Program Offerings

Individual retreats provide an atmosphere of silence and contemplative recollection for your daily discipline of personal prayer. Time spent in quiet reflection facilitates your spiritual journey. Access to video and book library is available.

A private retreat offers space, access to facilities and scheduling around Community liturgies and meals. The fee is $40 per day which includes room and meals.

A directed retreat offers the same as above plus an opportunity to meet with a Spiritual Director each day. The fee is $75 per day. This includes spiritual direction, an over-night stay and three meals.

Directors:

Jolene Geier OP: invites you to root your spiritual journey in the broader world view where issues of peace and justice affect your soul choices.
Louise Hageman OP: invites you to be attentive to the rhythm of daily life and to integrate the spiritual into all of life.
Philip St. Romain D. Min.: invites you as a Catholic layman, husband, father and author to see the possibilities for a contemplative life in the midst of busy-ness. (3 day retreats only)
Renee Dreiling OP: invites you to discover the surprises that God splashes in and among the pleasures and pains of life.
Connie Burkholder, M. Div. invites you to a deeper awareness of and attentiveness to God’s presence, love, and action in your life. She is available for individual direction and directed Ignatian Retreats.

WORKSHOPS AND SERIES

Praying with Scripture
Connie Burkholder will lead a prayer class using the book Moment By Moment: A Retreat in Everyday Life written by Carol Ann Smith and Eugene F. Merz. Instruction will be given about use of the book and a method of praying which encourages the participants to be attentive to the way that the scriptures speak to them personally, thus nurturing their relationship with God.
Though this is a continuation of the Lenten prayer class, new persons are welcome to come! Each person will pray through the Moment By Moment book at their own pace and will bring something from their prayer experience to class. All classes will be from 3:00 pm—4:30 pm in Room 114 at Heartland Center.
Dates for the class are:
Tuesday, May 6
Tuesday, June 3
Tuesday, July 1
Tuesday, July 29
Tuesday, August 26
Tuesday, September 23
Tuesday, October 14
Cost for the class is $10.00 per class session, payable at each class. Heartland Center can order you a book for $12.00. To register and order a book call (620-792-1232) or email brenda@heartlandspirituality.org

Written that You May Believe: a study of John's Gospel
Join us for the fall book study using the book, Written That You May Believe, by Sandra M. Schneiders. This book is a standard text for the study of the Gospel of John and will help us learn about and “dwell in” the liberating truth of Jesus. Many small faith groups have begun using this guide in their devotional reading.
Renee Dreiling, OP will lead the sessions and we will meet during the noon hour (12- 1) in the Convent dining room annex. The dates for this study are the following Thursdays: Aug. 28; Sept. 4 and 18; Oct.2 and 16; Nov. 6 and 13; Dec.4. Dates for 2009 will be announced later. Cost is $30 for the book and $40 for the 8 study sessions.

RETREAT EXPERIENCES

Summer Retreat 2008
"Contemplating the Person of Jesus"
Father John Burchill OP and Sister Barbara Metz
August 1-8, 2008

Jesus is the incarnation of the living God. What we see and experience in Jesus we know to be a pure reflection of the holiness and love of God. This guided retreat will explore various themes in the life of Jesus through reflective talks, suggested prayer materials and the opportunity for some personal direction. Some of the themes that will be explored are: Jesus the Just One, Jesus and Women, The Feeling Jesus, The Forgiving Jesus and Jesus the Prophet.

Sister Barbara Metz, SND de N, MS, MA has extensive experience in retreat ministry, spiritual direction formation and renewal work and parish missions in the US, Canada, Africa and Ireland.

Rev. John Burchill OP STD has ministered in retreat work, spiritual direction, renewal and formation work, and parish missions in the US, Canada, Africa and New Zealand.

Father John and Sister Barbara have teamed together for a number of years. They were co-founders of the Renewal Program held at St. Stephen Prior, Dover, MA. They were also members of the founding team of the Berakah Renewal Program in Pittsfield, NH.

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Summer Directed Retreat Opportunity
Monday, August 11 – Friday, August 15, 2007
Cost: $225 (includes room, meals, spiritual direction)
Directors: Connie Burkholder, M.Div.; Sr. Sue Selby
Register by July 15, 2008 to reserve your room.
Come and be drawn into a deeper relationship with Christ through this silent, directed retreat. Retreatants will be invited to pray with scripture based on the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius. Each day you will meet with a spiritual director to reflect on your times of prayer.
As a retreatant, expect to spend several hours through the day in prayer, eat in silence with other retreatants, and experience a renewed sense of God’s love for you. More information will be provided to retreatants upon registering.

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THEOLOGY INSTITUTE

The Psalms
Rev. Sean Martin June 13 (7 pm) through June 17 (12 pm): 2008 $25 non-refundable registration fee (part of the total fee) $165 - commuter registration (includes lunches) $250 - registration, room and board The Psalms have been the prayers and hymns of believers for millennia. Originally composed by ancient Israelites as part of their liturgies, the Psalms found a place on the lips and in the hearts of Christians long after they were first composed. Join with Rev. Sean Charles Martin, Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at the Aquinas Institute of Theology in Saint Louis, MO, as he examines the enduring appeal of the Psalms, and how they can continue to voice the deepest longings of the human heart for God. Fr. Martin holds MA, Theology, University of Dallas, MA, English, University of Notre Dame; S.T.L., S.T.D., Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.; is currently Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis and has many published articles.
Fr. Martin holds MA, Theology, University of Dallas, MA, English, University of Notre Dame; S.T.L., S.T.D., Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.; is currently Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis and has many published articles.
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Theology Institute 2009: Integral Christianity
June 12-16, 2009
Philip St. Romain, D. Min. and Kathryn Damiano, Ph.D.
Full descriptor coming soon. Mark your calendars for now.