Autumn 2023: Integrity

Events by Date:

August 2023 Events

Aug 9 (In-Person) | 6-7:30 p.m. CT pg.

Seokmun-Hoheup: Breathing Series w/ Paul Min

Aug 15 (Online) | 6-7:30 p.m. CT pg.

Mindful Millennials: Self-Care Community

Aug 18 (Hybrid) 6-8:30 p.m. CT pg.

SoulCollage® w/ Lisa Mer

Aug 23 (Online) | 6-7:30 p.m. CT pg.

Seokmun-Hoheup: Breathing Series w/ Paul Min

September 2023 Events

Sep 8 (In-Person) | 2-3 p.m. CT pg.

Goat Yoga w/ The Hayloft

Sep 9 (Hybrid) 10 a.m.-Noon CT pg.

SoulCollage® w/ Lisa Mer

Sep 13 (Online) | Noon-1 p.m. CT pg.

Conversational Intelligence w/ Marian Diaz

Sep 13 (In-Person) | 6-7:30 p.m. CT pg.

Seokmun-Hoheup: Breathing Series w/ Paul Min

Sep 14 (In-Person) | 6:30 p.m. CT pg.

Fall Soul Painting w/ Liba Zweigbaum Herman

Sep 16 (In-Person) pg.

9:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. CT

Morning Altars: Ritual & Nature w/ Ann Viveros

Sep 17 (In-Person) | 6-7 p.m. CT pg.

Introduction to Reiki w/ Erica Wallace Moore

Sep 19 (Online) | 6-7:30 p.m. CT pg.

Mindful Millennials: Self-Care Community

Sep 21 (In-Person) | 6:30-8:30 p.m. CT pg.

Altar Art: Openness & Connection w/ Vera Snow

Sep 22 (In-Person) | 6-8:30 p.m. CT pg.

Journey of Self-Discovery w/ Wendy Mitch

Sep 26 (Online) | 7-8:30 p.m. CT pg.

Business for Spiritual Practitioners w/ Scott McRae

Sep 27 (Online) | Noon-1 p.m. CT pg.

Conversational Intelligence w/ Marian Diaz

Sep 27 (Online) | 6-7:30 p.m. CT pg.

Seokmun-Hoheup: Breathing Series w/ Paul Min

Sep 30 (In-Person) | 9 a.m.-3 p.m. CT pg.

Healing with the Herd w/ Molly DePrekle, L.P. & Sarah Kiani, LPCC

October 2023 Events

Oct 3 (Online) | 7-8:30 p.m. CT pg.

Business for Spiritual Practitioners w/ Scott McRae

Oct 4 (Hybrid) | 6:30-8 p.m. CT pg.

Writing Our Delights w/ Wendy Brown-Báez

Oct 6 (Online) | 6-7:30 p.m. CT pg.

Animals as Spiritual Teachers w/ Brian Bard

Oct 7 (In-Person) | 9 a.m.-3 p.m. CT pg.

Celebrate You! A Self-Love Retreat for Women w/ Nancy Jambor

Oct 11 (Online) | Noon-1 p.m. CT pg.

Conversational Intelligence w/ Marian Diaz

Oct 11 (In-Person) | 6-7:30 p.m. CT pg.

Seokmun-Hoheup: Breathing Series w/ Paul Min

Oct 12 (In-Person) | 6:30-8 p.m. CT pg.

Mandala Making w/ Ann Viveros

Oct 14 (Hybrid) 10 a.m.-Noon CT pg.

SoulCollage® w/ Lisa Mer

Oct 17 (Online) | 6-7:30 p.m. CT pg.

Mindful Millennials: Self-Care Community

Oct 18 (Hybrid) | 6:30-8 p.m. CT pg.

Writing Our Delights w/ Wendy Brown-Báez

Oct 24 (Hybrid) | 7-8:30 p.m. CT pg.

9 Religions, 9 Soul Paths: Enneagram & World Religions w/ Scott McRae

Oct 25 (Online) | Noon-1 p.m. CT pg.

Conversational Intelligence w/ Marian Diaz

Oct 25 (Online) | 6-7:30 p.m. CT pg.

Seokmun-Hoheup: Breathing Series w/ Paul Min | 6-7:30 p.m. CT

Oct 26 (Online) | | 6:30-7:30 p.m. CT pg.

Chanting Our Own Songs w/ Maia Twedt & Ann Supplee

Oct 27 (In-Person) | 6-7 p.m. CT pg.

Intro to Tai Chi & Tai Chi Chih w/ Stephanie Siddiqui

Oct 28 (In-Person) pg.

10 a.m. -12:30 p.m. CT

Movement, Journaling, Art & Meditation Retreat w/ Peggy Foster-Rush

Oct 31 (Hybrid) | 7-8:30 p.m. CT pg.

9 Religions, 9 Soul Paths: Enneagram & World Religions w/ Scott McRae

Christian Meditation pg. w/ Deborah Chernick & Susan Oeffling

Tuesdays, Sep 5 – Dec 19 | 7-7:40 p.m. CT (Hybrid)

Men’s Centering Prayer w/ Terry Shaughnessy pg.

First Wed 7:30 a.m. CT (Online)

Third Wed 4:30 p.m. CT (In-Person)

November 2023 Events

Nov 1 (Hybrid) | 6-8 p.m. CT pg.

Guide for the Grief Journey w/ Brian Bard

Nov 2 (Online) | 6-8 p.m. CT pg.

Astrology as Spiritual Practice

w/ Peggy Foster-Rush

Nov 7 (Hybrid) | 7-8:30 p.m. CT pg.

9 Religions, 9 Soul Paths: Enneagram & World

Religions w/ Scott McRae

Nov 8 (Online) | Noon-1 p.m. CT pg.

Conversational Intelligence w/ Marian Diaz

Nov 8 (In-Person) | 6-7:30 p.m. CT pg.

Seokmun-Hoheup: Breathing Series w/ Paul Min

Nov 9 (Online) | 6-8 p.m. CT pg.

Astrology as Spiritual Practice

w/ Peggy Foster-Rush

Nov 11 (Hybrid) 10 a.m.-Noon CT pg.

SoulCollage® w/ Lisa Mer

Nov 14 (Hybrid) | 7-8:30 p.m. CT pg.

9 Religions, 9 Soul Paths: Enneagram & World

Religions w/ Scott McRae

Nov 15 (Hybrid) | 6-8 p.m. CT pg.

Guide for the Grief Journey w/ Brian Bard

Nov 16 (Online) | 6-8 p.m. CT pg.

Astrology as Spiritual Practice

w/ Peggy Foster-Rush

Nov 21 (Online) | 6-7:30 p.m. CT pg.

Mindful Millennials: Self-Care Community

Nov 22 (Online) | Noon-1 p.m. CT pg.

Conversational Intelligence w/ Marian Diaz

Nov 22 (Online) | 6-7:30 p.m. CT pg.

Seokmun-Hoheup: Breathing Series w/ Paul Min

Nov 27 (Online) | 9-10 a.m. CT pg.

Advent Lectio Divina w/ Pat Jones

Nov 27 (In-Person) | 10:15-11:15 am CT pg.

Advent Lectio Divina w/ Pat Jones

Hedgerow Institute Fall 2023 pg.

Nourishing Theological Understandings of Food, Earth, and Self w/ Joan Mitchell & Andrea Tande

Mondays, Sep 18-Nov 27 6-7:30 p.m. CT (Hybrid)

December 2023 Events

Dec 4 (Online) | 9-10 a.m. CT pg.

Advent Lectio Divina w/ Pat Jones

Dec 4 (In-Person) pg.

10:15-11:15 a.m. CT

Advent Lectio Divina w/ Pat Jones

Dec 5 (Hybrid) | 7-8:30 p.m. CT pg.

Opening to Spiritual Guidance w/ Scott McRae

Dec 9 (Hybrid) 10 a.m.-Noon CT pg.

SoulCollage® w/ Lisa Mer

Dec 11 (Online) | 9-10 a.m. CT pg.

Advent Lectio Divina w/ Pat Jones

Dec 11 (In-Person) pg.

10:15-11:15 a.m. CT

Advent Lectio Divina w/ Pat Jones

Dec 12 (Hybrid) | 7-8:30 p.m. CT pg.

Opening to Spiritual Guidance w/ Scott McRae

Dec 13 (In-Person) | 6-8 p.m. CT pg.

Water Shows a Way w/ Drew Weis

Dec 18 (Online) | 9-10 a.m. CT pg.

Advent Lectio Divina w/ Pat Jones

Dec 18 (In-Person) pg.

10:15-11:15 a.m. CT

Advent Lectio Divina w/ Pat Jones

Dec 19 (Hybrid) | 7-8:30 p.m. CT pg.

Opening to Spiritual Guidance w/ Scott McRae

Save the Date! 2024 Events

Feb 9-11 (In-Person) pg.

Circle of Trust Winter Retreat: Holding on and Letting Go w/ Wint Boyd, Paula Pedersen & Sara Thomsen

Apr 26-28 (In-Person) pg.

Circle of Trust Spring Retreat: Renewal in the Midst of Muck and Mire: w/ Wint Boyd, Paula Pedersen & Sara Thomsen

The Power of Integrity

‘Integrity’ holds the dual senses of moral uprightness and wholeness. It includes the sense of trueness to self and others that develops when our words and actions coincide in honest and transparent ways. It also entails the spiritual work that has to do with integrating the different parts of ourselves and our relationships into a whole throughout our lives. We may see these two definitions as distinct and even at odds to each another, one moral and one psychological, when in fact they carry a synergy that belies a deep truth.

Hebrew scripture calls out regularly for integrity of heart and uprightness in our stance facing God and the world, and teaches us much about what righteousness can look like. We may not be aware, however, that our own sense of internal rightness with self (self-integrity) adds so much to our own sense of peace and well-being.

Matt Bloom, in Thriving in Ministry: How to Cultivate Clergy Well-being reminds us that, “We now know, for example, that people who have self-integrity—a balanced, secure, and positive identity—enjoy many benefits. They tend to have higher daily wellbeing and stronger resilience. They have better interpersonal relationships, including better marriages. They are positive leaders and valued work colleagues. They adjust well to myriad different life changes and challenges. Research shows, for example, that people with self-integrity deal very well with health challenges. They adjust much better and much faster to personal losses, such as the death of a loved one. People with self-integrity continue to grow and develop over their entire lives, especially in their senior years. They are vibrant, alive, and contributing to the lives of others and to the world around them.” (p. 37)

The key to understanding the connection between the two meanings of integrity is to recognize that an expansion of personal well-being leads to increased well-being of the whole as well. Dan Siegel argues in IntraConnected: MWE (Me + We) as the Integration of Self, Identity and Belonging, “With the internal embraced, we move to the relational; we integrate identity, broaden belonging. What arises is a synergy of self, an emergence of something from the Me and We that is integration made visible: kindness, compassion, love. (p. 49).

Seigel cites Robin Wall Kimmerer, who makes the point this way in her book, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, “There are layers upon layers of reciprocity in this garden between the bean and the bacterium, the bean and the corn, the corn and the squash and ultimately with the people…. The beauty of the partnership is that each plant does what it does in order to increase it’s own growth, but as it happens when the individuals flourish, so does the whole.” (p. 38)

May our own ways of being and the partnerships that we engage in reflect ever more clearly the kindness, compassion and love of integration made visible.

Peace and blessings, Marian Diaz

Psalms 34:14

We want to extend a HUGE & heartfelt thank you to everyone who colored drops as part of our community art project!

We received 76 drops and all were included in this beautiful collaborative artwork. Our Communications Strategist (and intuitive artist) Carly Swenson collected and laid out all the drops into this large mandala design. See it in-person: Our Wisdom Ways community coloring 2023 project is on display on the first floor of the Carondelet Center at 1890 Randolph Ave. 55105

Completed piece, pictured in color on back cover.

Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Values Statement

In a spirit of wisdom,

We honor the inherent dignity, particularity and wholeness of each human person.

We believe that each of us can call forth healing, growth, integration and expanded freedom for ourselves and each other.

We listen to and support the creative expression of spiritual wisdom across varied religious and secular ways of being.

We commit ourselves to inclusivity, accessibility and liberating justice on behalf of personal transformation and the transformation of the world.

Diversity Statement:

Wisdom Ways desires to create authentic, welcoming spaces that advance the spiritual growth, integration and fullness of life for all people. Wisdom Ways believes that an inherent part of that mission is ensuring the equality and inclusion of all persons, mindful of gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, class, disability, immigration status, religious beliefs, age, or any other diverse backgrounds. Acknowledging our purpose as a programming and story-sharing organization, we continually strive to offer a diverse community that features the voices of historically oppressed persons, elevating the shared wisdom of their experiences as a vital element of our mission and society.

An important aspect is accessibility. Committed to the inclusion of all persons, Wisdom Ways acknowledges the societal constructions which restrict and repel persons with disabilities and persons with cultural differences, such as the Deaf community, from attending and participating in on site and online events. Thus, we strive for the inclusion of all persons in our online and in person programming. For questions related to inclusion or to request accommodation, please email dclausnitzer@wisdomwayscenter.org or call (651)-696-2787.

Mission Statement:

Wisdom Ways creates open, accepting spaces that advance the spiritual growth, authenticity and fullness of life for all people. Our resources and offerings aim to help support movement into meaningful and impactful action to advance personal and communal well-being – and you won’t be doing it alone.

Gratitude & Condolences for the life & loss of Louie Doering (1945-2023)

Wisdom Ways is tremendously grateful for the years of compassionate engagement, support, and leadership Louie brought to the Men’s Centering Prayer group.

At age 78, Louis G. Doering, of Roseville passed away after a walk with his wife on March 13, 2023. Louie grew up as the oldest male of eight siblings in Duluth, Minnesota. He valued education and was a life-long learner. He worked as a Catholic elementary school principal, and on the executive staff of a local credit union. He was deeply involved in the cooperative development community. He spent his free time working at the Twins, kayaking, hiking in New Mexico, and traveling the world with his wife, Jill. He was immensely proud of his son Jack, and would tell anyone who listened about Jack’s adventures.

We are sorry for the loss and extend our deepest condolences to his family and friends, through this difficult time of loss.

You can help support our mission!

As we l ook forward to 2024, please consider making a donation supporting the mission and efforts of Wisdom Ways during your year end giving.

Visit:

Marian Diaz, Director mdiaz@wisdomwayscenter.org

Danielle Clausnitzer, Assistant Director dclausnitzer@wisdomwayscenter.org

Carly Swenson, Communications Strategist cswenson@wisdomwayscenter.org

Leslie Aktan, Office Coordinator laktan@wisdomwayscenter.org

Kathy Berken, Resource Assistant

www.wisdomwayscenter.org

Click Donate on the top of the page.

We are tremendously grateful for your generosity & support.

Wisdom Ways was established in 1994 as a Ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet – St. Paul Province, who build their ministries based on the mission of “moving always toward the profound love of God and neighbor without distinction.”

Thank You

to everyone who joined Wisdom Ways for our second-annual Summer Solstice Celebration! Your attendance, support, and help promoting this event made it a tremendous success! We couldn’t have asked for better weather. It was a delight to see families, friends, neighbors, and our CSJ community out enjoying the sun, music, labyrinths and connection. We’re excited to continue this tradition next year! Here are some pictures from our event.

Labyrinths

We have a new wheelchair/walker accessible labyrinth for rent!

This year we comissioned the talented Lisa Moriarty, from Paths of Peace, to create a new labyrinth for Wisdom Ways. With a wider path and a textured surface for easy movement without slipping, this labyrinth is also ideal for social distancing because the path leads through the center and out the opposite side. Of course, anyone is welcome to use and rent this labyrinth, but it’s an ideal option for those with mobility impairment.

Wisdom Ways rents beautiful labyrinths of all sizes for rituals, celebrations, meditation, games, and dancing. Items can be picked up or shipped (for an additional charge). Renters are responsible for all shipping fees, including international custom fees (when applicable). Interested? Contact the Wisdom Ways office at office@wisdomwayscenter.org or call 651-696-2794.

www.wisdomwayscenter.org/resources

How to Use a Labyrinth:

Before entering hold an intention, question, prayer, or calming image in your mind and begin walking. • Simply walk the path. As you concentrate on your steps, allow everything else to melt away. • Upon reaching the center, sit or stand with your eyes closed or looking downward • Take 3 deep breaths and reflect on how you feel. Be still and present. • When you are ready, begin walking back to the entrance. • While walking back, return to the question, prayer, or image you began with. • After walking. Try journaling. What did you discover?

Would you like to try it? On our YouTube channel, we have videos available of both table labyrinths and walking the outdoor labyrinths!

Outdoor Labyrinths

On-Site

Both on-site labyrinths are free to use & open to the public during daylight hours.

Large 11-circuit grass & paver

Chartres-style labyrinth is located near St. Catherine’s University. Tucked away in the extensive grassy area behind (or south of) the CSJ’s Carondelet Center.

Small 3-circuit garden labyrinth is located near St. Catherine’s University. On a green space between (east of) the O’Shaughnessy Auditorium and (west of) the CSJ’s Carondelet Center.

Do you enjoy podcasts, but struggle with the sheer volume of options?

Would you like to start listening to new voices in spirituality, but aren’t sure where to start?

With the support of a grant from the Ministries Foundation, Wisdom Ways is working with a local developer to create an app that will curate content including podcasts and videos on spiritual and religious themes. As we continue to develop our infrastructure and platform we want to find ways to support the needs of our existing participants while reaching out to a younger and more diverse audience. This app will also have a simple web-based version for people who do not use or are not comfortable with phone based apps. This project will complement the work going on in the usage of our digital studio and will support the promotion of Wisdom Ways’ own content as well. Do you have a favorite podcast or YouTube channel recommendations we should consider for inclusion?

Please share with us what spirituality-related podcasts you enjoy and what you like about them by using the QR code below or by clicking the link at: www.wisdomwayscenter.org/media

“Choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them.”

-Brene Brown

Call for Art: Expressions of Spirituality II

2024-2025 Art Exhibitions

Did you see our previous art exhibitions? If you missed them, check out our video walk throughs of art shows on our YouTube channel!

Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality annually hosts several solo and collaborative art exhibitions in the Carondelet Center, 1890 Randolph Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55105.

Requirements:

• Emerging and Established Artists working in the US (Ages 18+) are encouraged to apply

• We can only accept 2D works at this time, no larger than 4ft. x 6ft.

• All artwork must be ready to hang, framed w/ secure hangers or stretched canvas w/ wire

• Artists are responsible for the transit of artworks to and from exhibition

To Apply: Send the following to cswenson@wisdomwayscenter.org

• Artist Biography (350 words or less) Artist Biographies tell us who you are and how/why you create what you create

• Artist Statement (350 words or less) Your artist statement should express your interpretation/expression of spirituality and/or how it relates to your finished work or creative process

• 5-8 Sample images (Image files should be in .jpeg or .pdf format, no larger than 1200 x 1200 px)

• Artist Social media or website (if applicable, not required)

Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis our first round of selections will begin with submissions received before Nov 15, 2023.

For additional detials visit: www.wisdomwayscenter.org/resources

Self-Guided Online Classes Now Available!

Wisdom Ways is excited about our newest online courses featuring instructors like Scott McRae, Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew, and Joan Mitchell! Engage with the Enneagram with one of our two courses by Scott McRae. For newcomers to the Enneagram, we suggest starting with first, Introduction to the Enneagram: Nine Ways to Move from Trance to Dance. Courses include video lectures and downloadable materials you can use to gain a deeper understanding of your Enneagram number at your own pace. After enrolling in this course, you will be able to use the Thinkific platform to comment on and discuss the materials with other people who are enrolled in the course. You will also be able to use your account to sign up for Thinkific classes in the future!

Visit www.wisdomwayscenter.org and click on the red “E-Learning” button on the top right, or scan the QR code to the right.

Having trouble? Visit our YouTube channel for a video tutorial “How to Register for Thinkific e-course”! We’ll walk you through it.

Have you heard of our Friday Finds yet?

Discover a new way to brighten your day or nurture your authentic self with weekly recommendations from popular culture to local favorites! Danielle shares why “Sitting Pretty” is at the top of her Everyone-Must-Read list. Find out if Limitless w/ Chris Hemsworth also leaves you with a sweet mixture of delight and inspiration like it did for Marian. Maybe you and Carly are loving the TV series Shrinking for the same reasons. Books, television, movies, podcasts, even our favorite Twin Cities local finds are featured. We’re sharing our delights, in an effort to help you discover something new to bring you joy.

Check out all our Friday Find recommendations here: www.wisdomwayscenter.org/friday-finds

We’ve reached 1,000 Subscribers on YouTube!

We’re delighted about the growth of our YouTube channel over the past couple of years, and we couldn’t have done it without this supportive community! If you haven’t visited our channel recently, it’s worth taking a sneak peek.

• Enjoy videos of previous events including our interfaith educational series on Islam, Judaism, and Religions of Southeast Asia, as well as our informational collaborative events with local advocacy groups in the Twin Cities

Watch a video of Liba from Studio INSIDE OUT as she shares her passion for creativity, if our upcoming Fall Soul Painting class is peaking your curiosity.

• Reflect on our lighthearted but thought-provoking series of live stream discussions on various spirituality related themes. Each video also features a moment for shared stillness with guided breathing and meditation.

• Relax or meditate with a guided visualization, table labyrinth, or walking labyrinth videos.

• Watch a livestream interview from one of our fascinating guests including, Black Baptist Muslim Mystic author Tasleem Jamila, Catholic theologian, priest, and author James Alison, and US Ambassador Ertharin Cousin!

Watch a video interview of Editor & Author Sun Yung Shin as she shares the inspiration behind her captivating collection, What We Hunger For This book will be discussed during Module 1 of Hedgerow Institute this fall!

And subscribe to our YouTube channel to be the first to see Friday Find recommendation videos!

“Integrity is your destinyit is the light that guides your way.”

–Plato

The quality of our integrity and relationships flow largely through how we communicate with each other. Consider how conversational intelligence plays a part in your life by way of the following quote-

“At the Creating WE Institute, we have surveyed more than four thousand leaders across all industries and at all levels in their organizations. Through our research we have identified the two least-developed skills in the workplace: the ability to have uncomfortable conversations and the ability to ask “what if” questions. As you will see, both these skills are essential to building and sustaining trust, and to being candid and caring with one another. Many conversations are difficult. If we can’t feel safe enough to have difficult conversations in an open and honest way, we will never get to a place where we can transform our culture.”

- Glaser, Judith E.. Conversational Intelligence (pp. 29-30). Taylor and Francis. Kindle Edition.

Conversational Intelligence helps to move us from a place of distrust to a place of trust. How do you engage in uncomfortable conversations with people in your life?

How would you rate your ability with this skill? Why?

Do you open yourself up to imagining new ways of being and acting in the world?

Actions: Ask two “what-if” questions today and reflect on what response you received.

Interested in improving your conversational intelligence? Consider joining our upcoming reading group discussion of “Conversational Intelligence” by Judith Glaser

www.wisdomwayscenter.org/events-calendar/conversational-intelligence

Autumn 2023 Offerings

Second Sunday |Second Sunday of each month, 10 a.m. CT • 1890 Randolph Ave. St. Paul, MN

Men and women gather on the second Sunday of each month at Carondelet Center to share the Sunday scriptures and their own life experiences and to break bread together. All are welcome. Please call Therese Sherlock, CSJ, (612-722-3914) with any questions you may have. We hope to see you on any Sunday you can make it.

Seasonal Rituals • IN-PERSON Only | FREE Wednesdays, 6-7 p.m. CT | Jul 26, Sep 20, Oct 25, Dec 20

Celebrating seasonal rituals is an opportunity to honor the Earth in her annual cycle the way we experience the seasons in Minnesota. In our gatherings, we explore how we are affected by the changing seasons, & we find spiritual insights in our responses. Our circle gatherings are not related to any religion. All are welcome. Please join us. Bring your open mind and open heart, ready for the joy of community and new experiences!

Christian Meditation: A Way of Contemplative Prayer

w/ Deborah Chernick & Susan Oeffling, CSJ

Tuesday Evening Meditation

Free 7-7:40 p.m. CT | Tuesdays, Sep 5 – Dec 19 This will be held IN-PERSON at Carondelet Center and ONLINE (registration for online attendees only). Please note that the sessions will begin promptly at 7 p.m.

Christian Meditation is a form of contemplative prayer in which we move beyond words, thoughts, and images. We open ourselves to God’s mysterious and silent presence within us which becomes more and more the reality of our lives. From this place of prayer, we engage in our work in the world. 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.

Men's Centering Prayer (Bi-monthly)

w/ Terry Shaughnessy • Free

ONLINE 1st Wed | 7:30-8:15 a.m. CT

IN-PERSON 3rd Wed | 4:30-6 p.m. CT

We’re creating a hope-filled space for men. During these times it’s more important than ever for us to continue supporting our practice, both online and in-person. We all need specific times for silence and quiet to support rich inner lives. Centering Prayer is the “prayer beyond words,” a practice of self-surrender that supports extending interior silence into daily life. Please join us as we gather to experience Centering Prayer, have a short sharing, and offer support among men from a variety of experience levels.

“Be impeccable with your word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.”

-Don Miguel Ruiz

Book Discussion w/ Marian Diaz: Conversational Intelligence

by Judith E. Glaser

Wednesdays, Sep 13, 27

Oct 11, 25 & Nov 8 & 22

Online, $60 Noon-1 p.m. CT

Are you finding yourself having trouble communicating with important people in your life? Do you want to develop your communication skills to build trust and allow for creativity? Come join us for a book discussion of Conversational Intelligence: How Great Leaders Build Trust and Intelligence, by Judith E. Glaser.

“A concept whose time has come, Conversational Intelligence® is the key to success in life and business. It’s not about how smart you are, but how open you are to learn new and effective powerful conversational rituals that prime the brain for trust, partnership, and mutual success.”

Business Basics for Spiritual Practitioners (2 sessions) w/

Scott McRae

Tuesdays, Sep 26 & Oct 3 | 7-8:30 p.m. CT

Online, $80

We’ll identify 6 key aspects of spiritual business that are effective, including how we define ourselves and our practices, how we think about marketing, what practical essentials are needed, and what best practices help businesses stay healthy. The approach of this course is rooted in the belief that heart-based practice is first and foremost a spiritual enterprise, and secondly that there are practical steps that can be taken to allow things to run more easily and efficiently. The format will consist of presentations, practical tools, a checklist, small and large group discussions, and space for your most basic, perplexing, or embarrassing questions and issues. This class is for anyone who is being paid for spiritual services, no matter how large or how small.

Hedgerow Institute Fall 2023: Nourishing Theological Understandings of Food, Earth, and Self

w/ Joan Mitchell & Andrea Tande

Mondays, Sep 18-Nov 27 | 6-7:30 p.m. CT

In-Person or Online

Module 1:

$25 per session | $250 full series

Spiritual Explorations of Food, Culture, and Family: Food, tables, family, events, holidays, guests. Food expresses cultural identity, gathers family, celebrates birthdays, Sundays, Seders, and relates us to our ancestors. In her book What We Hunger for: Refugee and Immigrant Stories of Food and Family, Sun Yung Shin gathers essays that explore family relationships, place and culture through writers’ relationships with food. How is food vital to embodying presence and culture, sustaining spiritual traditions, and sharing friendships? Participate at the tables immigrant and refugee authors set.

Module 2: Spirituality and Climate

Action: Climate change threatens our home planet. It’s everyone’s crisis and solutions are everyone’s work. In their book All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, editors Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katherine Wilkinson collect 40 essays from women across the United States who work in fields for climate solutions. Join us for this chance to stimulate your own ideas and commitment. The five-week class draws essays from this book as well as eco-feminist theologians who find faith calls us to repair our home. In this class, participants will explore action for climate justice through a theological lens.

“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.” -Desmond Tutu

Autumn 2023 Offerings

Autumn 2023 Offerings

Mindful Millennials: Self-Care Practices & Community for Young People

w/ Danielle Clausnitzer

Tuesday, Aug 15, Sep 19, Oct 17, Nov 21

6-7:30 p.m. CT | Online

$5 per session or $15 full series

As young people, our concerns for the world and ourselves often leave us asking: But what can I do? In this class, we’ll work together to understand our own unique lives and passions, specifically designed for younger people (Ages 21-35ish). In four monthly meetings, we’ll feature different activities relating to mindfulness and spirituality including energy practices, creative activities, and more! Created by and for millennials this course provides a welcoming community to explore yourself and the world around you without judgment. No spiritual or religious affiliation is required or expected.

Goat Yoga at the Labyrinth w/ The Hayloft

Friday, Sep 8 | 2-3 p.m. CT

In-Person, $40

A 45-minute yoga class taught by a certified instructor while adorable goats roam freely, playing with one another, visiting you, and jumping on your back while you exhale deeply. The yoga session is followed by a 15-minute cuddle, which is a great time for photos and goat-friendly poses. This class is beginner-friendly and suitable for people with or without previous yoga experience.

All Events!

Discovering SoulCollage®: Creativity, Imagination, Intuition

w/ Lisa Mer

Friday, Aug 18 | 6-8:30 p.m. CT | In-Person $60 or Online $50

Learn the method of making SoulCollage® cards, or continue making a deck you have started. No previous experience needed. SoulCollage® is a transformative, empowering process in which you create your own personal deck of collaged cards using recycled images, your intuition, and your imagination. As you get to know your cards, you cultivate a practice of consulting them about your life questions. Surprise, synchronicity and the sacred will emerge from these self-created allies, mentors, and challengers. SoulCollage® is innately satisfying for the soul, which is eager to create and express its many facets.

SoulCollage®: Images, Intuition, Insight*

Saturdays | Sep 9, Oct 14, Nov 11, & Dec 9 (4 Sessions) 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CT | In-Person $240 or Online $200

Continue making a deck you have started. In this course, participants will be guided through the creation of SoulCollage cards and their meaning in four sessions.

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy” – Martin LutherKing Jr.

www.studioinsideout.org

Sink into Fall: Soul Painting

w/ Liba Zweigbaum Herman

Thursday, Sep 14 | 6:30 p.m. CT | In-Person, $45 On-site at Studio INSIDE OUT

(St. Louis Park, MN)

As the trees shed and shift, so too do we as ever evolving people. How do we nurture our roots and listen more intentionally to our inner voice? Let the free expression of Soul Painting guide you into new discovery, self-acceptance, joy and renewal.

Soul Painting invites you to:

• Tune into your unique creative life force, while releasing attachment to meaning, control & expertise

• Discover paint as a way of visual journaling

• Explore the inner self through the creative process in a safe, expectation-free environment

• Immerse yourself in vivid colors

This approach to painting is focused on mindfulness, creative permission, and the practice of spontaneous expression. No previous experience required.

In our four sessions, we will be able to go indepth, learning about the 4 suits, and special companion cards, following SoulCollage® creator Seena Frost’s methodology under the leadership of Lisa Mer. Each session will include time for card making, reflections and card readings. We gain insights sharing from our own decks as well as listening to others.

*Please let Wisdom Ways Staff know if you have already taken an introductory SoulCollage® course through Wisdom Ways to receive a discount on this class series.

Class fee includes the cost of materials. No experience necessary.

Morning Altars: Finding Center through Ritual, Nature & the Creative Process

w/ Ann Viveros

Saturday, Sep 16 | 9:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. CT

In-person, $80

This class will be held outside.

We will center ourselves in nature, returning to a calming space or awareness, playfulness, and appreciation of nature. Explore the interconnectedness of nature, beauty, mindfulness and art as ritual by creating soul circle mandalas (Morning Altars) with organic materials found in nature.

Morning Altars Steps by Day Schildkret:

1. Wander and Wonder

2. Pace

3. Clear

4. Create

5. Gift

6. Share

7. Let Go

Altar Art: A Sacred Act of Openness, Connection and Healing

w/ Vera Snow

Thursday, Sep 21 | 6:30-8:30 p.m. CT | In-Person, $50 No experience necessary. Materials provided.

Create something meaningful and beautiful for your home! After a brief meditation, we will set our intention for openness, and explore creating an altar piece that is personal, meaningful, and significant to you. Whether you tap into something in need of healing, pose an inner question for guidance, or bask in gratitude, it is completely up to you! Your creation is an offering to yourself to put on your own personal altar and allow it to deliver on-going gifts of the Spirit.

Nurturing Creativity

Mandala Making: Exploring Meditative Arts & Ritual w/

Ann Viveros

Thursday, Oct 12 | 6:30-8 p.m. CT

In-Person, $75

No previous art or meditation experience needed. All supplies provided. On the surface we are creating beautiful circular mandala art based on repetition and pattern. However, the experience can go much deeper. Through guided inquiry and observation, the mandala making process becomes a tool for deep inner contemplation and healing, and the soul circle becomes a physical representation of our inner journey. Participants will leave with a beautiful hand-crafted soul circle, a sense of accomplishment, and ideas for further contemplation.

A moment for you...

As fall arrives it’s the perfect season to pause and reflect. What you are ready to release this season?

Cascading Leaves, Opening the Creative Energy Within: Day Workshop w/ Artists

Carrie Finnigan and Sarah Kiani

Saturday, Oct 21 | 9 a.m.-3 p.m. CT

In-Person, $150

On-Site at Innisfree Farm in Hastings, MN

No previous art or meditation experience needed. All supplies provided.

Join us at Innisfree Farm with Artists Carrie Finnigan and Sarah Kiani in a one-day workshop that explores creative expression and reflection through printmaking, labyrinth walking, writing, body, and movement with the horses.

As you prepare to let go of that which you’ve outgrown, take a moment to focus on your purpose and mission. What are your roots? What grounds you? What fruits are you harvesting?

Enjoy more creative mindfulness activity sheets and reflective recourses at:

www.wisdomwayscenter.org/media

Autumn 2023 Offerings

Seokmun-Hoheup: A Breathing Technique Series w/ Paul Min

This class alternates between in person and online meetings

First monthly meeting In-Person, Second monthly meeting Online

Wednesdays, Aug 9 & 23, Sep 13 & 27, Oct 11 & 25, Nov 8 & 22

Online& In-person | $10 per session or $60 all sessions | 6-7:30 p.m. CT

Healthy breathing is essential for our overall well-being; however, improving our ingrained breathing habits can be challenging, as they reflect our current state of Body, Mind, and Spirit. This program specializes in teaching you how to naturally transition to lower belly diaphragmatic breathing. Seokmun is an acupuncture point in your lower belly that serves as our body’s center. You’ll learn to identify this point and breathe from it. The four-month program incorporates gentle exercises to relax your muscles and strengthen your core. Eventually, we’ll delve into how Energy plays a role in breathing. Instead of short-term conscious breathing techniques, Paul Min will teach you to naturally change your breathing style, which can be used in your everyday life. Our enjoyable and accessible program aims to help you maintain healthy breathing and incorporate positive habits into your daily routine.

For optima l results, we recommend participating in the full four-month program. However, we also welcome those who can only attend on a month-by-month basis or want to explore just a few classes. By learning and experiencing the wondrous principles of Breathing you can find the meaning of life and have True Happiness.

Introduction to the Spiritual Energy of Reiki: Discovering the Healing Gift

Within w/ Erica Wallace Moore

Sunday, Sep 17 | 6-7 p.m. CT | In-person, $20 Enjoy this one-hour introduction to Reiki for people who have heard of Reiki and those who are curious to learn more. Reiki, which means Universal Life Force Energy, is an energy healing modality that involves placing hands-on positions over the body. It activates the rest, relaxation, and restoration response and helps bring the body and mind into nourishing balance.

This class introduction will cover:

• Explanation of the Reiki energy healing modality and its symbols

• Reiki attunement levels

• What a one-on-one session is like

• Demonstration of activating Reiki

• Participants will receive guided meditation to clear energetic blocks and Reiki for grounding, heart connecting, and experience how that feels in the body

Journey of Self-Discovery: An Integral Approach to Spiritual Development

w/ Wendy Mitch

Friday, Sep 22 | 6-8:30 p.m. CT | In-Person, $50 As people embark on a journey of self-discovery, they often reach these “in-between” places. Their old understandings of reality don’t work anymore, yet the journey forward can feel lonely and ambiguous as they outgrow places that felt like home. An Integral Approach to Spiritual Development can offer guidance during these challenging times of transformation. Drawing on the work of Spiral Dynamics by Integral theorists, Ken Wilber, Don Beck and Clare W Graves, we will look at the various phases of human development. Words such as “God,” “Spirit,” and “religion” will take on different meanings depending on where we are on our journey. We don’t lose our faith, it simply trans-

“We can recognize our origin of existence and value of existence through Breathing.”

-Great Teacher Hanjo

Healing with the Herd: A Workshop with Therapists

Molly DePrekle, L.P. & Sarah Kiani, LPCC.

Saturday, Sep 30 | 9 a.m.-3 p.m. CT In-Person, $150

On-Site at Innisfree Farm in Hastings, MN

Come and restore your body, mind, and spirit while immersed in the power of the herd as we explore connections with our equine friends and forest energy at Innisfree Farm! This workshop will include calming mindfulness practices and somatic experiences, forest bathing, equine interventions and group activities designed to calm and renew participants for the fall season.

Creature Feature: Animals as Spiritual Teachers

w/ Brian Bard

Friday, Oct 6 6 -7:30 p.m. CT | Online, $35

Animals are so effortless and pure in their spirituality, aren’t they? We would do well to learn from them! That’s what this class is all about. Facilitated by spiritual director, artist, and avid animal-lover, Brian Bard, we’ll share stories of sacred moments with our finned, feathered, and fuzzy cousins. We’ll reflect on the wisdom, beauty, and inspiration they’ve shown us. And we’ll explore exercises to help us pay closer attention to our closest family in the Animal Kin-dom. We invite you to find where the strands of your sacred story meet with other fellow critters’, in our great, wild web of life. Animal-lovers – assemble!

Writing Our Delights: A Practice of Paying Attention to the Ordinary Miracles of Daily Life (2 sessions) w/ Wendy Brown-Báez

Wednesdays, Oct 4 & 18 | 6:30-8 p.m. CT Hybrid, $90 In-Person | $75 Online Ross Gay gave himself a year’s challenge to pay attention to and write about one delight each day which became The Book of Delights. Using the example set by Ross Gay, we will pay attention to what gives us delight: being in nature, encounters with loved ones, and the joy of our own aliveness. Our delights might become poems or prose poems or flash essays. With blessings, odes, and exultations, we’ll affirm that despite whatever is happening in the world, there is still beauty and grace all around us and we’ll delight in our own curiosity. We’ll generate work in class, work with a prompt between classes, and record the impact of our practice between classes.

Celebrate You! A Self-Love Day Retreat for Women

w/ Nancy Jambor

Saturday, Oct 7 | 9 a.m.-3 p.m. CT In-person, $150 Loving ourselves doesn’t come naturally to most of us because we live in a culture that capitalizes on highlighting our flaws and perpetuates a sense of lacking. However, we can develop practices and tools for creating nourishing habits of SelfLove, gratitude, and resilience together.

In this 1-day retreat you will:

• Discover how to love yourself unconditionally

• Explore the things that get in the way of loving ourselves and how to release them

• Discover how to manifest more Self-Love in your life

• Create ways to move forward with more compassionate habits

• Enjoy writing exercises, reflection questions, guided visualization, and fun with a creative group activity in a safe supportive circle

9 Religions, 9 Soul Paths: The Enneagram’s Relationship to World Religions (3 sessions) w/ Scott McRae

Tuesdays, Oct 24 & 31 | Nov 7 & 14 | 7-8:30 p.m. CT

Hybrid, $175 In-person | $150 Online

This course will be a creative exploration of how religions and Enneagram types focus on particular values and virtues. We’ll also look at similar fixations and shadow dimensions. And we will identify how they point us toward transforming connections with the sacred and transcendent dimension. We will ask, could it be that the religions and Enneagram types are all pointing toward a particular spiritual-human experience? What might that be?

What this course is NOT: This is not a class about understanding world religions. This course will instead focus on a small slice of each of the religious traditions.

Chanting Our Own Songs: Listening Inward, Listening Outward

w/ Maia Twedt & Ann Supplee

Thursday, Oct 26 | 6:30-7:30 p.m. CT | Online, $20

We’ll explore listening to different forms of chanting and consider–what are the songs within you?

What are the songs from your childhood?

The songs you present to the world?

What are the songs dancing around inside you but not expressed?

Are there others you might join with in song?

Join Anne Supplee and Maia Twedt as we discover the answers to these questions together.

This session includes:

• Chanting listening session

• Guided meditation

• Facilitated group discussion

The Wisdom of Slow Movement: An Introduction to Tai Chi & Tai Chi Chih

w/ Stephanie Siddiqui

Friday, Oct 27 | 6-7 p.m. CT

In-person, $10-$25 Sliding Scale

Join Tai Chi and Tai Chi Chih practitioner Stephanie Siqqiqui as we learn and enjoy slow graceful movements that create balance, strength, and energy physically and mentally. Endorsed by multiple health organizations, Tai Chi and Tai Chih can help us to center ourselves and improve our mental and physical health.

This introduction covers:

• A brief introductory discussion on Tai Chi & Tai Chi Chih

• A review of important keywords

• Practice movements from each program

This class is suitable for most people and abilities.

Living and Loving Your Body and Soul: A Movement, Journaling, Art, and Meditation Morning Retreat

w/ Peggy Foster-Rush

Saturday, Oct 28 | 10 a.m. -12:30 p.m. CT | In-person, $100

This morning retreat is a preparation to go inward and take time to honor the gifts of our bodies and our souls to help us experience joy and growth in our lifetime. As a woman in

western society - I have been trained to judge myself, my body, my gender, and dismiss my innate value. This retreat is a time to say goodbye to judgments like these and welcome in the wonder and delight of being in a body and seeing ourselves from our Soul’s perspective.

No prior yoga or art experience needed. Participants will experience light movement. Being able to stand, sit, and stretch is necessary for this course.

Guide for the Grief Journey: Ten Touchstones (2 sessions)

w/ Brian Bard

Wednesdays, Nov 1 & 15 | 6-8 p.m. CT | In-Person $80 | Online $60

Everyone endures grief in this life and everyone’s grief is unique. But, we don’t need to bear it alone or without any guidance. With the facilitation of spiritual director, life coach, artist, and grief-worker, Brian Bard, you can discover the support offered by connection with others on the grief journey. As someone who’s experienced childhood and adult trauma, including the recent loss of a parent, Brian himself fits in both these categories. He’s found profound sacredness in the grief journey and will help you find it too. These sessions are for people who are currently navigating grief of any kind, as well as those who want to learn how to better accompany others on their journeys.

Each session w ill have dedicated time for journaling, contemplation, conversation, and silence. Together, we can make it through the wilderness of grief, and find beauty and hope along the way.

Astrology as a Spiritual Practice (3 sessions)

w/ Peggy Foster-Rush

Thursdays, Nov 2, 9, 16 | 6-8 p.m. CT | Online, $100

All participants will need to provide their birthdate time and location to participate. We will use our birth charts as a tool for self-discovery. Astrology is an ancient tool that combines astronomy, the cycles of the earth, ancient wisdom traditions, sacred geometry, mythology, psychology and most importantly our daily connection to the Divine. Astrology is a wonderful way to learn about yourself and your patterns.

This three week introductory class will provide basic knowledge to start understanding how the stars & planets are impacting each of us on a daily basis.

Advent Lectio Divina

(Online) w/ Pat Jones

Mondays, Nov 27 & Dec 4, 11, 18 9-10 a.m. CT

This class will include:

• Guided meditation

• Journaling reflection

• Lots of resources

• Small group discussions

Advent Lectio Divina

(In-Person) w/ Pat Jones

Mondays, Nov 27 & Dec 4, 11, 18

10:15-11:15 am CT

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. 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 from Sacred Scripture, 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 private prayer life.

Advent Morning Retreat: In the Presence of the Holy, Revealing the Sacred in the Everyday w/ Kathy Berken

Fri, Dec 1 | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. CT | In-Person | $50 This morning of discovery and reflection may be very different from your church’s traditional Advent Day of Prayer. In the span of three hours, we will tell stories, listen to music, read words of wisdom, and share ways in which we have profoundly felt that we were in the midst of something holy and sacred. Join us for a chance to share your stories about this Mystery or come and listen to the tales of others and return home with an awareness that the Sacred might just have been with you all along.

Opening the Channels to Spiritual Guidance

(3 sessions) w/ Scott McRae

Tuesdays, Dec 5, 12, & 19 | 7-8:30 p.m. CT

Hybrid, $130 In-person | $115 Online

My interest in the nature of the soul, and what happens to it when the body dies, has formed after many years of being a chaplain. I’ve heard several people share in whispers, even with embarrassment, experiences of leaving their bodies through their near-death-experiences. Being something of a skeptic, I’ve been exploring what life after life might be like. In this class, I will share parallel views of the soul’s journey as they appear in various religious, spiritual, and indigenous perspectives. I’ll share some conclusions that I have reached related to the healthy and unhealthy views of the soul and Spirit following our death. At the same time, more important to me than the specifics of this soul journey is the life-giving shift that we make in this world as we move from fear to wonder about the life that comes after our lives.

Session 1: Releasing Ego & Finding the Link

Session 2: Journey into the Soul & Cleansing the Link

Session 3: Experiencing the Spirit & Being Linked

Water Shows a Way: For Delving into the Mystery of All Flowing as One w/ Drew Weis

Wednesday, Dec 13

6-8 p.m. CT | In-person, $20

Alongside program presenter and author Drew Weis, will explore our experiences with water and how engaging water can deepen our sense of all flowing as one. We will wander through poetry and verse related to water, flow, and oneness, interspersed with discussions and activities to further our engagement with water and the mystery of all flowing as one.

Circle of Trust Seasonal Retreat Series:

Holding on and Letting Go: A Winter Retreat

w/ Winton Boyd, Paula Pedersen, & Sara Thomsen

Fri-Sun | Feb 9-11 | IN-PERSON Only

$250 Winter Session or $450 Winter & Spring Sessions

Renewal in Muck & Mire: A Spring Retreat

w/ Winton Boyd, Paula Pedersen, & Sara Thomsen

Fri-Sun | Apr 26-28 | IN-PERSON Only

$250 Spring Session or $450 Winter & Spring Sessions

Guiding principles of this process include:

• Honest and Open questions

• An appreciation of paradox in our lives

• Everyone has an inner teacher

• A ‘hidden wholeness’ underlies our lives

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”

A moment for you...

Fill in the rays with the different life values you try to live by. If you are feeling stumped, start with some affirmations, like “I am loving” or “I am patient.”

Enjoy more creative mindfulness activity sheets and reflective recourses at: www.wisdomwayscenter.org/media

-Harriet Tubman

Young Adult Spirituality and Community Engagement

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.

Programs we offer include:

Community Garden and St. Kate’s/CSJ Food Access Hub; CSJ Way; Earth Day; From Mask to Mirror: Beauty and You; Open the Door: Prayer and Discernment Retreat; Spiritual Guidance; Twin Cities Nuns and Nones; Visiting Women’s Religious Communities

To learn more, visit

www.csjstpaul.org/ya-spirituality-engagement/

Community Garden 2023 | Weekly gardening

Tuesdays 5-7 p.m. CT | May-Oct 2023

All are welcome to join us for harvest, cultivation, food processing and potluck gatherings. For more information, email csjgarden@csjstpaul, use the QR code, or visit www.csjstpaul.org/food-access-hub/gardens/

CSJ Membership and Association Informational Sessions

Come and See the CSJ Way: Community, Spirituality, and Justice –

Let’s

Thu, Sep 21 6:30-8 p.m. CT or Fri, Jan19 6-8 p.m. CT, with option for overnight stay and ½ day retreat on Sat, Jan 20 with Sisters, Consociates, Friends and others reflecting on the CSJ mission, “profound love of God and neighbor without distinction.”

An information session with the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Consociates and other forms of affiliation. Come learn and pray with this community steeped in spirituality and justice. Explore CSJ history and current ministries as well as a wide range of opportunities for deeper connection and growth.

Location: Carondelet Center, 1890 Randolph Avenue, St. Paul or via Zoom

FFI contact: Andrea Pearson Tande | 651.690.7055 | aptande@csjstpaul.org

Event Spaces and Guest Rooms

Available at the Carondelet Center

About Sarah’s

Sarah’s... an Oasis for Women is a home dedicated to the safety and dignity of a diverse community of women who have survived violence, abuse, torture, war, discrimination, and trauma. The residents of Sarah’s begin new and productive lives through programs that build self-esteem, self-sufficiency, confidence, determination, and community. Sarah’s connects its residents to social services, education opportunities, job preparedness training, and necessary medical care.

Donate: www.sarahsoasis.org/donate

Volunteer: www.sarahsoasis.org/volunteer-application

Legacy Labyrinth: www.sarahsoasis.org/legacy-labyrinth

Carondelet Center is the ideal meeting space for weekday and weekend conferences, seminars, workshops, retreats, and receptions. They offer 8 unique meeting rooms to accommodate groups of various sizes, and a full range of dining services options available. Carondelet Center also offers a total of 10 guest rooms for overnight stays. All rooms feature two or three beds and a desk. Linens and towels are provided, as well as wireless access. Shared bathrooms and shower facilities are located on both floors. Audio visual equipment rental available. Audio visual technical support is not provided.

For further information, available spaces and pricing: www.carondeletcenter.org

1890 Randolph Ave | St. Paul, MN 5505 Call: 651-696-2750 | Text us at: 612-439-5138

Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality

A Ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet

1890 Randolph Avenue

St. Paul, MN 55105