What’s On in 2024

Ignatian Heart Spirituality offers a range of opportunities for you to explore your spiritual journey in ways that meet yourindividual needs and desires.

Our planned offerings are regularly updated on this ‘What’s On’ page and in our newsletters, however we are also able to develop and facilitate something ‘just for you’.

For those involved in Education and Parishes, we can develop a spiritual formation program for Leadership, Groups and Individuals.

For further information or to discuss your needs, in the first instance please contact Wayne Brabin wayne.ignatianheart@gmail.com or contact@ignatianheartspirituality.com

February 2024

At the end of a busy week, take some quiet personal time to be with God in prayerful reflection. Each morning commences with a quiet prayer focus followed by the opportunity of space for personal prayer, access to a local sacred garden or walking / sitting in the beautiful tree lined Alexandra Avenue.

Every Second Saturday of the Month
Saturday February 10

Time: 9.30am - 11.30am
Venue: Gartrell Uniting Church
Cnr Alexandra Ave and Prescott Tce, Rose Park

No Booking Required. Enquiries to Wayne Brabin: 0411269630 wayne.ignatianheart@gmail.com

Lent is a time to reflect on our relationship with God, and how to walk more closely in the footsteps of Jesus. It asks us the questions: ‘What is Love asking of me now, in the place, time and circumstances in which I find myself?’  How am I being called to grow in love?

You are invited to share some time in prayer during this season of Lent, 2024.

 The sessions are repeated so please choose one of the following dates.

February  21st Wednesday 10am - 12pm    February 27th Tuesday 10am - 12pm

St Bartholomew Presbytery                          Yorketown Presbytery

15 Walter St, Maitland                                   53 Warooka Rd Yorketown

 Theme: How can my prayer life bring me to a more intimate relationship with God? Learning to listen more deeply to my inner voice can help transform the way I live.        

For further information please contact:
Geraldine McAskill  0409 696 342    or    Judy Foster: 0409 287 264

February / March / April 2024

Journeying with 9 holy women and men : Celtic and British saints of the 5th to the 7th Century. 

Angela Hazebroek would like to invite you to join her for one of these reflections in person or on Zoom. Details are provided below. 

In Person Dates:
Sunday 18th February 11.30 am to 3 pm 

Saturday 16th March 11 .00 am to 2.30 pm 

Saturday 13th April 11.00 am to 2.30 pm 

Venue:
St. Theodore’s Anglican Church and Quiet Garden 46 Prescott Terrace, Toorak Gardens 

First Part:

Soul Friendship, Wisdom, and Praying in All Ways: Brigid of Kildare, Ita (Deidre) of Killeedy and Samthann of Clonbroney. 

Second Part:

Care of Creation, Trust in God, and Courage to Begin Again: Kevin of Glendalough, Cairan of Clonmacnoise and Columba (Columcille) of Ireland and Iona. 

Third Part:

Generosity, Encouragement, and Holy Gentleness: Aidan of Lindisfarne, Hild of Whitby, and Cuthbert of Melrose, Lindisfarne, and Inner Farne. 

Cost: 
Cost for 3 sessions: $75 / $50 pension 

Individual reflections $30/$20 

Payment can be made by card, cash or EFT

BYO Lunch or order from Dulwich Bakery. Coffee, Tea and Snack provided.

Registration:
Contact Angela SMS 0407 600 124 or email angelaandjack@gmail.com 

Zoom Reflections Cost for 3 sessions $45 or $20 for individual reflections 

These sessions will be offered on Zoom on: 

Monday 19 February 9.30 am to 12 noon 

Monday 18 March 9.30 am to 12 noon 

Monday 15 April 9.30 am to 12 noon 

March 2024

At the end of a busy week, take some quiet personal time to be with God in prayerful reflection. Each morning commences with a quiet prayer focus followed by the opportunity of space for personal prayer, access to a local sacred garden or walking / sitting in the beautiful tree lined Alexandra Avenue.

Every Second Saturday of the Month
Saturday March 9

Time: 9.30am - 11.30am
Venue: Gartrell Uniting Church
Cnr Alexandra Ave and Prescott Tce, Rose Park

No Booking Required. Enquiries to Wayne Brabin: 0411269630 wayne.ignatianheart@gmail.com

April 2024

At the end of a busy week, take some quiet personal time to be with God in prayerful reflection. Each morning commences with a quiet prayer focus followed by the opportunity of space for personal prayer, access to a local sacred garden or walking / sitting in the beautiful tree lined Alexandra Avenue.

Every Second Saturday of the Month
Easter Saturday April 13

Time: 9.30am - 11.30am
Venue: Gartrell Uniting Church
Cnr Alexandra Ave and Prescott Tce, Rose Park

No Booking Required. Enquiries to Wayne Brabin: 0411269630 wayne.ignatianheart@gmail.com

‘‘Hope opens new horizons, making us capable of dreaming what is not even imaginable’. (Pope Francis)

This quiet day of reflection offers the opportunity to spend time with yourself and with God to reflect on your current hopes and dreams. The day will provide a space of freedom to explore your desires and the life-giving possibilities that await. There will be some input, time for personal reflection, some sharing and opportunities for creativity.

This day is suitable for all adults. It is also approved by CESA as a System Accredited Module for teachers, requiring the submission of a 1500 word reflection paper

Date: Saturday 27 April Time: 9.30am - 4.00pm
Facilitators: Stephanie Brabin and Chris McCabe
Cost: CESA Accredited $95, Full $70, Concession/Pensioner $45, BYO Lunch Venue: Bethany Centre, 4 High Street, Kensington
Registration Essential By Friday 12 April TryBooking: https://www.trybooking.com/COTPL Enquiries: Mary Ryan rsj Phone: 08 8130 5916 Email: mary.ryan@sosj.org.au

May 2024

At the end of a busy week, take some quiet personal time to be with God in prayerful reflection. Each morning commences with a quiet prayer focus followed by the opportunity of space for personal prayer, access to a local sacred garden or walking / sitting in the beautiful tree lined Alexandra Avenue.

Every Second Saturday of the Month
Saturday May 11

Time: 9.30am - 11.30am
Venue: Gartrell Uniting Church
Cnr Alexandra Ave and Prescott Tce, Rose Park

No Booking Required. Enquiries to Wayne Brabin: 0411269630 wayne.ignatianheart@gmail.com

Many Australian artists, sculptors and poets have set about to interpret the person and role of Mary, the mother of Jesus.

At the Vatican II Council, new insights into Mariology emerged. We explore these as we reflect upon the significance of Mary, a woman who can show us how to grow in faith and in personhood through embracing life’s circumstances.

This day is suitable for all adults. It is also approved by CESA as a System Accredited Module for teachers, requiring the submission of a 1500 word reflection paper

Date: Saturday 25 May Time: 9.30am - 4.00pm
Facilitator: Val DeBrenni
Cost: CESA Accredited $95, Full $70, Concession/Pensioner $45, BYO Lunch Venue: Bethany Centre, 4 High Street, Kensington
Registration Essential By Friday 10 May TryBooking: https://www.trybooking.com/COUAM Enquiries: Mary Ryan rsj Phone: 08 8130 5916 Email: mary.ryan@sosj.org.au

Come…Rest, Reflect and be Refreshed. These quiet days will provide a space to review the life paths you have been travelling and to discover the gifts and grace of your own journey……..

Date: Friday 31 May, 4.00pm to Sunday 2 June, 2.00pm

Venue: Mary Knoll Retreat House, Beetaloo Valley (North of Crystal Brook)

Cost: $340 Live In

Enquiries: Chris McCabe 0439901019 chrismccabe08@gmail.com

Lesli Townsend lesligulubaliyato@gmail.com

June 2024

At the end of a busy week, take some quiet personal time to be with God in prayerful reflection. Each morning commences with a quiet prayer focus followed by the opportunity of space for personal prayer, access to a local sacred garden or walking / sitting in the beautiful tree lined Alexandra Avenue.

Every Second Saturday of the Month
Saturday June 8

Time: 9.30am - 11.30am
Venue: Gartrell Uniting Church
Cnr Alexandra Ave and Prescott Tce, Rose Park

No Booking Required. Enquiries to Wayne Brabin: 0411269630 wayne.ignatianheart@gmail.com

July 2024

At the end of a busy week, take some quiet personal time to be with God in prayerful reflection. Each morning commences with a quiet prayer focus followed by the opportunity of space for personal prayer, access to a local sacred garden or walking / sitting in the beautiful tree lined Alexandra Avenue.

Every Second Saturday of the Month
Saturday July 13

Time: 9.30am - 11.30am
Venue: Gartrell Uniting Church
Cnr Alexandra Ave and Prescott Tce, Rose Park

No Booking Required. Enquiries to Wayne Brabin: 0411269630 wayne.ignatianheart@gmail.com

“Embracing our imperfections and accepting their beauty are the marks of our authenticity.”  

We so often focus on the need to strive for perfection. This reflection day provides the opportunity to explore and embrace our wonderful imperfections and discover our authentic self, the person whom God loves unconditionally, a love that is wholehearted and continuous.

There is nothing we can do to make God love us more - there is nothing we can do to make God love us less. 

(This day is suitable for all adults. It is also approved by CESA as a System Accredited Module for teachers, requiring the submission of a 1500 word reflection paper).

Date: Saturday 20 July Time: 9.30am - 4.00pm
Facilitator: Wayne Brabin
Cost: CESA Accredited $95, Full $70, Concession/Pensioner $45, BYO Lunch Venue: Bethany Centre, 4 High Street, Kensington
Registration Essential By Friday 5 July TryBooking: https://www.trybooking.com/COUEC Enquiries: Mary Ryan rsj Phone: 08 8130 5916 Email: mary.ryan@sosj.org.au

Are you seeking a contemplative opportunity amid your busy schedule to stop for a while and spend time with yourself and God in silence, prayer and reflection?

One way of being able to realise this is to undertake a personal retreat online for one or more days at a time that suits your own circumstances and individual needs. You would be supported with guidance during this time.

Cost: $60 per Day

For further information or to discuss your own needs and desires, please contact:
Wayne Brabin, 0411269630, wayne.ignatianheart@gmail.com

August 2024

At the end of a busy week, take some quiet personal time to be with God in prayerful reflection. Each morning commences with a quiet prayer focus followed by the opportunity of space for personal prayer, access to a local sacred garden or walking / sitting in the beautiful tree lined Alexandra Avenue.

Every Second Saturday of the Month
Saturday August 10

Time: 9.30am - 11.30am
Venue: Gartrell Uniting Church
Cnr Alexandra Ave and Prescott Tce, Rose Park

No Booking Required. Enquiries to Wayne Brabin: 0411269630 wayne.ignatianheart@gmail.com

On this day we reflect upon journaling as a tool for developing a more conscious relationship with God. We will explore some different styles of journaling and will experiment with different forms of journaling, including the use of both word and image.

(This day is suitable for all adults. It is also approved by CESA as a System Accredited Module for teachers, requiring the submission of a 1500 word reflection paper).

Please bring a blank A4 or A3 size exercise book, or similar, for journaling.

Date: Saturday 24 August Time: 9.30am - 4.00pm
Facilitator: Val DeBrenni
Cost: CESA Accredited $95, Full $70, Concession/Pensioner $45, BYO Lunch Venue: Bethany Centre, 4 High Street, Kensington
Registration Essential By Friday 9 August TryBooking: https://www.trybooking.com/COUEK Enquiries: Mary Ryan rsj Phone: 08 8130 5916 Email: mary.ryan@sosj.org.au

September 2024

For all of us there have been times in our lives when we have faced sadness, struggle, felt discouraged or been in despair ... a feeling of being lost.

 The Parable of the Prodigal Son offers a wonderful example of hope that ultimately nothing is really lost and we are welcomed and accepted with compassion and love.

 This reflection day will provide the opportunity to explore your own journey of hope, compassion and love.

(This day is suitable for all adults. It is also approved by CESA as a System Accredited Module for teachers, requiring the submission of a 1500 word reflection paper).

Date: Saturday 7 September Time: 9.30am - 4.00pm
Facilitator: Wayne Brabin
Cost: CESA Accredited $95, Full $70, Concession/Pensioner $45, BYO Lunch Venue: Bethany Centre, 4 High Street, Kensington
Registration Essential By Friday 23 August TryBooking: https://www.trybooking.com/COUFV Enquiries: Mary Ryan rsj Phone: 08 8130 5916 Email: mary.ryan@sosj.org.au

At the end of a busy week, take some quiet personal time to be with God in prayerful reflection. Each morning commences with a quiet prayer focus followed by the opportunity of space for personal prayer, access to a local sacred garden or walking / sitting in the beautiful tree lined Alexandra Avenue.

Every Second Saturday of the Month
Saturday September 14

Time: 9.30am - 11.30am
Venue: Gartrell Uniting Church
Cnr Alexandra Ave and Prescott Tce, Rose Park

No Booking Required. Enquiries to Wayne Brabin: 0411269630 wayne.ignatianheart@gmail.com

These four elements, water, wind, earth and fire, offer an invitation to us to pray with them, so that we might come to know what they reveal about the nature of God and our own spiritual unfolding.

Drawing upon Scripture and the writings of the Christian mystics, we will explore the spiritual life from the perspective of each element.

(This day is suitable for all adults. It is also approved by CESA as a System Accredited Module for teachers requiring the submission of a 1500 word reflection paper).

Date: Saturday 28 September Time: 9.30am - 4.00pm
Facilitator: Val DeBrenni
Cost: CESA Accredited $95, Full $70, Concession/Pensioner $45, BYO Lunch Venue: Bethany Centre, 4 High Street, Kensington
Registration Essential By Friday 13 September TryBooking: https://www.trybooking.com/COUGH Enquiries: Mary Ryan rsj Phone: 08 8130 5916 Email: mary.ryan@sosj.org.au

October 2024

At the end of a busy week, take some quiet personal time to be with God in prayerful reflection. Each morning commences with a quiet prayer focus followed by the opportunity of space for personal prayer, access to a local sacred garden or walking / sitting in the beautiful tree lined Alexandra Avenue.

Every Second Saturday of the Month
Saturday October 12

Time: 9.30am - 11.30am
Venue: Gartrell Uniting Church
Cnr Alexandra Ave and Prescott Tce, Rose Park

No Booking Required. Enquiries to Wayne Brabin: 0411269630 wayne.ignatianheart@gmail.com

Are you a parent, grandparent, or a teacher? Do you have nieces and nephews or godchildren? If your answer to any of these is yes, then you already know something of the things that stop a small person in their tracks. You are familiar with the curiosity that is always looking for an answer to the question “Why?” _You know that a ten-minute walk to the nearest park may take more than a half an hour—and not a second has been ‘wasted.’

Mary Oliver, a contemporary American poet, writes of the way being fully alive in nature is like prayer. Her simple three-step mantra:

1) pay attention 2) be astonished, and 3) tell about it will inform our reflections / responses to the poetry of others on this day.

We hope it will also inspire you to express your own wonder and awe in words and/ or images. Can we see the world through the eyes of a child and awaken to beauty?

We will explore together how we might use poetry to engage children in the world they live in, especially if they have reached a stage where they no longer allow themselves to pay much attention to nature.

(This day is suitable for all adults. It is also approved by CESA as a System Accredited Module for teachers requiring the submission of a 1500 word reflection paper).

Date: Saturday 12 October Time: 9.30am - 4.00pm
Facilitator: Angela Hazebroek
Cost: CESA Accredited $95, Full $70, Concession/Pensioner $45, BYO Lunch Venue: Bethany Centre, 4 High Street, Kensington
Registration Essential By Friday 27 September TryBooking: https://www.trybooking.com/COUHC Enquiries: Mary Ryan rsj Phone: 08 8130 5916 Email: mary.ryan@sosj.org.au

November 2024

At the end of a busy week, take some quiet personal time to be with God in prayerful reflection. Each morning commences with a quiet prayer focus followed by the opportunity of space for personal prayer, access to a local sacred garden or walking / sitting in the beautiful tree lined Alexandra Avenue.

Every Second Saturday of the Month
Saturday November 9

Time: 9.30am - 11.30am
Venue: Gartrell Uniting Church
Cnr Alexandra Ave and Prescott Tce, Rose Park

No Booking Required. Enquiries to Wayne Brabin: 0411269630 wayne.ignatianheart@gmail.com

December 2024

At the end of a busy week, take some quiet personal time to be with God in prayerful reflection. Each morning commences with a quiet prayer focus followed by the opportunity of space for personal prayer, access to a local sacred garden or walking / sitting in the beautiful tree lined Alexandra Avenue.

Every Second Saturday of the Month
Saturday December 14

Time: 9.30am - 11.30am
Venue: Gartrell Uniting Church
Cnr Alexandra Ave and Prescott Tce, Rose Park

No Booking Required. Enquiries to Wayne Brabin: 0411269630 wayne.ignatianheart@gmail.com