To register for any of the the following events, contact Heartland Center for Spirituality, 3600 Broadway, Great Bend, KS 67530; (620) 792-1232; or email office@heartlandspirituality.org.

The Incarnation and Paschal Mystery in Dominican Spirituality

Time: July 17-23;

Sunday 7 p.m. - Saturday noon

Instructor: Father Bob Staes, OP

Retreat: $175; Room and Board: $165

"This retreat focuses on Dominican spirituality; tying the Incarnation to the Paschal Mystery and helping us find our way in between. There will be ample room to find the contemplatio and veritas of our Dominican tradition. Father Staes served 15 years as a diocesan priest before entering the Order of Preachers. He brings this experience and that of a teacher, campus minister and graphic artist to retreat leadership. Most recently he was professor of homiletics at St. Thomas Seminary in Denver."

Theology Institute 2005

‘Experiential Reflection

on the Earth Charter Principles’

Time: June 24-28;

Friday 7 p.m. - Tuesday noon

Instructor: Sister Elaine Prevallet SL

Cost: $250 for sessions and room and board; $165 commuter fee

"During this institute we reflect on the challenges we face as we try to integrate Scripture, theology and the new cosmology into our faith and our sense of Christian identity. Our hope is for an awakening of reverence for a life lived in harmony with the Earth Charter principles and a joyful experience of creation’s clear revelation of the Holy. Sister Elaine Prevallet SL, has an M.A. in Theology and a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Marquette University. She is a writer, lecturer, and currently a spiritual director and retreat leader. Jerry Weaver honors his Cherokee heritage and his reverence for all creation by making Native-American type drums that are enhanced with design and sculpture. Joan Weaver is a poet, teacher, fiber artist, author and professional actress who portrays ‘fiber celebrities’ from the Bible and world literature."

For more information, see their website:www. drumranch.com."

Graduates of Wichita-St. Joseph School of Nursing, St. Mary of the Plains College Division of Nursing, and all other graduates of Schools of Nursing operated by the Wichita Sisters of St. Joseph, are invited and encouraged to attend the Nurses Reunion, Saturday, July 16, at the St. Joseph Campus McNamara Education Center in Wichita.

For information, call Gerry Steiner, (316) 686-6995, or Janet Hoheisel, (316) 942-2397.