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Adoration, Awe and Service
How do we shape parishes that are characterized by prayer and service? Parishes of adoration, awe and service that also are making use of the best methods of parish development?
For your reflection - A love story
Shaping the Parish is a two-year training program drawing on the methods and knowledge of ascetical theology and organization development. Participants can begin in any September class and continue with the program for the two years.
Method: Workshop sessions are on Zoom. MORE
Cost: Workshop fee $100 for an individual; $300 for a parish team of three to six people; plus, cost of books
Saint Benedict Cycle Beginning in 2023: September 15, 2023
Saint Scholastica Cycle Beginning in 2024: September 20, 2024
Sponsored by: The Order of the Ascension — a Benedictine religious community of the Episcopal Church.
Registration for 2023-24
Training staff
Sister Michelle Heyne, OA is the Presiding Sister and a parish development consultant. Brother Poulson Reed, OA, is the Bishop of Oklahoma. Sister Susan Latimer, OA, is the Rector of Good Shepherd, Hemet, CA. Brother Scott Benhase, OA is the retired Bishop of Georgia and Vicar of St Cyprian’s, NC. Brother Robert Gallagher, OA, is a parish development consultant. MORE on Trainers page
Photo credits for top of page Sacred place, Collection: Flickr; Photographer: Zoran Strajin; Chapel with Font, Collection: Flickr; Photographer: Peter de Rooij; France, Provence, Sainte-Baume Mountain, woman burning candle at Troglodyte Sainte-Marie Madeleine Holy Cave, Collection: Photographer’s Choice RF; Photographer: Sami Sarkis All Getty Images