Summer Schedule for the Spirituality Institute:

Summer 2010: Adventures in Love and Service

Our theme this year is Love and Service. Our first Saturday presentation will be at the Oldest Church, San Miguel Chapel, exactly where the Brothers began serving local people in 1859. Brother Gregory will review the 150 years that Brothers have worked here. Our other events are at St. Michael's High School, where this service continues. There we will do a week on St. John's Gospel of Love, a Friday night and Saturday on Love of Persons Who Are Images of God, and a Saturday morning on St. Francis de Sales, Apostle of Love.
Please join us for any or all of those events, to share in God's Love. The Retreat requires reservations in advance, so we can have enough food for Friday evening's supper. We must charge for this retreat, because of unavoidable expenses. Scholarships are available. Donations are accepted for all other events.

July 10: 150 Years of Service: the Christian Brothers in Santa Fe: 1859 to 2010:

Brother Gregory Wright, FSC, Ph.D, presents highlights of Brothers' work, starting in the “mud hut” at San Miguel mission, and extending to the present multi-million dollar campus at St. Michael's high school.
Saturday morning, at the Oldest Church, Brother Gregory will give four lecture/discussions on the spirituality and history of the approximately 530 Brothers who served in various Santa Fe schools. He also reviews Brothers' work in Bernalillo, Mora, Las Vegas, and other towns. In the 1800's, Bro. Botulph managed the education enterprise for the entire Territory of New Mexico. Here's your chance to experience how the Brothers prepared 7 generations of New Mexicans to advance. It's our heritage.
Join us for lively glimpses of past achievements, and share the spirit of these several hundred Brothers who gave their all to educate children and adults over the last 150 years.
Saturday 9:30am first talk: Establishing New Mexico Education; 11am: Other New Mexico Schools. Break for lunch. 1:30pm: Creating the New Orleans-Santa Fe District; 3pm Growth in New Mexico.

Bro. Gregory earned his Ph.D. at The University of New Mexico, and taught history and political science at the late College of Santa Fe from 1958 to 1988, then at De La Salle University in Manila from 1988 to 2009. He wrote many articles about Philippine history, and published collections of LaSallian documents.

July 11-16 The Gospel of St. John: God's Love:

Bro. Brian Dybowski, FSC, Ph.D, highlights St. John's Gospel of Love. The Beloved Disciple teaches us that God is Love. St. John tells us how Love descended from heaven to show us how to love. Come, enjoy this sketch of St. John's gospel for a week, or for the night sessions, or for whatever you can attend. Each hour stands alone as one of Love's gems. Who wants to miss this treasure?
Sunday night at 7, at St. Michael's High School, Bro. Brian expresses John's major message, the main ways that John shows God's Love in Jesus. Presentation and questions last about an hour.
Monday through Thursday, the evening sessions continue in the same place and format. Monday through Friday, the first morning discussion is 9:30-10:30. Then we have a coffee break, and finish the morning with an 11-12 discussion. Afternoons are free for you to consider riches pouring forth from St. John's Gospel.

Bro. Brian earned Ph.D's in Philosophy and Psychology, and 2 MA's in Theology, one in Scripture and the other in Spirituality. He taught all three disciplines at the late College of Santa Fe, and teaches Theology and Philosophy at Lewis University's Albuquerque branch.

July 16-17 Retreat: Person and Love in John Paul II's Theology of the Body: Sex and the Sacred City

Tom and Mamie Fargis show how we humans are created in the image and likeness of God. God expressed in Christ's Body is Theology of the Body. Pope John Paul II developed this concept magnificently. Join Tom and Mamie as they review this great Theological blessing. Starting with God, revealing Himself as Three Persons, they sketch Creation, the Fall of Adam and Eve, Christ's Incarnation to reverse the Fall, The Problem of Pain, Sacraments, Married Life, Celibacy, and Family Life. Our guide through these discussions is Steve Kellmeyer's Sex and the Sacred City. You can purchase it from us Friday, or earlier.

Tom and Mamie lead the RCIA (catechetical) program at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Los Alamos. They have taught catechism there for the past eight years. Tom is a physicist at Los Alamos. Mamie owns Los Alamos FertilityCare, and teaches couples and women the Creighton Model Fertility System of natu-ral family planning. They have been married for 30 years, and have four children.

Friday night, at St. Michael's High School, we start with dinner, visit with each other, and consider Trinity and Creation. From registration at 5:30pm to closing at 9pm, we learn a lot about God and His great blessing of creation. Can you think of a better way to learn how dignified you are?

Saturday, we start with optional Mass at 7:30am, led by Fr. Joe LaVoie. At 8:30 we review Friday's work. At 9, running to 10:30, we do Fall and Incarnation, then have a break. From 11 to noon we do Pain and Sacraments. Then we're free for lunch on our own until 1:30. We then consider Married life, Celibacy, and Family Life, with appropriate breaks, until we end at 3pm. At that time, you get to evaluate the workshop.

You will need a notebook to record your experiences, a Bible, and the book: Sex & the Sacred City. Because of the meal we provide, we need your reservation at least 3 days in advance, by noon July 12th. Contact Bro. Brian at 505-470-0377 for the cost, and to reserve your place. Scholarships are available.

July 24 Saturday Morning with St. Francis de Sales

Rev. Bob Patterson, MA, presents two talks on St. Francis de Sales, often referred to as "the apostle of Christ's love." This 17th century French saint lived in tumultuous times, much like our own. However, he was able to live a victorious spiritual life and his writings show us how we can do likewise. In two presentations, you will learn how to apply in a very practical way his lessons to your own life. Be with us for this fine summary of his life and teaching. Can we afford to miss his good example of dealing with stress? Could we learn from St. Francis de Sales to be calm and effective?
Saturday, the first presentation is at 9:30am, followed by a break at 10:30, with the second presentation at 11:00am. There will be a time for questions at both sessions. We finish at noon.

Rev. Bob Patterson is a graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C., and is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He is serving as pastor of Bethany Christian Church in El Paso, Texas. His rich ecumenical experience includes earning a MA in Theology from Denver's St. Thomas Theological Seminary (Roman Catholic). In addition to his pastoral responsibilities, Rev. Bob teaches in the Religious Studies Department at the University of Texas in El Paso. We have enjoyed his dynamic teaching for many years, and we bet that you will also.

Contact information: write, call, or email for details:
Bro. Brian Dybowski, FSC, Ph.D.; 96 Siringo Road; Santa Fe, NM 87505; Cell: 505-470-0377;

email: bdybowski2@gmail.com