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Registration and Reservation Policy

To provide our guests with a well-prepared event and to ensure the best possible use of our resources, we are now asking that full payment be made for Spiritual Life Center offerings on or before the registration deadline date for each offering. Your reservation is not confirmed until full payment has been made. Thank you in advance for your help and cooperation in supporting this policy, it is greatly appreciated.

RELIGIOUS STUDIES PROGRAM: “Introduction to Christian Spirituality,” with Fr. Kent Hemberger, Saturday, March 13 and Saturday, April 10, 2010.

Evening of Reflection for the Laity: “Living and Dying in Christ” with Fr. Kent Hemberger, Thursday, March 25, 2010, begins with dinner at 5:30 p.m.

PALM SUNDAY WEEKEND RETREAT with Bishop Michael O. Jackels, March 26-28, 2010.

Evening of Reflection for the Laity with Fr. Kent Hemberger, Thursday, April 15, 2010

“Leading Like Jesus” with Dr. Owen Phelps, “Encounter” session: Tuesday, April 20, 2010; “Facilitator Training” session: Wednesday, April 21, 2010.

“Forgiving One Another,” A Preached Retreat for Sisters, with Fr. Kent Hemberger, June 28-July 2, 2010.

SUMMER THEOLOGY INSTITUTE “Charity in Love”, July 15-17, 2010.

Descriptions of Events

RETREATS are spiritual opportunities for growth in personal holiness, where the individual enters into a quiet dialogue in prayer with God. A retreat may be as short as a day or two, but can be a week or even longer. The type of retreat, (e.g. directed retreat, private retreat, group preached retreat), determines the specific format of the experience. For more information on types of retreats, please click on the page entitled, "Spiritual Formation", or here.

WORKSHOPS address a specific issue as presented through lectures of a featured speaker or group of speakers. Most often, there is an opportunity for group discussion and individual or group activity in “break out” sessions. Most of the workshops at the Spiritual Life Center are daylong events.

SERIES offerings typically take place on a specific evening of the week. The series may be as few as two evenings, but may last as long as six sessions, depending upon the topic being studied. Unlike retreats, where the primary focus is upon spiritual formation of the individual person, a series focuses more upon the educational element of a particular topic of faith.

DAYS / EVENINGS OF REFLECTION allow the individual to spend quiet time with the Lord at the Spiritual Life Center. A retreat director leads the group through conferences, individual and communal prayer, often with the opportunity provided for the celebration of the Mass and the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

SPECIAL EVENTS are those offerings throughout the year that do not fall under any of the other categories listed above. The staff of the Spiritual Life Center seeks to provide a variety of different ways for the pilgrim to come to this holy ground: to rest, to renew your heart, to respond to the Word of God as you walk your personal spiritual journey of faith.

Presenter: Father Kent Hemberger, M. Div., M.A.

Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010 and Saturday, April 10, 2010

Time: Check-in at 8:30 a.m., 9 a.m. to 3 pm

Cost: Earlybird discount rate, $55 per person (when paid in full on or before February 27, 2010), or $60 (after Feb. 27, 2010).

Registration deadline: On Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Religious Studies Program

Introduction to Christian Spirituality

“For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.” —St. Therese of Lisieux

Christian Spirituality is the collected wisdom of the Church and the Saints; teaching us how to pray and grow in holiness. This course will have a twofold goal: helping people in their own journey of prayer and faith, and providing tools to teach others about prayer and the journey of faith.

A variety of methods of prayer and the obstacles to prayer are explored, as well as the traditional stages of spiritual growth as well as what can be helpful in guiding us through these stages of growth. We will look more closely at the fundamental dynamic of our graced movement toward God and our resistance to that growth in our relationship with God.

We will use the Catechism of the Catholic Church as a basic outline, but also go beyond this resource to gain a better understanding of the dynamic of spiritual growth in our Christian lives.

Recommended Course Text:
Catechism of the Catholic Church

The Religious Studies Program

Religious Studies Program graduates play crucial roles in virtually every parish of the diocese by assisting pastors with the mission of passing on the Catholic Faith in RCIA, Religious Education and Confirmation formation classes, Catholic school classrooms and many other settings.

The RSP provides an opportunity for adult Catholics to deepen their understanding and experience of the Catholic faith. The basic core curriculum courses of the RSP are open to anyone, and in many cases parishes underwrite the cost of tuition.

In the past, four core curriculum courses were offered and studied at the same time, with classes meeting once a month from September through June. Under this new format beginning in September of 2009, one core curriculum course is being offered at a time, with all material for the class covered in two Saturday sessions lasting 5 hours each Saturday. Once this two-part class is completed, the next core curriculum course begins the following month using the same format.

Four core curriculum courses are being offered in eight month’s time during the 2009-2010 curriculum year. Those who attend class and complete all coursework over the two-year cycle will earn certification from the diocese.

The only change made to the core curriculum in the new format is the addition of the Catechetics course so that the Religious Studies Program will match the requirements of other religious formation programs in the diocese.

Whether you seek certification or simply want to explore more about the wonderful Catholic Faith, we invite you to partake of some or all of the RSP courses and sincerely hope this resource is of value to you and your parish.

Presenter: Father Kent Hemberger

Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010

Time: The Evening of Reflection begins with dinner at 5:30 p.m.

Cost: $15 per person

Registration deadline: On or before Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Evening of Reflection for the Laity

“Living and Dying in Christ”

As Lent draws to a close and the Passion approaches, our Lenten prayers intensify. We begin to reflect upon that which is about to happen in the Scriptures and the Sacred Liturgy—and how it impacts us in our own lives today.

This special “Evening of Reflection” is the ideal preparation for us. Designed for the layperson who may be seeking a mid-week “break” from their busy schedule, it also offers a place for those seeking inner peace and insights into a closer relationship with Christ. The pace and atmosphere is quiet, relaxed and contemplative. We begin at 5:30 p.m. with a nice meal in the Dining Room. Father Kent Hemberger, Director of the Center, follows dinner with a talk connecting everyday life to our spirituality. The theme for the March talk is, appropriately, “Dying and Rising in Christ.”

After the talk, attendees are invited to Eucharistic Adoration in the Chapel of Mary, the First Disciple. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is also available at this time. The Evening of Reflection concludes with Mass at 8 p.m.

Presenter: The Most Rev. Michael O. Jackels

Date: Friday-Sunday, March 26-28, 2010

Time: Check-in Friday begins at 6:30 p.m., 1st conference at 7:00 p.m.
Retreat concludes Sunday after noon lunch.

Cost: Earlybird discount rate, on or before Monday, March 8, 2010; $120 per person (double occupancy) or $145 per person (single occupancy). Discount rate only available when full payment is made on or before March 8, 2010. Rate after March 8, 2010, $138 per person (double occupancy), or $165 per person (single occupancy).
Includes $50 non-refundable deposit.

Registration deadline: On or before Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Please hurry, space for this retreat is limited!

Palm Sunday Weekend Retreat

With Bishop Michael O. Jackels

Once again we are pleased to welcome Bishop Michael O. Jackels of the Diocese of Wichita as Retreat Master for our annual Palm Sunday Weekend Retreat, set for Friday, March 26, through Sunday, March 28, 2010.

Bishop Jackels is an engaging, dynamic preacher who brings passion to the Passion!

Early registration is encouraged as space is limited!

Presenter: Father Kent Hemberger

Date:Thursday, April 15, 2010

Time: The Evening of Reflection begins with dinner at 5:30 p.m.

Cost: $15 per person

Registration deadline: On or before Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Evening of Reflection for the Laity

This time is designed for the layperson who may be seeking a mid-week “break” from their busy schedule; it also offers a place for those seeking inner peace and insights into a closer relationship with Christ. The pace and atmosphere is quiet, relaxed and contemplative. We begin at 5:30 p.m. with a nice meal in the Dining Room. Father Kent Hemberger, Director of the Center, follows dinner with a talk connecting everyday life to our spirituality.

Leading Like Jesus Encounter

Presenter: Dr. Owen Phelps

Date: Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

Time: Check-in 8:00-8:30 a.m., program concludes at 4:30 p.m.

Cost: $140 per person (includes continental breakfast, lunch & materials)

*Dinner that night is an additional $9.50

*Overnight stay is an additional $40

Online registration is not available for "Leading Like Jesus" programs.

Please contact the Center at (316) 744-0167, or by e-mail at slc@slcwichita.org

Leading Like Jesus Facilitator Training

Presenter: Dr. Owen Phelps

Date: Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Time: Check-in 8:00-8:30 a.m., program concludes with lunch at noon

Cost: $195 per person (includes continental breakfast, lunch & materials)

Catholic S3 Leadership Training

Leading Like Jesus Encounter

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Few women and men in the business or non-profit world think of Jesus as a leadership teacher and model, or when they do, many suspect his style may be ‘too soft’ to be effective in their own leadership environments. Nothing could be further from the truth. Jesus is the best leadership teacher and role model of all time, and the more we study effective leadership in the real world, the more we appreciate the leadership lessons Jesus provides for us.

At the Leading Like Jesus Encounter, one will discover a leadership approach that calls them to be Servants, Stewards and Shepherds. Leading Like Jesus engages one’s heart, head, hands and habits in the leadership process.

Although learning to Leading Like Jesus is not something that’s limited to business leaders, Dr. Phelps teaches the same leadership principles in MBA and other secular college classes. Modern research affirms the effectiveness of his approach to leadership, so the principles are the same. In Lead Like Jesus, our language is richer and our role model and teacher is the greatest leader of all time.

Learning to lead like Jesus affects all of our relationships — at home, at work, in our parishes and in our civic communities.

STEWARD-SERVANT-SHEPHERD

Catholic S3 Leadership Training

Leading Like Jesus Facilitator Training

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

The “Leading Like Jesus” Facilitator Training is designed for those who wish to empower themselves with the tools to pass along these valuable tools to others—in the parish, a work environment or elsewhere. This is a half-day session concluding at noon and includes a continental breakfast, lunch and all materials needed to present the “Encounter” program.

STEWARD-SERVANT-SHEPHERD

Dr. Owen Phelps

Dr. Owen Phelps is Director of the Yeshua Catholic International Leadership Institute (www.yeshualeader.com) and author of the book, “The Catholic Vision for Leading Like Jesus: Introducing S3 Leadership — Servant, Steward, and Shepherd.”

Dr. Owen Phelps currently serves as senior communications consultant to the Catholic Diocese of Rockford Illinois, and adjunct professor in the College of Business & Management at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee.

He has written several articles and contributed chapters in two books devoted to issues of faith-based organizational performance. He is the author of two other books, “The Believer’s Edge” and “The Secret of Wealth.” He also writes a leadership column for The Catholic Journalist, a general interest column for The Observer, and he serves as publisher of The Catholic Leader e-newsletter, which goes to over 2,000 people in 40 countries around the world.

He and his wife Jane, a CPA, have been married for 42 years. They live in Durand, IL and Lac du Flambeau, WI, and they have five grown children and 10 growing grandchildren.

Presenter: Father Kent Hemberger

Date: Monday, June 28 to July 2, 2010

Time: Check-in Monday begins at 4 p.m., Dinner at 5:30 p.m., First Conference at 7 p.m.

Cost: $250 per person

Registration deadline: On or before Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Forgiving One Another

A Preached Retreat for Sisters

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times." Matthew 18:21-22

Jesus taught us to Forgive One Another. Forgiveness is the doorway to becoming people of mercy and peace. However, living this command of forgiveness is challenging at times of deep hurt. Yet a lack of forgiveness can become a roadblock in our relationships and steal our peace.

This retreat for Consecrated Religious will look deeply into our struggle to forgive; recognizing forgiveness of deep hurts is a graced process rather than a single act. Forgiveness will be examined as both a process and a grace so that retreatants will be able to move to greater forgiveness in their lives and have a road map for how to approach forgiveness of other hurts in the future.

May we be merciful as God is merciful.

Summer Theology Institute

July 15-17, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI’s

Caritas in Veritate “Charity in Truth”

Summer Theology Institute
July 15-17, 2010
Pope Benedict XVI’s
Caritas in Veritate “Charity in Truth”

Keynote Address
Thursday, July 15, 2010
7:00 p.m.

Courses Offered
Friday, July 16 and Saturday, July 17, 2010
8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Created in 1999, the Summer Theology Institute provides an in-depth educational program in a dynamic and supportive environment. The Institute begins with a keynote address on Thursday evening, followed by two days of classes. Nationally recognized scholars introduce and explore specific areas of the Catholic Tradition. This year we explore Pope Benedict’s encyclical, Caritas in Veritate.

Sr. Amata Miller, I.H.M. combines her knowledge and experience in economics with a passion for authentic Catholic social justice as she explores our Holy Father’s encyclical Caritas in Veritate.

After first working as a professor of economics for many years, Sister Amata served in a number of positions including Financial Vice President for the (Sister, Servants of the Immaculate Heart ofMary) IHM congregation, Education Coordinator and Economic Analyst for NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby in Washington, D.C. and Chief Financial Officer of Marygrove College.

She currently serves as the Director of the Myser Initiative on Catholic Identity and Professor of Economics at St. Catherine Universityin St. Paul, Minnesota.

She has written and lectured extensively on economic justice issues, Catholic social teaching and socially responsible investing throughout the United States and abroad. She has served on the boards of many organizations and is the recipient of three honorary doctorates. Sister Amata earned a doctorate in economics from the University of California at Berkeley where she won a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship and a Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship. She earned a master's degree in economics at St. Louis University. She believes economics should be used as a tool for social justice, equity, and fairness in the spirit of the long tradition of Catholic Social Teaching.

Course Offerings with Sr. Amata Miller, I.H.M.

Friday, July 16, 2010
2:45-4:15 p.m. -- “Naming Crises of the Current Context”

Saturday, July 17, 2010
8:30-10:00 a.m. --“Visioning Economic Alternatives”
10:15-11:45 a.m. – “Calling for Solidarity and Subsidiarity in Economic Institutions”
2:45 - 4:15 p.m. -- “Advocating a New Global Order”

Chris Stewart, M.T.S. is Chairman of the Religion Department at Kapaun Mount Carmel Catholic High School in Wichita and for many years served as a core curriculum instructor for the Diocesan Religious Studies Program, teaching Catholic Doctrine. He is a regular presenter at the Spiritual Life Center, including service as a faculty member of the Summer Theology Institute in 2008 where he spoke about Pope Benedict’s encyclical “In Hope We Are Saved.”

Mr. Stewart is also an adjunct professor of theology at Newman University, and is co-founder of the Catholic apostolate “Casting Nets” (www.castingnetsonline.com). He received his Masters in Theological Studies from the Ave Maria University Institute
for Pastoral Studies in 2005.

Course offerings with Mr. Chris Stewart

Friday, July 16, 2010
8:30 – 10:00 a.m. – Veritate: Truth that Sets Us Free
10:15 – 11:15 a.m. – Caritas: Charity—A Love Beyond Justice
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. – Evangelization: A Message that Changes Us in Order to Change the World

Father Kent Hemberger, M.Div., M.A. is a diocesan priest and former parish pastor now serving as Director of the Spiritual Life Center. A graduate of Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, he studied at the Pontifical College Josephinum earning M. Div. and M.A. degrees before being ordained in 1988. Just prior to his appointment as Director of the Center in July of 2008, Father participated in a nine-month program of training in spiritual direction and Ignatian spirituality at Loyola House in Guelph, Canada.

Course offering with Father Hemberger

Saturday, July 17, 2010
1:00-2:30 p.m. – Toward a Catholic Environmental Theology

Registration Information
Please call the Spiritual Life Center to register

Commuter Tuition for the Institute
On or Prior to June 20: $100
After June 20: $125 (*Books and Meals Extra)

Meal Options for Commuters:
Lunch and dinner @ $16.50 per day, Friday and/or Saturday

Lunch only @ $7.00 per day, Friday and/or Saturday

Resident Tuition for the Institute
On or Prior to June 20: $209
After June 20: $234 (Includes Room and all meals)

Payment accepted by check, money order or Discover, MasterCard or VISA

Contact: The Spiritual Life Center (unless otherwise listed)

Phone: (316)744-0167

Diocesan Groups and Ministries at the SLC - 2009-2010

Centering Prayer: Mondays at 9:30 a.m., Wednesdays at 6 p.m.

Retrouvaille: July 16-18, Oct. 8-10, 2010; Contact Tim and Betty Stolz at 796-0553. Click here to review and print a Retrouvaille Weekend application .

Engaged Encounter: March 12-14, April 9-11, 23-25, May 7-9, June 4-6, 18-20, July 9-11, 23-25, Aug. 13-15, Sept. 10-12, Oct. 1-3, Nov. 12-14 and Dec. 3-5, 2010. Call the Center to register or Click here to review and download an Engaged Encounter brochure.

Marriage Encounter: (English) June 11-13, Oct. 22-24, Nov. 12-14, 2010, Contact Alex and Mary Ann Krauska at (316) 721-1650. Spanish language weekends: March 12-14, June 25-27 and Oct. 29-31, 2010; contact Maria and Ramon Romero @ (316) 807-9175 Click here to connect to the Marriage Encounter web site.

Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) Oct. 8-11, 2010; contact Diocese of Wichita Office of Youth and Young Adults at (316) 269-3930.

Cursillo: (Men’s English) March 4-7 and Oct. 14-17, 2010, (Men’s Spanish) Sept. 3-6, 2010 (Women’s Spanish) Sept. 23-26, (Women’s English) March 18-21 and Nov. 4-7, 2010. Spanish weekends, contact: Teresa Cabrerra @ (316) 263-6574. Click here to review and print an English language Cursillo Weekend application.

Young Adult Beginning Experience (YABE) March 19-21, 2010; contact Marsha Bowmaker at (620) 532-3629.

Sojourn June 11-13, 2010; contact Diocese of Wichita Office of Youth and Young Adults at (316) 269-3930.