psychology of the Mid-Years, The Psychology of Life Transitions, The Psychology of Young Adulthood, and The Psychology and Spirituality of Health and Healing.
A member of the De La Salle Christian Brothers (Midwest Province) since 1958, Jim has team-taught courses in the Psychology and Theology of Life Transitions, as well as, the Psychology and Spirituality of Health and Healing with John Shea, S.T.D.
He is a licensed and practicing Clinical Psychologist in the State of Illinois since 1973. Jim teaches this workshop as part of the MA course in Leadership for Family Ministry and Faith Formation at Dominican University, Chicago.
9th Annual Community of Caregivers Conference
Caregivers and Transitions: Navigating the Land of Uncertainty |  | |
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