DOUAI ABBEY

Pastoral Programme

MINISTRY OF HEALING

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2009 - 2010

HEALING WORKSHOPS
Led by Nicholas Broadbridge OSB & Benedict Standish OSB
10am - 5pm
WORKSHOP 1
Wednesday April 28 (6210)

Saturday October 16 (6510)

These workshops are within the context of Christian and specifically Benedictine spirituality, and faith in God's ultimate purpose of healing and wholeness. However, those who run them are not necessarily qualified in the secular disciplines of psychiatry, psychotherapy or counselling.

Cost £15, reduction for those on low income.
Please bring food to share at lunch time. Tea, coffee and soup will be provided.

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WORKSHOP 2
Saturday June 5 2010(6310)

Wednesday November 10 (6710)

This will be a follow up session for those who wish to explore Christian healing further. Only open to those who have taken part in Workshops 1.

Cost £15, reduction for those on low income.
Please bring food to share at lunch time. Tea, coffee and soup will be provided.

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WORKSHOP 3
Saturday December 11 2010 (6810)

This will be a follow up session for those who wish to explore Christian healing even further. Only open to those who have taken part in Workshops 1 & 2.

Cost £15, reduction for those on low income.
Please bring food to share at lunch time. Tea, coffee and soup will be provided.

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HEALING FAMILIES
Saturday November 6, 2010 (6610)

Often people need healing from ills or crises brought about through other members of their immediate families or the generations before, possibly unknowingly. This workshop will help participants identify these causes and allow God to heal them. Those who run this workshop are not necessarily qualified in the secular disciplines of psychiatry, psychotherapy or counselling.

Cost £15 , reduction for those on low income.
Please bring food to share at lunch time. Tea, coffee and soup will be provided.

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Workshop: HOW GOD HEALS (& HOW WE CAN HELP)

Dr Nancy Reeves

Saturday September 25 2010. 09.45 - 17.00

A loss is any experience which restricts us, from the concrete (bereavement and chronic illness) to the nebulous (shattering of a dream). Our God longs for each of us to experience the healing we need. In this workshop Dr Nancy Reeves will present ideas and helping tools that show how God offers us healing, and how we can respond to this divine offer. This day is appropriate for professional and lay helpers, as well as for grieving people. The two groups will be separated for experiential exercises. For example, while Nancy presents material specifically for helpers, the grieving participants will do reflective activities.
Topics include:
  • How spiritual needs change the grieving process.
  • Three part process to work through guilt.
  • Helping people to forgive.
  • Ritual as a psychotherpeutic tool.
  • Spiritual issues and helping strategies.
  • A process to determine readiness to make a major change after a loss.

Dr Nancy Reeves, from Canada, is a clinical psychologist, spiritual director, author and poet. She has specialised in trauma, grief, loss and spiritual transformation for over thirty years. She is adjunct faculty at the University of Victoria and Santa Clara Unviersity and presents in eight contries. She is known for her livley presentation style, touching stories and practical information. Her books are available in Douai Abbey bookshop.

Lunch will be provided.

Event 9110. Cost £30, to be paid when booking, reductions for those on low income. Bookings close September 18.
Please state when booking whether you will attend as a helper or someone who is grieving. Overnight accommodation is available for anyone wishing to attend the Day of Recollection Nancy will present the following day.

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