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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260708T103000
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URL:https://www.thecarmelitecentremelbourne.org/events/via-zoom-carmelite-
 conversations-a-listening-heart-wednesday-8-july-2026-10-30am-to-noon/
SUMMARY:via zoom: Carmelite Conversations: A Listening Heart\, Wednesday 8 
 July 2026\, 10.30am to noon
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 8 July 2026 via Zoom\n10.30am – 12.30pm (Melbourne 
 Time)\n[You are welcome to join from other time zones\, for example: Perth
 : 8.30am • Singapore/Malaysia: 8.30am–10.00am • Philippines: 9.30am
 –11.00am • Timor-Leste: 9.30am–11.00am • Japan/Korea: 10.30am–12
 .00pm • New Zealand: 12.30pm–2.00pm]\n\n 	Click here to Book Now\n 	Cl
 ick here to download PDF\n\nThere are moments when life invites us to slow
  down. To become still. To listen beneath the noise. Contemplation is not 
 about searching for God. It is about recognising that God has already been
  searching for us.\n\nHave you ever sensed a quiet invitation...\nto liste
 n more deeply... to become more attentive... to discover God already prese
 nt in your life?\n\nThe Carmelite tradition reminds us that contemplation 
 begins with God’s loving initiative.\n\n 	God desires us before we seek 
 Him.\n 	God is always drawing us into deeper love.\n 	God invites us to li
 sten with the heart.\n\nTogether\, we will explore:\n\n 	The contemplative
  heart of the Carmelite tradition\n 	God’s loving pursuit of every human
  heart\n 	Listening for God’s presence in everyday life\n 	The invitatio
 n to deeper freedom\, transformation and communion\n\n“The story of our 
 lives is not our search for God\, but God’s desire for\, and pursuit of\
 , us.” — Fr Jack Welch O.Carm\nIn this session of Carmelite Conversati
 ons 2026: Seasons of the Heart\, we will be seeking to explore a recogniti
 on of God’s graceful and loving pursuit of us as the very essence of con
 templation.\n\nThe following question gives a sound insight into the refle
 ctive direction of the session:\nLike "a watch in the night"\, do I keep
  alert to the approach of God's love? Where in my life am I called to a de
 eper listening? Where are the continual challenges to my mind and heart? A
 re these challenges invitations to surrender more deeply to God's transfor
 ming love? — Fr Jack Welch O.Carm\n\n 	Click here to Book Now\n 	Click h
 ere to download PDF\n\nJoin us as we listen again for the approach of God 
 —\nand rediscover the freedom your heart is made for.\nThe Carmelite Cen
 tre\n214 Richardson Street\nMiddle Park VIC 3206
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CATEGORIES:Express & Explore,Featured
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