November 30, 2020
December 7, 2020
December 14, 2020
December 21, 2020
January 11, 2021
All sessions 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Night Visions:
Advent Reflection Circle
with Natalie Terry
Photo courtesy of Nikki Cooper
This series will be conducted via Zoom.
The link to the Zoom meeting will be sent the day before the session.
Program is limited to 15 participants.
After registration please purchase a copy of Night Visions: Searching the Shadows of Advent and Christmas which can be purchased through Amazon or another book seller.
Advent Reflection Circle Guide.pdf
Join us for Advent as we create space for reflection, prayer and community. The Advent Reflection Circle will be a hybrid book group & reflection group. You’ll be invited to create a personal daily reflection space and meet (virtually) with this community group (10-15 people) each week during Advent.
The season of Advent means there is something on the horizon the likes of which we have never seen before…So, stay. Sit. Linger. Tarry. Ponder. Wait. Behold. Wonder. There will be time enough for running. For rushing. For worrying. For pushing. For now, stay. Wait. Something is on the horizon.
A quote from Jan L. Richardson's, Night Visions: Searching the Shadows of Advent and Christmas
Wanton Gospeller Press, 1998
janrichardson.com
Enter into a personal reflection journey with Jan Richardson’s book, Night Visions: Searching the Shadows of Advent and Christmas. This book offers a daily reflection (1-2 pages) for each day of the Advent season. Jan describes this book as a devotional guide for pilgrims awaiting the birth of hope and so we’re invited to ponder and wonder in an intentional journey through the season.
Join a virtual reflection circle each week. These virtual community gatherings will include guided meditation, poetry, song and communal reflection on the weekly theme from Night Visions. You will receive an email with reflection prompts each week before our virtual time together.
Natalie Terry currently serves as the Assistant Executive Director of VMESC. She is a minister, preacher and educator with an ever-evolving call to accompany people and communities in their spiritual journeys. After graduating from John Carroll University with a BA in Religious Studies, Natalie served as a Humility of Mary Volunteer at Villa Maria where she inherited a love for the land and HM community. Her ministerial formation continued in California, where she received a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley. In her ministry journey, Natalie has served as the director of an Ignatian spirituality center, as a faith-based community organizer and as a high school campus minister and philosophy teacher.
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Registration:
If you would like to register for this or any of our programs, there are several easy ways to do so.
You may:
• click the "Register" link located at the bottom of this page
• call 724-964-8886 to speak with a member of our friendly staff
• complete and mail a printable registration form along with your payment to:
Villa Maria Education and Spirituality Center
2067 Evergreen Road
P.O. Box 424
Villa Maria, PA 16155
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