Cenacle Sisters

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Cenacle Sisters

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Cenacle
Retreat Center
at
Ronkonkoma
The Cenacle Sisters and Staff Welcome You!
MINISTRY TEAM
CENACLE STAFF
MISSION STATEMENT
We work for the transformation of the world by awakening
and deepening faith with and for the people of our times.
Contents
Welcome................................................................................1
Retreats, Workshops and Days of Prayer....................2
Helpful Information........................................................11
Ongoing Programs and Series..................................12
Hablamos Español! Retiro En Español....................13
Individual Options..........................................................14
Our Presenters.............................................................14
Directions/Registration Form.......................................16
Printed on recycled paper with 30% post-consumer content and soy-based ink.
310 Cenacle Road
PO Box 4005
Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-0430
631-588-8366
www.cenaclesisters.org/ronkonkoma
retreat@cenaclesisters.org
Dear Friends in Christ,
In these words adapted from William Shakespeare, we can truly say that we at the Cenacle Retreat
Center are “Twice Blest” this year as we celebrate two milestones. This is the 90th anniversary of
our presence in Ronkonkoma, NY, as well as our 5th year in our new building!
“Twice Blest! Blessed the One Who gives and the one who receives...” We marvel at how our
Good God continues to shower us with grace and serenity for all who come to share in Maude
Adams’ generous legacy of our dear “Ronky” property.
So, please SAVE THE DATE and join us for a special celebratory event in the Retreat Center and
on the grounds!
Sunday, September 25, 2016
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
This Open House will include tours of the main center, a hermitage, the labyrinth, our cemetery, the
Stations of the Cross, and the Grotto, an exact duplicate of Our Lady of Lourdes. There will be live
music by In The Way ensemble, led by Mark Albertini. There will be face painting! There will be
scrumptious food prepared by our chefs! We will close with a prayer service in our chapel at 4:00 p.m.
We thank our donors for our beautiful outdoor labyrinth that was completed last fall. Please come
try this ancient walking meditation. I am giving a guided walk on Saturday, September 24, 2016,
from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. It is a “watering hole” for the spirit. Don’t let your spiritual well run dry!
Psalm 138:8 – “Your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.”
Love in Christ,
Sr. Margaret Rohde, r.c.
Director of Ministry
Our Cenacle Friends
OUR CENACLE FRIENDS are all of you who ensure that the
Cenacle is financially sustained through gifts to the annual appeals,
raffles, newsletter, building fund, planned giving, special events,
and Sage Monthly Giving Program.
You give from your heart and understand the importance
of the Cenacle Sisters’ mission and devotion to their ministries.
The Sisters are truly grateful to you, our Cenacle friends,
for your goodness, support and love.
Please contact the Office of Development and Public Relations at 631-471-0024
to make a gift to the Ronkonkoma Cenacle Sisters.
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R E T R E AT S , W O R K S H O P S A N D D AY S / E V E N I N G S O F P R AY E R
THIRTY DAY RETREATS
We offer the 30 day Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius at any time of the year.
Please call the Retreat Office at 631-588-8366 ext. 406
WE HAVE FOUR HERMITAGES ON OUR PROPERTY!
Jesus said, “The Kingdom of God is within you.” (Luke 17:21)
The spiritual practice of a solitary retreat is for the experienced prayer.
It is a time of silence, free of daily distractions, to fulfill your desire to deepen your
relationship with God.
To discern if this experience may be for you, contact the Retreat
Office at 631-588-8366.
The next step of the discernment is a letter of recommendation from your spiritual
director. You will also need to complete our application, and come for a personal
interview if you live in the area, or have a telephone interview if you live at a distance.
A minimum stay is three nights, and a maximum stay is thirty days.
The Cenacle Prayer Enrollment
ENROLLMENT in the prayer ministry provides for the celebration of monthly masses for
all those enrolled and the opportunity to be remembered not only in the daily prayers of the
Sisters, but, also by the many friends of the Cenacle. The gift of prayer can offer comfort to
those who have lost a loved one, are going through a difficult time, or are ill.
Prayer can also be offered to let someone know you are thinking of them as they celebrate
a happy time in their life, a new child or grandchild, a birthday, a wedding or anniversary,
or for someone you simply thought of while on retreat at the Cenacle.
Each Cenacle card or folder is beautifully hand lettered by a Cenacle calligrapher. What better
way is there to tell someone he or she is loved and remembered than with the gift of prayer?
For more information or to place an order call 631-588-8293 or 1-800-541-2357.
You can also visit us on the web at www.cenaclesisters.org/ronkonkoma
Register for retreats & programs
with your smart phone here
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Deposits are nonrefundable/transferable
Saturday, September 10, 2016
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the
Maude Adams House, 12:30 p.m.
arrivals and refreshments
SEND ME AN ANGEL!
We all have a guardian angel! This
workshop will be a healing time of
spiritual alignment as we place our
hopes, prayers and questions upon
angel wings. Paul will integrate music,
prayer, meditation and time to connect
with the love messages and wisdom
of the messengers of God as we
explore the questions at the center
of our hearts. A healing day of hope
and renewal!
Presenter: Paul Alexander, LCSW
Offering: $25
$15 deposit required to hold your
reservation
September 16-18, 2016
LIVING THE SERENITY
PRAYER
How often we recite the Serenity
Prayer! Yet, do we really know how to
live it in the ups and downs of everyday life? This weekend retreat will
show us how to apply this wonderful
prayer to our own lives by taking both
a practical and spiritual approach to
the key components of acceptance,
change/action, and most importantly,
the wisdom of discernment.
Presenter: Betty Hill Crowson
Offering: $275 — No Sunday lunch
Commuters: $220
reservation
Thursday, September 22, 2016
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the
Retreat Center, 9:30 a.m.
THE LEGACY OF
MOTHERHOOD –
Mary’s Legacy & Ours
Come for a day to honor Mary’s motherhood and ours. Allow Mary’s journey to
reveal her deeper legacy in your vocation
of motherhood… “You are truly blessed!
The Lord is with you” Luke 1:25
Presenter: Sr. Kathy Scott, r.c.
and Diane Rizzo, Cenacle Staff
Associate
Offering: $50 – Lunch included
reservation
Saturday, September 24, 2016
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
GUIDED LABYRINTH WALK
The labyrinth is a metaphor of our
journey through life. It quiets the mind
and opens the heart. For people who
find it difficult to sit and be quiet, walking comes readily. Come experience
the sacred path leading to union.
Walks are guided by: Sr. Margaret
Rohde, r.c., Veriditas Certified
Labyrinth Facilitator
Freewill offering
Call to Register
SAVE THE DATE! –
OPEN HOUSE!
September 25, 2016
TWICE BLEST!
1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Celebrating 90 Years in
Ronkonkoma and 5 Years
in our New Building!
Saturday, October 1, 2016
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the
Maude Adams House, 9:30 a.m.
RESTING IN THE MESS
AND UNEARTHING JESUS
We buy into the images of success,
peace and security that our culture
flings at us. We wear masks and try
to ignore the itch and rumble of our
hearts, bodies and souls that remind
us we are living a lie. In his song
“Hallelujah,” Leonard Cohen praises
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the moments of clarity that come when
we embrace the irreconcilable in life.
Resting in the mess, we discover the
Crucified and Risen Jesus at our side.
Presenter: Fr. Larry Lewis, M.M.
reservation
Monthly October-May, Sunday
or Thursday at the Maude
Adams House
Sunday, 2-4 pm: Oct. 2, Nov. 6,
Dec. 4, Jan. 8, Feb. 12, Apr. 23
and May 21
Or Thursday 10am-12pm:
Oct. 6, Nov. 3, Dec. 8, Jan. 19,
Feb. 16, Apr. 27 and May 25
HILDEGARD WISDOM
GROUP-WORKSHOPS
A series exploring the profound
understanding of Hildegard of
Bingen, a Saint and Doctor of the
church who lived in the twelfth century.
She speaks to us today with extraordinary freshness, offering us strength
and encouragement in our longing
for health, wholeness, meaning and
purpose. Join with others as we
together seek deeper insight and
greater oneness with God through
prayer, contemplation and sharing.
Presenter: Sr. Karen Kaelin, CSJ
Offering: $20 per session
reservation
Saturday, October 8, 2016
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at the
SO MOVED WITH GOD:
LIFE CHANGES
Are you dealing with: Job elimination/
downsizing, “Empty Nest,” medical
diagnosis/grieving age limitations,
financial uncertainties, loss? Discover
God’s desire for you….listen and trust.
Presenter: Joan McGovern
reservation
Thursday, October 13, 2016
10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the
LIFE’S CALLING YOU –
COME, FOLLOW CHRIST…
Morning for Seniors
Gathering in Gratitude: The
Harvest of Our Giftedness. In this
season of change, we ponder the
wisdom and grace of shorter days,
deeper rest, and silence, in the midst
of nature’s beauty and ordinary life.
Presenter: Carmela Bergman,
Cenacle Staff Associate
reduced rate for seniors
reservation
October 14-16, 2016
THE GIFTS OF NEARDEATH EXPERIENCES
Near-death experiences (NDEs) are
now generally accepted as a real
experience of the after-life and of its
accelerated healing. The majority
return to life with many of its gifts: an
intimate experience of a loving God,
loss of the fear of death, healing of
deep hurts, an increase in self-esteem
and compassion for others, a sense
of union with all things and a clearer
sense of how to fulfill one’s purpose
in life. This retreat based on the Linn’s
latest book, The Gifts of Near-Death
Experiences, will show how the NDE’s
healing processes can heal us now.
Presenter: Fr. Matt Linn, SJ
Offering: $250 – No Sunday lunch
Commuters: $195
reservation
Sunday, October 16, 2016
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the
Retreat Center
CARING FOR THE
CAREGIVER
When caring for another, the last
person we have time and energy to
care for is ourselves. If we find ourselves getting tired, discouraged or
more easily upset, it may be a sign
that we are caring for another at the
expense to ourselves. Fr. Linn will
share his personal experience with this,
and how to grow rather than burnout.
Offering: $35
reservation
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the
PRAY WITH IMAGINATION!
Meet Jesus as you have
never met Him before!
Our imagination is one of our most
treasured inner senses. Gift of God to
us, imagination opens our hearts and
souls to endless possibilities with
God. It opens us to a unique and personal relationship with Jesus. Using all
of our senses, we see Jesus’ face, we
listen to the way He speaks, we hear
the crowds around Him, we speak to
Him. Jesus becomes a living person
to us now in our lives, and we begin
to realize more deeply how we are a
living person to Him. Just imagine!
Presenter: Sr. Kathy Scott, r.c.
reservation
1:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at the
Retreat Center, 1:00 p.m.
“Let Him Kiss Me with the
Kiss of His Mouth:” Meditation on the “Song of Songs”
(Silent Afternoon of Prayer)
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In writing her Meditation on the Song
of Songs, St. Teresa of Avila’s intention was to help her readers find the
delight and consolation that was hers
in the lofty petition, “Let Him kiss me
with the kiss of His mouth.” What better gift can we ask for than the holy
peace and sweetness of such
intimate friendship with Jesus?
Presenter: Sr. Kathryn Madden, r.c.
Offering: $50 – Dinner included
reservation
October 28-29, 2016
THE GIFTS OF SAVORING
AND SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
Come learn about and experience the
healing power of spiritual experience
and how “savoring” and spiritual
direction deepen our experience of
divine love. Topics include: The meaning
of “Spiritual Awakening;” Four manifestations of “Spiritual Experience;”
Obstacles of experiencing God;
The blessings of sharing our
experience of God with another.
Presenter: Sr. Maureen Conroy,
RSM, D.Min
Offering: Friday and Saturday
overnight $150 – Saturday
breakfast and lunch included
Friday only (After supper)
7:00pm – 9:00pm $40
Saturday only 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. –
lunch included $80
reservation for Friday and Saturday
or Saturday only, $15 deposit to
hold your reservation for Friday
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the
A SPECIAL CONCERT –
HELD IN GOD’S LOVE
Paul Alexander will share songs,
inspiration and graceful pauses
providing uplifting healing moments
of heart and soul connection. Come
feel God’s heartsong and musical
notes of grace and mercy!
Presenter: Paul Alexander, LCSW
Offering: $20
reservation
Saturday, November 5, 2016
9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at the
INTRODUCTION TO A
SILENT DIRECTED RETREAT
This quiet retreat day offers time and
space for rest of body and soul in a
prayerful, relaxed setting. It is more
about “being” than doing. It introduces
the experience of a Silent Directed
Retreat, different ways of praying, and
what to talk about with your Retreat
Director. Come and see!
Presenters: Sr. Kathy Scott, r.c.
and Joan McGovern
reservation
Sunday, November 6, 2016
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. in the
Chapel
PRAYER VIGIL AS WE
PRAY FOR THE COMMON
GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament,
scripture reflection, music and silent
prayer as we prepare to elect our
President.
and Cenacle Sisters
Please call to register, limited
seating
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the
PRAYING WITH MUSIC
AND ART
Come on a creative journey with and
toward God as we spend the day
exploring how through a variety of
creative prayer experiences we
embrace our God given creativity as
a direct path to the Divine. Music,
imagery, mandalas, and clay will be
some of the elements. No artistic/music
talent is required, only an open
adventurous heart!
Presenter: Joann Caramanico,
reservation
Sunday, November 13, 2016
1:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at the
FROM PRAYER
OF THE HEART TO
CONTEMPLATION — SILENT
AFTERNOON OF PRAYER
When a person is faithful to prayer
and growing in relationship with God
over the years, what can happen in
the prayer, and what can happen to
the pray-er? We invite you to a quiet,
contemplative afternoon during which
we will notice how God continues to
draw us into union with God’s own Self.
Presenter: Sr. Mary Spratt, r.c.
reservation
November 18-20, 2016
FURTHER DOWN THE
CODEPENDENCY
RECOVERY PATH:
LEARNING TO SELFPARENT, STEPS 6 & 7
(For those in 12 Step Programs)
In Step 6 we simply become ready to
change and to let go of our compulsive
need to be perfect. Step 7 teaches us
how to live in humility, serenity and
love. As our Higher Parent helps us
connect our Inner Child to Divine
Spirit, we find a true sense of belonging and purpose. These steps help us
find we have all we need within us to
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begin to find true peace and joy.
Presenters: Pamela J. Carlton,
MS, MT-BC and Ann Schehr,
LMHC, CRC
Commuters: $195
reservation
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the
LOVE NEVER DIES –
GRIEF WORKSHOP
This workshop will help us find
strength, joy and hope in the gifts our
loved ones share and continue to
grace us with even after their deaths.
This will be a gentle and safe place
for healing even years after a loss, a
special time of awareness and reflection on the gifts our loved one gave us
as well as an opportunity to gently
heal some of the hurting places.
Presenters: Sr. Margaret Rohde, r.c.
and Paul Alexander, LCSW
Offering: $30
reservation
Thursday, December 1, 2016
10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the
Morning for Seniors
Gathering in Hope: for the Light
to Come. To prepare ourselves with
great anticipation, for Emmanuel –
“God is with us," and the One who
permeates our life, and embraces
our world.
Reduced rate for seniors
reservation
December 2-4, 2016
INNER NUMBNESS –
GOD IS BORN AND
OFFERS TENDERNESS
Each year the Season of Advent
meets our hardened hearts and invites
us to enter the liturgy of waiting. The
pains and doubts and fears of the
past year can discourage hope and
encourage numbness. As nights of
darkness lengthen – the eyes of our
souls adjust and we begin to see
anew. The birth of God into humanity
shatters our inner numbness and we
claim again God’s tenderness. Our
hearts soften in the Light of Jesus.
Commuters: $195 Commuters
reservation
December 9-11, 2016
SILENT DIRECTED ADVENT
RETREAT WEEKEND
In the midst of this busy season, you
are invited to rejoice in the impending
rightness of the Lord’s coming and to
find Him very near in the hush of
silence. This contemplative weekend,
with the opportunity for individual
spiritual direction, will begin with an
inspiring Advent prayer service.
Presenters/Directors: Cenacle
Ministry Team
No Commuters
reservation
Friday, December 16, 2016
6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. at the
Retreat Center
HOLIDAY EVENING WITH
YOUR HIGHER POWER
An evening for those in the Twelve Step
Program. The evening begins with a
festive meal, followed by a presentation,
personal processing and integration.
Presenter: Ann Schehr, LMHC, CRC
Offering: $50 – Includes Festive
Dinner
reservation
Sunday, December 18, 2016
1:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at the
“I WAIT IN MARYDARKNESS:” SILENT
ADVENT AFTERNOON
OF PRAYER
Let us allow Jessica Powers (Sr. Miriam
of the Holy Spirit, OCD) to lead us
into the womb of Mary, onto the
donkey and into the cave of Bethlehem
through her Advent/Christmas poetry.
In praying with her poems, “Advent,”
“And in Her Morning,” “The Visitation
Journey,” “The Hidden Christ,” “In Too
Much Light,” we shall rest with Mary in
the mystery which brings us to silence
– Emmanuel, Hidden God-Within-Us.
Presenter: Sr. Kathryn Madden, r.c.
reservation
December 31, 2016 –
January 1, 2017
NEW YEAR’S EVE
OVERNIGHT IN PRAYER
Come away from the busyness of the
holidays to be in a quiet atmosphere
with others to welcome the New Year
and pray for peace. A festive dinner at
6:00 p.m. will open the evening, followed
by a presentation, time for personal
reflection and celebration of the
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Eucharist as we herald the beginning
of the New Year.
Offering: $150 – Includes Festive
Dinner
Commuters: $110
reservation
January 13-15, 2017
OUR HEARTS ARE
ENCHANTED BY THE
SACRED HEART OF JESUS
The prophet Jeremiah knows us well:
“More tortuous than all else is the
human heart,” (17:9). We are confounded by the confusions, complexities and enigmas of our relationships
in daily life. Jesus lived the human
mystery in all its obscurities and
revealed God’s self-emptying love as
the doorway to a peace the world
cannot give. We long for that peace, yet
we are both captivated and frightened
by its demands. Can we surrender our
hearts into the Sacred Heart?
Commuters: $195
reservation
January 20-22, 2017
SPA RETREAT FOR
WOMEN
How does my body influence my
spiritual journey? How is healing in my
body related to healing in my soul?
Take time away from your routine to
re-establish your relationship with
your most faithful companion – your
body. Body work, including massage
by licensed massage therapists, yoga
and reflexology available for additional
$30 per half hour.
Presenters: Cenacle Sisters and
Team
No Commuters
reservation
January 27-29, 2017
20th ANNIVERSARY OF
GOD GIVES US SONGS IN
OUR SLEEP!
Since 1997 the Cenacle has been
offering dreamers an opportunity to
discern God’s invitation for growth
and change in their lives through their
night time dreams. All dreamers who
have joined us in the past and those
new to the experience are invited to a
special celebration.
Presenter: Jean Lynch, M.A.
Theology
Commuters: $195
reservation
Saturday, January 28, 2017
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 at the Maude
Adams House, 9:30 a.m.
BREATHE DEEPLY AND
HOLD YOUR HEART WITH
GENTLE HANDS
Spirituality of imperfection. Explore
ways to forgive with love and compassion exploring 12 step spirituality and
scripture. Need not be in a 12 step
program to attend.
Presenter: Karen Musicaro
reservation
Saturday, February 4, 2017
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
At the Retreat Center
FILM DAY – GOD IS
REVEALED IN THE FABRIC
AND MESS OF OUR
RELATIONSHIPS
We will discover the call to trust in
God’s love through the complexities,
mysteries and joys of our relationships.
Come and enjoy a film in the morning
and a film in the afternoon with a discussion following both. A warm lunch
is served and celebration of the Sunday Vigil Mass concludes our day.
Your Guide: Fr. Larry Lewis
Freewill Offering for Films
Please call to register
Lunch $20 – Full payment to hold
your luncheon reservation
Thursday, February 9. 2017
6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. at the
Retreat Center
VALENTINE EVENING FOR
MARRIED COUPLES
The goal of this time is for us to fall
more deeply in love with ourselves,
with our spouses and God. In this
busy world, take a few hours to slow
down and focus on your love. The
evening begins with a festive dinner
and closes with Eucharist and
renewal of marriage vows.
Presenters: Michael and Valerie
Dunne, Cenacle Staff Associate
Offering: $80 per couple –
Dinner included
reservation
February 17 – 19, 2017
TRANSFORMING FEAR
INTO GIFTS
Each year the pace of life increase,
violence creeps closer to our homes
and peace becomes more a wish than
a reality. This healing retreat will focus
on how Jesus sent the Holy Spirit
(Jn 20:19-23) to transform the apostles.
$195 Commuters
reservation
Sunday, February 19, 2017
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
at the Retreat Center
HEALING THE STUCK
PLACE — FOR SPIRITUAL
DIRECTORS
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The science behind placebos reveals
that the same sugar pill can either
heal us or harm us because whatever
we vividly imagine becomes our reality.
Whenever we or another are stuck
in our growth, images are the key to
finding the underlying problem and
resolving it. The stuck place then
becomes the gifted place where God
creates within us new life.
Offering: $35
reservation
February 24 - 26, 2017
PRAYER, UNLEASHING A
STRONG TENDERNESS
FOR AND FROM JESUS
“I don’t love you and I don’t want to
love you, but I want to want to love
you!” St. Teresa of Avila told Jesus.
Does our relationship with Jesus allow
us to be as honest in prayer as she
was? Are we so distrustful of Jesus
that we only say what we think He
wants to hear? A strong tenderness is
waiting to be unleashed between us
and God – once we accept God’s
acceptance of us.
$195 Commuters
reservation
Saturday, February 25, 2017
10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the
A DISTRACTED LIFE
WITH GOD
Our desire is to live a life where we
continue to grow in our relationship
with God. The program will focus
on our experience of God and how
distractions affect that relationship.
Presenter: Sr. Judy Osterburg, r.c.
reservation
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the
Retreat Center
ASH WEDNESDAY –
THE LANGUAGE OF LENT
Language learning requires humility
and surrender. The security of previously held definitions is gone. We can
presume nothing. We know that we
do not know; it demands too much
energy to pretend. Opposites randomly
collide: right and wrong, good and
bad, fear and trust, threat and promise,
life and death. In its midst is Jesus –
dying and living into a Promising God.
Jesus waits to communicate with us in
this new language. Dare we stammer
and stutter?
reservation
March 3 – 5, 2017
HEALED, WHOLE,
AND HEALTHY –
For Women in Recovery
Healing is essential for wholeness
and good emotional health. Yet, it is a
process that we often don’t discuss,
let alone attend to appropriately.
Whether our wounds are recent, the
result of the loss of a loved one, pertain to a physical limitation or diagnosis, or involve circumstances from the
past, we will learn how to apply the
process of healing to our deepest and
more intimate sorrow. Through presentations, music, ritual, group sharing, one to one conferences, and even
laughter, this retreat guarantees to
provide us with a safe and supportive
environment to feel, express and
begin to recover from our losses.
Presenter: Betty Hill Crowson
Offering: $275 - No Sunday lunch
Commuters: $220
reservation
Saturday, March 4, 2017
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon at the
$15 deposit required to hold
your reservation
MEETING GOD IN THE
MIDST OF TEMPTATION
March 17 – 19, 2017
Each temptation asks if I am going to
trust God and allow Him to provide
for my needs. Am I going to turn to
something else that in itself is empty,
and expect it to fill me? Each temptation is an intimate place where we
can meet God alone and through His
mercy discover and choose to accept
a deeper hunger for God.
Presenter: Joan McGovern
Offering: $25
reservation
March 10 – 12, 2017
SILENT DIRECTED LENTEN
RETREAT WEEKEND
Lent is a season of repentance and
renewal. We recommit ourselves to
follow Jesus. Contemplation and
reflective prayer encourage us during
this sacred season.
Presenters/Directors: Cenacle
Ministry Team
No Commuters
reservation
Thursday, March 16, 2017
10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the
Morning for Seniors
Gathering in Faith: Taking the
Gospel Journey. Walking the path to
meet the forgiving and compassionate
Heart of God, and trust to become
a forgiving and compassionate heart
in God.
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OUR INCOMPLETENESS
IS OUR DIGNITY –
DISCOVERING GOD’S
ABUNDANCE THROUGH
OUR EMPTINESS
We plan and rely on our routines and
feel all is well with ourselves and life
and God. Life throws a wrench into
our efficiency, and we are stopped.
Once the jolt subsides, we find ourselves surrounded by emptiness and
feel our incompleteness. Security is
gone; we are in the land of uncertainty.
We learn the terrain of this new country
and discover anew God’s presence in
our lives.
Commuters: $195
reservation
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the
FINDING GOD IN
UNCERTAINTY AND
CHANGE
Someone once said “life is hard”. It is
filled with uncertainty and change.
How we find God in our story makes
a difference in how well we live out
that journey. We will spend the day
exploring how we can find where God
is in the difficult times in our lives.
Presenter: Michael and Valerie
Dunne, Cenacle Staff Associate
reservation
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the
GREENING POWER:
DIVINE LIFE PULSING
THROUGH THE UNIVERSE
Through the light of God’s revelations
to her, Hildegard of Bingen perceived
the profound and life-giving power of
Veriditas (vitality, freshness, growth,
fruitfulness, lush greenness) immanent in all creation. On this retreat
day, we will explore together how we
are called into the creativity of this
greening power for our own vibrancy
and that of our wondrous universe.
Presenter: Sr. Karen Kaelin, CSJ
reservation
Sunday, March 26, 2017
1:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at the
COMPANIONING JESUS IN
HIS PASSION
You are invited to a silent, contemplative afternoon focused on the interior
experience of Jesus as we accompany
Him in His Passion. The day will
include two conferences, with ample
time for sacred space with Jesus.
Presenter: Sr. Mary Spratt, r.c.
reservation
April 7 – 9, 2017
IN HIS WEAKNESS WE
ARE REAL – MEN’S PALM
SUNDAY WEEKEND
Are we scandalized by the humanity
of Jesus? Do we want a sanitized
God who protects us from the harshness of self-emptying love? Holy Week
shatters our hoped-for perfection and
reveals a God who is weak and shattered. We are lost. We are nowhere.
Faith dawns on the horizon of these
days: we are known and loved by God
as we are. We are loved “now/here”
and this “now/here” carries us into the
arms of a God worthy of our trust.
the unique gift of each experience and
the transformation that leads us to
recognize All is One.
Offering: $265 – Sunday lunch
included
Commuters: $205
reservation
Saturday, April 29, 2017
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the
HOLY WEEK TRIDUUM
April 13, 14, 15 and 16, 2017
THE GARDENS COME
TOGETHER: EDEN,
GETHSEMANE AND THE
RESURRECTED GARDENER
We are facing the ultimate, knowing
all along we would arrive here. Eden
claims self-sufficiency while Jesus
washes feet. Gethsemane plunges us
into anxiety, and Jesus submits to God’s
promise. The empty tomb leaves us
trembling, and the Resurrected
Gardener calls us each by name into
unimagined hope. Easter faith opens
our hearts into God’s fulfilled promise
of life through death.
Commuters: $295
$100 deposit required to hold
your reservation
Saturday, April 22, 2017
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the
SPIRITUAL COMPANIONING
– TENDING THE DYNAMIC
ENCOUNTER WITH THE HOLY
– Day for Spiritual Directors
As we accompany others on the spiritual journey, we draw from many traditions and practices-some ancient and
perennial and some contemporary
and unique. We will appreciate both
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Presenter: Sr. Cathy Murtha, DW
reservation
MEETING GOD THROUGH
OUR SENSES
Have you ever felt the presence of
God while viewing a sunrise/sunset?
Has your heart ever been overjoyed
by hearing a particular melody?
Rediscover the unique gifts of love
God has given to us in each of our
five senses. We will meet God through
Scripture passages keeping focus on
the senses, as well as invite you to
participate in sensory meditation
practices.
Presenters: Joan McGovern and
Diane Rizzo
reservation
Saturday, May 6, 2017
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the
FETTERED OR FREE
Once surrender has occurred for a
primary addiction and the person is
on the road to recovery with quality
sobriety, awareness and vigilance are
imperative to recognize another still
present “ism,” which may surface in
any number of ways, e.g. other addictions, obsessions, compulsions and/
or dependencies. We will examine how
this cunning disease may present itself.
Presenter: Sr. Barbara Medvesky,
cfsn
Offering: $35
reservation
Sunday, May 14, 2017
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the
A DAY TO MOTHER ME
This day is for Twelve Step women
only. Program includes an engaging
presentation, process time and
opportunity for integration.
Presenter: Ann Schehr, LMHC, CRC
Offering: $50
reservation
Thursday, May 18, 2017
10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the
Morning for Seniors
Gathering in Love & Joy: Encountering the Risen Christ. With open
hearts, let us discover how our ordinary life is an extraordinary gift! In
Christ, grace deepens our awareness
of all we have been given, even now
pouring out to the eternal life.
Offering: $25 – Lunch included,
reservation
June 2-4, 2017
CONTEMPLATIVE OUTREACH
OF L.I. SILENT RETREAT HOW DO WE BEGIN TO
ACCESS OUR INNER ROOM?
(Matt 6:6) “…whenever you pray, go
into your room and shut the door…”
We will focus on Fr. Thomas Keating’s
two questions, the one above, and
“What begins to happen in the inner
room?” This will provide a bit of a
review for advanced practitioners and
be helpful for beginners. The second
question allows us to focus more on
our inner experience.
Presenter: Fr. Bill Sheehan, OMI
Offering: $250 – No Sunday Lunch
Commuters: $195
reservation
June 9 – 11, 2017
THE ENDURING EMBRACE
— ENTERING DEEPLY INTO
THE EXPERIENCE OF
PRAYER
Presenter: Sr. Pat Duffy, O.P. PhD
Commuters: $220
reservation
June 16-18, 2017
FURTHER DOWN THE
CODEPENDENCY RECOVERY PATH: LEARNING TO
SELF-PARENT, STEPS 8 & 9
(For those in 12 Step Programs)
May 19-21, 2017
“UNTENSIVE” SPA RETREAT
How does your body influence your
spiritual journey? This is an opportunity
to attend all workshops on Bio-Spiritual
Focusing, Interplay®, Labyrinth,
Prayer, Yoga, Tai Chi, and more!
Presenters: Cenacle Sisters
and Team
Commuters $220
reservation
No Massages during the weekend.
Step 8 asks us to employ the love of
our Higher Parent to begin to release
ourselves from the prison of selfjudgement and to find forgiveness
for ourselves. Step 9 embraces the
Promises that are realized by courageously walking the path of recovery
with our Higher Parent. Abundance,
manageability, the ability to live in the
moment and be spontaneous, new
found strength and wisdom — these
are some of the rewards of Step 9
and are a result of all the hard work
on the previous steps!
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Presenters: Pamela J. Carlton,
MS, MT-BC and Ann Schehr,
LMHC, CRC
Commuters: $195
reservation
July 8-16, 2017
EIGHT DAY DIRECTED
RETREAT IN SILENCE
(Minimum of 5 nights) Call to Register
Your director individually tailors with
you and for you, a directed retreat.
The flow of each day allows you to
move at your own pace, includes a
personal meeting with your spiritual
director on a regular basis, offers the
opportunity to share in daily Eucharist,
and invites you to spend your day,
including meals, in prayerful silence.
(Arrival July 8th at 4:00 p.m., supper
at 6:00 p.m.)
Team of Cenacle Sisters,
Cenacle Staff Associates,
Fr. Larry Lewis, M.M.
July 22-30, 2017
EIGHT DAY DIRECTED
RETREAT IN SILENCE
Arrival July 22nd at 4:00 p.m., supper
at 6:00 p.m. See Description for July
8-16, 2017.
August 5-13, 2017
EIGHT DAY DIRECTED
RETREAT IN SILENCE
Arrival August 5th at 4:00 p.m., supper
at 6:00 p.m. See Description for July
8-16, 2017.
Saturday, August 19, 2017
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
At the Retreat Center
July 31 – August 4, 2017
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
9:00 a.m. arrivals and
refreshments
SUMMER WORKSHOP –
FIVE SPIRITUAL CLASSICS
This workshop will consist of a closed
reading and discussion of five great
spiritual texts from the world’s religious
traditions. Texts that will be discussed
are the Hindu classic, The BhagavadGita, the Sufi classic, The Conference
of the Birds, the anonymous Christian
medieval text on contemplative prayer
known as The Cloud of Unknowing,
St. Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of
Divine Love, and Thomas Merton’s
New Seeds of Contemplation.
Copies of these texts will be available.
FILM DAY – SERENITY AND
DAILY LIFE
We will explore the need and joy of
trying to live the Serenity Prayer
day-by-day. Come and enjoy a film
in the morning and a film in the afternoon with a discussion following both.
A delicious lunch is served and
celebration of the Sunday Vigil Mass
concludes our day.
Your Guide: Fr. Larry Lewis, M.M.
Freewill Offering for Films –
Please call to register
Lunch $20 – Full payment to hold
your luncheon reservation
Presenter: Tom Petriano, Ph.D.
Offering: $125
reservation
SOME HELPFUL INFORMATION
• CENACLE PROGRAMS are designed for men, women, clergy and religious, young and old. All religious
denominations are welcome.
• WEEKEND RETREATS AND WORKSHOPS begin with dinner at 6:30 p.m. on Friday and close before lunch on
Sunday unless noted otherwise in brochure.
• FOR DAY AND EVENING PROGRAMS, please arrive half an hour before the program begins.
• RESERVATIONS are on a first come/first served basis. Reservations include a completed reservation form and a
non-refundable, non-transferable $50 deposit for weekend programs; please see the schedule for the deposit
requested for specific day/evening programs or longer retreats.
• TO REGISTER for a program you may mail your reservation and deposit, call the Retreat Office (631-588-8366)
with your registration information and a credit card for the deposit or you may register on-line at
www.cenaclesisters.org then go to the Ronkonkoma link.
• OFFERINGS are accepted in cash, by check/money order, or with a Visa or Master credit card.
Checks/money orders should be made out to Ronkonkoma Cenacle Inc.
• THE BEDROOMS are single occupancy, with a limited number of rooms with queen beds. All bedrooms have a
private bath. Linens are provided.
• PLEASE BRING casual clothes, personal necessities and an alarm clock (if needed).
• OUR MAUDE ADAMS HOUSE is not handicapped accessible.
• THE CENACLE IS OPEN TO all persons searching for God in their lives. We try to provide assistance for
those who wish to come, but are unable to give the full offering suggested. Please call the Retreat Office
(631-588-8366) if you need assistance.
• THE CENACLE RETREAT CENTER is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization.
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ONGOING PROGRAMS AND SERIES
SPIRIT-FILLED SPA MORNINGS – FIRST FRIDAYS OF EACH MONTH
9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the Retreat Center, 9:00 a.m. registration and tea
Come treat yourself to a monthly morning of rest and relaxation before the weekend begins. Join other women who desire to
nourish their body, mind, and spirit, with all the beauty and love that God creates for us and is within us. Our mornings will
include prayer, presentation, reflection, and a health conscious lunch. Body work offered for an additional offering as available.
2016: Oct. 7, Nov. 4, Dec. 2
2017: Jan. 6, Feb. 3, Mar. 3, Apr. 7, May 5
Facilitator: Valerie Dunne, Cenacle Staff Associate and subject matter experts each month
Offering: $40 per month — Lunch included
$15 deposit required to hold your monthly reservation
CONTEMPLATIVE SINGLES at the Maude Adams House
Sundays, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
2016: Sept. 11, Oct. 16, Nov. 20, Dec. 18
2017: Jan. 15, Feb. 19, Mar. 19, Apr. 23, June 11, July 16, Aug. 20
Join other faith-based singles as we explore God’s desire for each of us and discuss our call to action in the Ministry of Single Life.
Facilitator: Joan McGovern
Offering: $35 each month – Lunch included
$15 deposit required to hold your monthly reservation
CENTERING PRAYER AFTERNOON
Sundays, 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
2016: Sept. 11, Oct. 16, Nov. 20, Dec. 18
2017: Jan. 15, Feb. 19, Mar. 19, Apr. 9, May 21, June 11, July 16, Aug. 20
DVD by Thomas Keating O.C.S.O., Centering Prayer, and discussion. You do not need to have any experience, simply the
desire to rest in God’s Presence. “Be still and know that I AM God” (Psalm 46:10)
Facilitators: Sr. Margaret Rohde r.c. and Diane Robinson
Offering: Freewill, Registration Required: Call 631-588-8366
MOVING CLOSER TO GOD THROUGH T’AI CHI at the Maude Adams House
Monday Mornings, 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Beginning September 26, 2016
Facilitator: Sr. Pamela Falkowski, r.c.
Offering: 6 sessions paid in advance = $72 OR $15 per session
Advanced Registration Required
4TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
One Wednesday of each month, September 2016 through May 2017
INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES! 7:30 p.m.
“Going Beyond the Familiar and Discovering God Anew”
2016: Sept. 21, Oct. 19, Nov. 16 and Dec. 21
2017: Jan. 25, Feb. 15, Mar. 15, Apr. 19, and May 17
We fear the disruption and freedom that change brings into our lives. We keep at bay the truth that life holds no guarantees,
and we expect our faith in God to take away fear and anxiety. Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane reminds us that we
need to trust God’s promise of life through death. Going beyond false certainties in our daily lives take us to the love and
encouragement of a waiting God.
Films from Taiwan, France, Italy, U.S., Czech Republic, Japan, U.K., and Poland. Please call to ask about titles.
Your Guide: Fr. Larry Lewis M.M.
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ONGOING PROGRAMS AND SERIES
PRESENT MOMENT, SACRED MOMENT at the Maude Adams House
Monday Evenings 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. An on-going weekly program at the Cenacle Retreat Center
Beginning September 26, 2016
The key to inner peace is living in the present moment and embracing life with tenderness and compassion for others and
ourselves (when this happens, this is the sacred moment). Join the women already making a difference in their lives through
prayer, meditation, study and fellowship. New members are welcome at the beginning of the fall (September) and winter
(January) sessions. Interview required. Please call the Retreat Office or Sr. Pam at 631-285-3999.
Facilitator: Sr. Pamela Falkowski, r.c., D.Min.
$15 per session
Massages by NY licensed massage therapists for some
retreats and by appointment at other times.
HABLAMOS ESPAÑOL! RETIROS EN ESPAÑOL
Septiembre 16, 2016 y Marzo 10, 2017 Hora: 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
RETIRO DE ONCE VIERNES SOBRE LA ADAPTACION DE “LOS EJERCICIOS
ESPIRITUALES” DE SAN IGNACIO DE LOYOLA. Donacion: $10/Viernes.
Este retiro esta basado en la Oración de Contemplación y Meditación, método que nos ayuda a revivir los eventos del
Evangelio. Nos permite darnos cuenta como esta nuestra relación con Dios y a descubrir el plan que El tiene para cada
uno de nosotros. Para mayor información, llamar a Rocío Amato 631-742-9648.
NUESTRAS FACILITADORAS:
Rocío Amato, En 2003 termino su entrenamiento como
Facilitadora de los Retiros en Metairie, Lousiana. Participo
en el Programa de Formación Pastoral de la Diócesis de
Rockville Centre. Tradujo el Manual de los Ejercicios
Espirituales del Ingles al Español.
Sonia Garzero, en 2004 participo en el Programa de
EPNE de la Diócesis de Rockville Centre, basados en los
Ejercicios Espirituales de San Ignacio de Loyola.
Tambien participan en los retiros de las once
semanas, las siguientes Facilitadoras: Martha
Salazar, Maritza Pena, Xochitl Farfan y Norma
Maldonado.
Roberto Polanco, Diacono de la Diócesis de Rockville
Centre asignado a la Iglesia de San Mateo en Dix Hills.
Predicador y encargado de la Escuela de Formación de
la Renovación Carismática. Asesor de los cenáculos de
la Divina Misericordia en Long Island y de los Retiros de
los de los Ejercicios Espirituales de San Ignacio de Loyola
en Español en nuestra casa de Retiros.
Facilitadoras Adelante: Xotchitl Farfan and Sonia Garzero.
Atraz -de izquierda a derecha- Maritza Pena, Martha
Salazar, Rocio Amato y Norma Maldonado.
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INDIVIDUAL OPTIONS
Directed Retreats: An opportunity for prayerful solitude, in which you meet with a retreat director each day to
share what has happened in prayer. The director helps you to listen to and recognize what God is saying in your life
and where you are being called. The suggested stay is 2-8 nights. (Suggested offering: $95 per night for the first
five nights, $75 per night for each additional night.) Thirty-day retreats are also available.
Private Retreats: An opportunity for prayerful solitude for one or several days/nights. You may wish to bring your
own prayer resources or ask for suggestions for your prayer. $75 per night for private overnight stay, includes 3 meals.
Day of Prayer: You are welcome to visit for a day to spend time in prayer and reflection. Meeting with a Sister is
optional. You may bring your own material or ask for suggestions for your prayer. A private room is provided. $40 for
a private day, includes lunch, $60 for a directed day, includes lunch.
Spiritual Direction: The focus of a spiritual direction relationship is your experience with God. The director
helps you to notice God’s movement in prayer and in the circumstances and events. $30-$50 suggested offering
for each session.
Retreat in Everyday Life is a powerful tool for spiritual growth. It is an adaptation of St. Ignatius of Loyola’s
Spiritual Exercises. It is given on a one-to-one basis over a period of six to nine months, while following the ordinary
schedule of daily life. Your commitment is to pray with a specific scripture passage each day for at least forty-five
minutes to an hour, meet with your director once a week and journal your experience of prayer. Please call the
Retreat Office for further information.
30 Day Directed Retreat in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola offered anytime of the year.
All Individual Options may be arranged by contacting the Retreat Office at 631-588-8366.
OUR PRESENTERS
Paul Alexander, LSCW, B.A.
Religious Studies is a psychotherapist, singer/songwriter who has
shared his programs throughout the
country and Long Island. His retreat
days are creative, fun, prayerful and
deeply open to the power of Grace
and Healing.
certified spiritual director, and a
Cenacle Staff Associate. She is part
of Inisfada Spiritual Ministries, and
teaches in the Brooklyn Diocese/
Pastoral Institute. She works in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation and
currently works in acute care psychiatry
with adult/geriatric patients.
Carmela Bergman, Cenacle Staff
Associate, is a spiritual director and
graduate of the Pastoral Formation
Institute of Rockville Centre Diocese.
Maureen Conroy, RSM, D. Min.,
Educator of Spiritual Directors,
International Speaker, Holistic
Practitioner, and author of five books
including, Looking Into the Well
and The Discerning Heart.
Pamela Carlton, MS, MT-BC, is
a Board-Certified Music Therapist.
She is an adjunct professor of Music
Therapy at Molloy College and CW
Post University and works with
patients in end-of-life care, traumatic
brain injury, and addiction and
codependency recovery.
Joann Caramanico, MA, MT-BC,
LCAT is a Licensed Creative Arts/
Music Therapist with a Masters in
Music Therapy. She is a graduate of
the Pastoral Formation Institute, a
Betty Hill Crowson is the author of
two books: The Joy is in the Journey:
A Woman’s Guide Through Crisis
and Change, and The Busy Person’s
Guide to Balance and Boundaries.
She is a Licensed Social Worker.
Her background includes work in the
areas of grief counselling, addictive
disorders, and crisis intervention.
As a retreat director, she has impacted
the lives of hundreds of people
throughout the Northeast.
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Pat Duffy, O.P., Ph.D. is a member of
the Sisters of St. Dominic, Amityville,
NY. She holds a MA in Religious
Studies from Fordham University and
a PhD in Human Development from
The Union Institute and University.
Sister Pat is an itinerant preacher who
conducts retreats, parish missions
and workshops throughout the United
States. She is the author of Womansoul – Letters of Encouragement and
Possibility.
Valerie Dunne, Cenacle Staff
Associate, is a certified spiritual
director and supervisor. She is a
Institute. Valerie is currently active in
a women’s prayer group and along
with her husband Michael, is part
of a team facilitating evenings for
married couples.
Pamela Falkowski, r.c. D.Min. is
a spiritual director, musician, artist,
Trager® practitioner, licensed massage therapist, and InterPlay®-er.
OUR PRESENTERS
Pam believes that creativity and body
wisdom are power resources for our
healing.
Karan Kaelin, C.S.J., MS, MA, CHC
is a natural health educator and spiritual
director whose enthusiasm for the
interconnectedness of life and oneness
with God gives joy and meaning to
her life. She enjoys creating environments where seekers can connect to
God, their own life’s meaning and the
joy in living from this knowing.
Monica Kaufer, r.c. is a certified
spiritual director and an experienced
retreat director. She is a licensed
massage therapist, and Rosen
method practitioner.
Larry Lewis, M.M., Ph.D. is a
Maryknoll priest who served in Taiwan
and China. In cooperation with bishops
in China, he coordinated a project to
educate sisters and priests from China
to better serve the Church there. He
holds a doctorate in spirituality from
Duquesne University.
Matthew Linn, SJ. (as part of a team
with Dennis and Sheila Linn) has
focused on integrating physical,
emotional, and spiritual healing. He
is a member of the Association of
Christian Therapists with advanced
graduate degrees in sociology,
anthropology, spirituality, and theology.
He serves on the editorial board of
Presence: An International Journal
of Spiritual Direction.
Jean Lynch, M.A. is a Spiritual Director
and a Supervisor of Spiritual Directors
who has an MA in Theology from
St. John’s University and an Advanced
Certificate of Spirituality from
Huntington Seminary. A facilitator of
retreats and workshops designed to
provide healing through prayer and
reflection, she is certified in Inner
Healing Prayer and Mandala
Assessment through National
Institute of Inner Healing.
Kathryn Madden, r.c. completed
spiritual direction training at Creighton
University and the Center for Religious
Development. She is particularly
drawn to the beauty of the Christian
contemplative tradition.
Joan M. McGovern, Director of
Mission Advancement, a certified
spiritual director and PFI graduate.
She is trained to give the Ignatian
Spiritual Exercises, leads the monthly
Contemplative singles program, active
in directed retreats for young adults
and parish days of prayer.
Barbara Medvesky, cfsn, has
served at Villa Immaculata, Riverhead,
NY, for over ten years. She is widely
known for her humorous 12 Step
Presentations.
Cathy Murtha, DW, has a graduate
degree in Pastoral Ministry and certificates from the Spiritual Life Center in
CT in spiritual direction and supervision
from Yale Divinity School in Supervision,
from Hartford Seminary in Women’s
Leadership. From 2001-2007 she
served on the Coordinating Council
of Spiritual Directors International
and presently is part of the Editorial
Review Board of Presence.
Karen Musicaro is a Licensed
Clinical Social Worker in private
practice. She is also a teacher with
an MA in theology.
Judith Osterburg, r.c., M.Div.
a Sister of the Cenacle, has been
involved in retreat work for many
years. She has been involved in
spiritual direction, directing the
Spiritual Exercises, directed retreats,
as well as other retreats. Sr. Judith is
a supervisor of spiritual directors and
has been on the staff of a Spiritual
Direction Training Program here on
Long Island.
Thomas Petriano, Ph.D. is chair of
the Religious Studies Department of
St. Joseph’s College, Patchogue, NY.
Diane Rizzo, Cenacle Staff Associate,
is a certified spiritual director, and a
Institute. Her background is in 12
Step programs and bereavement.
Diane Robinson has taught centering
prayer for Came to Believe retreats
on Long Island, and in Arizona and Utah.
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Margaret Rohde, r.c. was a chaplain
and spiritual director for five years at a
recovery treatment center in Florida.
She offers 12-Step support and is
trained to give the Spiritual Exercises
of St. Ignatius of Loyola. She is
experienced in grief support. She
is a guest director at other retreat
centers. She is attracted to silent,
contemplative prayer.
Kathy Scott, r.c. has many years of
experience in the ministry of Spiritual
Direction and Retreats in the United
States and Canada. Sr. Kathy spent
a year in a residential program for
Spiritual Directors at the Center for
Religious Development in Cambridge,
MA. She has a BA in Education, MA
in Special Education and MPS in
Spirituality from Loyola University in
Chicago.
Ann Schehr is a Licensed Mental
Health Counselor as well as a Certified
Rehabilitation Counselor with a 30
year history of giving retreats to
people in recovery. She currently
works as a psychiatric rehabilitation
practitioner in Rockland County and
lives in Lake Peekskill, NY.
Bill Sheehan, OMI, is an experienced retreat director and has led
many Centering Prayer workshops
and retreats, including many 11th step
retreats. He has been involved in
Contemplative Outreach since 1983,
practicing centering prayer and
guiding others in this way of prayer
for more than 30 years.
Mary Spratt, r.c. has extensive
experience in the ministries of retreats
and spiritual direction in the United
States and Africa. Sr. Mary has
earned a Master’s Degree in Pastoral
Counseling and also a Masters of
Divinity Degree.
Elenore Woronick, r.c. has been
trained in spiritual direction and the
Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.
She has experience in the ministries
of spiritual direction, directed retreats,
days of prayer, as well as Retreat in
Everyday Life according to the
Spiritual Exercises.
DIRECTIONS
Driving East on the Long Island Expressway (495)
Exit 61 (CR 19 - Patchogue Holbrook Road). At traffic light
make a left (i.e. North on Patchogue Holbrook Road), go
approximately 1.5 miles to Portion Road. Make a right turn
turn at the light onto Portion Road and proceed about ½ mile
to Cenacle Road (Boston Market on corner of Cenacle Road).
Make a left (north) onto Cenacle Road, go past the flashing
red light and Stop sign (this is our exit driveway) proceed to
our entrance driveway on your left; this will bring you to our
retreat center.
Driving West on Long Island Expressway
Exit 61 – on the service road, make the first right onto Smith Ave.
Cross Portion Road to Cenacle Road…follow directions as above.
By Train
Long Island Rail Road to Ronkonkoma then take taxi from the
station to the Cenacle.
310 Cenacle Road, PO Box 4005, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-0430
631-588-8366
www.cenaclesisters.org/ronkonkoma • retreat@cenaclesisters.org
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2016-2017 PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE
September 2016
10
Send Me an Angel!
11
Contemplative Singles
11
Centering Prayer Afternoon
16-18 Living the Serenity Prayer
21
International Film Series
22
The Legacy of Motherhood
24
Guided Labyrinth Walk
25
Twice Blest! Open House
October 2016
1
Resting in the Mess and
Unearthing Jesus
2
Hildegard Wisdom Group
(Sunday)
6
(Thursday)
7
Spirit-Filled SPA Morning
8
So Moved with God; Life
Changes
13
Morning for Seniors
14-16 The Gifts of Near-Death
Experiences
16
Caring for the Caregiver
16
16
19
Praying with Imagination
19
23
Meditation on the “Song of
Songs”
28-29 The Gifts of Savoring and
Spiritual Direction
30
Special Concert — Held in
God’s Love
November 2016
3
(Thursday)
4
5
Introduction to a Silent
Directed Retreat
6
Prayer Vigil for the Common
Good of our Country
6
(Sunday)
12
Praying with Music and Art
13
From Prayer of the Heart to
Contemplation
16
18-20 Further Down the
Codependency Recovery Path
19
Love Never Dies – Grief
Workshop
20
20
December 2016
1
Morning for Seniors
2
Spirit Filled SPA Morning
2-4
Inner Numbness – God is
Born and Offers Tenderness
4
(Sunday)
8
9-11
16
18
18
18
21
31-1
(Thursday)
Silent Directed Advent
Retreat
Holiday Evening With Your
Higher Power
“I Wait in Mary-Darkness:”Silent Afternoon
New Year’s Eve Overnight in
Prayer
January 2017
6
8
(Sunday)
13-15 Our Hearts are Enchanted by
the Sacred Heart of Jesus
15
15
19
(Thursday)
20-22 SPA Retreat for Women
25
27-29 20th Anniversary of God
Gives Us Songs in Our Sleep
28
Breathe Deeply and Hold
Your Heart with Gentle
Hands
February 2017
3
4
Film Day
9
Valentines Evening for
Married Couples
12
(Sunday)
15
16
(Thursday)
17-19 Transforming Fear Into Gifts
19
Healing the Stuck Place
19
19
24-26 Prayer, Unleasing a Strong
Tenderness For and From
Jesus
25
A Distracted Life with God
March 2017
1
Ash Wednesday —
The Language of Lent
3
3-5
Healed, Whole, and Healthy
4
Meeting God in the Midst of
Temptation
10-12 Silent Directed Lenten
Retreat
15
16
Morning for Seniors
17
17-19
18
19
19
25
26
Our Incompleteness is Our
Dignity
Finding God in Uncertainty
and Change
Greening Power: Divine Life
Pulsing through the Universe
Companioning Jesus in His
Passion
April 2017
7
7-9
In His Weakness We Are
Real — Men's Palm Sunday
9
13-16 Holy Week Triduum
19
22
Spiritual Companioning
23
23
(Sunday)
27
(Thursday)
29
Meeting God Through Our
Senses
May 2017
5
6
Fettered or Free
14
A Day to Mother Me
17
18
Morning for Seniors
19-21 Untensive SPA Retreat
21
21
(Sunday)
25
(Thursday)
June 2017
2-4
Contemplative Outreach of
L.I. Silent Retreat
9-11
The Enduring Embrace
11
11
16-18 Further Down the
Codependency Recovery Path
July 2017
8-16
Eight Day Directed Retreat
16
16
22-30 Eight Day Directed Retreat
31
Summer Workshop
August 2017
1-4
Summer Workshop (continued)
5-13
Eight Day Directed Retreat
19
Film Day
20
20
Maude Adams House
The Cenacle – Its Ministry and Spirituality
THE MINISTRY OF THE CENACLE is to awaken and deepen faith through retreats, catechesis, spiritual
direction and other means of faith formation. The purpose of the Cenacle is to help persons address
the meaning of life and find their way to the peace of God.
THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE CENACLE blends the biblical mystery of Mary in the Cenacle, the apostolic
vision of the founders and the Ignatian influence. The insight of our foundress, St. Thérèse Couderc –
expressed in her following text on self surrender – gives this spirituality a special character.
To Surrender Oneself
Sunday, June 26, 1864
“To surrender oneself is more than to devote oneself, more than to give oneself; it is even more than
to abandon oneself to God. In a word, to surrender oneself is to die to everything and to self, to be
no longer concerned with self except to keep it continually turned towards God.”
Vision Statement
To enter the Cenacle is to enter the heart” Pope Paul VI
God’s Goodness invites us to enter the Cenacle where something of God enters into us and transforms
our hearts.
God’s Goodness invites us to go out from the Cenacle to the heart of the world where God’s people
await our presence and where we are mutually transformed.
310 Cenacle Road, PO Box 4005, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-0430
631-588-8366 • www.cenaclesisters.org/ronkonkoma • retreat@cenaclesisters.org

Cenacle Sisters

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