Lifesprings Canossian Spirituality Centre

Retreats Ignatian Spiritual Exercises 8-days to 30-days direction retreats Prayer weekends, which is a silent retreat with guidance on prayer and / or spiritual life A day of recollection for prayer and spiritual guidance Holy week/Advent Retreats, which can be seen as an invitation to spend these liturgically rich days in prayer and silence Individual or group retreats tailored to different needs		††††† "Thanks for making my birthday retreat a memorable one with your warm hospitality!" - Lim Song Lee "Thank you for the clean and green environment" - Lo Wai Mun "It was an excellent time for me of quieting down. See you again!" - Sharon Goh "Wonderful & fruitful time at the directed retreat. The simple yet profound direction guided me to meet God. Will be back again!" - Rachel Tan
What is an individually directed retreat? It is a time of coming aside to be with my God to listen to what He is saying to me in the depth of my being. It is a time of relationship with God/Jesus in a loving, attentive presence. Prayer is focused on the Scriptures. Retreatants meet daily for approximately one hour with their spiritual director who is the companion to dialogue about their prayer experience. Silence is observed throughout the retreat.		Come, listen, enjoy His Holy Presence
Through the Year Spiritual direction where retreatants meet daily with their spiritual companion to dialogue about their personal relationship with God Professional counselling Courses Workshops on prayer, spiritual formation and personal growth more Workshop in action at the Conference Room
A Taste of Non-Violent Communication Come to get some knowledge and to have a taste of a form of COMMUNICATION that helps you:- - develop relationships based on mutual respect, compassion and co-operation - experience more peace and harmony within yourself and with others - resolve conflicts peacefully The content of this course comes mainly from Dr Marshall Rosenberg’s Non-violent Communication approach as well as other valuable, time-tested helps for effective, satisfying communication. see schedule Promoting Personal Change through Choice Theory This workshop addresses situations when individuals lose control of their own lives and do not know how to satisfy personal basic needs, unleashing thus a cycle of reactions and negative and/or self-destructive behaviours. Choice Theory is offered as - a new psychology of personal freedom - a way to re-construct harmonious relationships. - with the emphasis on personal change. As an application of Choice Theory, Reality Therapy will demonstrate the counselling approach and questioning techniques to help clients self-evaluate, and discover the sources of motivation within themselves. Participants will have the chance to participate in interactive exercises that simulate the self-evaluating processes used in Reality Therapy to effect personal change. see schedule Love & Forgiveness …'letting-go' and surrendering pride and hurt are only a part of forgiveness, a passive part. There is a much greater maturity and personal freedom required to initiate forgiveness. But, like all matters of growth, many of us are not there yet. We can't invent powers, wisdoms and strengths that we don't yet have. It takes time for these compassionate strengths to be built up inside us. To journey into forgiveness – we explore ways of engaging in this process, humanly and spiritually – and reach a place of being enabled and strengthened by arriving at a state of compassion. In this seminar, you will be… • building compassionate strength within yourself • understanding your own make-up – psychologically, socially, politically and institutionally • understanding the elements in forgiveness and the place of Love • understanding the rules of forgiveness in close relationships • learning to love after hurt and pain Who should attend? • Counsellors • Teachers • Parents see schedule Retreat for Educators Spirituality of the Teacher in very Changing Times • Inputs : - new global movements in education - the inner, spiritual life of a teacher - creating a new vision/mission of the teacher • Sharing of experiences • Q & A • Silent reflection & Personal prayer see schedule Invitation to the Labyrinth The labyrinth is an ancient Christian meditation walk. It is a symbol that relates to wholeness. It combines the imagery of the circle and the spiral into a seemingly meandering but purposeful path. It is a symbol that creates a sacred space and place and takes us out of our ego to "That Which Is Within." The Labyrinth represents a journey to our own centre and back again out into the world. It is also, therefore, a metaphor for life's journey. Indeed, everything that happens on a labyrinth is a metaphor. A labyrinth has only one path. The way in is the way out. There are no blind alleys. The path leads you on a circuitous path to the centre and out again. . It is a journey into stillness. With a labyrinth there is only one choice to be made - whether or not to walk a spiritual path. Come, take the time to pause and reflect and journey with a praying community. see schedule Change of Heart - Growing as a person humanly and spiritually An invitation to be opened to change and to change often, making your life a spiritual adventure! • Seeker in the heart • Creating a wise heart and wise mind • Learning through change of Heart and Mind to allow a new spirit within us ‘Let us seek to identify the Name for our Journey and what inspires us! And at the heart of it we will find an invitation to explore, change and shape our life in faith, hope and love.’ Jesus says: Come, Follow Me and I will make you! see schedule Midlife Growth for Women This workshop retreat invites adults in the age group of 40-65 years. Through input, reflection, journaling and prayer, participants will experience an understanding of themselves at this stage of development, and embark on a spiritual journey of living the middle years with new meaning and expression. Topics • The Life Cycle – and midlife signs • My Sacred Story • Call to Transformation • Call to Contemplation • The Second Journey see schedule