Cenacle Sisters Programs
Managing Stress in Daily Life (Dr. Ma. Teresa Gustilo-Villasor, PhD)
This weekend will take a look at the effects of stress on the quality of oneŹ¼sĀ relationship with self, others and life in general. Several practices to help participantsĀ establish inner calmness and peace will be undertaken.
Midlife Spirituality I
Ā This retreat-seminar aims to help participants attend to the often bafļ¬ing andĀ challenging experiences that occur at midlife, and discover creative ways of movingĀ through this phase of lifeŹ¼s journey in a way that opens to deeper spirituality.
No Blue Christmas: An Advent Retreat
Christmas for us, Filipinos, is the busiest and supposedly THE season of joy, butĀ amidst the festivities, we sometimes ļ¬nd our hearts seeking for something deeper,Ā something more lasting. This weekend offers an opportunity to prayerfully prepare for theĀ blessed season of Christmas as we encounter the God we long for, the God Who trulyĀ comes.
On Work As Profession and Vocation
Originally designed for teachers and entitled: āTeaching as Profession andĀ Vocationā, this retreat is geared for all (teachers and non-teachers) who want to come to aĀ deeper awareness and appreciation of their work as profession, as vocation and asĀ ministry.
Parenting in the Pandemic NEW PROGRAM
A half-day seminar with Ma. Teresa Villasor, PhD. {Dr. Dido} on generational issues that impact family relationships and how cyber affluence is affecting the lives of our young. What is a normal development? What is expected from parents in this changing time? What can we do to facilitate and help develop greater intimacy in the family?
Personality, Spirituality and Prayer Styles (PSPS)
With some basic understanding of Myers-Briggs Personality Types (MBTI), weĀ explore connections with spirituality as regards conversion, prayer and growth in the imageĀ and likeness of God.
Prayer & Discernment: From Faithful Listening to Faithful Living
This retreat-seminar will help participants develop a growing sensitivity to the variousĀ interior movements and dynamics that inļ¬uence their spiritual becoming. The participantsĀ will be introduced to the Ignatian dynamics of prayer as a tool for opening them up to theĀ process of cultivating a discerning heart.
Prayer & Pilgrimage
A āmovingā recollection through selected churches and prayer sites. The emphasisĀ will be on pilgrimage, not tourism: the pilgrim-participants will be offered points forĀ reļ¬ection and prayer as they contemplate with and in sacred spaces.
Prayer of Quiet: Revisiting our Contemplative Treasures
This weekend retreat will introduce the retreatant to some of the ancient ChristianĀ practices of contemplative prayer or prayer of quiet, adapted to our contemporary times. ItĀ will teach how to enter into quiet through centering prayer, kything and other forms of quietĀ prayer.
Praying Advent: Waiting in Hope
Advent is the time in the Church calendar where we prepare to welcome God onceĀ again among us. It is a season of patience, hope and waiting. This time before ChristmasĀ is often swallowed up by the busyness of our Christmas preparations. The retreat will be aĀ time to pause and to allow ourselves to prepare interiorly and prayerfully for the coming ofĀ Christ.
Praying All Ways: Provisions for the Journey
Life is a journey and prayer is nourishment on our way. This retreat explores waysĀ of praying that may suit the varying seasons and rhythms of our lives of prayer and lead toĀ a deeper encounter with the God of our journey.
Praying Our Belovedness – The Unique Voice of Henri Nouwen
The retreat is a journey of coming home to the reality of the First Love in all our livesĀ — that love which is there before we experience any rejection and will remain even after allĀ rejections take place. It is an invitation to reclaim the truth of our Belovedness. Our trueĀ spiritual work has to do with letting ourselves be loved fully, completely and to trust that inĀ that love, we come to the fulļ¬llment of our vocation. This is Henri NouwenŹ¼s gift andĀ challenge, his enduring legacy for all time.
Praying Our Friendships
Friendship is a gift. It opens up worlds for us within and without. To have a friend isĀ to be profoundly connected to a richly self-deļ¬ning way of being in the world. Friendship isĀ the sacrament of possibility. Through our friends we come to discover what we cannot seeĀ in ourselves and prod it into fullness. It is said that the only way to grow as a true humanĀ being is to take the risk of being a friend and giving time to establish a friendship.
Ultimately this experience links us to the promise of a friendship with Jesus, he who isĀ Friend to us all. As St. Ambrose said, āBecause God is true, friends can be true….becauseĀ God offers friendship, we can be each otherŹ¼s friend.ā
This retreat explores the important place of friendship in our lives and itsĀ signiļ¬cance for spirituality. Each retreatant is encouraged to come with a friend/s (a friendĀ may be a peer, a parent, a sibling, a co-worker, a spouse, a classmate, etc.) to āprayā theirĀ relationship together. The retreat includes a ritual of commitment between/among friends.
Praying Our LIfeŹ¼s Questions: A Vocation Recollection
What will I do with my life? Is this all there is to life? Does God have a plan for me? Ā These are a few of the most common questions that young people ask. This weekend willĀ teach them how to pray and discern the questions that unfold their life purpose. It will alsoĀ offer them a glimpse of one life option, which is religious life in the Cenacle, by providingĀ them with information and experiences about the life of a Cenacle Sister. (Open only toĀ single women aged 19-33 years old.)
Psychosynthesis I
The focus is on the integration of the personal and transpersonal self, throughĀ valuing times of darkness as much as periods of joy and enlightenment; using obstaclesĀ as steps to growth rather than promising their complete disappearance; opting more forĀ doubting and risking rather than for guaranteed safety and ecstasy; preferring the creativityĀ of confusion to the deceptive āclarityā of ready-made answers reminding us of efforts asĀ much as effortlessness; acknowledging the immense variability of human beings butĀ promising no standard results; praising the unexpected event that shatters in one momentĀ our model of how we all should be, through recognizing our complexity and ļ¬nally relatingĀ all of the above to spirituality.
Quieting the Soul
Days of prayer and solitude with God. There will be one common sand opportunity for individual consultation with a Cenacle Sister.
Hello, I am interested in Managing Stress in Daily Life Retreat. Is there an upcoming schedule for this? How many days is the retreat? Thank you!