PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS

Spirituality and Prayer: Finding Peace in a Chaotic World
Thursday, October 5, 2006
9:30 am - 12 noon
Oakview Conference Room 2nd floor
Given by: Dr. Catherine Almeten

Becoming part of the solution for finding peace begins with our own personal daily practices and behavior.  As the new academic year begins, take some time to set yourself on a personal path of peace through your spiritual life and practice of prayer.  Look at prayer and your relationship with God as a normal part of your daily routine and enrich your own life as well as the lives of those with whom you work and live.

The Office: A little piece of Heaven or a living Hell?
November 8, 2006
9:30 am - 12 noon
Oakview Conference Room 2nd floor

Given by: Rev. Antony Gatt, Ph.D.

We spend more time with our colleagues in the workplace than we do at home with family and friends.  This workshop will address our own personality types and how to enrich and enhance our relationships and interaction with others.  It will be based on Jungian psychology.

Mid-Life, Growth and Spirituality
February 22, 2007
9:30 am - 12 noon
Oakview Conference Room 2nd floor

Given by: Rev. Antony Gatt, Ph.D.

The Mid-Life Process touches every aspect of our lives, including the workplace. The goal of this session is to give us the psychological, emotional and spiritual skills to recognize its appearance in our lives and to make this journey both an enriching and fruitful one.

Life and Death: Coping with Ongoing Stress, Trauma, and Life Crises
April 4, 2007
9:30 am - 12 noon
Oakview Conference Room 2nd floor

    "Spiritual direction is, in reality, nothing more than a way of leading us to see and obey
     the real Director, the Holy Spirit hidden in the depths of our soul.

                                                                                  - Thomas Merton, Trappist Monk