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Past Events
Access to recordings of the presentations listed below (unless otherwise noted) are available. Email SpiritRiverSK@outlook.com to arrange for payment if links to the recordings are not posted below.
January 9, February 13, March 13, 2025 - Radical Reverence: Jesus and Unnamed Women in the Gospels, with Sr. Teresita Kambeitz OSU
Honour, admiration, respect, compassion, esteem, tribute, appreciation, trust - these are some of the responses of Jesus in his encounters with unnamed women in the gospels. In these presentations we will aim to view these women through his eyes as we reflect on his radical responses toward these “nobodies” of his time and inaugurates a new world in which “there is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female” (Gal. 3:28).
March 11, 2025 - Holding the Tension: Moving Beyond Either/Or Thinking, with Kalyn Falk
Some tensions in life are not problems to be solved but polarities to be held—dynamic forces that invite wisdom rather than resolution. Polarity management is a powerful framework that moves us beyond either/or thinking into a deeper awareness of wholeness. Grounded in non-dual wisdom, this approach teaches us to embrace paradox, recognizing that opposing forces are often interdependent.
March 8, 2025 - Exploring Your Domestic Monastery, with Fr. Ron Rolheiser OMI
God is more domestic than monastic and is found more in your home than in your church. The domestic can also be the “monastic.” Your marriage, your family, and your work can be your own monastery. The alarm clock that wakes you in the morning is your monastic bell and your work and duties each day are your monastic rhythm. Monks have secrets worth knowing. This presentation will draw wisdom from the monastic tradition to shed light on our own human and spiritual journey.​
February 11, 2025 - When Faith Hurts: Exploring Religious Trauma and Spiritual Healing, with Kalyn Falk
Trauma is a powerful, adaptive tool for safety and survival. However, unprocessed trauma can impact our emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. This workshop will explore the nature of trauma, its effects on the body, and its intersection with spirituality.
February 7, 2025 - Bless to Me This Day: Celtic Prayers for Daily Living, with The Rev. Mary Earle
The Celtic tradition give us a daily rota of prayers which attended to the minutiae of daily living with an loving awareness of God’s presence. This workshop explores those traditional prayers recorded in the 19th century, and we will follow those models in order to write prayers that are particular to your own context. We will reflect on how we actually spend our days (not how we think we do), and seek to weave prayer into those moments.
January 22, 29, February 5, 2025 - Aspects of the Resurrection of Jesus, with Don Schweitzer, Ph.D.
Session 1 - The Resurrection of Jesus and Western Reason. Session 2 - The Resurrection of Jesus Enlarges Our Hearts. Session 3 - A Role for Christians (and Others) in the Resurrection of Jesus.
January 14, 2025 - Taking Another Look at God: Renewing Our Images of the Holy, with Kalyn Falk
What do we imagine when we think of God? How do we see God? Where do we look to see the Holy? This workshop guides participants in exploring their evolving understanding of God and how it influences self-perception and spiritual well-being. Drawing from Jungian and Gestalt theories, we’ll uncover hidden distortions and heal patterns that may hold us back. As faith shifts and we grow in awareness, we open ourselves to deeper, transformative views of the Divine, fostering hope and personal renewal.
December 10, 2024 - Living with an Expansive Faith with Kalyn Falk
As faith deepens and integrates, life becomes an expression of our journey’s growth, rooted in intimacy with the Divine and extending toward others and creation. This workshop explores how to live faithfully in this stage, with attention to the unique call and challenges, or “shadow,” it may bring.
December 2, 2024 - Praying in Colour, with Kathy Berken
Maybe you love color. Maybe you are a visual or kinesthetic learner, a distractible or impatient soul, or a word-weary pray-er. This workshop will introduce you to a new and engaging way to pray.
November 27, 2024 - A Beginner's Guide to Lectio Divina, with Sr. Mary Coswin OSB
Join Sr. Mary and others in exploring a centuries-old prayer practice which is both accessible and transformative. ​
November 12, 2024 - Your Journey of Faith: Exploring the Stages of Spiritual Growth, with Kalyn Falk
Have you thought about how your faith has changed over the years? In this workshop, we’ll introduce two key frameworks for understanding stages of faith formation.
November 2, 2024 - Naming the Present Moment: Searching for Nurturing Metaphors in a Time of Receding Transcendence, with Fr. Ron Rolheiser OMI
Not everything can be fixed or cured, but it should be named properly! Jesus called this “reading the signs of the times”. How do we do that? This session will try to name our faith situation today, particularly as it relates to our faith lives.
October 30, 2024 - From Grief to Mission, with Sr. Teresita Kambeitz OSU
With the aid of visuals, reflections will be offered on the Easter encounter between Mary Magdalene and the Risen Lord, who leads her from “grief” to “mission.” He begins the process gently by calling her to forgiveness of the disciples, thus liberating and empowering her to make the most important announcement in human history.
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