The New Story: Healing a Bruised Earth and Broken Hearts

Date: June 19, 2010
Time: 10 am—4 pm
Cost: $40
Place: Bishop Molloy Retreat House
86-45 Edgerton Blvd.
Jamiaca, NY 11432
718-739-1229
http://www.bishopmolloy.org

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Description:
Our Earth is in anguish:
Global warming, beach & soil erosion, unsafe water and unclean air: How can we be well on a sick planet?
This day of rest and prayer, learning and conversation, maps out Berry’s new cosmology. The universe story narrates the spirituality that heals a bruised earth and broken hearts. Presentations explore cosmic vision, the old story, intimacy with the earth, and communion with healing power. Be still, rest and enjoy meaningful conversation for the challenges ahead.

Come, walk in the sacred earth and enjoy the gardens where Tom Berry, the eminent ecologian found enchantment and nurtured his dream of the earth. Come, rest, pray, learn and share the new story.

This day is a jubilant, celebratory sharing in the vision and mission of ecologian Tom Berry. On this first anniversary of his death, come to the place where he lived, a geography of awakening and awe, a wonderworld of numinous presence.

Schedule for the Day:

10:00 – Welcome / opening Prayer
10:15 – Session 1: An Anguished Planet, Berry’s Vision, Healing Earth & Humanity.
11:30 – Session 2: The Old Story & The New / Universe Story.
12:15 – Luncheon
1:15 – Session 3: Universe Unfolding: The End of an age, and the Vision of the New Story.
2:15 – Rest & Quiet, Mindful Walking.
3:00 – Session 4: Embodying the challenge Ahead.
3:50 – A Fond Farewell.

Presenter:
Fr. John J. O’Brian, a Passionist priest, was born in the Bronx and Raised in Elmont / North Valley Stream. A retreat preacher and theologian, he received his STD from Weston Jesuit School of Theology in 2002. He has studied Berry’s thought  and used his works in liturgical studies, contemporary  spirituality, and  Catholic Social teaching. Author of essays and reviews in various journals and  encyclopedias, he published George G. Higgins and the Quest  for Worker Justice {Sheed and Ward, 2005}. He has lectured on Tom Berry in the U.S. and Australia.
He presently teaches at Blessed John XXlll Seminary and Anna Maria College.
Download a flyer: June 19 Thomas Berry Event