During 2025 there will be a variety of Circle of Trust experiences for higher education professionals.
The first is an invitation for a contemplative pause as the new year and next semester begin.
St. Benedict, the sixth century father of western monasticism is quoted as saying,
“Even when we fail, always we begin again.”
We will fail; we will fall. That’s not a question.
But each stumble is an opportunity to begin again.
Make a counter intuitive choice –
just as you gear up for a new semester,
choose to pause for the deepening
of our work in the context of a world
in need of heart and soul resources for change.
The Heart of Higher Education team, with the Center for Courage & Renewal
invites you to carve out some space to pause with colleagues
and stoke the embers of our work together
in teaching and working faithfully.
Always We Begin Again
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Retreat: 10 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. CT
On Zoom.
Our time together will include hearing from Parker J. Palmer and a live question and answer segment with him. In addition, each participant will be invited to a small community group experience of Circle of Trust.®
Registration deadline – Friday, Jan. 10, 2025
$40 for each person
We will continue this work through the year with a variety of online and in person opportunities. Check back here for those events as they develop.
Whatever personal or societal challenges we face, the resources we need to transform our lives and the world can always be found within us and between us – in the human heart and in community. When we fully embrace the genuine within ourselves and honor the inherent worth and dignity of every being, we unleash the power to build a better world.
The source of our integrity – the genuine within us – goes by many names: soul, true self, inner light, identity. When we connect with that part of ourselves and celebrate it in others, we gain a clearer understanding of who we truly are, why we’re here, and the gifts we bring to the world individually and collectively.
When we show up in our homes, relationships, workplaces, communities, and ecosystems rooted in our own integrity and with a deep bow to human dignity, we inspire hope in those around us and foster the relational trust and stamina we need to keep moving, step by step, toward a more loving, equitable, and healthy world.
The Center for Courage & Renewal and its facilitators do not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, height, weight, physical or mental ability, veteran status, military obligations, and marital status.
