Wisdom Ways Fall 2019 by Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality

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Hospitality A Ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet 1890 Randolph Avenue St. Paul, MN 55105 www.wisdomwayscenter.org

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“On the hilltop, on the road, at the crossways, Wisdom takes her stand. She has built herself a house . . . prepared her wine, and laid her table.”

25 years ago the midwives of Wisdom Ways took time to discern a deep and holy practice of Hospitality. Created as a place to explore, offer, and engage profound inclusion and care at the intersections of faith and life, Wisdom Ways continues to be a place of hospitality in ever widening circles of spirituality. Hospitality is born out of our deep human need to be welcomed and to welcome. Hospitality beckons us to live into relationships with compassion, courage and patience. Wisdom is there to encourage us; Her table is prepared at the crossways and in places of vitality. At the heart of hospitality is community and in community we are changed. Everyone is invited to be present and flourish!

OUR MISSION

Proverbs 8:2, 9:2

Like Wisdom, the midwives of Wisdom Ways set tables of hospitality courageously and compassionately. For the past twenty-five years, thousands have been inspired and nurtured. People have grown in faith and widened their spiritual path and community. Our 25th anniversary calls us to celebrate, deepen our commitment to hospitality and give it real flesh. May we know ourselves as midwives, at home with ambiguity and in the complexity of new birth. May we be open to transformation that yields wholeness and healing for all life. Come, let us explore together holy hospitality this season! Rev. Barbara Lund, Director

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Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality offers programs to explore the spiritual dimensions of contemporary life for women and men and to reimagine and embody all that we can be as agents of transformation in church and society. Established in 1994, Wisdom Ways is a sponsored ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Paul Province, who build their ministries around love of God and the dear neighbor without distinction. Your comments are welcome. Please contact us at 651-696-2788 or info@wisdomwayscenter.org to share ideas or to notify us of address changes.

WISDOM WAYS’ ADVISORY COMMITTEE Mary Beckfeld, Consociate; Mary Farrell Bednarowski, PhD; Rev. Barbara Kellett, Consociate; William McDonough, PhD; Joan Mitchell, CSJ, PhD; Rev. Julie Neraas; Catherine Steffens, CSJ. CONTRIBUTING POET Sagirah Shahid is a Black Muslim arts educator, poet and performance artist whose work seeks to make sense of the complexities of being human. Her many awards include a 2015 Loft Mentor Series Award in Poetry, a 2016 Minnesota State Arts Board Grant, a 2017 Minnesota Center for Book Arts mentorship award, and Our Space is Spoken For, a public arts and performance fellowship. Sagirah has collaborated with many groups, including the Minnesota Orchestra and public arts project Nicollet Lanterns, which transformed poems into functional sculptural lanterns.

2 All programs are held at Carondelet Center, 1890 Randolph Ave., St. Paul, unless otherwise noted.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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* Contemplation and Community:

A Gathering of Fresh Voices for a Living Tradition — Book Launch and Retreat Day................................................. 4 * Holy Hospitality: Arts as the Doorway to the Sacred.............. 6 * Witnessing Hospitality Film Series......................................... 7 * Child of Humanity: An Exploration of the Incarnation............ 7 * Fall Soul Conference: Seeds and Roots: Growing Sacred Activism ........................................................ 8

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SPIRITUAL PRACTICES * Writing the Sacred Journey:

The Art and Practice of Spiritual Memoir Workshop............ 19 * Spiritual Memoir Monthly Writing Sessions.......................... 20 * Writer’s Circle: Tending Writer and Writing.......................... 21 * Writers Unite! Building a Writing Community...................... 21 * Zentangle the Moment.......................................................... 22 * Walking in Harmony: A Labyrinth Journey............................ 22

ART EXHIBITS * Nine Gates: Thresholds of a Spiritual Journey..................... 25 * The Continuum Exhibit: Consciousness and the Interconnectedness of Life.................................................... 26 * Challenge Yourself: A Jewish Papercut Artist...................... 27 * O Antiphons: Advent Names of God...................................... 28

ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ~ SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH SPIRITUALITY MINISTRIES

New and Emerging Ideas and Understandings

* Hedgerow Initiative: Inclusive Grace:

The Life and Search of Two Pastors...................................... 10 * Yes! Jesus had Women Disciples.......................................... 11 * The Enneagram and Relationships: Crossing the Divide and Activating our Highest Potentials Together.................................................. 11 * Re-Creating Our Lives: Learning How to Tell Our Most Life-Giving Story............................................. 12 * An “Immersive Reading” Evening with Sagirah Shahid and collaborators......................................... 13 * Calling All Angels: Winter Solstice with Lumina.................. 13

MEN’S SPIRITUALITY * Centering Prayer Circle......................................................... 14 * The Quest for a Moral Life..................................................... 14 * Aging and Becoming.............................................................. 15

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Celeste’s Dream: Spirituality for Young Adults........................ 29 Membership and Association................................................... 29 Justice Commission.................................................................. 29 Rituals to Honor the Seasons................................................... 30 Second Sunday.......................................................................... 30 Spiritual Direction..................................................................... 30

EVENTS IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY 13th Annual Myser Initiative Lecture at St. Catherine University with Margaret Steinfels........................................... 31 Tegeder Talks at Church of St. Frances Cabrini....................... 31 What We Need is Here: Hope, Hardiness, and Human Possibility with Parker Palmer................................................. 31 Celtic and Nordic Services at Pilgrim Lutheran Church, St. Paul...................................................................................... 31

CALENDAR OF PROGRAMS ....................................32-33 WISDOM WAYS LABYRINTHS AND OTHER RESOURCES TO RENT

Spiritual Practices for Everyday Living

MEDITATION Christian Meditation: A Way of Contemplative Prayer * Tuesday Evening Meditation.................................................. 18 * Becoming One with the One: An Introduction to Christian Meditation................................ 18 * Tuesday Noonday Meditation................................................. 18 * Meditation during Advent ..................................................... 18 * Lectio Divina: Mornings of Reflection during Advent........... 19 * Group Spiritual Guidance during Advent............................... 19

Labyrinth Resources to Rent.................................................... 34 Library....................................................................................... 34 Directions.................................................................................. 34

INDEX .................................................................................... 34 REGISTRATION INFORMATION .................................. 35 All programs are held at Carondelet Center, 1890 Randolph Ave., St. Paul, unless otherwise noted.

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CONTEMPLATION AND COMMUNITY: A GATHERING OF FRESH VOICES FOR A LIVING TRADITION

WIDENING THE CIRCLE

Co-hosted with Wisdom Ways by St. Catherine University, Episcopal House of Prayer, University of St. Thomas, and Trust for Christian Meditation A resurgence of Christian contemplative living by emerging young practitioners is creating a new framework for spirituality inside and outside of formal religion. Contemplation and Community: A Gathering of Fresh Voices for a Living Tradition introduces these diverse voices, who reflect globally on the gifts, challenges, differences and commonalities of Christian contemplation today for communities and people of faith. Join several of these contemplative leaders for a weekend focused on the contemplative tradition. Friday night begins with a public conversation and book launch of Contemplation and Community. You’ll have the opportunity to talk with coeditors Jessica (Jessie) M. Smith and Fr. Stuart Higginbotham and hear readings and reflections from other contributors. An all-day retreat on Saturday offers reflection, practice, and workshops that explore more deeply the next era of Christian contemplative movement. The day will be spent moving through three lenses of understanding contemporary Christian contemplation: Grounding in Practice, Transformation in Community, and Embodiment, Compassion and Healing. From understanding pedagogical practices of contemplation, contemplative congregational leadership development, racial dialogue and contemplation, and practices of the Eastern Orthodox-born Systema practice, each session invites participants to explore together the horizon of Christian contemplation and where the Spirit may be leading next.

Contemplation and Community began when founders of four contemplative centers — Fr. Richard Rohr of the Center for Action and Contemplation, Fr. Thomas Keating of Contemplative Outreach, Fr. Lawrence Freeman of The World Community for Christian Meditation, and Tilden Edwards of the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation—invited twenty young contemplative leaders to wonder, practice, and peer together into the future of Christian contemplative life. Along with Shalem’s executive director Margaret Benefiel, the 24 leaders shared a week of conversation, reflection and practice that inspired the book.

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Facilitators: Nine contemplative leaders will facilitate this weekend. Please see visit www.wisdomwayscenter.org for complete bios. Brenda Bertrand is a chaplain at Fuller Theological Seminary and in the U.S. Army Reserves who inspires people in the simplicity of prayer and helps emerging leaders narrow the gap between their spirituality and everyday life.

Mark Longhurst, pastor of First Congregational Church in Williamstown, Massachusetts, writes and hosts the contemplatively themed blog ordinarymystic.net.

Thomas Bushlack is associate professor of theology and Christian ethics at Aquinas Institute of Theology (St. Louis, MO), and an oblate of St. Benedict through St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Abbey in Collegeville.

Mark Kutolowski is an oblate of St. Benedict, a contemplative retreat leader, Centering Prayer teacher, and instructor in the traditional Russian martial art and health practice of Systema. Learn more at metanoiavt.com.

Spiritual director, yoga instructor, public speaker, and retreat guide Phileena Heuertz is the author of Pilgrimage of the Soul and Mindful Silence: The Heart of Christian Contemplation and cofounder of gravitycenter.com.

Leonard McMahon, doctoral student at the Graduate Theological Union at U.C. Berkeley, works through his nonprofit, Common Ground Dialogue, to bring divergent citizens into democratic conversation.

Co-editor Stuart Higginbotham, an Episcopal priest, focuses on the intersection of contemplative practice, leadership development, and congregational ministry. He writes at contemplativereformation.com.

Co-editor Jessica (Jessie) M. Smith is deeply committed to spiritual practice, faith-based civic engagement, and theological reflection. As Senior Executive Director, Research, Planning and Spiritual Formation, she advises the United Methodist Church on strategic decisions related to ministry.

Bo Karen Lee is associate professor of spiritual theology and Christian formation at Princeton Theological Seminary, a spiritual director and author, and was a Mullin Fellow with the Institute of Advanced Catholic Studies.

BOOK LAUNCH AND PUBLIC CONVERSATION WHEN: Friday, September 20, 6:30 to 8:30 pm COST: Free, please RSVP at 651-696-2788 or

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RETREAT DAY WHEN: Saturday, September 21, COST: $45.00, includes lunch

9:00 am to 4:00 pm

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HOLY HOSPITALITY: ARTS AS THE DOORWAY TO THE SACRED

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For many of us the arts are a primary conduit to the Holy. We know and experience our spirituality through a hymn, a sacred text or a religious symbol. The hospitality of the arts invites us to return again to the full depth and meaning of what we believe. In this series, the arts lead us into deeper ways of encountering, exploring, and understanding not just our own tradition but the religious traditions of our neighbors. When studying other faiths, “leave room for holy envy,” said Swedish biblical scholar Krister Stendahl. In Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others, Barbara Brown Taylor describes how, while teaching Religion 101, she found something to envy in all the traditions the students study. When she taught Judaism she wanted to be a rabbi. When she taught Buddhism, she wanted to be a monk. Finding something beautiful in other faiths, she gained a greater appreciation and understanding of her own. Through presentation, experience, and hospitality, we will explore the inherent power of the arts to move us to leave room for holy envy on our own spiritual journey. Barbara Brown Taylor’s thoughts will invite us into our time together. On November 7, Nimo Farah and Aaron Silver show us how the arts are a catalyst for knowing their own tradition and how that knowing might build bridges to other traditions. Our last session explores the ways the arts and holy envy might open us to a deeper habitation of the holy. Facilitator:

Artist and activist Nimo H. Farah has shared her poetry and short stories in several publications and venues. Cofounder of SALLI (Somali Arts Language & Leadership Institute), which promotes Somali arts and literature in Minnesota, she is a 2014 Loft Spoken Word Immersion Fellow, a 2014 Bush Fellow, a recipient of 2015 Intermedia Arts VERVE grant, and a 2016 National Arts Strategies Fellow.

Aaron Hodge Silver Greenberg has created art in many media over the course of his artistic life, and in the past decade has produced papercut artwork almost exclusively. His papercut designs often spring forth from Hebrew texts and include text, seeking to question and reinforce meanings, to comfort and challenge the viewer, and to evoke a desire to look, think, and discover. Learn about his Wisdom Ways exhibit on page 27. hursdays, October 24, November 7, 14 from 6:30 to T 8:30 pm. On October 31, participants will engage in a religious tradition through visual, literary, or the performing arts. COST: T his program is supported by a gift to deepen the role of the arts at Wisdom Ways. Give a gift in honor of Wisdom Ways’ 25th anniversary. WHEN:

Cindi Beth Johnson is a professor in the practice of theology and the arts at United Theological of the Twin Cities, teaching arts and social transformation, arts and leadership, and spirituality and the arts. A minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, she believes that the arts are a vessel for imagination and the creative spirit that opens doors for understanding and connection.

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WITNESSING HOSPITALITY FILM SERIES At the heart of all welcome is the humble recognition that though we open our door today, we may well be in need of an open door ourselves tomorrow. * MARK NEPO

Facilitator: Mary Kaye Medinger is a lifelong educator, writer, editor, spiritual director and retreat leader with a particular interest in women’s spirituality, especially Mariology. A consociate of the Sisters of St. Joseph, she has spent nearly 40 years in various ministerial positions in parish, diocesan and ecumenical settings.

CHILD OF HUMANITY: AN EXPLORATION OF THE INCARNATION

Join us for two film screenings and conversations that stretch our concept of “welcome” and “home” and the significance that listening plays. Each film reflects on real people and events and the role that open-heartedness across cultures plays.

Incarnation, according to early church teachings, is not something to believe in, but rather, something experienced. Words are inadequate to its understanding. “The Son of Humanity already exists within you,” says the Gospel of Mary Magdalene.

Burning Memories. In 1944, 75,000 Norwegians became refugees in their own country after the German occupants set fire to their homes. This 2018 film interweaves conversations between elderly Norwegians and refugee children from Syria and Sudan remembering their experiences of war and dislocation. This weekend is marked by All Saints, All Souls, Dia de los Muertos, and other commemorations of those who preceded us in time and space, prompting us to reflect on the blessings that can be offered across cultures and generations when compassion and love are primary. WHEN: Saturday, November 2, 6:30 to 8:30 pm COST: G ive a gift in honor of Wisdom Ways’ 25th anniversary.

This four-session course will be understood as a practice period where participants try this ancient way of knowing.

Roses in December. This award-winning 1982 documentary tells the story of four North American women missionaries murdered in El Salvador on December 2, 1980. Focusing specifically on the story of lay missioner Jean Donovan, who left her home and comfortable life in the U.S. to respond to the needs of war-torn Salvadorans, the film gives us a glimpse into Jean’s wide understanding of love and heart full of hospitality. Her colleagues, nuns Maura Clarke, Ita Ford and Dorothy Kazel, were her companions in life and in death. WHEN: Friday December 6, 6:30 to 8:30 pm COST: G ive a gift in honor of Wisdom Ways’ 25th

In 1945 a whole library of ancient Christian texts were discovered. We will use three of these luminous texts to explore this way of knowing: The Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, and the Gospel of Philip. Facilitator: Episcopal priest Ward Bauman has been a retreat leader and teacher of Christian mysticism for over 30 years. Traveling the world he has explored the depths of the Christian tradition as well as Sufism, Buddhism and Jewish mysticism. uesdays, November 12, 19, December 3, 10, T 7:00 to 8:30 pm COST: $95.00 WHEN:

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SEEDS & ROOTS: GROWING SACRED ACTIVISM FALL SOUL CONFERENCE

Living in a world faced with profound challenges from every direction—climate change, virulent racism, the suffering of children, rampant materialism—is enough to leave us feeling overwhelmed by despair, unable to find a place to begin making change. Using Seeds & Roots as our guiding metaphor, we will deepen our relationship to Ina Maka, Mother Earth, as a primary, spiritual foundation for making positive change in ourselves, our families, and our communities. Through experiential learning and activities, the Fall 2019 Soul Conference will explore how our indigenous and ancestral legacies teach us to protect what we love. We will engage the body’s wisdom through movement, music, writing, and conversation. Participants will consider ethical questions, such as: What does it mean to be a good relative? How can we see our past traumas and challenges as teachers? How can we use our gifts to make a better world for our children? Ultimately, our goal is transformation, to see ourselves as powerful change makers, engaged in sacred activism that is rooted in love and joy. The conference will be led by four dynamic women educators engaged in writing, art, farming, and biodiversity. Facilitators:

Christine Baeumler is an environmental artist and a professor in the Department of Art’s Interdisciplinary Art and Social Practice at the University of Minnesota. Her interdisciplinary, collaborative art practice involves raising awareness about biodiversity, water stewardship, and climate change. Recent projects include Backyard Phenology, Bee Real, Bee Everywhere and the Rooftop Tamarack Bog. She is also artist in residence for the Capitol Region Watershed District in Saint Paul.

Carolyn Holbrook is founder and former Executive/Artistic Director of SASE: The Write Place. She is a widely published writer whose essays are included in A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota and Blues Vision: African American Writing from Minnesota. She teaches Creative Writing at Hamline University and was named one of 50 most inspiring and accomplished Minnesota leaders over 50 by AARP and Pollen Midwest. Regina M. Laroche’s offerings rise from the intersection of art and the unifying stories of humanity and the earth. Founder-director of Diaspora Arts and Diaspora Gardens, her creative works are shaped by her life of small-scale farming, family, and community along the edge of Lake Superior, her mother’s rural South Carolina upbringing, her father’s Haitian Afro-Caribbean culture, and her own varied travel and cultural experiences. Diane Wilson is an award-winning Dakota prose writer and educator. Her memoir Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past won a Minnesota Book Award and was selected for the One Minneapolis One Read program. Beloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life was awarded the 2012 Barbara Sudler Award from History Colorado. She was named one of the 50 most inspiring and accomplished Minnesota leaders over 50 by AARP and Pollen Midwest. WHEN: Friday,

November 22, 6:00 to 8:30 pm and Saturday, November 23, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm COST: $45.00, includes lunch

…But the old Lakota was wise. He knew that man’s heart, away from nature, becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to lack of respect for humans, too. So he kept his children close to nature’s softening influence. * CHIEF LUTHER STANDING BEAR, OGLALA LAKOTA

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SAGIRAH SHAHID

DHU’L-HIJJAH PASTORAL © For Umm I didn’t fast the day I was supposed to or notice the distance of the little mole flung between your eyebrows. When it mattered most, the sky was indigo the clouds became a kind of gauze absorbing the blood-orange sun. There’s a pilgrimage happening, just now my mind went back to your hometown in Mississippi did it have Blue-Eyed Grass too? What were you dreaming of the night of your departure? Millions of people will dress themselves in white garments and ascend upon a single mountaintop to recite: Here I am my lord, here I am. Imagine, their voices drifting upward and away from the mountain, like dandelion seeds. Imagine each year whispering on about you. I can’t unwrap the parts of this that will haunt me forever, from the parts of you that are holy.

THE ART OF BURNING © The soil was so bad even the weeds played dead but there goes my brain on fear. Watch the flicker of homes I grew up in. Here, the sunset prayer I kept missing sunset might as well be the sky’s rust. The day they stop announcing is the day I stop swallowing the day

which one of us has been gunned down

but here is my heart on a sleepless night

and there is the moon

and there is the moon as an ashtray

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HEDGEROW INITIATIVE

The Hedgerow Initiative offers sustained, systematic programming in feminist theological education, spiritual integration, and leadership for a just and holy world. In a particular way, the Initiative highlights the scholarship of women who since the 1950s have worked to reclaim women’s presence and significance in scripture, church, history, theology and culture. The Initiative takes its name from the hedgerow schools in Ireland that kept alive the language, faith, culture and community of the people during the time of the British penal codes. A hedgerow is a biosphere and a haven.

INCLUSIVE GRACE: THE LIFE AND SEARCH OF TWO PASTORS Emmy Kegler and Kelly Brown Douglas explore and live out their experiences contending with gender, racial justice and sexuality. One is a millennial, identifying queer and searching for her vocation. One is a Gen X prophet, critiquing white exceptionalism and calling for racial justice and equality. Emmy Kegler is a gifted and only child who journeys through several Christians traditions to find acceptance and her vocation as a Lutheran pastor. One Coin Found is the memoir of this queer woman who falls in love with scripture and develops a “hermeneutic of the hip” in her wrestling with God. A mother with a teenage son, Kelly Brown Douglas feels the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin as an immediate family danger, an all-too-familiar story in the black community. In Stand Your Ground, the theologian and Episcopal priest traces white exceptionalism in American history from the Massachusetts Bay Company to Manifest Destiny to the Stand Your Ground laws in Florida that protected the “watch captain” who shot Trayvon from criminal charges. The course will involve presentations, conversations, and writing prompts to explore the mystery of God in one’s own search for personal purpose and justice in our world. Sample sessions include: 10

• Gender 101: Learning from a new generation • Tell a Story: Lost, Real, Good, Marked • Black Bodies and the Justice of God • Jesus and Trayvon Required Texts: One Coin Found: How God’s Love Stretches to the Margins, Emmy Kegler; Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God, Kelly Brown Douglas. Additional articles will be provided. Instructors: New Englander by birth, Midwesterner by choice, Nancy Corcoran, CSJ has been and still is being consciousized by the communities with whom she lives and works as a chaplain, presently in Ferguson, Missouri, and ministering with transgender, gender expansive, intersex folx and their families. Nancy is called to challenge the status quo in multiple ways holding the tension of being both oppressor and oppressed. Judge Kathleen Gearin spent 25 years handling criminal, civil and juvenile cases as a trial court judge, including two terms as Chief Judge, in Minnesota’s Second Judicial District (St. Paul and suburbs). The St. Catherine alumna has served on numerous local, state and national task forces and committees focused on child

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YES! JESUS HAD WOMEN DISCIPLES

abuse, sexual assault, judicial education, and jury reform. Emmy Kegler pastors Grace Lutheran Church in Northeast Minneapolis focused on feeding the hungry and community outreach, and is coleader of the Queer Grace Community, a group of LGBTQ+ Christians who meet for worship, Bible study, and fellowship. One Coin Found tells the story of her journey as a queer Christian called to ordained ministry and her relationship with Scripture throughout that call.

Meet 16 of Jesus’ women disciples in Luke’s gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. Art sets each scene. Scripture verses focus the story. Words reflect on the women’s significance from the beginning and in the spread of Christianity. Questions connect our experience. Conversation enriches all who participate. Prayer brings these women into our lives today. Facilitators: Author and Co Editor of Good Ground Press, Joan Mitchell, CSJ and artist Ansgar Holmberg, CSJ.

Angela T. Khabeb is a pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran in Minneapolis. From 2000 to 2002 she was an ELCA missionary in Namibia, where she met and married her husband, Benhi. Pastor Angela’s core spiritual belief is quite simple: Jesus is intimately and infinitely concerned with each and every one of us. Tarshia L. Stanley is Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences and Associate Professor of English at St. Catherine University. She has written articles on Black women’s iconography in African American and African Cinema and American popular culture. Founding president of the Octavia E. Butler Literary Society, she edited The Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature and the forthcoming Approaches to Teaching Octavia E. Butler in the Academy. Hedgerow planning instructors: Rev. Barbara Lund, Joan Mitchell, CSJ, PhD, and Andrea Tande, MA. Mondays, September 23 through December 9, 6:30 to 8:30 pm COST: $240.00 for the series or $25.00 per session. WHEN:

WHEN: October 16, 23, 30, 10:30 am to 12:00 pm COST: $60.00 for the series or $25.00 per session REQUIRED TEXT: Holy Women of Luke’s Gospel, $8.00. Available

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THE ENNEAGRAM AND RELATIONSHIPS: CROSSING THE DIVIDE AND ACTIVATING OUR HIGHEST POTENTIALS TOGETHER Relationships are difficult! As the personalities of two people come together, complexities abound and expand as relationships deepen. The Enneagram is a map that leads us through and beyond our personality types. Contained in this map are road signs, of sorts, that indicate how we detour into predictable conflicts. It also points to how we can move toward a presence that is grounded and inspired, and leads to relationships that flourish. This three-part class is for individuals and partners with some previous experience of the Enneagram. Through presentations and personal and small-group reflections, we seek to deepen our self-understandings in ways that will enhance our capacities to be in healthy relationships. We will explore questions such as, are some type-pairings better suited

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Tuesdays, October 22, 29, and November 5, 7:00 to 9:00 pm COST: $90.00 Participants will be sent required advance work that will help determine their Enneagram type. This is not an introductory class. WHEN:

RE-CREATING OUR LIVES: LEARNING HOW TO TELL OUR MOST LIFE-GIVING STORY

Session 2: The Five Features of Healthy Relational Space

Each of us has a story that we tell ourselves about ourselves. Becoming aware of our inner narrative is crucial, because the story we tell ourselves, both consciously and unconsciously, has tremendous power over our thoughts, feelings, and actions. In many ways, this story defines our lives.

Healthy relationships occur within an energetic context that is bigger than the words we speak and the actions we take. Walks through five aspects that enhance the energetic connection and space surrounding a relationship, and looks at the unique contribution each type has for enhancing relational space, plus how we transcend our types and activate higher potentials through healthy relationships.

Re-creating our lives through the stories we tell about them is a lifelong quest. We are all being held in a limitless narrative frame: our stories and Love’s action in them are never complete or finished. In this retreat based upon her book Re-Creating a Life: Learning How to Tell Our Most Life-Giving Story, Dr. Diane Millis will guide us as we cultivate the “eyes to see and ears to hear” our most life-giving story.

Session 3: The Higher Forms of Relating with Others and the World

Facilitator: For three decades, Diane Millis has had the privilege of serving as a midwife for others as they give voice to the vast array of stories inside of them. Through teaching and advising, consulting and coaching, facilitating retreats and leading workshops and ministering as a spiritual director, she has observed, listened, and inquired as participants learn how to tell their most life-giving stories. Learn more at dianemillis.com

Relationships have the potential for significant shifts when partners engage their higher potentials together. Looks at how the 9 pathways to spiritual awareness impact relationships, exploring the concept of “co-mingling” as it relates to human and Divine relationships, and considering what it might mean to enter into a sacred relationship with the world. Facilitator: Scott McRae has been involved in spiritual work in various forms for 30 years, and feels like he’s just getting started. His journey has taken him from parish ministry through campus ministry, hospital chaplaincy, and spiritual direction. Director of Spiritual Care and Pastoral Education Supervisor for Park Nicollet Health Services, he and his wife Melanie run Sojourners Institute and its Sojourners Spiritual Guidance Program.

Friday, October 25, 6:30 to 8:30 pm and Saturday, October 26, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm COST: $145.00, includes lunch and snacks WHEN:

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AN “IMMERSIVE READING” EVENING WITH SAGIRAH SHAHID AND COLLABORATORS What does it mean to live out hospitality? Featured poet and storyteller Sagirah Shahid has participated in and led many collaborative public arts events and performances. She and several creative collaborators will immerse you in a multisensory, multimedia evening that will widen your lens on our fall theme. Learn more about Shahid on page 2 and read her poetry on pages 9, 16-17, and 23-24. WHEN: Friday, November 8, 7:00 to 8:30 pm COST: Free. Give a gift in honor of Wisdom Ways’

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CALLING ALL ANGELS: WINTER SOLSTICE WITH LUMINA Exploring mystery, beauty, and hope in music spanning centuries, Lumina creates a richly diverse program from medieval carols to pieces by living and local composers. Featuring music for Solstice, Advent, and Christmas, these four radiant voices will illuminate our darkest days. Lumina is a professional women’s ensemble in the Twin Cities dedicated to the mystery, beauty, and hope inherent in music. Our goal is to share the spiritual experience of music with others in both sacred and secular settings, with a focus on churches, schools, and care facilities for older adults. Our programming draws from a rich well of musical sources, including Medieval chants, Renaissance motets, folk song traditions, and works by living and local composers. Learn more about artistic director Linda Kachelmeier and members Angela Grundstad, Clara Osowski, and Kim Sueoka at LuminaWomensEnsemble.com or facebook.com/ WHEN: Saturday, December 21, 7:00 COST: $ 15.00, includes reception

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MEN’S SPIRITUALITY

Exploring Men’s Personal Journeys of Spiritual Growth

To preserve a sacred space for men to explore their spirituality together, we ask that only men register for the sessions. Coordinator: Terry Shaughnessy is a spiritual director trained in Ignatian Spirituality through the Masters in Christian Spirituality Program at Creighton University. For Contemplative Outreach of Colorado and other venues, he conducts retreats and workshops and teaches Centering Prayer. His primary passion is offering the ministry of compassionate presence to support men from a variety of backgrounds to tend to their inner lives. To learn more about spiritual direction, contact Terry at 651-328-7675.

CENTERING PRAYER CIRCLE To foster community among participants, the Wisdom Ways Men’s Spirituality Series offers a twice a month contemplative prayer circle. Each meeting begins with 20 minutes of contemplative prayer practice using the method of Centering Prayer. Opportunity for group sharing is included, as well as occasional video teachings by Centering Prayer teacher and Trappist monk Thomas Keating. This ancient practice of Christian meditation is related to the classic tradition of contemplation and is easily accessible. Facilitators: Louie Doering, a group leader for Centering Prayer groups at St. Stanislaus Parish in St. Paul, and Terry Shaughnessy, Wisdom Ways Men’s Spirituality Coordinator. Wednesdays, September 4, 18, October 2, 16, November 6, 20, December 4, 18, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm COST: Donation. RSVP to 651-696-2788 or info@wisdomwayscenter.org WHEN:

THE QUEST FOR A MORAL LIFE

resulting from a dark night experience and his seeking spiritual understanding through various wisdom sources. Brooks posits that hyper-individualism has been a misdirected search for happiness, i.e., a first mountain, and that secondmountain living represents a shift from self-centered to othercentered living. Brooks intelligently and insightfully examines commitment through vocation, marriage and healthy intimacy, how faith serves us and others, and relationship through engagement in community. Facilitators: Business owner, theologian, corporate leadership consultant, spiritual director, teacher and retreat facilitator Diane Nettifee is founder of Magis Ventures, which guides leaders and organizations to success that is measured by purpose and performance. She teaches in the Organizational Leadership program at St. Catherine University. See Terry Shaughnessy’s bio above. Wednesdays, September 25, October 2, and October 23, 7:30 to 9:00 am COST: $90.00, includes light breakfast; single session $35.00. Books available at Wisdom Ways. WHEN:

As part of our ongoing focus to explore current cultural dynamics through the lens of contemporary wisdom writers we will use David Brook’s Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life for our fall series book study. The subtitle reflects this New York Times columnist’s personal search for meaning 14

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REIMAGINE

FALL 2019

AGING AND BECOMING Let’s explore some of the ways that poems can engage the challenges, complexities and often concealed joys of aging, our lives of “quiet desperation” with their inevitable “failures.” Poems show us ways to pay attention rather than awfulize about whatever is to come, to have compassion for our oftenanxious selves. We can think of them as parallel scriptures that enhance our lives and help us to live in contradiction, to be what Charlotte Joko Beck calls “a bigger container.” Paul Knitter writes of “a paradigm of becoming,” Huston Smith of “the kind of person we should try to become.” We’ll hear poems from a number of traditions, write together, raise any and all questions, and look for ways (to borrow from Rilke) to live those questions. We are a water invited to be wine by a grace that we can scarcely dream to imagine (but poems can help). Facilitator: Two of Michael Dennis Browne’s collections of poetry have won the Minnesota Book Award for poetry. As a librettist and lyricist he has written many texts for music, working for almost four decades with composer Stephen Paulus (To Be Certain of the Dawn, a post-Holocaust oratorio) and now Craig Hella Johnson (Considering Matthew Shepard). Professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota, his most recent collection of poetry is Chimes. WHEN: Wednesday, December 11, 7:30 to COST: $35.00, includes light breakfast

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[BEAN PIE, SWEET POTATO PIE, © BUTTERMILK PIE] A handful of summers ago when the drowsy sun peeled off my shadow between the front porch and Ummi sat in her white wicker chair, swatting mosquitos and sipping sweet tea from a reused French dressing jar, the ice clinking its soliloquy near wind chimes before she passed the jar over to me. That summer I would learn how to make the pie Ummi’s mother taught her how to make without a recipe that wasn’t also etched between breast bone and ruh how lovely, these quiet crumb trails of the South that showed up in her reflexes. In some ways, she had always been Mississppian, her water bread grinning back at us three hours into family cook-outs, her cast iron skillet basking in some gravy she summoned without measurements or occasion the memory of which, even before they could emerge with their splintering tongues, greased the tips of our fingers, their hunger-less sheen almost birthing the bloom of our lips.

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EMBODY SAGIRAH SHAHID

JOY INSIDE MY TEARS © “So I should tell you of the happiness you bring…” -Stevie Wonder [AFTER THE ADTHAN WE WET OUR EXPOSED LIMBS] The first prayer started off as a song someone sang it – no, someone saaaaaang it neck cocked back, hand on hip it knocks me off my – yes, but I’m right here between harp string and vibrato broken glass is everywhere—no, these are stars, these are asteroids, these are truths you can feel it all ooooover—yes, the future is the past reincarnated, is how you give me so much life is how psychedelic chats with God look like at night. [THE WATER WAS SO COLD BEFORE IT GRAZED MY SKIN] If I was overjoyed, it was in the aftermath. Mommy, aren’t we lovely in our plain-clothed grief? Please don’t ask me to cover it up. The fear was not camouflaged. I was a dance of mid-air emotions, cycle of recycled steps. You taught me on accident how to be brave.

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Spiritual Practices for Everyday Living

MEDITATION

CHRISTIAN MEDITATION: A WAY OF CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER Silence is the folding of the wings of the intellect to open the door of the heart. * CATHERINE DE HUECK DOHERTY

MEDITATION: A WAY OF CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER Meditation is a form of contemplative prayer in which we move beyond words, thoughts, and images. We open ourselves to Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mysterious and silent presence within us and it becomes more and more the reality of our lives. From this place of prayer we engage in our work in the world.

TUESDAY EVENING MEDITATION During these times of prayer, we will sit in silent meditation with others. Meditating together is a way of deepening and supporting our personal practice. The weekly sessions include a short reading and one 25-minute meditation. An optional short introduction to Christian Meditation follows for those new to this form of prayer. Come as often as you are able. Tuesdays, September 3 to December 17, 7:00 pm to 7:40 pm COST: Registration is not required and sessions are free. WHEN:

CHRISTIAN MEDITATION TEACHING SESSION Becoming One with the One: An Introduction to Christian Meditation John Main, a twentieth century Benedictine Monk, reintroduced to spiritual seekers the rich Christian tradition 18

of meditation. Come explore his teachings on meditation as a way of contemplative prayer, the practice of meditation, its roots in the Christian tradition, and its power to compel us beyond our place of prayer to compassionate action in the world. Includes a meditation time together. WHEN: Wednesday, COST: $20.00

October 16, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

MEDITATION DURING ADVENT Advent is a time of waiting. We wait for the celebration of Christmas, the feast of the incarnation of God in Jesus. We wait for that time when God will be all in all. And in between, we contemplate the mystery of the Divine here and now, God present in all that is, sustaining all in life and love, manifesting in all, in us. Wisdom Ways offers two contemplative experiences to enliven our waiting.

TUESDAY NOONDAY MEDITATION During Advent, noonday meditation will be offered in addition to the regular Tuesday evening meditation. The weekly session will include a short reading and one 25-minute meditation. Tuesdays, December 3 to December 17, 12:00 noon to 12:40 pm COST: Registration is not required and sessions are free. WHEN:

MORNING MEDITATION RETREAT This Advent morning retreat provides a more extended and focused time to deepen our existing practice of meditation. Our morning in silence will include a pattern of sitting and walking meditations, mindful movements, and chanting. WHEN: Saturday, COST: $20.00

December 7, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Facilitators for Christian meditation programs: Spiritual director Susan Oeffling, CSJ has masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degrees in theology and counseling and spiritual direction training from the Center for Spiritual Guidance. Deborah Chernick studies the history of Christian contemplative prayer and serves on the board of the Trust for the Meditation Process. Both have practiced meditation for many years.

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FALL 2019

Prayer is about seeking God in the stillness beyond words or thought. It is about awakening to the presence of God within us. * LAWRENCE FREEMAN

MEDITATION

SPIRITUAL PRACTICES

LECTIO DIVINA: MORNINGS OF REFLECTION DURING ADVENT

WRITING THE SACRED JOURNEY: THE ART AND PRACTICE OF SPIRITUAL MEMOIR

Lectio Divina or Sacred Reading is the slow, repetitive reading of a sacred text that leads one to the ultimate step of resting in God. It is not Scripture study, nor is it spiritual reading. It is an invitation to take a “long, loving look at Scripture” says spiritual director Teresa Blythe. “It is a time for falling in love with the Word and experiencing the goodness of God.” This four-step process for being with Scripture in a prayerful manner includes: Reading (Lectio); Meditating (Meditatio); Praying (Oratio); and Contemplating (Contemplatio). Using texts for Advent, you will experience this ancient prayer form in a group setting, though it is easily adapted to individual practice and can be incorporated into your prayer life. For our Advent prayer, we will use excerpts from the Gospel of Thomas, made up of 114 sayings of Jesus. Facilitator: Pat Jones is a spiritual director, Psychologist Emeritus, and former Benedictine. WHEN: Mondays, December 2, 9, 16, 23, COST: Free. RSVP to 651-696-2788 or

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GROUP SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE DURING ADVENT

Introductory Workshop Spiritual memoir is the practice of listening deeply to our life experiences through the creation of artful, true stories. We come more alive when we accept how our experiences have formed us and when we form something of what we’ve experienced. By writing memories with intention, we can find holiness in the details, patterns that unify our sense of self, and deep personal healing. By crafting our stories to engage the inner life of readers, we can participate in transforming our world. Join Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew for an introduction to the art and spiritual practice of writing memoir. What is memoir, and how is it different from autobiography? What makes memoir spiritual? How can the practice of writing memoir, whether for an audience or no audience, support spiritual growth? We will start with the basics, using writing exercises, readings from master writers, and conversation. We will also discuss how to sustain the practice with writing partners or small groups in hopes of launching ongoing support for new writers. WHEN: Saturday, COST: $45.00

September 28, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Group spiritual direction is a process in which people gather on a regular basis to assist one another in an ongoing awareness of Sacred Mystery in all of life. Participants seek support of their responsiveness to the Holy and agree to support others in their responsiveness as well. In this season of transition in both culture and church we will focus on the significance of home and hospitality in times of darkness and light! Facilitator: Read more about Mary Kaye Medinger on page 7. Tuesdays, November 26, December 3, 10, 17, 10:00 to 11:30 COST: $100.00 for four sessions, limited to 4 participants WHEN:

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SPIRITUAL PRACTICES

Monthly Writing Sessions: Second Fridays

Monthly drop-in sessions focus on different aspects of writing spiritual memoir: themes that commonly arise, craft techniques, challenges and joys of the writing process, and practices for opening our work to the spirit’s movement. Sessions include writing exercises, examples from leading and emerging writers, lecture, and small group conversation. To support individual writers and writing groups in the ever-deepening practice of writing spiritual memoir, time is included for participant questions.

September: Making Connections

Just as contrasts in flavor make an exciting dish, great writing often emerges when we bring together disparate subjects. We’ll experiment with this, conjoining memories from different eras of our lives and making leaps between objects and ideas, belief and doubt, narration and reflection. Making connections across difference on the page can strengthen our capacity to do the same in our lives.

November: Embodying Holiness

Our bodies are trustworthy sources of memory and wisdom. Together we’ll write from our bodies, about our bodies, to our bodies, and with our bodies as a practice of welcoming the Spirit. We’ll also delve into sensory description as a literary technique that invites the reader deep into our experiences.

December: Becoming the Stranger

We use the metaphor of a journey to describe the soul’s path because the risks, challenges, and surprises of spiritual growth are so similar to travel. We’ll write memories of leaving home, visiting new landscapes, and becoming the stranger. We’ll also explore how and why writing becomes a spiritual journey. Facilitator: Writing instructor and spiritual director Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew is the author of Writing the Sacred Journey: The Art and Practice of Spiritual Memoir; Living Revision: Opening the Writer’s Art; and many other books, essays, and short memoirs. Her work explores the intersections between spiritual growth and the creative process. More at elizabethjarrettandrew.com

October: Writing as Contemplation In the city fields Contemplating cherry trees... Strangers are like friends Contemplation, as the Buddhist priest and poet Issa illustrates, is a field of intimacy, and writing is one entrance. Guest writer Kyoko Katayama will share observations about writing as a mindfulness practice and lead us in writing exercises that encourage deep listening, responsive creating, and open-hearted becoming.

Fridays, September 13, October 11, November 8, December 13, 1:30 to 3:30 pm COST: $100.00 for the series; $30.00 per session WHEN:

Introductory workshop is not a prerequisite for the monthly writing sessions.

Guest writer in October: Kyoko Katayama’s poems have appeared in Asian American Renaissance Journal and Intersecting Circles: The Voices of Hapa Women in Poetry and Prose, and an excerpt of her memoir-in-progress was published in Where the Tree Falls, the Forest Rises: Stories of Death and Renewal. She is a psychotherapist in St. Paul and a senior member at Common Ground Meditation Center.

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SPIRITUAL PRACTICES WRITER’S CIRCLE: TENDING WRITER AND WRITING The most significant creation born of writing is the person the writer becomes for having written. With intention, a community can tend both the literary creation and what’s coming alive inside the creators. In this facilitated small group modeled after spiritual direction groups and Quaker clearness committees, the circle will magnify our listening and hold us accountable to the creative source. Unlike traditional writing groups which focus exclusively on the text, we will attend the aliveness moving within both writer and text. We create our best work when our inner transformation receives the support of others.

a series of small-group conversations, connecting around shared genres, levels of experience, interests, and location. We’ll end with social time so participants can exchange contact information and formalize plans. You’re invited to bring a short (200 words or less) sample to share by way of introducing your writing, but this is not required. Facilitators: Read more about Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew on page 20. Lisa Marie Brimmer is co-editor of the anthology Queer Voices: Poetry, Prose, and Pride whose work has appeared in many publications. As an interdisciplinary cultural worker their work engages with environment, kinship, and culture while plotting intersectional black (/indigenous) queer liberation.

The Writer’s Circle is for those who write regularly, are committed to their projects, and are ready to share their work with others. Because of the group’s small size, facilitator Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew will select participants based on individual readiness and the overall makeup of the group. Please submit a letter of application describing your writing experience, your current project, any experience you’ve had giving and receiving feedback on creative work and/or participating in group contemplative discernment, and why you’re interested in this group to info@wisdomwayscenter.org by September 5. Include a one-page sample of your writing.

Michael Kiesow Moore’s work has appeared in several journals and books as well as his poetry collections What to Pray For and The Song Castle. Founder of the Birchbark Books Reading Series and the Loft Peace and Social Justice Writers Group, he teaches writing and mindfulness.

Limited to 12 participants. Tuesdays, September 17, October 15, November 19, December 17, 6:30 to 8:30 pm COST: $140.00 WHEN:

WHEN: Friday, COST: $20.00

November 15, 7:00 to 9:00 pm

WRITERS UNITE! BUILDING A WRITING COMMUNITY A writing group can give the otherwise lonely writer inspiration, perspective, new viewpoints, support, accountability, feedback, and collegiality. But finding a good match is hard! In this evening for creative writers, three authors will share the wide range of possibilities for forming writing community and offer advice on what makes groups or partnerships sustainable. Participants will get to know one another in www.wisdomwayscenter.org

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SPIRITUAL PRACTICES

ZENTANGLE THE MOMENT

Think you aren’t an artist and can’t do art? Come and be proved wrong! Use easy-to-learn multiple, simple repeated patterns and create miniature works of art that surprise and delight. Experience a relaxed and refreshed way of using repetition like a sacred word that ties one to the present moment. Facilitator: Artist Ansgar Holmberg, CSJ finds creating Zentangle-related art centering, refreshing, and relaxing. Though she is not a certified ZENTANGLE© teacher she has introduced Zentangle-Related Art to groups and enjoys showing others how to create lovely miniature art pieces and delights in their delight as they discover their creativity. Tuesdays, October 22, 29, November 5, 1:30 to 3:00 pm COST: $65.00, includes supplies WHEN:

WALKING IN HARMONY: A LABYRINTH JOURNEY Second Fridays, September-December In the midst of daily challenges and conflicts within our greater communities, cultivating a spirit of harmony and peace is a gift for yourself and the world. You are invited to walk the labyrinth indoors or outdoors at Carondelet Center, whether this is your first walk or you are developing a spiritual practice. After a brief opening reflection, you are welcome to walk as often as you wish. There will be space for writing and artistic play as well as time for quiet prayer and meditation. Facilitators: Marilyn Larson has been making labyrinths since 1996. She creates labyrinths for personal and public spaces in a variety of media, including the labyrinth for the Spiritual Center at Hennepin County Medical Center. Advanced Veriditas Certified Facilitator MJ McGregor, PhD introduces and facilitates labyrinth walks nationally and in Chartres Cathedral, France. MJ leads pilgrimages in Chartres, where she is a seasonal resident, and co-guided a walking pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres Cathedral. Professional labyrinth designer and builder Lisa Gidlow Moriarty has created hundreds of labyrinths, from room-size portable canvases to large outdoor concrete installations. Her work can be found in city parks, schools, hospitals, churches and private gardens across the country. Lisa also leads workshops, retreats and pilgrimages to sacred sites. Fridays, September 13, October 11, November 8, December 13, 9:30 to 11:30 am COST: Free. RSVP to 651-696-2788 or info@wisdomwayscenter.org WHEN:

All programs are held at Carondelet Center, 1890 Randolph Ave., St. Paul, unless otherwise noted.

EMBODY EMBODY SAGIRAH SHAHID

HOW TO EAT TO LIVE © A bean sprout blows a kiss this releases its shell which was the home also sealing it off. Enter the wet soil, how I tried to control a thing unfurling the sprout’s thirsting neck. If it pierces through this keyhole-sized riverbed let it surface, let it feed on diluted sunlight and filtered breaths I have taken for granted my relationship to the scale of this moment, a promise rooted, there, in the wanting to witness what hands have planted—love is what palms held up to the mouth.

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DUA OF MIDDLE PASSAGE SURVIVORS ÂŠ if qasidas be muddied if tears be required if grief be the gift if prayer be ablution it the body be suspended if prayer jump ship if linage be tinged if saltwater be chain if palm on knee if palm raise to sky if forehead be pressed there lay barefooted soul in the wanting if life be touchin if palm be psalm

if this be unspoken if this be language if this be forged if this be beneath

brazed & nameless if you be watchin unbend spine set fire to crease un-sink what sung

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ART EXHIBITS

FALL 2019

NINE GATES: THRESHOLDS OF A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY Come encounter scrolls that illuminate nine possible gates of spiritual passage: longing, abandonment, rage, emptiness, compassion, unbridled joy, oneness, delusion, and darkness. These digitally printed banners resemble Chinese scrolls and invite you to reflect on the thresholds of our interior landscapes. Bob Schmitt is a Quaker and a student and teacher of Chinese calligraphy and painting who lives and paints in Minneapolis. Learn more at www.laughingwatersstudio.com This exhibit is a part of Wisdom Ways permanent collection gifted by Sue Cochrane. WHEN:

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THE CONTINUUM EXHIBIT: CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF LIFE Continuum is an interdisciplinary and multi-cultural exploration of consciousness, human capacity and the continuity/ interconnectedness of life, blending images, quotes and research spanning fields, cultures and thousands of years. WHEN:

O ctober 14 through 20 at Wisdom Ways; October 21 through October 30 at St. Catherine University, with presentations October 23 and 28

Co-hosted by Wisdom Ways and Holistic Health Studies at St. Catherine University

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ART EXHIBITS

FALL 2019

CHALLENGE YOURSELF: A JEWISH PAPERCUT ARTIST In my work, I interpret contemporary experience and political events through papercuts that are rigorous, beautiful, and thought-provoking. This is a new direction for Jewish papercuts, which traditionally served primarily to embellish holiday and life cycle events. My papercuts often spring forth from texts and include text in them, and with them I seek to question and reinforce meanings, to comfort and to challenge the viewer, and to evoke a desire to look, think, and discover. In papercutting, everything you see is defined by the absence around it, something that is true, but often unacknowledged, in our own lived experience. Read more about Aaron Hodge Silver Greenberg on page 6. WHEN:

N ovember

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O ANTIPHONS: ADVENT NAMES OF GOD Paintings by Ansgar Holmberg, CSJ Seven short verses are sung before the Magnificat during the Evening Prayer of the Church on the seven days before the vigil of Christmas. Each begins with the exclamation “O”. Each ends with a plea for the Messiah to come. These O Antiphons, as they are known, were composed in the seventh or eighth century when monks put together texts from the Old Testament that looked forward to the coming of our salvation. They form a rich mosaic of scriptural images, and became very popular in the Middle Ages. Holmberg’s images invite a transformation from the traditional O Antiphons into the context of evolutionary cosmology. Poetry by Joan Mitchell, CSJ complements these images celebrating the incarnation of God as one of us in Jesus. Artist: Ansgar Holmberg, CSJ studied with renowned liturgical artist Ade Bethune. Holmberg’s color-saturated works are more reminiscent of folk art than conventional religious images. Her art arises from her own spiritual journey and life changes. Her interpretations of themes are not fixed in the manner of icons, but ever changing through time. WHEN:

December

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FALL 2019

CELESTE’S DREAM YOUNG ADULT SPIRITUALITY

ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

JUSTICE COMMISSION

Nourish Spirit * Inspire Social Action * Experience Community Participate in the mission and spirituality of the Sisters of the St. Joseph and Consociate community. Young adults (20-35 years old) and others are welcome. Rooted in the Catholic, Christian faith, we welcome people from all spiritual traditions. For more program information visit www.csjstpaul.org/celeste. Community Garden Weekly gardening Tuesdays 5:00 to 7:00 pm through October • Learn organic growing methods and enjoy healthy heirloom produce • Participate in a local food system and build community with Earth and other gardeners and share the harvest Join us for harvest, cultivation, food processing and potluck gatherings. See website for details.

The Justice Commission of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and Consociates, St. Paul Province, acts for justice and equality for all by always moving toward profound love of God and dear neighbor without distinction. We join with other groups in addressing issues influencing human dignity and Earth. 11th Day Prayer for Peace Join the Sisters of St. Joseph and Consociate community in praying for peace and justice in response to the critical needs of our world at this time. 11th Day Prayer for Peace provides opportunities to pray for peace in situations and in connection with timely social justice issues locally, nationally, and globally. Themes this fall will include dismantling racism, criminal justice, Armistice Day of Peace, and more. We’ve been praying monthly for peace since 2001 and invite you to join us on the 11th of every month. WHEN: 11th day of each month, 6:30 to 7:30 WHERE: Our Lady of Presentation Chapel

(CSJ Chapel), 1890 Randolph Ave., St. Paul

CSJ MEMBERSHIP AND ASSOCIATION Come and See the CSJ Way: Community, Spirituality, and Justice – an information session about the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and Consociates Community TWO INFORMATION SESSIONS

Wednesday, October 9, 6:30 to 8:30 pm with light appetizers and program Friday, January 10, 5:30 to 8:30 pm with meal and program

CSJ Justice Commission Working and Task Groups Express the great love of God and love of the dear neighbor without distinction by working for systemic change and by promoting awareness, education and action for justice with one of the eleven Justice Commission Working and Task Groups. Groups typically meet once a month. New members are always welcome! More information can be found at csjstpaul.org/justice or contact the CSJ Justice Office at mroers@csjstpaul.org

Come learn and pray with this community steeped in spirituality and justice. Always looking to welcome others, we will explore a wide range of opportunities for deeper connection and growth. Overnight Retreat (optional): Friday, January 10, 5:30 pm to Saturday, January 11, 4:00 pm. Participate in a day of retreat with Sisters, Consociates, and Friends reflecting upon the CSJ mission of “profound love of God and neighbor without distinction” for the health and healing of the world. WHERE:

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SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH SPIRITUALITY MINISTRIES

CELEBRATING THE CREATOR IN SEASONAL RITUALS

SPIRITUAL DIRECTION

The poet Wendell Berry cautions us “not to vex our lives with forethought of grief but rather rest as the wild things do in the still waters of the Creator’s beautiful world.” Accompany us as we use music, ritual, silence and prayer to honor creation. September 18: Autumn Equinox – Celebrate creation October 30: All Hallows Eve – T hank our lives’ enrichers December 18: Winter Solstice – B e amazed by creation Begun by Sr. Roseann Giguiere and Joyce Eckes Gather at 5:30 pm; ritual from 6:00 to 7:00 pm. Gatherings are free. WHERE: Carondelet Center, 1890 Randolph Ave., St. Paul CONTACT: Mary Lou Flandrick, 612-724-6008 WHEN:

Spiritual Direction is the practice of being with people as they attempt to deepen their relationship with the divine. In spiritual direction, space is created for one to learn and grow in their spirituality. The person seeking direction shares stories of his or her encounters of the divine, or how he or she is experiencing spiritual issues. Spiritual direction nurtures a deeper relationship with the spiritual aspect of being human. It is not counseling, psychotherapy or financial planning. If you seek spiritual direction, the following CSJ Spiritual Directors are available to support you on your journey. Elizabeth Kerwin, CSJ Mary Lamski, CSJ Jill Underdahl, CSJ

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SECOND SUNDAY

Second Sunday is a community circle in which women, men and families gather to reflect together on the Sunday scriptures. Second Sunday began among the Sisters of St. Joseph in three community houses. We reflect on the Sunday gospel and nourish one another’s lives with this sharing. We share bread and wine and lift up the prayers of all gathered and concerns for the world. Following, we drink coffee and enjoy treats. All are welcome and invited to come when you can. The group is a new blessing each month. WHEN: Second Sunday of each month, 10:00 am WHERE: Carondelet Center, 1890 Randolph Ave., St. CONTACT: Therese Sherlock, CSJ, 651-690-7011

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FALL 2019

EVENTS IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY

EVENTS IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY 13TH ANNUAL MYSER INITIATIVE LECTURE AT ST. CATHERINE UNIVERSITY Featuring Margaret Steinfels, co-founder Fordham Center on Religion and Culture and former editor of Commonweal magazine. WHEN: Thursday, October 17, WHERE: The O’Shaughnessy

TEGEDER TALKS Church of St. Frances Cabrini Tegeder Talk hosts two presentations by Dr. Luke Timothy Johnson, Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Christian Origins, Emory University. WHEN: Saturday,

October 26, 2:00 pm Eros to Agape: Sexuality and Holiness in the Church

7:00 pm

Free, ticket required. Call 651-690-6700 WHERE:

WHAT WE NEED IS HERE: HOPE, HARDINESS, AND HUMAN POSSIBILITY WITH PARKER PALMER WHEN: November 15, 7:00 pm WHERE: Westminster Church, 1200

Minneapolis, MN

S Marquette Ave,

Sunday, October 27, 11:00 am Miracles: Recovering a Sense of Wonder C hurch of St. Frances Cabrini, 1500 Franklin Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN

Registration Opens September 1, 2019 (cabrinimn.org) Freewill offering with a suggested donation of $10.00 - $25.00

SAINT CLAIR SUNDAY EVENINGS AT PILGRIM LUTHERAN CHURCH “Moved in Infinite Love by All Things” CELTIC CONTEMPLATIVE COMMUNION

NORDIC CONTEMPLATIVE EVENING PRAYER

a Celtic Journey into the Mysteries 2nd Sunday of the month

t he rich and haunting music of the Scandinavian peoples 4th Sunday of the month

September 8 October 13 November 10 December 8

September 22 Three Hundred Times and More October 27 Roads Everywhere and Signs in Our Hearts November 24 In the Shadow of Your Wings

The meaning is in the waiting Haste to Me, Lord My life is not my life Into Unknown Space, Hoping

CHORAL CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER: COMPLINE FOR A NEW MILLENNIUM led by the Pilgrim Contemplative Prayer Choir 3rd Sunday of the month, September through November

CELTIC CONTEMPLATIVE EVENING SERVICE Tuesday, December 24, 6:51 pm

All evening services are at 6:51 pm at Pilgrim Lutheran Church, 1935 St. Clair Ave., Saint Paul For more information, go to www.pilgrimstpaul.org, or call 651-699-6886 www.wisdomwayscenter.org

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FALL 2019 CALENDAR

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER continued

Date

Program

Page

Date

Program

Page

9/4 9/13

Men’s Spirituality: Centering Prayer Circle

10/11

Spiritual Memoir Monthly Writing Sessions

Walking in Harmony: A Labyrinth Journey

10/14

Inclusive Grace: The Life and Search of Two Pastors – Hedgerow Initiative

9/13

Spiritual Memoir Monthly Writing Sessions

10/15

Writer’s Circle: Tending Writer and Writing

9/17

Writer’s Circle: Tending Writer and Writing

10/16

Yes! Jesus had Women Disciples

9/18

Men’s Spirituality: Centering Prayer Circle

10/16

Men’s Spirituality: Centering Prayer Circle

9/20

Contemplation and Community: A Gathering of FRESH VOICES for a Living Tradition: Book Launch and Public Conversation

10/16

Becoming One with the One: An Introduction to Christian Meditation

10/21

Inclusive Grace: The Life and Search of Two Pastors – Hedgerow Initiative

9/21

Contemplation and Community: A Gathering of FRESH VOICES for a Living Tradition: Retreat Day

10/22

Zentangle the Moment

9/23

Inclusive Grace: The Life and Search of Two Pastors – Hedgerow Initiative

10/22

The Enneagram and Relationships: Crossing the Divide and Activating our Highest Potentials Together

9/25

Men’s Spirituality: The Quest for A Moral Life

10/23

Yes! Jesus had Women Disciples

9/28

Writing the Sacred Journey: The Art and Practice of Spiritual Memoir Workshop

10/23

Men’s Spirituality: The Quest for A Moral Life

10/24

Holy Hospitality: Arts as the Doorway to the Sacred

9/30

Inclusive Grace: The Life and Search of Two Pastors – Hedgerow Initiative

10/25 10/26 10/28

Re-Creating Our Lives: Learning How to Tell Our Most Life-Giving Story

Inclusive Grace: The Life and Search of Two Pastors – Hedgerow Initiative

10/29

Zentangle the Moment

10/29

The Enneagram and Relationships: Crossing the Divide and Activating our Highest Potentials Together

10/30

Yes! Jesus had Women Disciples

OCTOBER Date

Program

Page

10/2

Men’s Spirituality: Centering Prayer Circle

10/2

Men’s Spirituality: The Quest for A Moral Life

10/7

Inclusive Grace: The Life and Search of Two Pastors – Hedgerow Initiative

10/11

Walking in Harmony: A Labyrinth Journey

All programs are held at Carondelet Center, 1890 Randolph Ave., St. Paul, unless otherwise noted.

FALL 2019 CALENDAR

FALL 2019

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

Date

Program

Page

Date

Program

Page

11/2

Witnessing Hospitality Film Series: Burning Memories

12/2

Lectio Divina: Mornings of Reflection during Advent

11/4

Inclusive Grace: The Life and Search of Two Pastors – Hedgerow Initiative

12/2

Inclusive Grace: The Life and Search of Two Pastors – Hedgerow Initiative

11/5

Zentangle the Moment

12/3

Group Spiritual Guidance during Advent 19

11/5

The Enneagram and Relationships: Crossing the Divide and Activating our Highest Potentials Together

12/3

Tuesday Noonday Meditation

11/6

Men’s Spirituality: Centering Prayer Circle

12/3

Child of Humanity: An Exploration of the Incarnation

11/7

Holy Hospitality: Arts as the Doorway to the Sacred

12/4

Men’s Spirituality: Centering Prayer Circle

11/8

Walking in Harmony: A Labyrinth Journey

12/6

Witnessing Hospitality Film Series: Roses in December

12/7

Morning Meditation Retreat

11/8

Spiritual Memoir Monthly Writing Sessions

12/9

Lectio Divina: Mornings of Reflection during Advent

11/8

An “Immersive Reading” Evening with Sagirah Shahid

12/9

Inclusive Grace: The Life and Search of Two Pastors – Hedgerow Initiative

11/11

Inclusive Grace: The Life and Search of Two Pastors – Hedgerow Initiative

12/10

Group Spiritual Guidance during Advent 19

12/10

Tuesday Noonday Meditation

11/12

Child of Humanity: An Exploration of the Incarnation

12/10

Child of Humanity: An Exploration of the Incarnation

11/14

Holy Hospitality: Arts as the Doorway to the Sacred

12/11

Men’s Spirituality: Aging and Becoming 15

11/15

Writers Unite! Building a Writing Community

12/13

Walking in Harmony: A Labyrinth Journey 22

12/13

Spiritual Memoir Monthly Writing Sessions 20

11/18

Inclusive Grace: The Life and Search of Two Pastors – Hedgerow Initiative

12/16

Lectio Divina: Mornings of Reflection during Advent

11/19

Writer’s Circle: Tending Writer and Writing

12/17

Group Spiritual Guidance during Advent 19

12/17

Tuesday Noonday Meditation

11/19

Child of Humanity: An Exploration of the Incarnation

12/17

Writer’s Circle: Tending Writer and Writing 21

11/20

Men’s Spirituality: Centering Prayer Circle

12/18

Men’s Spirituality: Centering Prayer Circle

11/22 11/23 11/25

Seeds and Roots: Growing Sacred Activism – Fall Soul Conference

12/21

Calling All Angels: Winter Solstice with Lumina

Inclusive Grace: The Life and Search of Two Pastors – Hedgerow Initiative

12/23

Lectio Divina: Mornings of Reflection during Advent

11/26

Group Spiritual Guidance during Advent 19

19 18

WEEKLY TUESDAY OFFERINGS Tuesday Evening Meditation Tuesdays, September 3 to December 17 7:00 pm – 7:40 pm

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WISDOM WAYS RESOURCES

DIRECTIONS TO CARONDELET CENTER Carondelet Center is located at 1890 Randolph Avenue, St. Paul, between Cleveland and Fairview Avenues. From I-94, take the Snelling or Cretin/Vandalia exit south to Randolph Avenue. Travel west from Snelling or east from Cretin. From I-35E, take the Randolph exit west past Fairview to 1890 Randolph. Turn in at either of the two driveways marked by the black and teal signs marked CSJ, Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Free parking is available.

Labyrinth facilitators are available to bring presentations and portable labyrinths to your site or to guide you in the use of your own labyrinth. Contact us at 651-696-2788 to make arrangements or visit www.wisdomwayscenter.org

Cleveland

Randolph Ave.

LIBRARY Wisdom Waysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; collection of 2,500 books, audio, videotapes and CD/DVDs on spirituality-related themes is located in the west parlor of Carondelet Center. Browse our labyrinth section of inspiring images and background on the labyrinth, grief and loss, spirituality and more.

Admin Center

Fairview

LABYRINTHS AND OTHER RESOURCES TO RENT One mission of Wisdom Ways is to share resources in ever-expanding circles. Wisdom Ways has multiplesized labyrinths, singing bowls and ritual items for rent. Canvas labyrinths are available to rent for church or community events, retreat days, civic gatherings, weddings, celebrations and personal use. Additional ritual and creative resources are also available for rent. To see selection, visit www.wisdomwayscenter.org or call 651-696-2788 to make arrangements.

Carondelet Center

INDEX PRESENTERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER - FALL 2019 Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 20, 21 Christine Baeumler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Ward Bauman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Brenda Bertrand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Lisa Marie Brimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Michael Dennis Browne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Tom Bushlack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Deborah Chernick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Nancy Corcoran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Louie Doering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Nimo H. Farah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Kathleen Gearin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Aaron Hodge Silver Greenberg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Angela Grundstad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Phileena Heuertz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Stuart Higginbotham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Carolyn Holbrook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Ansgar Holmberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 22, 28 Cindi Beth Johnson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Pat Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Linda Kachelmeier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Kyoko Katayama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Emmy Kegler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Angela Khabeb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 34

Mark Kutolowski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Regina LaRoche. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Marilyn Larson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Bo Karen Lee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Mark Longhurst. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Barbara Lund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 11 MJ McGregor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Leonard McMahon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Scott McRae. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Mary Kaye Medinger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 19 Diane Millis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Joan Mitchell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Michael Kiesow Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Lisa Gidlow Moriarty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Diane Nettifee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Susan Oeffling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Clara Osowski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Sagirah Shahid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 13 Terry Shaughnessy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Jessie M. Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Tarshia Stanley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Kim Sueoka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Andrea Tande. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Diane Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

All programs are held at Carondelet Center, 1890 Randolph Ave., St. Paul, unless otherwise noted.

REGISTRATION

FALL 2019

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