Process of Forgiveness Workshop with Fr. William Meninger, O.C.S.O.
Saturday, February 9th, 2013
8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast & Seating
9:00-12:30 Workshop
Cost: $20 (suggested donation)
St. Christopher's Episcopal Church 3200 N. 12th Avenue (Pensacola) 433-0074
Fr. William Meninger is a Trappist monk, author and internationally-known teacher of contemplative prayer and spiritual formation. He is the author of The Process of Forgiveness, The Loving Search for God, and Julian of Norwich: A Mystic for Today. He has been studying, practicing and teaching forms of contemplative prayer and spiritual disciplines for over 40 years. He lives most of his year at St. Benedict's Monastery in Snowmass CO, leaving only a few times a year for special teaching engagements.
Join him in this special half-day workshop where he explores this most complex but necessary facet of spiritual life: forgiveness. Fr. Meninger teaches how we can learn to make this most difficult act part of our spiritual practice -- and recommends prayer to help experience it. The workshop is based on his book of the same name; the book will be for sale after the workshop and Fr. Meninger is willing to sign books. There will also be a period for asking questions.
Please register as early as possible to ensure your seat in listening to this extraordinary spiritual guide. To register:
+ Buy tickets in advance at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church or call (850) 433-0074 to reserve a ticket
+ Use the online form below (you'll pay at the door)
Sponsors & Contacts
St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church...............The Rev. Susan Sowers s[email protected] (850) 433-0074
Contemplative Outreach of NW Florida.........Carol Lewis [email protected] (850) 572-0967
On Sunday, February 10, 2013, Father Meninger will be the guest preacher at both of St. Christopher's Episcopal Church services (8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.) and he will teach at the Adult Christian Education hour in between services.
8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast & Seating
9:00-12:30 Workshop
Cost: $20 (suggested donation)
St. Christopher's Episcopal Church 3200 N. 12th Avenue (Pensacola) 433-0074
Fr. William Meninger is a Trappist monk, author and internationally-known teacher of contemplative prayer and spiritual formation. He is the author of The Process of Forgiveness, The Loving Search for God, and Julian of Norwich: A Mystic for Today. He has been studying, practicing and teaching forms of contemplative prayer and spiritual disciplines for over 40 years. He lives most of his year at St. Benedict's Monastery in Snowmass CO, leaving only a few times a year for special teaching engagements.
Join him in this special half-day workshop where he explores this most complex but necessary facet of spiritual life: forgiveness. Fr. Meninger teaches how we can learn to make this most difficult act part of our spiritual practice -- and recommends prayer to help experience it. The workshop is based on his book of the same name; the book will be for sale after the workshop and Fr. Meninger is willing to sign books. There will also be a period for asking questions.
Please register as early as possible to ensure your seat in listening to this extraordinary spiritual guide. To register:
+ Buy tickets in advance at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church or call (850) 433-0074 to reserve a ticket
+ Use the online form below (you'll pay at the door)
Sponsors & Contacts
St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church...............The Rev. Susan Sowers s[email protected] (850) 433-0074
Contemplative Outreach of NW Florida.........Carol Lewis [email protected] (850) 572-0967
On Sunday, February 10, 2013, Father Meninger will be the guest preacher at both of St. Christopher's Episcopal Church services (8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.) and he will teach at the Adult Christian Education hour in between services.
More about Father Meninger
Father William was born, raised and educated in the Boston area in Massachusetts. His mother was born and raised in County
Kerry and his father was a Quaker from Pennsylvania. Ordained in 1958, after 8 years in St. John's Seminary, he was incardinated into the Diocese of Yakima, Washington. where he worked on an Indian Reservation and with Mexican traveling workers for 6 years. In 1963 he entered the Trappists at St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts, where he served in the guest house for 15 years, taught
Scripture, liturgy and patristics; served as subprior, prior and dean of the junior professed monks.
In 1979 he was transferred to a daughter house, St. Benedicts Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado, where he served as Prior, vocation director, novice master, and teacher of theology and scripture. He spent 3 years in Israel where he studied scripture and taught at the Center for
Biblical Studies in Jerusalem and at the Trappist Monastery of Latroun.
He also did graduate studies at Seattle University, Harvard Divinity School, and Boston University. In 1974 he originated the workshop on Contemplative Meditation (later known as Centering Prayer) which he now teaches worldwide along with workshops on Forgiveness, the
Enneagram, Sacred Scriptures, and Prayer. He leaves the monastery only 4 times each year to do this lest he lose his own monastic orientation while sharing it with others.
Kerry and his father was a Quaker from Pennsylvania. Ordained in 1958, after 8 years in St. John's Seminary, he was incardinated into the Diocese of Yakima, Washington. where he worked on an Indian Reservation and with Mexican traveling workers for 6 years. In 1963 he entered the Trappists at St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts, where he served in the guest house for 15 years, taught
Scripture, liturgy and patristics; served as subprior, prior and dean of the junior professed monks.
In 1979 he was transferred to a daughter house, St. Benedicts Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado, where he served as Prior, vocation director, novice master, and teacher of theology and scripture. He spent 3 years in Israel where he studied scripture and taught at the Center for
Biblical Studies in Jerusalem and at the Trappist Monastery of Latroun.
He also did graduate studies at Seattle University, Harvard Divinity School, and Boston University. In 1974 he originated the workshop on Contemplative Meditation (later known as Centering Prayer) which he now teaches worldwide along with workshops on Forgiveness, the
Enneagram, Sacred Scriptures, and Prayer. He leaves the monastery only 4 times each year to do this lest he lose his own monastic orientation while sharing it with others.