Date & Time Details: 2:00 - 4:00 pm Pacific Time, November 1, 2020, Sunday
Zoom: Cinema Divina – On Wondering
With M Freeman
November 1, 2020
In this distressing time of surging uncertainty, upheaval and life-threatening tribulations, we are called to greater love. But how do we open our hearts in a way that metabolizes what many of us experience as the least welcomed emotions—anger, fear, disgust, hate? Together, in this session we will lean into the holy mystery in contemplative practice with a cinematic meditation on wondering. Marilyn will guide participants through a mindful and sacred screening process of a short film she has made for this session. You will be invited into reverent silences, writing, sharing and spacious listening.
Facilitator
M Freeman
Media artist, writer, spiritual director, and independent scholar, M Freeman works at the intersections of reckoning and resiliency, queerness and film, and contemplative, creative and social art practices. They are author of The Illuminated Space: A Personal Theory and Contemplative Practice of Media Art (The 3rd Thing, 2020) and creator of Cinema Divina—short films for contemplative practice. Their text and media arts essays have been published in or at The Fourth Genre, Ninth Letter, TriQuarterly, Blackbird, Rolling Stone and Abbey of the Arts. Their films are screened on PBS and in galleries, spirituality centers and festivals worldwide. marilynfreeman.com. Learn more about M Freeman
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Date & Time Details: 2:00 - 4:00 pm Pacific Time, November 1, 2020, Sunday
Zoom: Cinema Divina – On Wondering
With M Freeman
November 1, 2020
In this distressing time of surging uncertainty, upheaval and life-threatening tribulations, we are called to greater love. But how do we open our hearts in a way that metabolizes what many of us experience as the least welcomed emotions—anger, fear, disgust, hate? Together, in this session we will lean into the holy mystery in contemplative practice with a cinematic meditation on wondering. Marilyn will guide participants through a mindful and sacred screening process of a short film she has made for this session. You will be invited into reverent silences, writing, sharing and spacious listening.
Facilitator
Media artist, writer, spiritual director, and independent scholar, M Freeman works at the intersections of reckoning and resiliency, queerness and film, and contemplative, creative and social art practices. They are author of The Illuminated Space: A Personal Theory and Contemplative Practice of Media Art (The 3rd Thing, 2020) and creator of Cinema Divina—short films for contemplative practice. Their text and media arts essays have been published in or at The Fourth Genre, Ninth Letter, TriQuarterly, Blackbird, Rolling Stone and Abbey of the Arts. Their films are screened on PBS and in galleries, spirituality centers and festivals worldwide. marilynfreeman.com.
Learn more about M Freeman
SISTERS SPEAK: OUR BLOG
Sisters post on our Blog weekly on Fridays. See what our Sisters have to say about living Monastic Life in the 21st Century.
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Participate in Boerne, Texas Benedictine Sister Ursula’s mission to migrants on the Texas / Mexico border by donating items needed by people who have nothing. You may also donate money for purchasing what is needed. SEE FLYER FOR MORE INFORMATION
SR. LAURA ON YOUTUBE
See Sr. Laura’s youtube channel for some of her work in “restoring women to the stories we tell.”
CLICK, TAP, OR SCAN QR CODE WITH PHONE FOR HANDY MAP & DIRECTIONS TO ST PLACID:
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