Programs
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Description
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MUSIC & LITURGY AT PYRAMID LAKE XI
-An Experience for Youth
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July
18-22
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Contact Marie
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A Pyramid Lake experience for Catholic youth. Come and enjoy music-filled days and nights, ensemble sessions, and mini courses on music skills and leading music at liturgy. Enjoy outdoor activities in and around the lake. To inquire or to apply contact Marie Bernadett at: mbernadett@nycap.rr.com or 464-0970. Note: you may not register for this program through Pyramid Life Center. "
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STORY TELLING WEEKEND
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July
23-25
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$130
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A gathering where experienced and beginning storytellers explore ancient tales and the stories within. This weekend will include workshops, coaching, a concert and story swaps. Teen tellers are welcome.
Presenters: Kevin Brooks, Laura Packer, Marni Gillard
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EMPOWERING WOMEN
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July
23-25
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$150
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Join this adventuresome weekend as we examine ways to maintain our center as a woman in a chaotic world. Learn tools to help ground and balance a busy life filled with change. Keep focused, set boundaries, tap into your powerful spiritual being. Jelane Kennedy and Eillen Firebird McFerran will lead this experiential weekend.
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GOD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH DREAMS
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July
23-25
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$130
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"Your old ones shall dream, dreams and your young one shall see visions." (Joel 2:28)
We receive guidance daily through sleep dreams and daydreams. That guidance may show us pathways to healing relationships, to creativity in work and to deepening our friendship with sacred creation and the Divine. But we need to pay attention or else we miss a lot. Too often dreams are treated like junk mail or spam! This retreat will offer ways to explore and honor dreams and to bring dream wisdom into daily life. It includes sharing and an experiential component to practice specific ways to explore dreams.
Sr. Carol Davis, OP,MA, CASAC is a lifelong dream explorer. She does psychospiritual counseling in upstate New York and has led retreats throughout the United States. Carol has a rich background in spirituality, addictions and trauma recovery counseling, university teaching and campus ministry. She brings compassion and creativity to the process of teaching and traveling with others on paths of healing, love and light. She has recorded two compact discs of guided imagery.
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"WRITING THRU IT; The Transformative Power of Writing"
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July
23-25
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$130
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"WRITING THRU IT"
ELLIE O'LEARY, INSTRUCTOR
As writers, we can heighten our awareness, gaining persepective on good times and bad. By working with letters, journals, personal essays, fiction, and poetry, we can transform our voices into a powerful source of strength. All writers, novice to experience, both men and women are welcome.
Ellie O'Leary is a New England writer who teaches in Maine and Massachusetts. She has published poetry and prose in a number of journals and has written a memoir, Up Home Again.
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THE WOMEN'S WRITING RETREAT
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July
25-30
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Open to Adults
$280
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Spend your mornings attending workshops in journal writing, fiction, storytelling, poetry, travel writing and creative non-fiction. Spend your afternoons hiking, contemplating, writing, boating, swimming, reading and relating. Spend evenings listening to published writers read from their works or hearing workshop participants share their writings. For additional information, contact the PLC registrar.
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FAMILY CAMPING
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July 30
- Aug 6
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Adults $325
Children
(12 and Under) $165
(3 and Under) FREE
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This program gives families the opportunity to experience the wonders of nature and outdoor recreation in an atmosphere that fosters family interaction, group activities (e.g. planned hikes, nature walks, informal discussion and communal meals) are all part of this experience. Participants are expected to assist at least one day in food preparation and clean up. You are invited to bring fruits and vegetables from your garden to share. Our theme day is "Dr. Seuss."
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NATURE RETREAT
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Aug
22-27
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$250
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The natural beauty of Pyramid Life Center will serve as a catalyst for exploring how god speaks to us in sound, sight, touch, smell, and taste. We will take time to reflect on their connection to our spiritual journey. Sr. Carole Davis OP, Sr. Linda Neil, CSJ, Claudia Gregroire facilitate this week of quiet, prayerful re-creation.
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YOGA RETREAT
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Aug 27
- Sept 1
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Weekend - $195
Full Time
- Pay before Aug 1 - $395
Pay After Aug 1 - $425
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Relax, rejuvenate, and re-energize through yoga, mediation, journaling and deep relaxation. A variety of yoga workshops will be included. This week will be facilitated by Linda Neeb and guest teachers (TBA). For more information, contact Linda Neeb at: niayoga@aol.com or call 518-330-0751
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GOD IS A LOVING GOD
Fr. James R. Dolan, SJ
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Aug
27-29
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$130
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Father Dolan comes to us by way of Ireland and a host of American cities where he has shared the philosophy of positive attitude. With humor and enthusiasm, Fr. Dolan shares the message of God's unconditional love for us. It is the Good News of hope and life.
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HEAVEN & NATURE
Photography, Drawing, and Journaling Retreat
Claudia Gregroire
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Aug
27-29
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$130
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Pyramid Life Center provides a breathtaking array of ecosystems reflecting the beauty and bounty of our God. Take some quiet time away from life's constant demands and open your eyes and hearts to the miracles that surround us each and every day. Surprise yourself by the beauty of the presentation you will create.
Bring your camera, sketchbook, journal or just come on along as we look closely at the beauty of our natural world and express ourselves using our interests and talents. This retreat will combine directed visual presentation, music, prayer and quotes as well as ample "free time" for individual work and group sharing.
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THOMAS MERTON IN THE MOUNTAINS: 15TH ANNUAL SILENT RETREAT
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Sept
10-12
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$130
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"Our real journey in life is interior" wrote Thomas Merton. Join us, as the wisdom of Thomas Merton again becomes our "Adirondack guide" to the heights and depths of silence and solitude amidst the awesome beauty of the wilderness. Walt Chura directs the thirteenth annual silent retreat on the spirituality of Thomas Merton. Co-sponsored by the International Thomas Merton Society and the Thomas Merton Society of the Capital Region.
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CONNECTING TO THE EARTH
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Sept
10-12
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$150
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Learn through nature and ceremony the ways of love, peace and harmony as well as the path that can ultimately lead to the Creator. Experience the physical, emotional and spiritual healing energy of the Earth through reiki, a Sweat Lodge and by making your own healing staff.
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