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At the Heartland Center

Register for the following programs by contacting the Heartland Center for Spirituality, 3600 Broadway, Great Bend, KS 67530; (620) 792-1232; email office@heartlandspirituality.org; or fax: (620) 792-1746.

Lectio Divina Retreat

June 8-10; Friday 7 p.m. – Sunday noon

Sister Micaela Randolph OSB

$125 ($90 commuter fee)

“This retreat is about being vulnerable to God’s holy word, the scriptures. Thoughtful, reflective reading known as lectio divina is an immersion into the lessons of scripture and provides the background against which the entire rest of our lives are lived. This prayer form can lead to a contemplative attitude toward life as a means of union with God. It is important that we share silence together during this retreat which will help us listen more deeply. We will have time to do private lectio as well as sharing God’s word together.”

Sister Micaela Randolph, OSB, is a Benedictine Sister from Atchison. She is now director of Souljourners, an ecumenical Spiritual Formation for spiritual directors, which is sponsored by Sophia Center. She worked for 10 years in parishes in Kansas City and was the Director of Initial Formation for her community for nine years. Sister Micaela earned a masters degree in Religious Education from St. Meinrad’s in Indiana, and a Masters in Christian Spirituality from Creighton University in Omaha. She is a trained spiritual director and offers retreats in Lectio and Centering Prayer.

Theology Institute -- Pastoral

Epistles of Timothy and Titus

June 22-26;

Friday 7 p.m. – Tuesday noon

Father Sean Martin

$250 – registration, room and board

$165 – commuter fee (includes noon meal)

“The Pastoral Epistles (1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus), written a generation after the death of the apostle Paul, extends his thoughts to new problems and new opportunities faced by the communities he founded. Notable among the accomplishments of the author of these three letters is the articulation of a series of personal and moral qualifications which mark authentic leaders of the Christian community. See how these ancient letters propose solutions to the perennial problem of forming wise and effective leaders for Christian communities.”

Father Sean Martin holds an MA in Theology, University of Dallas, an MA in English, University of Notre Dame; an S.T.L. and S.T.D., Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome; is currently Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis; and has many published articles.

Celebrating the Paschal Mystery

August 5-10; Sunday evening-Friday evening

Father Frank Coady

$175 - Retreat; $165 – room and board

“The focus of this retreat will be on the paschal mystery as it is understood in the scripture, the liturgy, and in Catholic spirituality. It is the perennial celebration in liturgy and in Christian life of the dying and rising of Christ and our incorporation into it.”

Father Frank Coady, with an S.T.D. in dogmatic theology from the Gregorian University, Rome, and graduate study in liturgy at University of Notre Dame, is the pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Salina. In addition to his diocesan positions, he serves as adjunct instructor at Benedictine College, Newman University. Father Coady has given priest and deacon retreats and a number of parish missions.