FAITH CALENDAR
June 28: Save the Date: First Annual Garden Soiree at the FCJ Centre, FCJ Christian Life Centre, 219 19th Ave. S.W. A fundraising event that will begin at noon with mass followed by a garden soiree with hors d’oeuvre, wine, entertainment and silent auction. Come dressed in your favourite garden party attire. Tickets $75 per guest, call 403-228-4215.
June 28: Muslim Families Network Society (MFNS) - Ramadan Food and Clothing Distribution. MFNS is preparing for its annual city-wide Halal Food and Clothing Distribution from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Marlborough Park Community Center, 6021 Madigan Drive N.E. MFNS will provide Islamically appropriate clothing, and nonperishable grocery items meeting Islamic dietary requirements. Muslim Families Network Society, a nonprofit organization, started its Halal (lawful or permitted for Muslims) food bank as a community outreach program in 2004 with a mission to relieve poverty. Last year, MFNS served over 3,500 community members through its Ramadan outreach. The events cater to underprivileged children and families in the Muslim community, although services are open to any individual or family in the Calgary area that can demonstrate need
June 28: Everyone is invited at River Park Church for the screening of Billy Graham’s film My Hope America, at 6:30 pm. Billy Graham brings a message of lasting hope to all nations, Offering new testimonies and enduring truth, he helps you get back to the basics of your faith and discover how to share the hope of your salvation with others. Free entrance. River Park Church, 14A Street S.W., Calgary.
July 3: MFNS will host a Ramadan Iftar Dinner for families in need beginning at 9:40 p.m. at Marlborough Park Community Center, 6021 Madigan Drive N.E. Services are open to any individual or family in the Calgary area that can demonstrate need. Muslim Families Network Society is a non-profit organization that enhances the physical, social and spiritual well being of individuals and families in Calgary and area by providing education and awareness, poverty relief, and social supports based on Islamic principles and values.
July 6 to 12: Summer Retreat; Sacred Seeing — Holding All As Holy with Sandy Prather (Edmonton) Cost: $560 Live-In/$485 Commute. Explore the sacred dimensions of everyday life, coming to see not only that all is holy but that we are called to live out of that fullness. For general questions and/or to register for an event, please contact our main office at (403) 228-4215. FCJ Christian Life Centre is a corporate ministry of The Sisters, Faithful Companions of Jesus (FCJ) since 1980.
July 19 to 24: Summer Retreat: Becoming Fully Alive - Living Life as Spiritual Practice with Fr. Tom Ryan, CSP (Washington, D.C.) Cost: $467 Live-In/$405 Commute. A healthy spirituality encompasses every aspect of our lives and orients us towards life to the full across the entire range of human experience. We will look at the various activities that make up our lives with an eye towards how everything in our day can become part of our spiritual practice (i.e. time alone with community/ friends/family, the work we do, the ways we pray, tuning in to the wonders of creation around us). You will emerge from this retreat with a fresh vision and renewed energy for your life back home. For questions and/ or to register for an event, please contact our main office at (403) 2284215. FCJ Christian Life Centre.
Aug. 7 to 9: Summer Retreat; From Where We’ve Been to Where We’re Going - A Journey of Faith with Ivy Thomas (Kamloops, B.C.) Cost: $265 Live-In/$175 Commute. Thi7s place of calling, our vocation, is never stagnant. Rather, God is always calling us to new things, new places, new ways of being. In our time together we will reflect on where God has taken us in the past and where God might be leading us now. Through conversation, spiritual practices and personal reflection, we will explore our own deep gladness as well as the world’s deep hunger, seeking God’s wisdom for the next leg of journey. For general questions and/or to register for an event, please contact our main office at (403) 228-4215. FCJ Christian Life Centre.
Aug. 7 to 13: Summer Silent Directed Retreat with Sr. Ann Marie Walsh, fcJ. A Silent Directed Retreat is an opportunity for you to experience individual spiritual direction in an atmosphere of prayer and silence at the FCJ Centre. Each day, you will have time for private prayer and reflection as well as the opportunity of sharing your prayer experiences with your spiritual director. The spiritual director will attentively listen, help you reflect on your experiences and encourage you to open yourself more and more to an ever deepening relationship with our loving and gracious God. For general questions and/or to register for an event, please contact our main office at (403) 228-4215. FCJ Christian Life Centre.
Option I - Aug. 7 to 9 (Weekend Retreat) Cost: $265 Live-In / $175 Commute. Option II - Aug. 7 to 13 (6-Day Retreat) Cost: $560 Live-In / $485 Commute.
Aug. 21 to 23: Summer Retreat; Indigo and Thread - Spirituality in Your Hands with Thomas Roach (British Columbia) Cost (includes material): $285 Live-In/$195 Commute. Join us as we explore spontaneity, creativity and our innate connection to the Divine with indigo and thread. Get your hands deep into a vat of dye and discover the mystery of indigo blue. Experience wonder as colour and pattern appear before your eyes. Enriching the fabric with hand stitching to create a personal prayer shawl. Let your hands and mind work together intuitively. No previous experience is necessary. For questions and/or to register for an event, please contact our main office at (403) 228-4215. FCJ Christian Life Centre.
Aug. 24 to 28: VBS Caravan 2015 A division of St. Andrew’s Regional Ministry Hosted by Robert McClure United Church. Embark on an icy expedition that empowers kids to overcome obstacles with God’s awesome power! Robert McClure United Church 5510 - 26 Avenue N.E. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Open to all children, ages 5 to 12 years. The cost for the full day, week-long program is $100/first child, $75/each additional child. Pre & post-care is $20 per child for the week. To register: Visit robertmcclurechurch.org or call 403-280-9500 VBS co-ordinator, Elizabeth Gray: VBS.Caravan@gmail.com or 403259-4080.