Coming to the franciscan Spirituality cetner in October

Coming in October

Reiki Level 2
Saturday, October 2 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
To register contact Kathy Broghammer at (712) 560-6642 or e-mail kbhealer@gmail.com.
Kathy Broghammer is an affiliate of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration. She first experienced Reiki in 1990 and has been a practitioner since 1999. She is an Usuii and Karuna Reiki Master Teacher. She received her Usuii Reiki Master Training from Sr. Marlou Ricke. Her training is through the International Center for Reiki Training. She is a registered yoga and pilates teacher and holds a business degree from Mt. Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She resides in Sioux City, Iowa, with her husband and three Boykin Spaniels.

Circles of Women: Savoring Sabbath
Three Tuesdays, October 5, November 2 and December 7 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Presenter: Marci Madary
Investment: $10/session
In the rush of our 21st century lives, stillness can be perceived as wasteful; but it can be an investment that yields one hundred fold. Join a circle of women and take a moment to consider the importance of Sabbath: time designated for rest. Discover different aspects of Sabbath and where the tradition stems. Share ideas on how Sabbath is celebrated in our culture. Reflect on creative ways to open time for Sabbath in your life. Savor the rich and complex flavors of Sabbath.

Drum Making: A Reflection of Self, Celebrating Your Story
Friday, October 8 (7:00 – 9:00 p.m.) to Saturday, October 9 (9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
Director: Wayne Manthey
Investment: Materials(choose one): 16” drum - $120; 13” drum - $100
Commuters: $95 plus materials. Others: $135 plus materials, includes bedroom and meals. Maximum enrollment is 15 persons.
Wayne Manthey returns to us to share his journey of becoming a drum maker. As Wayne tells his story and guides us through the process of making our drums, we may also recall our own stories of celebration. In honoring the give-away of the animal for the hide, we celebrate our unique relationship with all of creation. Participants will also have the opportunity to participate in a drum circle.
Wayne is a nationally known drum maker and drum-making teacher. He takes each participant through the step-by-step process, weaving stories throughout. Wayne begins the workshop with an introduction of how he got started making drums and his personal journey with the drum.
“The drumbeat itself is a reflection of your heart. So your heart is your drumbeat, and your songs are the gifts of life.” (Author unknown)

Journeying Together on the Artist’s Way
Six Tuesdays, October 12 - November 16 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Facilitator: Theresa Washburn
Investment: $40/series or $7/session
Would you like to reawaken your creative spirit? Using the book The Artist’s Way, we will begin a journey of recovering the creative spirit inside, the one that wants to paint, write, sing, dance, cook and bring beauty to the world. Using group dynamics, we will support each other as we move through the first six weeks of this program.

Alert Mind, Open Heart: The Depth of Mindful Presence in Everyday Life
Six Thursdays, October 14 - November 18 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Concludes with Mindfulness Retreat Saturday, December 11 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Presenter: Tom Roberts, LCSW
Investment: $110/sessions and final retreat
This offering builds on each session. Participants are asked to make the commitment to attend all sessions and final retreat. “Alert Mind Open Heart” offers useful ways of living your life with mindful compassion, of being more focused and alert to the flow of your life, feeling more grounded with a quiet mind and open heart.
This six-week journey into the practice of mindfulness provides the opportunity to deepen the journey towards wholeness, by bringing patient, open, and compassionate awareness to all aspects of life, Awaken to the basic kindness and connectedness essential to the nature of your being.
Through deepening mindful living, you will understand ways you keep yourself stuck in the confusion and suffering of your spinning minds, emotions, and fears. This will enable you to find your path toward greater calm, peace, and discernment.
The sessions culminate with a day-long mindfulness retreat where you will create your own personal mindful living agreement in order to keep you actively involved in bringing greater clarity, purpose and discernment to your life.
Thomas Roberts, LCSW, a practicing Buddhist for over 30 years, is also owner and psychotherapist at Innerchange Counseling in Onalaska. He works with people helping them explore unique and effective ways to heal. He presents workshops locally and around the country. His book: The Mindfulness Book: A Beginners Guide to Overcoming Fear and Embracing Compassion (New Harbinger Publication) was out at the end of 2009.

Reclaim Your Intuition
Saturday, October 16 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Facilitator: Jean Kasparbauer, FSPA
Investment: $65 includes lunch
Class size limited to 14. Please register early. A repeat of this class will be November 13.
For anyone interested in accessing intuition for self-care and personal growth. No background required. Experienced are also welcome. This experiential and interactive workshop will explore past experiences where intuition may have been functioning.
- You will be taught a five-step method so you can access your own intuitive information
- You will have an opportunity to practice specific skills for enhancing your own intuition
- You will discover ways to remove blocks that inhibit fuller exercise of intuition in your daily living
- You will learn about the potential you have to read your own psychic energy, including a brief reference to auras and the chakra system
- You will leave with suggestions for fostering your intuition at home
Jean Kasparbauer, FSPA, is a spiritual director. She received her training through the Franciscan Spirituality Center, La Crosse, WI. Her education includes masters degrees in chemistry and in pastoral counseling. She spent 25 years as a pastoral minister in Catholic parishes and is now a practitioner of Intuitive Soulwork.

Releasing Your Creative Energy
Saturday, October 16 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Presenter: Laurice Heybl, FSPA
Investment: $15
"Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes and having fun." - Mary Lou Cook
So you think you are not creative! You may be surprised at discovering your creative potential. Come and spend some time in a relaxed atmosphere, stretch your imagination through storytelling and reflective readings, and experience ways to use creative energies. Plan to have fun and find out how play and laughter can bring vitality and creative energy in your life.
Sr. Laurice Heybl is a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration. She has an masters degree in pastoral ministry from Seattle University and a masters degree in art from the University of Wisconsin, Superior. She is an active artist; and her professional experience includes teaching, youth ministry, parish administration, retreat work and spiritual direction.

Our Sacred Stories: Digging into the Well of Truth
Friday, October 22 (7:30 – 9:00 p.m.) and Saturday October 23 (9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Presenter: Theresa Washburn
Investment: $95 includes meals. Register and pay three weeks before the event for a 20% discount. Limited bedrooms available at $36/night.
Inside each us is the glorious truth of our exceptional life mixed with false beliefs which hold us back. We cannot move forward with greater grace and courage until we honor that truth. We must understand the power of what we have lived; the despair and the joy. During our time together, we will breathe deeply into who we are and dig into our truth through stream-of-consciousness techniques, archetypal symbols and present moment practice.

Tough Grace: Mental Illness as a Spiritual Path
Tuesday, October 26 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Presenter: Alice Holstein, Ed.D.
Investment: $5 (scholarships available)
We tend to think of the spiritual path as pious and easy, but there is much evidence that it is instead full of tests and trials and suffering. This session will highlight how mental illness can be reframed to honor suffering, understand the hero’s journey and reap the rewards of spiritual gifts or lessons. Both those with mental illness and their loved ones will feel affirmed and inspired when they reframe their experiences in this light.
Alice Holstein, Ed.D., has struggled with manic depression for some 20 years, 12 of them horrific, before establishing a solid recovery. She works as a peer support specialist in the mental health field, also receiving the 2010 “shooting star” award from the Greater La Crosse Area Mental Health Coalition. Alice is a popular public speaker and is currently writing about mental illness as a spiritual path.