Lenten Day Apart Retreat

Contemplative Fire Niagara welcomes you to a Lenten Day Apart
26th March 2011 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 P.M.

Awakening

You will experience ...

Stillness and space helpful to awakening to God
Community Life as we get to know each other
Agape meal with Lenten reflections
Vision sharing and questions: What is Contemplative Fire?

Details

Saturday, 26th March 2011
Location: St. Luke's Parish Hall - 1382 Ontario St., Burlington ON
Free parking is across Elgin Street from the Church (1371 Elgin St.)
- Park in the lot and walk through the Church yard to the Parish Hall.

Suggested donation: $25 - including a hot meal - payable on the day by cash.
Please let us know dietary restrictions.

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There is a suggested donation of $25 which includes a hot meal. Donations can be made in cash on the day of the event.

Embracing Silence

Chapel at SSJE, Cambridge Massachusetts

At some point in the contemplative journey, everyone must come face to face with silence. True contemplation happens within the spaciousness of silence. This can feel awkward to us who are used to the bustle and noise. Most people are trained to fill any spaces with something - anything to avoid silence. Do we perhaps run from the depths of our own true self?

There is a place where I go which cherishes silence, and invites anyone to experience it. It is my pilgrimage place: the Society of Saint John the Evangelist in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Please click on the following link to listen to and/or read the wonderful words of one of the brothers there - on becoming silence.

Brother Kevin Hachett - On Becoming Silence