Post-Conference Materials

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Conference Liturgy Readings

 

The Prayer of the Vessel

 

Poetry Used During the Conference

  • "Tired of Speaking Sweetly"
    Hafiz (translated by Daniel Ladinsky)
     
  • “Self Portrait”
    By David Whyte
    Fire in the Earth (Many Rivers Press)
     
  • “A Springtime Prayer”
    By Joyce Rupp
    Out of the Ordinary: Prayers, Poems, and Reflections for Every Season (Ave Maria Press)
     
  • “This is How a Human Can Change”
    Rumi
    The Illuminated Rumi (Broadway Books)
     
  • “Today”
    Hafiz
    The Gift:  Poems by Hafiz, The Great Sufi Master (Penguin Compass)

 

Pre-Conference Workshop

Presenters
Scripture reading referenced

 

Conference Presenters

 

Workshop Presenters

Speaking Peace: Cultivating Nonviolence in Every Interaction
and Restorative Justice: Toward a Culture of Peace
  • William Poehner currently serves as Executive Director of Comienzos, and offers Nonviolent Communication workshops.
  • Jiva Manske offers training in nonviolence, conflict resolution, and restorative practices.
How You See Is What You See
  • Barbara Coleman is a professional artist and educator; she and her husband own a native-plant nursery and work to restore rivers and wetlands.
Through the Door of Compassion:
Deepening into a Spirit of Non-violence
  • Judy Bierbaum is a psychotherapist who has worked in the areas of trauma and the practice of non-violence. She has served two prison sentences for her part in non-violent civil disobedience to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas (see School of the Americas Watch at soaw.org).
Ritual Work: A Language of Transformation
  • Fr. Jim Clarke, Ph.D., is presently Director of Spiritual Formation and Chairman of the Spiritual Theology Department at St. John’s Seminary.
  • Stephen Picha is Executive Director of the CAC, as well as emcee/ritual leader at CAC’s major conferences. He has also served as Ritual Elder in the CAC’s Men’s Rites of Passage programs.

 

Musicians

 

Marketplace Tables

 

Sunday Collection - Organizations