Cynthia Events 2013

NOTE: Additions to Cynthia's public event schedule will be limited throughout 2013. She will be focusing on selected appearances for longstanding groups and balancing this with time for silence, prayer, and writing.

January 4 - 6, 2013

St. Lawrence Retreat Center, Beacon, NY

Advanced Wisdom Six Month Course, Session 3

 NOTE: All sessions required. This program is FULL with waitlist.

For information contact Cathy McCarthy: cmccarthy001@hvc.rr.com

Tuesday January 8, 2013

11am PST/ 2pm EST -

Live Online Interview with Patricia Albere, founder of Evolutionary Collective Conversations

 Topic: Love is Stronger than Death; The Mystical Union of Two Souls

 Access this online interview HERE.

 Evolutionary Collective Conversations is an intentional space for boundary-pushing dialogues exploring the expanding edge of consciousness.

 January 25 - 27, 2013

St. Lawrence Retreat Center, Beacon, NY

Advanced Wisdom Six Month Course, Session 4

 NOTE: All sessions required. This program is FULL with waitlist. For information contact Cathy McCarthy: cmccarthy001@hvc.rr.com

 January 31 - February 6, 2013

Vaughn Park Retreat Center, Auckland, New Zealand

Contemplative Intensive Retreat

 This event is now FULL with a long waitlist.

 For information contact Pip Nicholls:pip.nicholls@xtra.co.nz

February 22 - 24 , 2013

St. Lawrence Retreat Center, Beacon, NY

Advanced Wisdom Six Month Course, Session 5

 NOTE: All sessions required. This program is FULL with waitlist. For information contact Cathy McCarthy: cmccarthy001@hvc.rr.com

February 26 - March 6, 2013

Teaching Events in Hong Kong

March 8 - 10, 2013

Holy Family Retreat Center, Hartford CT

Centering Prayer Retreat

For information contact Brandon Nappi: BNappi@cpprov.org

March 10 - 15, 2013

Wisdom School Southeast

NOTE: This is the second session of a two-part Wisdom School. You must have attended the previous session in October 2012.

This Wisdom School is currently FULL. For information or to be added to the waitlist, please email: robbin@allsoulscathedral.org

March 22 - 24, 2013

St. Lawrence Retreat Center, Beacon, NY

Advanced Wisdom Six Month Course, Session 6

NOTE: All sessions required. This program is FULL with waitlist. For information contact Cathy McCarthy: cmccarthy001@hvc.rr.com

March 29 - 31, 2013

Joshua Tree, California

Nine Gates Mystery School

 Limited to students registered for the full Mystery School program. This teaching session by Cynthia is part of a longer program - Prerequisites Required.

 For information see: www.ninegates.org

 April 7 - May 11, 2013

Spirituality and Practice e-Course with Cynthia Bourgeault

The Gospel of Thomas

 Cynthia will provide an orientation to The Gospel of Thomas and instructions on reading a sacred text. Over the duration of this e-Course you will receive four weeks of daily emails, each with a saying from The Gospel of Thomas, a brief commentary by Cynthia on it, and some suggestions to help you work with it practically in your daily life. On the last day, May 11, Cynthia will be available via a one-hour teleconference to sum up what has been covered and to answer any lingering questions.

More details and registration for this online course is available HERE

April 17 - 20, 2013

Poet's Cove, Pender Island BC Canada

Contemplative Meditation & Teaching Retreat

Hosted by The Contemplative Society.

This event and waitlist are now FULL.

**A recording of this retreat is available for purchase in the Contemplative Store, which includes a full live recording of the event as well as a track list, original supporting documents and archival notes from participants

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April 22 - 26, 2013

Sanctum Retreat Centre near Caroline Alberta, Canada

Introductory Wisdom School

Hosted by The Wisdom Center, Calgary Alberta: www.wisdomcentre.ca/events.html

This event is now FULL with a long waitlist.

April 26 - 28, 2013

La Casa de Maria , Montecito CA

Teaching Retreat: Contemplative Remembering: A Journey to Compassion and Transformation

This weekend retreat will draw heavily on Carmelite prioress, Constance Fitzgerald's ground-breaking work "From Impasse to Prophetic Hope: Crisis of Memory" and Miroslav Volf's "The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World." (An advanced e-copy of Fitzgerald's work will be available soon.) Meaningful teachings will be interspersed with deep silence, sacred chanting, and contemplative prayer.

Online registration available under Programs at www.lacasademaria.org. For information contact Juliet Spohn-Twomey: juliet@lcdm.org

May 28th - June 1st, 2013

London, UK

Cynthia Bourgeault Tour and Keynote Speaker for Contemplative Outreach East and South East UK Enrichment Week

 For more information please see: www.centeringprayer.org.uk

 For information contact Jill Benet: jillbenet@hotmail.com

For other events in the UK see below:

 June 7 - 9, 2013

Abbaye de St. Benoit-sur-Loire, Orleans, France

Contemplative Retreat (in silence and in English)

 Note: This is the annual parish retreat for The American Church in Paris, and registration is available only to parish members at this time.

July 18 - 24, 2013

La Casa de Maria, Montecito, California

Advanced Mystery School in Esoteric Christianity

Prerequisite: prior participation in Nine Gates Mystery School core program. For information see: www.ninegates.org, or contact Deborah Jones, Director: Jones2001@aol.com

September 3 - 7, 2013

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Inaugural Symposium, The Living School with Richard Rohr and James Finley

Admission by prior application.

Sponsored by the Center for Action and ContemplationFor information see www.cac.org/rohr-inst

September 13-15, 2013

Northeast Guild for Spiritual Formation, West Tremont Maine

The Holy Trinity and the Law of Three

Cynthia Bourgeault will introduce us to her long-awaited book, The Holy Trinity and the Law of Three: Discovering the Radical Truth at the Heart of Christianity. As those familiar with Cynthia's work may imagine, her approach to the subject differs from previous formulations in that her perspective is influenced by what G.I. Gurdjieff called "the law of three." Brian McLaren describes it as "one of the most fascinating, humbling and awe-inspiring books I've read in years." The Retreat will be an exploration of our Trinitarian experience in prayer.Cynthia Bourgeault Day of Teaching, September 13, Friday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Pacific Hall, West Tremont, Maine $75 (after June 15, $85). Information available HERE. A limited number of spaces are still available for this part of the event.

Cynthia Bourgeault Retreat, September 13-15, Friday 7:00 p.m. to Sunday 10 a.m. at Pacific Hall, West Tremont, Maine $175 (after June 15 $200). The retreat part of this event is now FULL.For information, contact Eric Erickson seerickson@roadrunner.com

September 20 - 22, 2013

Joshua Tree, California

Nine Gates Mystery School

Limited to students registered for the full Mystery School program. This teaching session by Cynthia is part of a longer program - Prerequisites Required.

For information see: www.ninegates.org

October 5 - 6, 2013

Cincinnati, OH

Enneagram Conference with Helen Palmer

An information webpage is available HERE, or contact Tracy Colina: Tracy@EnneagramWorldwide.com

October 18 - 20, 2013

Cleveland, OH

Keynote Speaker, Institute for Communal Contemplation and Dialogue

For information contact Nancy Sylvester: NSylvester@aol.com

October 26 - 27, 2013

Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, GA

Keynote Speaker, Spirituality Conference, and Sunday Homilist

For information contact Rev. Elizabeth Knowlton:

Email: bknowlton@st.philipscathedral.org, or phone: 404-365-1043

October 27 - Nov 1, 2013

Valle Crucis Conference Center, Banner Elk, NC

The Holy Trinity and the Law of Three - "Special Topic" Wisdom School

Building on groundwork already laid down in the Introductory Wisdom School, this Special Topic Wisdom School* will focus on Cynthia Bourgeault’s ground-breaking new book, The Holy Trinity and the Law of Three. We will be looking at the Trinity not simply as a theological dogma but as a dynamic and still largely untapped metaphysical template governing all transformation, both inner and outer and containing within it the potential to radically re-vision and renew the heart of Christianity.

 *This School is open only to those who have completed both segments of the current Wisdom School at Valle Crucis (This school can be considered Part III), to those who have completed both segments of the introductory Wisdom School (The Way of the Heart, Part I, and the Divine Exchange, Part II), and/or to those who have completed Part I plus the Spirituality and Practice e-course on The Wisdom Jesus.

 See details HERE. THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL.

Contact: Robbin Whittington, 828-274-2681, robbin@allsoulscathedral.org

November 8, 2013

Bahnson Center, Bethlehem, PA 18018

Couillard Memorial Lectures: Jesus and Sacred Wisdom

These lectures, based on the book The Wisdom Jesus, will consider the life and teaching of Jesus as approached from the access point of the great tradition of sophia perennis, or Sacred Wisdom. The seminar will involve not only lectures, but dialogue and contemplative practice as well.

This event is open to the public. Time: 9:30am - 2:30pm

Information and registration is available HERE.

November 9, 2013

Brooklyn NY

Wisdom Jesus: Day Long Meditation Master Class with Cynthia Bourgeault

Time: 10am - 4pm. This class is limited to 25 people with meditation practice.

 For information and registration contact Sara Weber: slweber@slweber.net

November 10, 2013

Room 802 - 60 Washington Square South, NYU, New York 11:30-1:00pm

The Silent Center: Mindfulness and Meditation in the Major Faith Traditions

Mindfulness and meditation have historically played a role in every major religious tradition in the United States, and yet it is only in recent times that many of these traditions are reclaiming those practices, educating their communities, and incorporating them into their spiritual lives. What are the roots of mindfulness practice in Judaism, Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism? How do they differ in each tradition, and how are they similar? Why is a renaissance of these practices important now? Internationally renowned spiritual teachers from each tradition will engage us in this conversation, followed by a Q&A.Featuring Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault (Christianity), Rabbi David Ingber (Judaism), Imam Khalid Latif (Islam) and moderated by Yael Shy, Co-Director of NYU's Of Many Institute for Multifaith Leadership.

by application only, limited to 25 participants

More information to follow soon.

November 30 - December 25, 2013

Spirituality and Practice e-Course with Cynthia Bourgeault

The Gospel of Thomas for Advent

Using the format of the Advent calendar — a saying for each day of the 25 days from the first Sunday in Advent through Christmas — we will allow the Gospel of Thomas to lead us further into those great Advent themes — watchfulness, spiritual generativity, the fullness of time, the play of light and darkness — and to prepare our hearts for a truly blessed Christmas. Each day you will receive a carefully selected wisdom saying from the Gospel of Thomas, a brief commentary by Cynthia Bourgeault, and a suggestion for daily spiritual practice to take you deeper into the profound mysteries of this holy season.

More details and registration for this online course is available HERE.

December 9-15, 2013

Ground Luminosity Retreat, Bluestone Farm, Brewster NY

Advanced Retreat

This retreat is open to those who have already completed at least one introductory Wisdom School. This event is now FULL with a waiting list.

For information contact Patricia Speak: p4j8s11@verizon.net