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Retreat for One

You need not be part of a group to experience a retreat at Bon Secours Spiritual Center. Whether you want to come for a weekend, a day, or an afternoon, the Center welcomes individuals who wish to experience a personal retreatt or simply want to spend a day or afternoon with us. Spiritual direction is available on request. To make arrangements, contact the Center at (410) 442-1320.

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Programs, Retreats & Events Descriptions

Care for the Care Giver: Join us for a Time of Respite

Come away awhile, let us care for you! If you are a caregiver, often you are considered the pillar of strength in your particular situation. We understand the cost of that strength and the burdens of putting yourself at the service of another: the lack of personal time, and the lost energy for other roles.

To register, please contact the Bon Secours Spiritual Center, (410) 442-1320
Saturday	May1st	9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Tuesday	May 18th	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Saturday	June 5th	9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Wednesday	June 16th	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
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We want you to be well and invite you to spend a “low key” morning or evening of personal sharing, answer seeking, being cared for and comforted. We will explore emotions and issues about grief and guilt and the joys and satisfactions connected with personal care giving. We will pray for you and your loved ones, and offer spiritual support to help you in your care efforts.  Please come and be with us.

Suggested Donation: $15 per session
(or free will offering for anyone whose personal situation does not permit the amount)

To register, please contact the Bon Secours Spiritual Center, (410) 442-1320.

Date:	Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Guided By:	Msgr. Nicholas Amato
Arrival:	9:30 am
Departure:	3:00 pm
Cost:	$30

Friends Day of Prayer
"Be still and know that I am God." (Psalm 46:10)

Mark your calendar to join us the first Wednesday of each month for an inspirational day of prayer and reflection. We begin at 9:30 a.m. with coffee and pastries, a morning presentation at 10:00 a.m.; Mass in the chapel; a delicious lunch and an afternoon presentation at 1:30 p.m. There is also an hour of free time after lunch to walk the beautiful grounds, pray the labyrinth, or just to relax outdoors at the pond. Our day concludes at 3:00 p.m.

Date:	Saturday, May 8, 2010
Guided By:	Dr. Katherine Johnson
Arrival:	9:00 am
Departure:	4:00 pm
Cost:	$60

SOULCOLLAGE® and the Labyrinth:
Tools for Personal Transformation

SOULCOLLAGE® is a creative and intuitive process of collecting images and creating 5" x 8" cards that depict various aspects of our personalities. It is an exciting and fun way to tap inner knowing through collage and sharing with others. The Labyrinth is a perfect partner to SoulCollage® for it explores inner space in a symbolic pilgrimage.

During this workshop participants will experience the possible connections between these two soulful practices by creating small collage cards and walking the Chartres model labyrinth at Bon Secours Spiritual Center. We will adventure together, tap inspiration, and discover more about ourselves through this process.

Materials provided. 6 CE's for Massage Therapists available by NCBTMB-Approved Provider.

Date:	Sunday, May 9, 2010
Serving:	10:30 am - 1:30 pm
Cost:	Adults: $29.95
	Seniors: $21.95
	Children Under 13: $16.95
	Children 3 and under are Free

Mother's Day Grand Buffet

Please come join us for an elegant Mother’s Day Brunch featuring several specials from our new Executive Chef Andrew Phoebus. Specials include Carved Dry Aged Beef, Crab Cakes, made to order Omelets and Waffles,chocolate fountain, make your own Soda Bar and an extensive variety of breakfast and luncheon dishes highlighting local produce, seafood, meat and poultry. Bring along a bottle of champagne and we will be happy to provide freshly squeezed orange juice for you to enjoy a refreshing Mimosa. We are also featuring a special treat for all the Moms to take home with them.We look forward to serving you at our extraordinary site. (Print Flyer)

Specials Include: Carved Roast Beef * Omelets * Belgian Waffles *
* Crab Cakes * Chocolate Fountain * Soda Bar * And Much More!

Date:	Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Guided By:	Fr. Joseph Breighner
Arrival:	10:00 am
Departure:	3:00 pm
Cost:	$40

New Life in Christ

In what ways would we be blessed if we could see ourselves and our lives as God sees them? If we saw ourselves through God's eyes, surely we'd drive ourselves less furiously and show ourselves more mercy. In the end, we'd find ourselves expending less energy and being happier with the result. Our inability to see ourselves as God sees us is a peculiar kind of blindness that keeps us from the fullness of God's love for us. Join popular radio show host Fr. Joe Breighner, as with wisdom and humor, he helps us see ourselves and our lives through the eyes of God.

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2010 Schedule:
	Friday	May 14th	9:00 AM to 3:15pm
	Friday	June 11th	9:00 AM to 3:15pm
	Friday	July 9th	9:00 AM to 3:15pm
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No Charge - Free Will Offering Welcome Seating is Limited - Reservations Requested To register, please contact the Bon Secours Spiritual Center, (410) 442-1320

Keep the Spirit Up: A Day for Job Seekers and Career Changers

Bon Secours Spiritual Center offers a day of spiritual refreshment and support
workshops to assist job seekers and those in the midst of career change on the
Second Friday of each month at the Marriottsville Campus in Howard County.
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"We want to help people keep their spirit high as they seek new opportunities,"
says Dr. Little." They need to know that God and we care about them."

Date:	Friday, May 21, 2010
Guided By:	Sharon Scibek
Arrival:	9:30 am
Departure:	3:30 pm
Cost:	$99

Purposefulness in the Workplace

How can you as leaders encourage and support employees’ potential, performance, and productivity to energize and transform your workplace?  Using a conversational process based on the methodology of the World Café, the collective intelligence of the group will lead to new insights into this important question.  Join your colleagues as you explore ways that you can encourage and support your staff toward effective action to transform your workplace.

Outcomes:

• Use the World Café Methodology to identify and integrate successful work and networking patterns that can evoke and make visible the intelligence of your group while increasing people’s capacity for effective action in pursuit of common aims as you develop your collective workplace future.
• Leave with practical ideas on how to translate and transfer what you learned to your own organizational experience.
• Gain a deepening respectful awareness of unique opportunities that exist within your organization that can lead to effective transformation and workplace purposefulness.

Date:	Saturday, May 22, 2010
Guided By:	Elizabeth Ayres
Arrival:	9:00 am
Departure:	12:00 pm
Cost:	$40

Encounters with Wonder

The glory of the natural world slakes our thirst for the living God. A singing bird, a field of flowers, the liquid tattoo of waves on sand - such wondrous moments are a direct pipeline to divine presence. If you would like to reclaim your relationship with nature's beauty, wisdom, mystery and abundance, join Chesapeake Bay nature writer Elizabeth Ayres for an inspiring morning of reading, discussion and quiet contemplation amidst 300 wooded acres.