special events
VESPERS for PEACE and RECONCILIATION
Friday, September 10, 2010, the Eve of 9/11
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join the community for sung Vespers followed by quiet prayer for Peace and Reconciliation as we pray for our country and all those whose lives have been forever changed by the events of 9/11/01.
For registration call the Monastery @ 410-821-5792 or email kmcnany@emmanuelosb.org
VESPERS and QUIET PRAYER for PEACE
2nd Tuesday of the Month
** Oct. 12, Dec. 14, 2010, Jan 11, 2011
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Vespers with the Community followed by 30 minutes of quiet prayer for Peace. *Please note there is no Peace Prayer scheduled for September or November. See programs above and below..
PRAYER VIGIL FOR PEACE
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
7:30 - 9:00 PM
Gather with us to pray for our nation, its leaders, for our world and all peoples: for wisdom in our choices; for commitment to the common good; for compassion in our responses; for openness to Gospel values in our living. Evening will include common and private prayer, sharing, and a ritual of commitment. A social and refreshments will close our time together.
Place: Emmanuel Monastery, 2229 W. Joppa Rd. Lutherville. Registration is appreciated. Call the Monastery @ 410-821-5792 or email kmcnany@emmanuelosb.org
"LECTIO and LUNCH " an Advent Morning of Quiet Prayer and Reflection on Scripture
December 1, 2010
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
A quiet morning for prayer and reflection on Scripture using an ancient monastic form of sacred reading, enhanced with music and art. The session will suggest a passage from Scripture for prayer, leaving the remainder of the morning for your own reflection time amid the quiet of the monastery and its grounds. We will close with group sharing and Mid-Day Prayer. Program is co-sponsored with Well for the Journey. *Optional: Brown Bag your lunch and we will provide coffee, tea, water!
Suggested Donation: $20 Space is limited. For registration call the Monastery @ 410-821-5792 or email kmcnany@emmanuelosb.org
ADVENT-ures: An Advent Quiet Day of Prayer
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Time: 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM
An opportunity to celebrate this sacred season and hear the Advent message in light of today's reality with new ears and an open heart. The day includes prayer together, input, time for personal quiet prayer and reflection, and closing sharing. Suggested Donation: $40 Lunch is included.
Please register early as space is limited. Registration deadline is November 27th. Registration in writing is required.
HOLY LIVING, LIVING WHOLLY I: Exploring the Rule of Benedict for the 21st Century
Oct, 5, Nov, 9, Dec. 7, 2010; Feb. 1, Mar. 1, May 3, 2011
Time: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM at Emmanuel Monastery
This program is the first in a four year study-series of the Rule of Benedict, and will explore its values that continue to speak over 1500 years to our world today. The spirituality of the Rule deals with ordinary human life, lived in harmony with others. Its concern focuses on the concerns of our times: community, relationships, prayer, peace, hospitality, balance, work, economics, and care of the earth. Participants can begin the program at any point in the series. Registration is required.
Cost: $140 for entire series if paid atregistration. $120 if registerd by 9/28/10, or $25 per session. Please make checks payable to Emmanuel Monastery
Co-sponsored by Benedictine Sisters of Baltimore and Well for the Journey.www.wellforjourney.org
Facilitating Team: Tricia Kirk, OSB, Kathy McNany, OSB, Mimi Bourgeois, Dorothy Parker, Mari Quint, Virginia Rugemer.
To Register send to:
Holy Living, Living Wholly I
Emmanuel Monastery
2229 W. Joppa Road
Lutherville, MD 21093
CIRCLES OF CONTEMPLATION, CONVERSATIO AND CONVERSATION VIII
January 3, February 7, March 7, April 4, May 2, 2011 the first Monday of the month.
Time: 7:30 - 9:00p.m. at Emmanuel Monastery
This program offers the opportunity to gather with others in a place of safety and of non-judgmental conversation, within a faith context, to ponder God's Word and the ways it impacts our present reality; to share with others the unsettling questions and conflicts of the heart that often confront us today; and to encourage and support a Gospel response. This year's focus is "Building a Culture of Compassion. "
Suggested Donation: $10 per session, $50 for series
Co-sponsored by Benedictine Sisters of Baltimore and the Murphy Justice and Peace Initiative
Register online at www.PFMjpi.org or by mail
Send to: Circles
Emmanuel Monastery
2229 W. Joppa Road
Lutherville, MD 21093
A full program brochure is available upon request by calling the Monastery at 410-821-5792 or e-mailing S. Kathy McNany at kmcnany@emmanuelosb.org
