Friday, 16 October
7:00 a.m. Morning Prayer (optional)
9:00 a.m. Plenary Session: Opening Ritual, Keynote Presentation, and Reflection
12:00p.m Meal (provided)
2:00 p.m. Workshop I (90 minutes)
3:30 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. Workshop II (90 minutes)
5:30 p.m. Meal Break
7:30 p.m. Live Inside a Story with Megan McKenna
Saturday, 17 October
7:00 a.m. Morning Prayer (optional)
9:00 a.m. Plenary Session: Ritual, Keynote Presentation, and Reflection
12:00p.m. Meal (provided)
2:00 p.m. Workshop (3 hours)
5:00 p.m. Meal Break
7:30 p.m. An Evening of Irish Arts, hosted by Claire Roche
Sunday, 18 October
7:00 a.m. Morning Prayer (optional)
10:00 a.m. Special Guest: Korkos Moses, SJ
11:00 a.m. Closing Ritual
12:00 p.m. Adjourn
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Spiritual Directors International Conference Keynote Presenter
Daniel O’Leary is a priest and teacher in the Diocese of Leeds, England. Award-winning author of twelve books, he regularly contributes to the Tablet and the Irish Furrow. His current passion includes recovering the sacramental imagination in spiritual ministries. O’Leary was born in Rathmore, near Killarney, in County Kerry, Ireland. He attended All Hallows College Seminary in Dublin and has strong roots in Ireland as well as leading conferences and retreats throughout Europe.
“Postmodernism is uneasy with all certainties, especially scientific and religious ones … A theology of nature and grace will relish the opportunity of validating its claims in a postmodern, multicultural world. It would not be the first time that the incarnate God found new self-expression in a place of confusion, contradiction and aggression.” Daniel O’Leary, Begin with the Heart
Spiritual Directors International Conference Spiritual Director
Dr Una Agnew SSL is an apostolic religious Sister, a member of the St Louis Sisters of Ireland. She is Company Secretary of the All Ireland Spiritual Guidance Association, and member of Spiritual Directors in Europe. She is Associate Professor Emerita of the Spirituality Department at the Milltown Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Dublin.
“God winks at human failure, and looks instead at the desire of the heart to be open to life.” Una Agnew, The God of Patrick Kavanagh
Evening Sessions
Friday, 16 October: An Evening of Story with Megan McKenna
Live Inside a Story! [Do you know what story you're in?]
In Eastern Europe the Matrishka dolls nest inside one another: largest down to tiny ones. Our individual stories are those tiny little ones and we usually begin our stories from inside and then work our way up, but rarely out! What if we told our stories starting with the large all encompassing ones? Would it change our stories? We will look at our story in light of the larger stories: the stories of the Trinity, the Universe, and the Spirit in the World. Perhaps we will find ourselves hidden more securely and deeply in the heart of the mystery of God.
Megan McKenna is an internationally known author, theologian, storyteller, and lecturer. She holds graduate degrees in Scripture, Adult Education and Literacy from the Graduate Theological Union and the University of California, Berkeley, USA, and a Masters in Systematic Theology from Catholic University, Washington, DC, USA. But foremost she is a lover of words and how these both convert and transform us and bring meaning and hope to our world.
Saturday, 17 October: An Evening of Irish Arts hosted by Claire Roche
Inviting friends and colleagues to join her, internationally known harpist, Claire Roche, will host an evening celebration of Irish music, song, poetry, and performance.
Claire Roche has performed at the National Concert Hall in Dublin as well as at many venues around the world. Claire has recorded several CDs including Dancing in the Wind, poems by W. B. Yeats set to music. Claire has chosen to use her gift to gently warm the hearts of those who are present and fire their spirits into passion, courage, tears, love, and laughter.