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Women's Weekend 2005

forgiveness

steps 6, 7, 8, and 9

a healing weekend for women who are

or wish to be in recovery

january 7, 8, and 9, 2005

solomon episcopal conference center

loranger, louisiana

eileen mitchell, facilitator;

rev. peggy walker, clergy

for information call sharon martyn, (504) 258-9508 or conference center, (985) 748-6634

"Holding a resentment is like eating poison and hoping the other person dies."

Susan St. James

True, mature forgiveness is difficult, and a matter of the will, not a weepy, sentimental washing away of injuries and pretending things never happened along with a codependent belief that because we forgave, the wrongdoer will reform and everything will be rosy. It requires a lot of work, prayer and help from God. Not being able to forgive wrongs done to us either by others or ourselves, seriously impedes our progress in working our programs.

Meditations will focus on how to forgive without abdicating our own power and how to work steps 6, 7 , 8, and 9 to both give and receive forgiveness. Join us in this journey as we explore different paths of forgiveness using traditional church ritual, guidelines from the twelve-step traditions, the labyrinth, and divine inspiration. Celebrate with us a new beginning, free of past hurts.

Our presenter, R. Eileen Mitchell, is a trained spiritual director and has been in recovery since 1991. A past convener of the Addictions Recovery Ministry, Eileen has served as a spiritual director at both the mixed gender and women’s retreats for the Addiction Recovery Ministry. She was the presenter at the 2002 Women’s Creativity Retreat and one of the presenters at the 2004 Women’s Addiction Recovery Weekend. A member of the Diocesan Standing Committee and Chairman of the Reconciliation Commission for the diocese, she is also active in her home parish, All Saints’ Episcopal Church in River Ridge. The recovering community in the Diocese has come to love Eileen for her leadership, wit, and wisdom.

The weekend begins with supper at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, January 7 and ends after Eucharist on Sunday, January 9 (Sunday lunch will not be provided). The cost is $120

A $60 non-refundable deposit is required and should be sent along with the attached registration form no later than December 30 to: SECC, 54296 Hwy. 445, Loranger, LA 70446. Make checks payable to: "Solomon Episcopal Conference Center." Telephone reservations will not be accepted. Single rooms will be assigned on a first-come first serve basis for an extra $40. A scholarship fund has been established in loving memory of Brother James Eddy and Father Daryl Canfill. Please contact Sharon Martyn at (504) 258-9508 for more information.

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Registration for the Recovering Women’s Weekend

January 7 – 9, 2005 SECC Event #5063

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