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Emmaus Spirituality Center - Let's Journey Together
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Emmaus Spirituality Center is honored to build on the wonderful foundation that the Cenacle Sisters provided in their 65+ years of service to the Greater Houston Area. This video provides a glimpse of the past and you may find many faces you recognize. Emmaus is continuing to build on the spirituality of the Cenacle and offers a variety of spirituality programs throughout the year. Enjoy meeting Srs. Elizabeth Mozina, Mary Dennison, and Margaret Bryne.
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Upcoming Events
April 1st | 9:30am - 11:30am | at St. Cecilia Catholic Church
LENTEN DAYS OF REFLECTION - Taize
April 15th | 9:30am - 11:00am | $30
Spiritual Biography
We’re often admonished to share our faith, but how? In this workshop we’ll learn and practice different approaches to recording the spiritual events in our lives and ways to preserve them to pass on to our children, grandchildren, and other significant people in our lives.
April 22nd | 9:30am - 11:30am | $30
Road to Emmaus
“On that day…” the disciples had to get away from the suffering, fear and hopelessness. They took to the road…the Road to Emmaus. Sometimes we need a Road to Emmaus where we can turn to the God of the resurrection for answers. It is on the road where Jesus walks with us in our suffering, fear and hopelessness, helping us to make sense of the things around us.
April 26th | 9:30am - 4:30pm | $40
Daily Prayer Retreat
Daily Prayer: A Modern Guide to Ancient Practices is a sacred resource for those wanting to establish a rich, dynamic prayer life. Drawing from ancient Hebrew texts, the words of Jesus, early Church writings and practices, and The Book of Common Prayer, you are invited to enter into rhythms of worship and prayer infused by the Spirit. Participants will be given an opportunity to create their own piece of art as a spiritual exercise, an act of personal devotion. No art skill or experience is necessary and art materials are provided.
April 29th | 9:30am - 11:30am | $30
Living Waters
A morning of music and prayer. Come and find refreshment, renewal and restoration as we experience the Living Waters through word, song and reflection.
May 10th | 9:30am - 12:00pm | $40
Energies of Love
Professional Development Day
Join Maureen Bacchi for a spiritual directors professional day reflecting on the insights and gifts of Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin for a better understanding of growing and becoming love through God’s grace.
May 27th | 9:30am - 11:30am | $30
Resurrection in Moment, Resurrection in Movement
The week after Easter is a hard act to follow. Good Friday is not just some tragic event, cancelled out by the miracle of Easter; there is an intimate connection between the two. The Resurrection is the pivotal moment, but there is another act to follow…the occasion of the Pentecost where we are invited to put into action the love provided to us by God. Deepen your understanding of Easter as God’s resurrection moment and Pentecost as God’s resurrection movement!
June 10th | 10:00am - 11:30am | $30 | Online
Is the Paranormal Normal?
This workshop explores several paranormal phenomena, offers a possible explanation for them, and suggests that they are more common than most believe.
June 20th | 9:30am - 11:30am | $30
Choices
Through each heartache we experience we are brought closer to who we are meant to be. How do you discern God’s plan for you through the choices you make? Are you bringing God into the choices you are making? Recognizing the triggers that prevent you from turning to God, allows you to live in greater freedom.
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Spiritual direction is a privileged time and place to reflect with another about your relationship with God. The focus is your life with God as it is lived out in all of your experiences. Spiritual direction is the process of coming home to your deepest self and how to live that reality with God, others and yourself.
The Emmaus Spirituality Center is committed to providing spiritual direction and programming in line with the spiritual practices of St. Ignatius.
As we look to find God in all things or explore our day through the Examen... St. Ignatius opens a beautiful pathway for us to experience a fuller relationship with our Creator.
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Spiritual Exercises is a retreat experience that has the power to transform lives by drawing one into the ever-present invitation to intimacy with God. The dynamics of the Exercises provide a framework for prayer and reflection, engaging with Scripture and responding to the mystery of God, in Christ.
Guided by the notes that Ignatius of Loyola kept of his life-changing conversion experience, the director helps the retreatant to find their own unique path to inner freedom and generous service in a life centered in God's loving presence.
Ready to experience the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius?
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The Emmaus Spirituality Center offers a three-year formation program for Spiritual Directors.
The program is available to clergy, religious and the laity. The model of formation is the accompaniment of students on a journey of personal, intellectual, and spiritual transformation that prepares them to accompany others.
Classes are taught by credentialed individuals with extensive experience, knowledge, and skill in the various aspects of Spiritual Direction.
The Spiritual Direction Institute is in session from September through May. Interviews begin in June for classes starting the following September.
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