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SUMMARY:The Path to Freedom: Preparing Spiritual leaders
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nThis program is especially for clergy\, counselors\, and other spiritual leaders\nView Fee Schedule \n\nPreparing Spiritual Leaders to Companion the Fifth Step with Wisdom\, Compassion\, and Integrity\n\nNOTE: This program is not designed for people going through 12 Step programs; rather\, for pastoral professionals leading them. \nThe fifth step of 12 step programs is crucial but difficult: confession. As clergy\, pastors\, and religious and spiritual directors work with those in recovery\, the way they handle this step is crucial. It requires individuals to share the truth of their past actions and behaviors\, not only with themselves\, but also with others and a higher power. This process can be difficult\, but it is a key part of moving forward with accountability\, healing\, and self-awareness. \nLearn how to wisely facilitate this step with care under the tutelage of two very experienced leaders: \n\nARCHBISHOP EMERITUS SYLVAIN LAVOIE OMI – Sylvain is a former bishop of the Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas\, was an Oblate missionary among the Indigenous peoples for decades\, speaks some Cree and has done extensive work in the area of addictions awareness. He is author of five books\, has chaired committees for the Oblates and the Western Bishops\, and serves as a board member at the Star.\nJUSTIN ROBERT has been an active member of the Recovery community for over 10 years. He had a spiritual awakening as a result of going through the program of an anonymous fellowship. After this awakening\, he worked as an in-take worker for a detox/homeless shelter and was executive director and founder of a non-profit organization. Justin participated in many interventions and 12 step calls\, as well as facilitated over 50 Big Book studies. He has sponsored over 30 people in the anonymous fellowships and was a keynote speaker for one of the fellowship’s conventions in the summer of 2023. Justin is grateful to be a recovered addict and for the ability to be of service in any capacity in the recovery community.\n\n\n\n 
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LOCATION:Star of the North Retreat Centre\, 3A St. Vital Avenue\, Saint Albert\, AB\, T8N 1K1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Education,Pastoral Ministry,Retreats and Workshops
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SUMMARY:Enfleshed Spirits - Discovering and Embracing the Sacred Gift of Our Bodies
DESCRIPTION:“Glorify God in Your Body”  (1 Cor. 6:20) \nOur bodies are the intimate habitat of God.  How\, then\, might we grow in relationship to our bodies\, healing wounds\, and becoming more whole and fully alive as enfleshed spirits? \nWhat if our bodies were not obstacles to our spiritual lives\, but the places where we encounter God?” \nMany of us have a complicated relationship with our bodies. We carry messages we have heard since childhood\, expectations from family and culture\, comparisons fueled by social media\, and the inevitable changes that come with illness and again. Too often we judge our bodies and treat them unkindly\, rather than befriend them. \nYet our spiritual lives are not lived apart from our bodies – they are lived in and with them. Through our bodies we love\, pray\, serve\, celebrate\, grieve and encounter God.  The mystery of the Incarnation invites us to embrace our whole selves – body\,mind\, and spirit – and to recognize our bodies as sacred places where God dwells and continues to work. \nJoin us for a weekend of reflection\, conversation\, prayer\, and embodied practices as we rediscover the wisdom\, beauty\, and holiness of our physical selves. Come as you are. Leave with a renewed appreciation of your embodied spirituality and the gift of being an enfleshed spirit! \nView Fee Schedule \n \n\n\nEvent Details:\n\n\nSandra (Sandy) Prather is a retreat leader and facilitator in the areas of faith and spirituality. Known for an infectious joy in her faith\, she has worked locally\, nationally\, and internationally leading retreats\, missions\, and workshops. Drawing upon her theological training and faith perspective\, Sandra ‘breaks open the ordinary’ so that we might know God ’amidst the pots and pans.’ Sandra holds a Bachelor of Education from the University of Alberta and a Master of Theology from Newman Theological College. She served for 21 years as Executive Director of Star of the North Retreat Centre in St. Albert. She is an Associate and Honorary Oblate of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. \nGlenda Sartore is passionate about life’s journey in all its many twists and turns\, peaks and valleys. After working for many years in retreat ministry\, Glenda fervently pursued her spiritual path through yoga and is a Senior Teacher with the Yoga Association of Alberta. She has lead trips\, taught retreats\, and been involved in training teachers for almost 20 years. Responding to a decades long desire to do graduate work in counselling therapy\, Glenda is now happily completing studies in the Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality program at St. Stephen’s College in Edmonton. She is also a grateful and devoted wife\, mother\, and extended and blended family member. \n\n\n 
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LOCATION:Star of the North Retreat Centre\, 3A St. Vital Avenue\, Saint Albert\, AB\, T8N 1K1\, Canada
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