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Spirituality Series:
Forgiveness: A Process

The Mary & Joseph Retreat Center is sponsoring this series of topics that address our human journey for establishing and sustaining relationships: with Reality/reality, with our self, and with others. 

Fred & Herb will share their separate knowledge and experience of Secular and Spiritual ingredients! Bill Wilson (co-founder of AA) discusses forgiveness – he calls it “letting go of resentment”. It’s not done to please others, but in the interest of FREEDOM – theirs and ours. A life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness.

Learn about the process of forgiveness, what it is and what it is not, how to forgive them and ourselves – the practical approach to the process. Workshop will focus on positive intention, unenforceable rules, and decision & action as tools for self-forgiveness process.

This will be a practical WORK-shop. Bring your questions, prepare to confront your unwillingness and to respond to your willingness. Together we’ll share our experience and dialogue about being delivered to FREEDOM by bringing HEALING to others.

Workshop Resources

Fred Luskin, PhD is the director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects, a senior consultant in health promotion at Stanford University, and a professor at the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology, as well as an affiliate faculty member of the Greater Good Science Center. He is the author of “Forgive for Good: A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness” and also “Stress Free for Good: Ten Proven Life Skills for Health and Happiness”, with Kenneth Pelletier, PhD. Learn more at www.learningtoforgive.com.

Herb Kaighan, Spiritual Director 
(Sober since 1984)
Through working the 12 Steps as contained in the Big Book, Herb experienced a profound spiritual awakening. He will discuss the impact of the Process & Principles for walking this path, practicing emotional sobriety to develop emotional maturity and a practice of daily intentional consciousness.

Upcoming Events in this Series
Review the list of scheduled events below and click on the workshop you wish to attend. 

DateTitle
Tuesday, Sep. 26 @ 7:00 PM PDTTuesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Wednesday, Sep. 27 @ 12:00 PM PDTWednesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Wednesday, Sep. 27 @ 7:30 PM PDTCentering Prayer
Thursday, Sep. 28 @ 4:00 PM PDTThursday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Saturday, Sep. 30 @ 10:00 AM PDTOA Spanish: Step 10 & Emotional Sobriety
Sunday, Oct. 1 @ 10:00 AM PDTSunday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Tuesday, Oct. 3 @ 7:00 PM PDTTuesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Wednesday, Oct. 4 @ 12:00 PM PDTWednesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Thursday, Oct. 5 @ 4:00 PM PDTThursday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Saturday, Oct. 7 @ 10:00 AM PDTEmotional Sobriety: A Life That Flourishes 3
Sunday, Oct. 8 @ 10:00 AM PDTSunday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Tuesday, Oct. 10 @ 7:00 PM PDTTuesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Wednesday, Oct. 11 @ 12:00 PM PDTWednesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Wednesday, Oct. 11 @ 7:30 PM PDTCentering Prayer
Thursday, Oct. 12 @ 4:00 PM PDTThursday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Sunday, Oct. 15 @ 10:00 AM PDTSunday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Tuesday, Oct. 17 @ 7:00 PM PDTTuesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Wednesday, Oct. 18 @ 12:00 PM PDTWednesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Thursday, Oct. 19 @ 4:00 PM PDTThursday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Sunday, Oct. 22 @ 10:00 AM PDTSunday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Tuesday, Oct. 24 @ 7:00 PM PDTTuesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Wednesday, Oct. 25 @ 12:00 PM PDTWednesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Wednesday, Oct. 25 @ 7:30 PM PDTCentering Prayer
Thursday, Oct. 26 @ 4:00 PM PDTThursday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Saturday, Oct. 28 @ 10:00 AM PDTOA Spanish: Step 11 – Prayer, Meditation & Contemplation
Sunday, Oct. 29 @ 10:00 AM PDTSunday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Monday, Oct. 30 @ 11:00 AM PDTStep Guide Monthly
Tuesday, Oct. 31 @ 7:00 PM PDTTuesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Wednesday, Nov. 1 @ 12:00 PM PDTWednesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Thursday, Nov. 2 @ 4:00 PM PDTThursday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Sunday, Nov. 5 @ 10:00 AM PSTSunday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Tuesday, Nov. 7 @ 7:00 PM PSTTuesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Wednesday, Nov. 8 @ 12:00 PM PSTWednesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Wednesday, Nov. 8 @ 7:30 PM PSTCentering Prayer
Thursday, Nov. 9 @ 4:00 PM PSTThursday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Sunday, Nov. 12 @ 10:00 AM PSTSunday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Tuesday, Nov. 14 @ 7:00 PM PSTTuesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Wednesday, Nov. 15 @ 12:00 PM PSTWednesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Thursday, Nov. 16 @ 4:00 PM PSTThursday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Saturday, Nov. 18 @ 9:00 AM PSTOA Spanish: Step 12 – Sponsorship & Practicing Principles
Sunday, Nov. 19 @ 10:00 AM PSTSunday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Tuesday, Nov. 21 @ 7:00 PM PSTTuesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Wednesday, Nov. 22 @ 12:00 PM PSTWednesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Wednesday, Nov. 22 @ 7:30 PM PSTCentering Prayer
Thursday, Nov. 23 @ 4:00 PM PSTThursday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Sunday, Nov. 26 @ 10:00 AM PSTSunday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Monday, Nov. 27 @ 11:00 AM PSTStep Guide Monthly
Tuesday, Nov. 28 @ 7:00 PM PSTTuesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Wednesday, Nov. 29 @ 12:00 PM PSTWednesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Thursday, Nov. 30 @ 4:00 PM PSTThursday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Sunday, Dec. 3 @ 10:00 AM PSTSunday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Tuesday, Dec. 5 @ 7:00 PM PSTTuesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Wednesday, Dec. 6 @ 12:00 PM PSTWednesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Thursday, Dec. 7 @ 4:00 PM PSTThursday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Sunday, Dec. 10 @ 10:00 AM PSTSunday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Tuesday, Dec. 12 @ 7:00 PM PSTTuesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Wednesday, Dec. 13 @ 12:00 PM PSTWednesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Wednesday, Dec. 13 @ 7:30 PM PSTCentering Prayer
Thursday, Dec. 14 @ 4:00 PM PSTThursday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Sunday, Dec. 17 @ 10:00 AM PSTSunday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Monday, Dec. 18 @ 11:00 AM PSTStep Guide Monthly
Tuesday, Dec. 19 @ 7:00 PM PSTTuesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Wednesday, Dec. 20 @ 12:00 PM PSTWednesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Thursday, Dec. 21 @ 4:00 PM PSTThursday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Sunday, Dec. 24 @ 10:00 AM PSTSunday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Tuesday, Dec. 26 @ 7:00 PM PSTTuesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Wednesday, Dec. 27 @ 12:00 PM PSTWednesday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Wednesday, Dec. 27 @ 7:30 PM PSTCentering Prayer
Thursday, Dec. 28 @ 4:00 PM PSTThursday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Saturday, Dec. 30 @ 9:00 AM PSTOA Spanish: Steps 10-12 – Our WAY of LIVING!
Sunday, Dec. 31 @ 10:00 AM PSTSunday Big Book 12 Step Workshop
Saturday, Jan. 6 @ 10:00 AM PSTEmotional Sobriety: A Life That Flourishes 4
Wednesday, Jan. 10 @ 7:30 PM PSTCentering Prayer
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