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URL:https://www.thecarmelitecentremelbourne.org/events/via-zoom-carmelite-
 conversations-with-paul-sireh-ocarm-on-silence-as-language-of-prayer-wedne
 sday-4-october-10-30am-to-12-00pm/
SUMMARY:via zoom: Carmelite Conversations\, with Paul Sireh OCarm on Silenc
 e as Language of Prayer\, Wednesday 4 October\, 10.30am to 12.00pm
DESCRIPTION:Carmelite Conversation with Paul Sireh OCarm on Silence as Lang
 uage of Prayer.\n\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84393590639?pwd=d3FvTzFBaXd
 ONVp6SW9XcXRBWTJaZz09\n\nMeeting ID: 843 9359 0639\nPasscode: 038757\n\n\n
 In this session we will reflect on Silence as Prayer being an invitation t
 o seek God by fine-tuning our minds\, our hearts\, our senses to be aware 
 of God’s presence\, to listen to God’s whisper in every moment and in 
 every situation.\nSilence goes with Solitude\, another main discipline of 
 abstinence\, but it can also be practiced in relationship with others by\;
 \n1. Listening to People: 2. Community Silence: 3.Contemplative Prayer Fol
 lowing the theme of silence by Paul's favourite guru\, the late Fr Thomas 
 Keating.\nThomas Keating\, O.C.S.O. was an American Catholic monk and prie
 st of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance. Keating was known
  as one of the principal developers of Centering Prayer\, a contemporary m
 ethod of contemplative prayer that emerged from St. Joseph's Abbey in Spen
 cer\, Massachusetts.\n“The Secret Embrace is that silence is not absenc
 e\, but presence. It is a “something\,” not a nothing. It has substant
 iality\, heft\, force. You can lean into it\, and it leans back. It meets 
 you\; it holds you up.”\nAbout the present: I come from the beautiful Ma
 nus Island\, north of Papua New Guinea.   I left home when I was 18 year
 s old. I am the eighth born of nine siblings. Now a citizen to Australia. 
 This year I celebrate my 18th year as an ordained priest and 23 years as a
  Carmelite friar. This year\, too\, will be my sixth year as a full-time c
 ollege chaplain at Whitefriars College. A great privileged ministering to 
 the college which gave me joy and learning to experience a new ministry\, 
 coming into a big community of students and teachers who shared the same C
 atholic and Carmelite ethos and living the Carmelite charism. I enjoyed ve
 ry much being involved in the various liturgies and college events and pre
 sentations. It is a peaceful environment. Now as the full-time chaplain wi
 th the Religious Education team\, I feel I am putting my gift of the litur
 gy which I am very good at\, into practice and gaining new experiences.\n\
 n\n\nCOST OF SESSIONS: Would you shout us a coffee and cake?\nThe suggeste
 d donation to say ‘thank you’ for this session is $10 per person per s
 ession. That’s less than the cost of a coffee and cake. Kindly make your
  contribution to the cost of providing these events here. Thank you for he
 lping us continue our work.\n\nThe Carmelite Conversations will continue i
 n 2023 on the first Wednesday of the month from 10.30 am to 12.00pm. All a
 re welcome to join for a particular session or regularly. More details wil
 l be given about each of these session closer to the event.\n\nThe 2023 pr
 ogram for the remainder of the year\n\n1st November - Gabrielle Fogarty TO
 C on Who are the Lay Carmelites?\n6th December - Paul Maunder OCD on The S
 cience of the Cross: Insights of Edith Stein into John of the Cross\n\n\n\
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