Soul
Connection to the core
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Julie Remington, Associate Director of Wisdom Ways, describes the kind of people who attend the varied programs. “They’re curious about a different viewpoint than the one they’ve been taught. They want to explore beyond the known in a place that’s credible and safe. Our participants say they enjoy the ritual—— the color, the music, the poetry——as well as the in-depth scholarship. They say all that makes them feel more connected.”
The connection that participants speak of refers to the relationship between the individual and his or her own spiritual source. At Wisdom Ways, that source may be called God with a capital G, or Allah, Jehovah, life force, light,energy, what have you. In fact, only about half of all Wisdom Ways participants claim to be Catholic; many claim no religious affiliation whatsoever. “If you’re comfortable with people of all faith backgrounds,” says Julie, “then you’ll be comfortable here.”
But whatever form or name their particular spiritual source may take, people come to Wisdom Ways looking to heighten their connection to it. It’s no coincidence that the Sisters define this intensifying of the spiritual connection in their Acts of Chapter ( see page 14), where it is referred to as “participat[ing] in the Mystery of Transformation.” In other words, the Wisdom Ways ministry exists at the very heart of what the Sisters are all about. You might say its core purpose is to enhance that singular transformative relationship with the divine on which all other CSJ partnerships are built. Continued...
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