Visit our CALENDAR for an overview of programs and events at the Cenacle Retreat House and Spirituality Center.

PROGRAMS FROM JANUARY TO APRIL 2010
JANUARY

January 23-24 Psychosynthesis I Sr. Angie Villanueva, rc
The focus is on the integration of the personal and transpersonal self, through valuing
times of darkness as much as periods of joy and enlightenment; using obstacles as steps to growth rather than promising their complete disappearance; opting more for doubting and risking rather than for guaranteed safety and ecstasy; preferring the creativity of confusion to the deceptive “clarity” of ready-made answers reminding us of efforts as much as effortlessness; acknowledging the immense variability of human beings but promising no standard results; praising the unexpected event that shatters in one moment our model of how we all should be, through recognizing our complexity and finally relating all of the above to spirituality.

January 30-31 Finding Peace in a Troubled World Sr. Sheila Mae Jaso, rc
In the midst of an increasingly complex world we sometimes find ourselves caught up in anxiety, uncertainty, feeling “not-together”. It is thus easy to lose perspective and to slip off our sacred center. This retreat invites us to ground our lives on God, the Giver of Peace, so as not to lose our way in the turmoil and complexities of the world.

FEBRUARY

February 6-12 Praying our Belovedness – The Unique Voice of Henri Nouwen
Sr. Bubbles Bandojo, rc
The retreat is a journey of coming home to the reality of the First Love in all our lives — that love which is there before we experience any rejection and will remain even after all rejections take place. It is an invitation to reclaim the truth of our Belovedness. Our true spiritual work has to do with letting ourselves be loved fully, completely and to trust that in that love, we come to the fulfillment of our vocation. This is Henri Nouwenʼs gift and challenge, his enduring legacy for all time.

February 20-21 Integrating Lifeʼs Losses: A Way to Healing and Wholeness
Sr. Ana Malapitan, rc

“We live by losing, leaving and letting go. And sooner or later, with more or less pain, we all must come to know that loss is indeed a life-long human condition.” (Judith Viorst)
This retreat-seminar will enable you to deal with the “necessary losses” that are experienced in life and find creative ways of opening up to healing and wholeness.

MARCH

March 6-7 Quieting the Soul Cenacle Sisters
Days of prayer and solitude with God. There will be one common session each day
and opportunity for individual consultation with a Cenacle Sister.

March 13-14 Quieting the Soul Cenacle Sisters

March 20-21 Four Levels of Healing Dr. Dido Villasor, PhD
Many of us are searching for insight, practical guidance and tools that can support us to heal the wounded places within us. This weekend will help us find wholeness, balance and fulfillment through healing the spiritual, mental, emotional and physical aspects of our lives.

March 27-28 Palm Sunday Retreat Sr. Judette Gallares, rc
A Lenten journey of prayer contemplating the life of Jesus as he begins his Passion.
THIS IS A SILENT RETREAT.

APRIL

April 1-4 Holy Week Retreat for Young Professionals Cenacle Sisters
A Unique Holy Week experience: from different perspectives of scripture, poetry, song, film and the visual arts, this silent retreat invites participants to journey with Jesus in his total act of self-giving, and in the process, discover the meaning and relevance of his passion, death and resurrection in their own lives. The interdisciplinary, multi-media approach of the retreat will also include quiet time for personal prayer and reflection, faith-sharing and opportunity for individual consultation with a Cenacle Sister. THIS IS A SILENT RETREAT.

April 5-11 House closed for housekeeping

April 13-30 Perspectives in Spiritual Direction and Discernment Cenacle Sisters
In collaboration with the Institute of Consecrated Life in Asia (ICLA). All inquiries and
applications are coursed through the ICLA office: telephone numbers 932-0343 or 932-9820.

ONGOING PROGRAMS IN THE CENACLE

CHRISTIAN MEDITATION: Every Thursday, from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm. All are welcome.
“The important aim in Christian Meditation is to allow Godʼs mysterious and silent presence within us to become, more and more, not only a reality but THE reality which gives meaning, shape and purpose in everything we do, everything we are.” (Dom John Main, OSB)