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| Print the program of the year (2x A4 - 90 kb) (with the full description) or Print the calendar of the year (1x A4 - 30 kb) (only the list of the activities with the dates) |
| A) Monthly silent retreat with meditation Each weekend of the second Saturday of the month, from Friday evening 6 pm to Sunday morning 9 am Join us in a time of intense silence, built around prayer and meditation. We sit mainly in silence (rhythm of 30 to 50 minutes sitting meditation + 5 minutes walking meditation). We share the meals together in silence. Simple accommodation. Please bring your mat, cushion or bench (chairs are available at DCH), your sheets and some food to be shared (contact us for better co-ordination). For more detail about this time of silence, click here |
B) Monthly community days with a theme We are a group of about 5 to 10 people who meet regularly. Community days happen generally on the fourth Saturday of the month, but there is none if there is a workshop in the same month (workshop considered as a community day). We have a working bee in the morning (from 9am for 9.30 start) and share then lunch at 12.30; in the afternoon we share about a theme. Each one brings a dish to share. You may also come only for the working bees or only for the sharing, or for both. C) Seminars and retreats about a theme Some are facilitated by us, others are facilitated by people we have invited. Change: At the last AGM, we have decided to have the workshops starting already on the Friday evening (5pm) and finishing earlier, on the Sunday morning (9am). Let's see how it goes. Read the description of each seminar or retreat here bellow |
| Date | Time | Theme |
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| January 2020 | ||
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| February 2020 | ||
| Fri. 7 - Sun. 9 February | From Fri. 6 pm to Sun. 9 am | Silent meditation |
| Fri. 21 - Sun 23 February | From Fri. 5pm to Sun. 9am | Living in the Truth Facilitator: Yves de Morsier In our postmodern era everybody wants to follow their own truth and any opinion seems acceptable. Diversity of beliefs constitutes a wealth, but it does not mean we can adapt truth at will. An unfathomable Truth exists which is the Reality that shapes our world. Today we have lost in great part our faculty to remain rooted in it. We will observe how science, knowledge and our own experience are incomplete means but may yet serve as guides. We will investigate how our egocentric perception has to develop into an all-encompassing hetero-centric vision and how we may find a consensus concerning our common future despite our differences. We will also examine ways of how to live in the Truth and how to accept the consequences of such a choice. Cost: DCH donation plus contributing some food to share. |
| March 2020 | ||
| Fri. 13 - Sun. 15 March | From Fri. 6 pm to Sun. 9 am | Silent meditation |
| Sat. 28 March | From 9am (for 9.30 start) to 4pm | Community day and Tarot Study Facilitator: Ursula de Morsier 1) Working bee in the morning + lunch 2) Tarot Study in the afternoon: The sharing from 1-4pm will be based on the presentation of the Major Arcana of the Tarot from the viewpoint of Christian Hermeticism. It is not about the "laying of cards" (cartomancy), but based on an approach that at the depths of existence there is an interrelationship between all things by way of analogy. The Arcana will be presented as essentially 22 Spiritual Exercises, providing deep inspirations for the spiritual life and practice. |
| Sun. 29 March - Thur. 2nd April | From Sun. 5pm to Thur. 2pm | Insight Meditation - 4 days Teacher: Lesley Lebkowicz Organiser: Mary McLean This is a retreat of 4 days, organised by the Insight Meditation Group (Vipassana in the Burmese Buddhist tradition). DCH offers the venue. Fees will apply. If you are interested or wish to participate, please contact Mary McLean: maryclaire.mclean@gmail.com |
| April 2020 | ||
| Fri. 10 - Sun. 12 April | From Fri 6 pm to Sun 9 am | Silent meditation |
| May 2020 | ||
| Fri. 8 -Sun. 10 May | From Fri. 6 pm to Sun. 9 am | Silent meditation |
| Fri. 22 - Sun 24 May | From Fri. 5pm to Sun. 9am | True Wealth Facilitator: Yves de Morsier Wealth is nowadays mainly understood as material ownership. Yet it encompasses so many other much more essential aspects of our lives. We will see how money gives us access to goods we could not afford, by lack of time, skills, resources or energy and how it changes therefore our perception of value and need or forces us into passivity. We will investigate some different traditional or possible approaches and practices which may help us to focus on the essential. Cost: DCH donation plus contributing some food to share. |
| June 2020 | ||
| Fri. 12 - 14 June | From Fri. 6 pm to Sun. 9 am | Silent meditation |
| Fri. 26 - Mon. 29 June | From Fri. 5pm to Mon. 2pm | Insight Meditation - self-retreat Organiser: Mary McLean This is an extended weekend of meditation for participants who have a good practice in meditation. If you are interested or wish to participate, please contact Mary McLean: maryclaire.mclean@gmail.com |
| July 2020 | ||
| Fri. 10 - Sun. 12 July | From Fri. 6 pm to Sun. 9 am | Silent meditation |
| Sat. 25 July | From 9am (for 9.30 start) to 4pm | Community day and Tarot Study Facilitator: Ursula de Morsier 1) Working bee in the morning + lunch 2) Tarot Study in the afternoon: The sharing from 1-4pm will be based on the presentation of the Major Arcana of the Tarot from the viewpoint of Christian Hermeticism. It is not about the "laying of cards" (cartomancy), but based on an approach that at the depths of existence there is an interrelationship between all things by way of analogy. The Arcana will be presented as essentially 22 Spiritual Exercises, providing deep inspirations for the spiritual life and practice. |
| August 2020 | ||
| Fri. 7 - Sun. 9 August | From Fri. 6 pm to Sun. 9 am | Silent meditation |
| Fri. 21 - Sun 23 August | From Fri. 5pm to Sun. 9am | Our Relationship with the Land Facilitator: Yves de Morsier The recent fires have shown how the Earth is suffering from our materialistic contempt and from our ignorance of her spiritual wealth. We have to learn to listen to the Land and find a new way to relate to it. We do not own it but we belong to it. As First Nations People have taught us, the Land is the expression of our heritage and of the deeper Reality. The land is not a good to exploit but the source of Life: the incarnation that makes the Ground of Being visible? We will learn to better read into the landscape and to observe how the land is a living entity that teaches us the main laws of life. We will also experience how we can discern the different energies in different places and find our own place in a given location. Cost: DCH donation plus contributing some food to share. |
| Sat. 29 August | Sat. 9.30am to 12.00 | AGM in Bega (exact place to be decided) |
| September 2020 | ||
| Fri. 4 - Fri. 11 September | From Fri. 5pm to Fri. 2pm | Insight Meditation - 7 days Teacher: Lesley Lebkowicz Organiser: Mary McLean This is a retreat of 5 days, organised by the Insight Meditation Group (Vipassana in the Burmese Buddhist tradition). DCH offers the venue. Fees will apply. If you are interested or wish to participate, please contact Mary McLean: maryclaire.mclean@gmail.com |
| Fri. 11 - Sun. 13 September | From Fri. 6 pm to Sun. 9 am | Silent meditation |
| October 2020 | ||
| Fri. 9 - Sun. 11 October | From Fri. 6 pm to Sun. 9 am | Silent meditation |
| Sat. 24 October | From 9am (for 9.30 start) to 4pm | Community day and Tarot Study Facilitator: Ursula de Morsier 1) Working bee in the morning + lunch 2) Tarot Study in the afternoon: The sharing from 1-4pm will be based on the presentation of the Major Arcana of the Tarot from the viewpoint of Christian Hermeticism. It is not about the "laying of cards" (cartomancy), but based on an approach that at the depths of existence there is an interrelationship between all things by way of analogy. The Arcana will be presented as essentially 22 Spiritual Exercises, providing deep inspirations for the spiritual life and practice. |
| November 2020 | ||
| Fri. 13 - Sun. 15 November | From Fri. 6 pm to Sun. 9 am | Silent meditation |
| Fri. 20 - Sun. 25 November | From Fri. 5pm to Sun. 2pm | Going to Ground - 5 days Teacher: Jenny Taylor Organiser: Mary McLean In the Burmese Buddhist tradition. Most of the retreat will be in silence. In addition to meditation periods, there will be talks and discussions about meditation, and optional small group discussions about practice. There will be ample time each day for rest, walking, writing or drawing. Jenny Taylor has taught Buddhist meditation for over 20 years. She encourages a questioning, open approach to meditation, and aims to help people develop forms of practice that are unforced, relevant to them, and supportive of their commitments to the wider world. DCH offers the venue. Fees will apply. If you are interested or wish to participate, please contact Mary McLean: maryclaire.mclean@gmail.com |
| Fri. 27 - Sun. 29 November | From Fri. 5pm to Sun. 9am | Harmony - Searching for God Facilitator: Yves de Morsier Harmony consists mainly in adaptation to the laws of the Universe. But it is also the path how to readjust our sense of meaning of Life and to discern the presence of the Ground of Being in the most mundane aspects of daily life. Because our society has lost the awareness of this sacred dimension of Life, it has also lost the leading thread. We will look at different spiritual traditions and observe how they provide complementary instructions to help us recognise the deeper Reality in what we see, and how to meet God as a personal yet invisible relationship. For instance the Christian metaphor of the Trinity will guide us to distinguish a rather discrete Presence from the many imposing illusions that try to mimic it. Cost: DCH donation plus contributing some food to share. |
| December 2020 | ||
| Fri. 11 - Sun. 13 December | From Fri. 6 pm to Sun. 9 am | Silent meditation |