In attendance:
Kathy Agnew, Elena Andrews, Linda Dollins, Chris Hagen, Diane Langworthy, Kathy Mendoza, Diane
Oldfield, Vicki Rehkopf, Joan Thompson, Mary Williams.
The Zoom meeting began at 11:30 AM with ten minutes of
Centering Prayer.
COSD UPDATE: MARY WILLIAMS
COSD is in discernment about the future of their
leadership, and we will keep them in prayer.
On October 30, 2021, they
will be hosting a retreat at the Mission San Luis Rey from 10 AM - 4 PM with Richard Bonacci: "The Desert in Image, Word, and Contemplation."
CJ Carlo is the event organizer.
PRAYER GROUP FACILITATOR
SUPPORT: KATHY A./MARY
Mary thanked Parth Domke for her August 28th
Facilitator Zoom meeting. Parth not only
shared materials from the Contemplative Life series on Intention and Attention,
but she also taught a process for sending excerpts from the book as a daily
devotional to prayer group members. The meeting was recorded and is available
on the Be Still blog here.
Nichola Riggle asked C.O. about their copyright policy, and we have permission
to use this material.
On October 23, 9:30-11:30, Kathy Agnew will host a
Facilitator Meeting using a video talk by Gail Fitzpatrick-Hopler on the C.O.
Theological Principles which directly relates to the Facilitator Handbook
section on principles.
Kathy A. is stepping aside after October, and Mary
suggested a team could form to assist with facilitator development.
C.O. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN
DENVER
Mary reported that the recordings of this conference
are on our website at the “Resources” tab.
There are two YouTube playlists from the conference: The
Global Embrace (the main presentations) and 2021
International Conference. She and Diane Langworthy attended some of the
talks and thought they were good. Diane
and another contributor will do a short write-up for the Newsletter.
INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP PROGRAM
This was our chapter’s first introductory workshop on
Zoom, and Diane O. reported that it was less work for the team, well organized,
and very successful. She also said that Mary
reworked the participant handouts as email attachments which included live links.
Mary found the C.O. PowerPoint easy to share on Zoom. 40 people registered, about 24 attended, and an
average of 7 came to the four Zoom follow-up sessions. Mary and Parth both presented at the workshop,
and Mary led all the follow-up sessions. The follow-up sessions were recorded
and emailed to participants. Mary also said she shared the CONSD list of prayer
groups with participants and encouraged those not in a group to join one.
THE PRINCE OF PEACE ABBEY OCT.
RETREAT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
The Abbey is still holding the deposit for the
Deepening, and next year’s Fall retreat is planned for October 14-16.
BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN
RETREAT WITH ELENA BERTRAN
Elena is working on the retreat and using The Wild
Edge of Sorrow, It’s OK that You’re Not Okay, and Richard Rohr’s
daily meditations on grief as her source material. She hopes to incorporate YouTube chants which
have a frequency that helps with grief.
She will focus both on our own grief and how to respond to others in
grief. Mary has posted the flyer
information to the website under at “Events” tab.
GOOD NEWS FESTIVAL POSTPONED
The Episcopalian festival, which our chapter was partnering
with, featured Bishop Michael Curry and was scheduled for December 3-4. It is
now rescheduled for December 9-10, 2022.
FR. CARL ARICO ON AGING WITH
KATHY MENDOZA
Kathy will be presenting on January 29, 2022,
CHRIS HAGEN PRESENTATION ON THE
METAMORPHOSIS OF SPIRITUALITY
Chris described how he is developing his presentation.
“Basically, what I have been exploring since the Putting on the Mind of Christ
workshop is my sense that the concept of the False Self is a negative barrier
to our understanding and experience of being ‘made in the image of God.’ What we call the False Self is a normal phase
in the course of our biological and spiritual development toward living ‘the
image of God’ in our daily life.” He will present on April 23, 2022.
REV. MICHAEL BATTLE’S
“RECONCILIATON AS CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM”
We have purchased this recording from the Shalem Institute which can be used as we
wish. Mary has previewed it and thinks
it could be the focus of a retreat or segments as individual presentations. (See
the minutes
of July 17, 2021 for a more complete description of the recording.)
GOD IS LOVE: THE HEART OF ALL
CREATION
Mary purchased these DVDs of recently
aired conversations between Fr. Keating and Fr. Carl Arico. They were the
focus of a retreat led by Fr. Stephen Coffey at Holy Spirit Retreat Center in
July 2021. Mary suggested we might use them in the future and invite Fr. Coffey
to lead the retreat.
FINANCIAL REPORT
Linda reported that we have $13,923.74 in our SDCCU
account. We received donations of $75
and had expenditures of $849.95.
COMMUNICATIONS (WEBSITE &
NEWSLETTER)
Our WordPress update is complete, and we now have an
https website which is protected and backed up.
For $9 Mary had an hour-long guided session with a consultant on the
WordPress program which was also recorded for her future use. On screenshare, Mary showed us the additions
and changes to the website which had not been updated in years. In the future we may want a PayPal option for
donations.
Mary said we needed another
Password Holder for the website and blog in case of emergencies, and Kathy
Mendoza volunteered. Diane Langworthy reported that the following articles for
the next Newsletter have been assigned:
· • An
article for Oliva Espin’s workshop on Edith Stein
· • CAC’s Conspire Conference (Cherie Herrera)
· • C.O. International Conference in Denver (Diane and Agatha)
• Diane Oldfield will write an article on the Introductory Workshop
CALENDAR ITEMS
· • Next SLT meeting: January 8, 2022.
· • Kathy Mendoza’s program with Fr. Carl Arico: January 29, 2022.
· • Chris Hagen’s program: April 23, 2022.
The meeting ended at 1:00 PM with a closing prayer read
by Diane Oldfield.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Dollins
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