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Living Water
Spiritual Center
93 Halifax Street
Winslow, Maine 04901

Phone: (207) 872-2370

info@retreatinmaine.com

Mission Statement

With care and love, 
we offer 
sacred space for all --

to seek the Divine
and to embrace the interconnectedness
of all creation.

Blessings on your journey!

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Retreats and programs are open to people of all faiths!

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This weekend will give the recovering man an opportunity to explore the following questions: How are the steps working in my life? What's my membership in 12-Step Program like? Am I spiritually sober? Father Brian will address these and other topics based on the 12-Steps and other spiritual resources along with his own experience, strength and hope.

Fee: $185.00.  Includes program, two nights accommodations, five meals (3 Saturday/2 Sunday), and 24-hour snack room.  The main meal of the day is served at noon. 
Please pre-register early with a non-refundable fee of $100 to confirm and hold your reservation.  

About the Presenter:  Fr. Brian Clary has been a Catholic priest since 1997. He is Rector of Saint Anselm Church in Sudbury, MA and also the Director of the Priests' Recovery Program for the Archdiocese of Boston. Sober since August 3, 1998 he is an alumnus of Guest House in Rochester, Minnesota, which specializes in the treatment of addicted clergy. He has been leading retreats for several years.
 

Fee: $185.00.  Includes program, two nights accommodations, five meals (3 Saturday/2 Sunday), and 24-hour snack room.  The main meal of the day is served at noon. 
Please pre-register early with a non-refundable fee of $100 to confirm and hold your reservation.  

About the Presenter:  Greg received his BA in pastoral studies from Mt. Vernon Nazarene University, and his Master of Divinity from Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri in 1981. He pastored in the British Isles for 15 years. Greg currently volunteers as the vice-president of the Bridge Alliance, an organization serving the needs of the GLBTA community in the northern 5 counties. He gives his time to the work of the Addictions Ministry of the Pastoral Counselling Ministries of Hammond Street UCC, which offerings weekly  counseling  to a local women's pre-release program. He is a gifted small group and retreat leader.
 

Together we will read and discuss Mitch Albom's best seller, The Five People You Meet in Heaven looking for the nuggets of wisdom in this contemporary tale about hope, death, resilience and meaning.

Fee: $35.00.  Please pre-register early with the non-refundable fee to confirm and hold your reservation.  

About the Presenter:  Susan MacKenzie, Ph.D. is program director at Living Water Spiritual Center. She earned her doctorate in natural sciences at the University of Michigan and created EarthWorks, a ministry of ecology and spirituality for youth of all ages. An ecumenical retreat leader and spiritual director, she is also a registered Maine Guide and leads indoor and outdoor retreats throughout New England.
 

The medieval mystic Meister Eckhart said if the only prayer you ever say is thank you, it is enough. Gratitude may come more easily and naturally in times of comfort, plenitude, and security, but it's even more crucial in times of pain and loss, insecurity, and anxiety. We need to touch into our capacity for gratefulness in order to be whole. We will spend time in both individual and group prayer and reflection. We will be informed in part, by David Steindhl-Rast's Gratefulness: The Heart of Prayer. Please bring writing materials.

The $45.00 fee includes program, snack breaks and a homemade dinner served at noon.  Please pre-register early to confirm and hold your reservation. This fee is nonrefundable unless the program is cancelled by Living Water Spiritual Center.

About the presenter:  Rev. Karen Lewis Foley is a Unitarian Universalist minister, spiritual director and retreat leader who served congregations for eighteen years in Massachusetts before moving to Maine, where she focuses on spiritual direction, retreats and writing poetry and prose. She completed the Shalem Institute's spiritual guidance program and is currently enrolled in Shalem's program for retreat and group leaders. Her reflective writing has appeared in the Portland Press Herald's Religion and Values section, various denominational publications and the journal of Spiritual Directors International.
 

Fostering open and non-judgmental sharing, we will reflect on our spiritual history, highlighting key turning points and how they have formed our spiritual identity. We will also become more conscious and intentional regarding our present spiritual desires and practices. The format will be self-reflective and sharing in community.

The $45.00 fee includes program, snack breaks and a homemade dinner served at noon.  Please pre-register early to confirm and hold your reservation. This fee is nonrefundable unless the program is cancelled by Living Water Spiritual Center.

About the presenter:  Jack Seery is a member of Unity Church of Greater Portland. He has been a spiritual director and retreat leader for 35 years. While in Boston, he was part of the Catholic Worker community, serving the homeless and engaging in acts of non-violent resistance to weapons of mass destruction. He presently lives in Waterboro, Maine.

Dowsing as a Tool for Self Knowledge and Decision Making
February 28, 2010:  Sunday 2:00 - 4:00 pm   with Paul Knoll 

Registrations accepted through  2/19/10. 

Many people are familiar with the ancient form of dowsing for water by using a Y-shaped hazel tree branch. Dowsing is enjoying resurgence in alternative medicine fields as a simple, powerful, and fun way to make decisions regarding your health, spirit, and emotions, for example. Anyone can dowse as long as they keep an open mind; appreciate listening to their inner spirit, and practice. We'll learn to dowse using L-rods, pendulums and everyday household items, and we'll learn how to use dowsing to aid in the decisions you make every day. You'll be amazed by how clear your answers become as you begin to learn and trust the ancient and fun art of dowsing. 

Fee: $10.00.  Please pre-register early with the non-refundable fee to confirm and hold your reservation.  

About the presenter:  Paul Knoll is a former educator with two decades of counseling and leadership experience. Seven years ago, he embarked on a remarkable journey of healing, learning, and spiritual rejuvenation. Paul gained a lot of knowledge and experience about geopathic and energy based stresses that influence our daily health. Paul has received training with Maine Geomancer, JJ Moller. It is from this training and Paul's personal experience that New England Dowsing emerged

Paul's website:  http://newenglanddowsing.com/
 

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Whether we are present with ourselves, another, or with God, the capacity for conscious loving presence is our essential spiritual faculty. It is a faculty at the emergent edge of our own evolution and arises within the field of our own being. Today we will work with individual, partnered and group exercises that enable us to discover and deepen our own capacity for conscious loving presence - both as a chosen behavior and as a state of being.

The $45.00 fee includes program, snack breaks and a homemade dinner served at noon.  Please pre-register early to confirm and hold your reservation. This fee is nonrefundable unless the program is cancelled by Living Water Spiritual Center. Registrations are accepted through 3/5/10. 

About the presenter:  Paul Weiss, therapist and teacher, and a longtime student of zen and tai chi, has directed The Whole Health Center in Bar Harbor since 1981. Out of his deep experience with spiritual disciplines and with therapeutic processes, Paul teaches a cross-cultural, practical, and integrative spirituality, including his weekly class, The Practice of Presence.
 

It is said that in 988 Grand Prince Vladimir, searching for a unifying religion for his disparate Slavic tribes, chose eastern Christianity from Byzantium because he preferred the other worldly mysticism of the eastern liturgy with its music and art. The realism of western (Roman) Christianity struck Vladimir as too mundane, too worldly. As we view the masterpieces of the anonymous Russian iconographers, we surely think "mystical" and "other worldly." What explains the deliberate visual distortion which we associate with icons? We will look together at the theories of iconography as well as the startling permanence of icon images in Russian culture.

Fee: $15.00.  Please pre-register early with the non-refundable fee to confirm and hold your reservation.   Registrations accepted through  3/5/10. 

About the Presenter:  Sheila McCarthy, Ph.D. earned a B.A. from Emmanuel College, an M.A. in Russian Studies from Harvard University, and a Ph. D. in Russian Literature from Cornell University. She has taught Russian language, literature, and culture for 40 years at Antioch, Grinnell, and Colby colleges and has been traveling to the Soviet Union/Russia since 1964 to conduct research and to coordinate study abroad programs in Russia for American college students. Sheila served as Project Scholar and Lecturer for the Maine Humanities Council Winter Weekend, which featured Leo Tolstoi's epic novel War and Peace.

Podcast from the Maine Humanities Council:  http://mainehumanities.org/podcast/archives/924
 

Taize is a spirituality of hope, love, and unity. Through simple music, scripture, and silence, we experience the spirit of abundant joy, loving kindness, and community fellowship. All are welcome. No registration required.

Free will offering accepted.

Scripture, wisdom literature, and reflections will guide you into contemplating the quiet and oft-hidden blessings of the desert experience in the journey of faith. This retreat will begin with dinner on Thursday at 5:30 pm. Taize worship at 7 pm will usher us into silence.

Directed retreats are silent with an optional daily meeting with a spiritual director for about ˝ hour. The remainder of the day is spent alone in prayer and reflection.

Fee: $250.00.   Includes three nights accommodations plus nine meals (1 Thursday/3 Friday/3 Saturday/2 Sunday).  The main meal of the day is served at noon.  Please pre-register early with a non-refundable fee of $100 to confirm and hold your reservation.  

About the Presenter:  Susan MacKenzie, Ph.D. is program director at Living Water Spiritual Center. She earned her doctorate in natural sciences at the University of Michigan and created EarthWorks, a ministry of ecology and spirituality for youth of all ages. An ecumenical retreat leader and spiritual director, she is also a registered Maine Guide and leads indoor and outdoor retreats throughout New England.
 

Directed retreats are silent with an optional daily meeting with a spiritual director for about ˝ hour. The remainder of the day is spent alone in prayer and reflection.

Fee: $250.00.   Includes three nights accommodations plus nine meals (1 Thursday/3 Friday/3 Saturday/2 Sunday).  The main meal of the day is served at noon.  Please pre-register early with a non-refundable fee of $100 to confirm and hold your reservation.   Registrations accepted through  3/12/10. 

About the Presenter:  Janet Blakeley has been a staff member of Living Water Spiritual Center since its inception. Janet earned a certificate in spiritual direction from the Center for Religious Development, Cambridge, MA, and her Master's degree in Clinical Pastoral Counseling from Emmanuel College, Boston.
 

Directed retreats are silent with an optional daily meeting with a spiritual director for about ˝ hour. The remainder of the day is spent alone in prayer and reflection.

Fee: $185.00.  Includes program, two nights accommodations, five meals (3 Saturday/2 Sunday), and 24-hour snack room.  The main meal of the day is served at noon.    
Please pre-register early with a non-refundable fee of $100 to confirm and hold your reservation.   Registrations accepted through  3/12/10. 

About the Presenter:  Jeannine Levasseur, csj holds an M.A. from St. Rose College in Albany, N.Y., a Certificate of Biblical Studies, and a specialization in prophets from the Center of Biblical Studies in San Paulo, Brazil. She holds a certificate in spiritual direction and retreat ministry from the Center for Religious Development in Cambridge, MA.
 

Judith Viorst writes of "Necessary Losses" in life, and that we have the power to choose how we meet them. In contrast to a world that often asks us to deny the darker emotions in our lives, such as grief, fear, anger and despair, we will explore ways in which to befriend and even to surrender to them as our teachers. In a quiet and supportive setting, mindfulness and meditation exercises, along with centering prayer, will help us to gain inner peace.

The $45.00 fee includes program, snack breaks and a homemade dinner served at noon.  Please pre-register early to confirm and hold your reservation. This fee is nonrefundable unless the program is cancelled by Living Water Spiritual Center. Registrations are accepted through 3/12/10. 

About the presenter:  Rev. James Gill, L.M.F.T., retired Episcopal priest, is a trained facilitator for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Family-to-Family Course, and lectures at the University of Maine in Augusta (UMA) in the Community Mental Health course on "The Partnership Model" (including family in the treatment team).
 

Reading sacred text from both traditions, we see how the two religions complement and inform each other. We will also experience meditation and chanting from both traditions. The intent is to broaden our understanding of both traditions and to deepen the experiences of our own faith.

The $45.00 fee includes program, snack breaks and a homemade dinner served at noon.  Please pre-register early to confirm and hold your reservation. This fee is nonrefundable unless the program is cancelled by Living Water Spiritual Center. Registrations are accepted through 3/12/10. 

About the presenter:  Margaret Barragato is both a Zen Buddhist teacher and priest and a Roman Catholic. She has been practicing meditation in both traditions for more than thirty years. She currently teaches at Treetop Zen Center in Oakland, Maine.

Web site:    TreetopZenCenter.org 

Spring is the season when dreams and hopes are seeded in mind, body, and spirit. We will spend our time in an expansive frame of being, creatively conjuring the imagination with what could be coming to life in our beings.

FREE. Pre-register by 3/12/10.
 

A Mindful Approach to Drawing
March 27, 2010: Saturday 9:30 - 3:30 pm  with Jennifer Kierstead

We will try different drawing media throughout the day: graphite/pencils, colored pencils, watercolor pencils, easing from black, gray and white into color. The workshop will include insights about the art of observation, coupled with some new drawing techniques. The aim is for people of all ages, abilities, and levels of experience to enjoy a peaceful drawing day together.

Fee: $45.00.  Includes program, snack breaks and a homemade dinner served at noon.  Please pre-register early to confirm and hold your reservation with the non-refundable fee. Registrations accepted through  3/19/10. 

 About the Presenter:  Jennifer Kiersted is an artist, writer and business woman. She is a two-time Small Business Innovation Research award winner and mother of two daughters, who started developing her artistic skills more mindfully three years ago at the age of 51. Her undergraduate degree is in Science, Technology and Society: Program in Critical Thought, Vassar College. She wants to share her knowledge and excitement about what she is learning about the human brain, getting older and making art.  

Join us as we journey in prayer with pictures, poetry, chants, and wisdom from many cultures to bring us into the spirit of solemn reflection on behalf of a wounded earth. Outdoors 3-4:30 pm unless it is raining (dress warmly), and indoors in the chapel 6-7:30 pm. Bring a drum, rain stick, or sound maker if you want. Walk the Earth Stations on your own anytime this week (call ahead to arrange).

FREE.
 

Fee: $185.00.  Includes program, two nights accommodations, five meals (3 Saturday/2 Sunday), and 24-hour snack room.  The main meal of the day is served at noon. 
Please pre-register early with a non-refundable fee of $100 to confirm and hold your reservation.   Registrations accepted through  3/26/10. 

About the Presenter:  Jennifer Kiersted is an artist, writer and business woman. She is a two-time Small Business Innovation Research award winner and mother of two daughters, who started developing her artistic skills more mindfully three years ago at the age of 51. Her undergraduate degree is in Science, Technology and Society: Program in Critical Thought, Vassar College. She wants to share her knowledge and excitement about what she is learning about the human brain, getting older and making art.
 

Celebrate spring with this open, freestyle drum community. The group will offer drumming with Native American flute, vocalizations, and performance poetry with Martin Steingesser, first poet laureate of Portland. In the second hour you are welcome to join the drum circle. No experience necessary.

Fee: $15.00.  Please pre-register early with the non-refundable fee to confirm and hold your reservation.   Registrations accepted through  4/2/10. 

About the Presenter:

Different Drummers Joyful Hearts Club Band is the improvisational performance troupe of Different Drummers Drum Circle of Yarmouth, ME, one of the most creative community drum circles in New England. The 6 to 12 member troupe attempts to recreate onstage the best moments of their freestyle community drum circle. Founded by Rick Cormier in March 2003, Different Drummers community drum circle has grown to nearly 400 drummers, from novice to experienced. The performance troupe has performed at the Yarmouth Clam Festival, the Common Ground Fair, countless benefits, coffeehouses, church services and, in 2008, was the subject of an hour-long episode of "Maine Social Justice" on CATV.
 

Fee: $50.00.  Please pre-register early with the non-refundable fee to confirm and hold your reservation.   Registrations accepted through  4/2/10. 

About the Presenter:  Susan MacKenzie, Ph.D. is program director at Living Water Spiritual Center. She earned her doctorate in natural sciences at the University of Michigan and created EarthWorks, a ministry of ecology and spirituality for youth of all ages. An ecumenical retreat leader and spiritual director, she is also a registered Maine Guide and leads indoor and outdoor retreats throughout New England.
 

The $45.00 fee includes program, snack breaks and a homemade dinner served at noon.  Please pre-register early to confirm and hold your reservation. This fee is nonrefundable unless the program is cancelled by Living Water Spiritual Center. Registrations are accepted through 4/9/10. 

About the presenter:  Jack Seery is a member of Unity Church of Greater Portland. He has been a spiritual director and retreat leader for 35 years. While in Boston, he was part of the Catholic Worker community, serving the homeless and engaging in acts of non-violent resistance to weapons of mass destruction. He presently lives in Waterboro, Maine.

Fee: $120.00.  Lunch included each day (The main meal is served at noon).  Please pre-register early with the non-refundable fee to confirm and hold your reservation.   Registrations accepted through  4/9/10. 

About the Presenter:  Jeannine Levasseur, csj holds an M.A. from St. Rose College in Albany, N.Y., a Certificate of Biblical Studies, and a specialization in prophets from the Center of Biblical Studies in San Paulo, Brazil. She holds a certificate in spiritual direction and retreat ministry from the Center for Religious Development in Cambridge, MA.
 

The $45.00 fee includes program, snack breaks and a homemade dinner served at noon.  Please pre-register early to confirm and hold your reservation. This fee is nonrefundable unless the program is cancelled by Living Water Spiritual Center. Registrations are accepted through 4/16/10. 

About the presenter:  Kay Mann has been dancing since the age of four. She has studied, performed, and taught Modern Dance, Authentic Movement (also called Contemplative Dance), clowning, and mime. Authentic Movement was developed by Mary Whitehouse, a student of Jungian psychology, as a means to access our collective unconscious and to reveal our bodies' innate knowing. Kay finds Authentic Movement a very practical and helpful tool for meditation.
 

The $45.00 fee includes program, snack breaks and a homemade dinner served at noon.  Please pre-register early to confirm and hold your reservation. This fee is nonrefundable unless the program is cancelled by Living Water Spiritual Center. Registrations are accepted through 4/16/10. 

About the presenter:  David Peloquin has been a consciousness and meditation teacher for over 15 years. He is an author, illustrator, and internationally known folk musician and recording artist. He lectures on many subjects, including Ken Wilber, Eckhart Tolle, and Spiral Dynamics.
 

Fee: $85.00.  Includes two meals Saturday.  The main meal of the day is served at noon.   
Please pre-register early with a non-refundable fee of $100 to confirm and hold your reservation.   Registrations accepted through 4/16/10. 

About the Presenter:  Rev. Karen Lewis Foley is a Unitarian Universalist minister, spiritual director and retreat leader who served congregations for eighteen years in Massachusetts before moving to Maine, where she focuses on spiritual direction, retreats and writing poetry and prose. She completed the Shalem Institute's spiritual guidance program and is currently enrolled in Shalem's program for retreat and group leaders. Her reflective writing has appeared in the Portland Press Herald's Religion and Values section, various denominational publications and the journal of Spiritual Directors International.
 

Fee: $185.00.  Includes program, two nights accommodations, five meals (3 Saturday/2 Sunday), and 24-hour snack room.  The main meal of the day is served at noon. 
Please pre-register early with a non-refundable fee of $100 to confirm and hold your reservation.   Registrations accepted through  4/23/10. 

About the Presenter: Claudette Darisse, SASV served as interim Director at Living Water Spiritual Center during 2008-2009. Now enjoying a mini-sabbatical, Claudette has the leisure to engage in more personal high-interest areas: writing, teaching/translating Spanish and French, digital photography and watercolor painting. Her approach to all of the above is laced with a deep sense of gratitude to creator God and an eagerness to share that with others on this retreat.
 

We'll be clearing twigs from trails, maintaining the labyrinth and mulching our perennial gardens. Sometimes we have perennials to share. Bring your boots and work gloves. We will provide tools and a hearty lunch followed by a concert featuring Harry Vayo on hammered dulcimer. This is a great volunteer opportunity for youth and service groups. Come when you can, leave when you must!

Free. Pre-register in advance for free lunch.

Harry Vayo has played hammered dulcimer for more than 20 years, and has developed a unique playing style, with a particularly strong emphasis on harmony which he applies to a wide variety of music including Celtic tunes, Beatles' songs, Latin American tunes, and even an occasional classical piece. Harry performs at coffeehouses, church services, benefit concerts, festivals, and other venues throughout central Maine. He has recorded two CDs.

Working Step 11 is a part of a recovery journey that involves surrender and a relationship with a Higher Power. This retreat will offer a place and time to rest and sit with others on that journey. We will share our paths of prayer and meditation with the intention of strengthening our relationship with a Power Greater than Ourselves. Music, guided meditation, sharing and a safe space will be some of the ways we will seek to connect and reconnect. We will feed our souls through free time and with others and healing 12 step fellowship. Bring whatever reminds you of your journey to grace our table and remind us of our Miracle. Please join us!

Fee: $185.00.  Includes program, two nights accommodations, five meals (3 Saturday/2 Sunday), and 24-hour snack room.  The main meal of the day is served at noon.   
Please pre-register early with a non-refundable fee of $100 to confirm and hold your reservation.   Registrations accepted through 4/22/10. 

About the Presenter:  Lee White LMSW has been in recovery for 27 years. She served in Lazarus Ministries, an addiction outreach ministry, in New York City. She is part of the effort to make recovery visible as a member of BARCC - Bangor Area Recovering Community Coalition and the Hammond Street Congregational Church's Addiction Team.
 

Fee: $85.00.  Includes overnight accommodations plus two meals Saturday.  The main meal of the day is served at noon. 
Please pre-register early with the non-refundable fee of $85 to confirm and hold your reservation.   Registrations accepted through 5/7/10. 

About the Presenter:  Michael Naylor, M.Ed, CCS, LADC is the Clinical Director of Serenity House, a residential treatment facility for men recovering from addiction. He also runs "Courageous Men's Intimacy Groups" at Health Education and Training Institute in Portland. He is an Authorized Enneagram Teacher from the Enneagram Institute in New York. He teaches meditation and techniques for deepening conscious contact with one's divine guidance and presence. He assists individuals in their spiritual unfolding by understanding the dynamics of their personality Type.
 

About the presenter:  Yolande Gay is a Healing Arts Practitioner. She draws from the fields of Polarity, Massage, Astrology, Wildflowers and the energy of the Four Elements to gain access in understanding the language of the heart.
 

Everything in life has a rhythm--a heart beat. For centuries the drum has helped people to become aligned with the sacred pulse of one another and the earth. Join us for an afternoon of joyful drumming. Bring your own drum or percussive instrument. Two drums may be borrowed. No experience necessary.

Fee: $10.00.  Please pre-register early with the non-refundable fee to confirm and hold your reservation.   Registrations accepted through  5/7/10. 

About the Presenter:

Connie Caron, NDS drums and chants as part of her spiritual discipline, and to honor her Native American heritage. Sr. Connie, of Our Lady of Sion, has also taught bead working workshops, specializing in wall hangings and pendants. A Montessori teacher for over 20 years, Sr. Connie is also known as the clown "Bonne Nuit."
 

Taize is a spirituality of hope, love, and unity. Through simple music, scripture, and silence, we experience the spirit of abundant joy, loving kindness, and community fellowship. All are welcome. No registration required.

Free will offering accepted.

Fee: $85.00.  Includes overnight accommodations and two meals on Saturday.  The main meal of the day is served at noon.   
Please pre-register early with a non-refundable fee of $100 to confirm and hold your reservation.   Registrations accepted through 5/28/10. 

About the Presenter:  Rev. Levering Sherman is an Episcopal Priest in central Maine, and has been a counselor and practitioner of dream-analysis for over thirty years. He received graduate training in Developmental Psychology (Eriksonian and Freudian models) at Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary. After graduate school, he worked for mental health systems in Massachusetts and North Carolina.
 

The $45.00 fee includes program, snack breaks and a homemade dinner served at noon.  Please pre-register early to confirm and hold your reservation. This fee is nonrefundable unless the program is cancelled by Living Water Spiritual Center. Registrations are accepted through 5/28/10. 

About the presenter:  Rhoda Neshama Waller, has a home in Freedom, Maine. A mother and grandmother, poet and storyteller, she has published widely and is listed with the Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers. She holds a master's degree in comparative literature and has taught creative writing through New York State Poets-in-the-Schools; as Central Park Poet-in-Residence; and at universities, libraries, senior centers and other public forums. A lifelong student of comparative spirituality, she has been practicing Hatha yoga and meditation for thirty years, first studying with Swami Satchidananda at the Integral Yoga Center in New York. An initiate in the Sufi Healing Order, she has studied with Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, has practiced zen meditation at the Zen Mountain Monastery, has taken retreats at the Himalayan Institute, and has studied with Twylah Nitsch, a Wolf Clan Elder at the Seneca Reservation in upstate New York. Rhoda is a Certified Seminar Leader of the Spiritual Eldering Institute, founded by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, and has offered Spiritual Eldering presentations at Maryknoll Sisters Convent in Ossining, New York, at the Bronx YM-YWHA Senior Center, at New York City recreation centers, and at Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County. She is Founding President of Timelines Community, Inc., a not-for-profit organization celebrating the wisdom and creativity of elders. Timelines Community publishes Traces, a journal of elderwriting.
 

This drop-by drum circle is open to anyone with an interest in drumming as music-making, spiritual practice, or entertainment. Bring a drum, percussive instrument, your voice and/or your ears to be part of this joyful happening.

Fee: $10.00.  Please pre-register early with the non-refundable fee to confirm and hold your reservation.   Registrations accepted through  6/4/10. 

About the Presenter:  Connie Caron, NDS drums and chants as part of her spiritual discipline, and to honor her Native American heritage. Sr. Connie, of Our Lady of Sion, has also taught bead working workshops, specializing in wall hangings and pendants. A Montessori teacher for over 20 years, Sr. Connie is also known as the clown "Bonne Nuit."
 

Fee: $360.00.  Includes seven nights accommodations plus 21 meals beginning with supper at 5:30 on Wednesday.   Ends with a brunch at 10:30 am the following Wednesday.  The main meal of the day is served at noon.   Please pre-register early with a non-refundable fee of $100 to confirm and hold your reservation.   Registrations accepted through 5/28/10. 

About the Presenter:  Susan MacKenzie, Ph.D. is program director at Living Water Spiritual Center. She earned her doctorate in natural sciences at the University of Michigan and created EarthWorks, a ministry of ecology and spirituality for youth of all ages. An ecumenical retreat leader and spiritual director, she is also a registered Maine Guide and leads indoor and outdoor retreats throughout New England.
 

Fee: $400.00.  Includes seven nights accommodations plus 21 meals beginning with supper at 5:30 on Monday.   Ends with a brunch at 10:30 am the following Monday.  The main meal of the day is served at noon.   Please pre-register early with a non-refundable fee of $100 to confirm and hold your reservation.   Registrations accepted through 6/7/10. 

About the Directors: 

Line Rioux, CSJ holds a Certificate in Spiritual Direction and Directed Retreats from Creighton University, and a Masters degree in Pastoral Studies from Loyola University of Chicago. Sr. Line has more than 20 years of experience in parish ministry, including at the Parish of the Holy Spirit in Waterville, and most recently at Our Lady Star of the Sea on Staten Island, NY.

Janet Blakeley has been a staff member of Living Water Spiritual Center since its inception. Janet earned a certificate in spiritual direction from the Center for Religious Development, Cambridge, MA, and her Master's degree in Clinical Pastoral Counseling from Emmanuel College, Boston.

William Clark, SJ is a central Maine native and ordained member of the Society of Jesus. He teaches theology at the College of the Holy Cross and holds advanced degrees from the Weston Jesuit School of Theology.  He has extensive retreat experience both in the U.S. and internationally, and is also active in music ministry.  Bill is the author the book, A Voice of Their Own: The Authority of the Local Parish, and a CD of original music, entitled And I Will Praise You.
 

Fee: $185.00.  Includes program, two nights accommodations, five meals (3 Saturday/2 Sunday), and 24-hour snack room.  The main meal of the day is served at noon. 
Please pre-register early with a non-refundable fee of $100 to confirm and hold your reservation.   Registrations accepted through 6/7/10. 

About the Presenter:  Jeannine Levasseur, csj holds an M.A. from St. Rose College in Albany, N.Y., a Certificate of Biblical Studies, and a specialization in prophets from the Center of Biblical Studies in San Paulo, Brazil. She holds a certificate in spiritual direction and retreat ministry from the Center for Religious Development in Cambridge, MA.
 

Directed retreats are silent with an optional daily meeting with a spiritual director for about ˝ hour. The remainder of the day is spent alone in prayer and reflection.

Fee: $185.00.  Includes program, two nights accommodations, five meals (3 Saturday/2 Sunday), and 24-hour snack room.  The main meal of the day is served at noon.    
Please pre-register early with a non-refundable fee of $100 to confirm and hold your reservation.   Registrations accepted through 6/28/10. 

About the Presenter:   Sr. Line Rioux, csj   holds a Certificate in Spiritual Direction and Directed Retreats from Creighton University, and a Masters degree in Pastoral Studies from Loyola University of Chicago. Sr. Line has more than 20 years of experience in parish ministry, including at the Parish of the Holy Spirit in Waterville, and most recently at Our Lady Star of the Sea on Staten Island, NY.
 

Fee: $360.00.  Includes seven nights accommodations plus 20 meals.  The main meal of the day is served at noon.   Please pre-register early with a non-refundable fee of $100 to confirm and hold your reservation.   Registrations accepted through  7/20/10. 

About the Presenter:  Betsy Quinn watches with awe at the action of God in each person. As retreat leader, she brings the deep trust to the group that "God is more available than we dare believe." Wife and mother, she is dedicated to communication with God in the "fast lane" of lay life, setting aside moments to rest awhile in the soul's grace where God and spirit commune. Trained at Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, Betsy belongs to Spiritual Directors International.
 

The September 2010-August 2011 Programs will be listed in July 2010