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December 19, 2022, Adrian, Michigan – Sister Esther Kennedy, OP, a Dominican Sister of Adrian, resumes her monthly Days of Mindfulness in person on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sessions this season will focus on relationships, amplifying our capacity to be love within family, neighborhood, city, and world.

Upcoming sessions are as follows:

• Cultivating Heart, Finding Courage, January 14, 2023. Times of crisis always include moments of grace, as insight and wisdom dawn. A community gathered in meditation is grace itself, offered in love to our world.
• Acting from Deep Knowing, February 11, 2023. John Kabat-Zinn says, “Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.” It is waking up, simply for the sake of waking up.
• Relieving Suffering, March 11, 2023. What responses arise within you when you think of someone you dislike, fear, or resent? With patience and tenderness, examine your behavior and open yourself to unfolding and transforming awareness.
• Cultivating Mindfulness, April 15, 2023. What value does meditation have? We may simply desire to realize more fully who we are and to live in the growing freedom of that awareness.

Mindfulness sessions are limited to 30 participants. All guests will be screened for COVID-19 and required to wear masks when not eating.

The cost is $35 per session, including lunch. Registration is required and is available at www.webercenter.org; click on “programs.” Registrations may also be made by calling 517-266-4000 or emailing [email protected]. Limited scholarships are available.
 

December 19, 2022, Adrian, Michigan – Get your year off to an inspirational and informational start with the new Lunch and Learn series offered monthly on Tuesdays from 12:15 to 1:00 p.m. at Weber Retreat and Conference Center. This year’s presentations are as follows:

• Exploring Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine, presented by licensed acupuncturist and herbalist Melissa Anderson on January 10, 2023. Eastern medicine is becoming increasingly popular in the United States. Melissa will explore how the Eastern philosophy shaped its medicine and how different perspectives on a disease can bring about different outcomes.
• Tecumseh Center for the Arts, now into its 42nd season, will be the topic of Director Kelly Jo Gilmore on February 7, 2023. She will discuss details of upcoming shows and a new music park that is anticipated to open on the theater’s property in the spring of 2023.
• Tips on Technology – anything of interest from phones, blogs, and podcasts to social media – will be presented on March 7, 2023, by Adrian Dominican Sisters’ Co-workers Brad McCullar of Technology and Sheila Wathen and Ashley Concord of Communications.
• The Heart of the Art – Four Adrian Dominican Sisters – Janet Wright, OP, Nancyann Turner, OP, Kathleen Voss, OP, and Barbara Cervenka, OP – each working in a different medium, share the heart of creating art during a presentation on April 11, 2022.

Lunch and Learn now offers two options. Bring your lunch – drinks and dessert are provided and registration is not necessary. You can also order your lunch from Weber Center for $5, your choice of egg salad, turkey salad, or chicken salad croissant sandwich and chips. Register at least two days before the event at 
www.webercenter.org; click on “programs.” You can also register by calling 517-266-4000 or emailing [email protected].