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  • Saturdays, 9:00am to 12:00pm
    November 16
    December 7
    January 4
    February 1
    February 22
    March 15
    May 3

    In-person Series
    Enlivening Prayer Workshop Series

    music, movement, nature, prayer

    Why Enlivening Prayer?

    Like the disciples, we yearn to know how to pray. People will ask for our prayers. Have you ever said yes to a prayer request and experienced doubt about how to pray—a loss for words? Or have you longed for greater depth in your life of prayer? Do you want to enter more deeply into the Church’s tradition of “praying without ceasing” (1 Thess. 5:17)?

    About our Workshop Leaders (guides)

    Our guides for these workshops are members of Santa Clara University's faculty and staff from the Religious Studies and Pastoral Ministries programs. Each guide has been invited to help provide a deeper connection to a particular prayer experience, in ways which invite participants to both to grow in their comfort of prayer and recognize how important it is as an integral part of our daily living.

    Who should attend?

    All are welcome! As we encounter life events - our focus on prayer can help with the journey. For those who catechize other, in addition to personal enrichment, our hope it to provide new ways to foster linkages between prayer and daily living. Each workshop stands alone. Register for one, or for all you plan to attend.

    About the Location

    Santa Clara University Markey Center is grateful for the partnership with the Diocese of San Jose and through the hospitality of Santa Teresa Church, San Jose who will host this series. A map is available on each registration page. 

  • Fri. 6:30pm to 8:30pm Sat. 9:00am to 3:00pm

    2025 Dates
    Jan. 10, 11
    Jan. 24, 25
    Feb. 7, 8
    Feb. 21, 22

    Online via Zoom
    Spiritual Accompaniment

    Spiritual Accompaniment Rock Key

    This four-module workshop invites participants to consider how the work of spiritual accompaniment may vary from one context to another.  The workshop helps participants build skills that are essential to cultivating a culture of encounter, whatever the context may be.  In each session, participants will be invited to listen deeply to oneself and to others.

    • Listening to your life and accompanying others
    • Ways of listening
    • Praying with others
    • Spiritual accompaniment ministries

    Visit our Registration Page today.

    About our Workshop Leader - Candee Lucas

    “I am a Jesuit-trained-and-inspired spiritual companion to the sick, suffering, dying and their families, friends, caretakers, survivors and mourners. I have served as Chaplain for Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and am currently Aftercare Coordinator for Catholic Cemeteries-Diocese of San Jose. I trained to be Spiritual Director at El Retiro in Los Altos.