Date & Time Details: 2:00 pm -4:00 pm, Pacific Time, Sunday, February 6, 2021
Zoom: Cinema Divina – How is Love Moving in My Life Right Now?
With M Freeman
February 6, 2022
Loss comes in many forms—a job, a relationship, a home, physical and cognitive abilities, the death of a sister, brother, friend, spouse or parent…. With loss comes grief, and grieving is different for each of us but many arrive at the same question CS Lewis did in his book, A Grief Observed: “Meanwhile, where is God?” This session kicks off the third Cinema Divina season at the Priory Spirituality Center with a cinematic meditation on grieving and this question: How is Love Moving in My Life Right Now? Marilyn will guide participants through a contemplative screening process with a short film made for this session. Participants 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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SISTERS SPEAK: OUR BLOG
Sisters post on our Blog occasionally. See what our Sisters have to say about living Monastic Life in the 21st Century.
SR. LAURA ON YOUTUBE
See Sr. Laura’s youtube channelfor some of her work in “restoring women to the stories we tell.”
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Date & Time Details: 2:00 pm -4:00 pm, Pacific Time, Sunday, February 6, 2021
Zoom: Cinema Divina – How is Love Moving in My Life Right Now?
With M Freeman
February 6, 2022
Loss comes in many forms—a job, a relationship, a home, physical and cognitive abilities, the death of a sister, brother, friend, spouse or parent…. With loss comes grief, and grieving is different for each of us but many arrive at the same question CS Lewis did in his book, A Grief Observed: “Meanwhile, where is God?” This session kicks off the third Cinema Divina season at the Priory Spirituality Center with a cinematic meditation on grieving and this question: How is Love Moving in My Life Right Now? Marilyn will guide participants through a contemplative screening process with a short film made for this session. Participants 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
SCRIPTURAL STATIONS OF THE CROSS:
SISTERS SPEAK: OUR BLOG
Sisters post on our Blog occasionally. See what our Sisters have to say about living Monastic Life in the 21st Century.
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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