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Sophia Center for Culture and Spirituality - a wisdom center celebrating Earth, Art and Spirituality

Sophia Summer Institute 2012

Our Way into the Future: A Celebration of the Story and Work of Our Time

Summer Institute
Our Way Into the Future —
July 19 – 22

Post Institute Retreat
Venturing Forth as Humanity —
July 22 – 24

Download the Summer Institute Brochure & Registration Form

Summer Institute — July 19-22

Thursday, July 19,

7:00 pm — Brian Swimme & Mary Evelyn Tucker
Gaian Sensibilities: Some Intersections of the World Religions and Contemporary Science

Friday, July 20

9:30 am — Miriam Therese Winter
Our Spirituality in a Quantum Universe: Minding Our P’s and Q’s

2:00 – 4:30 pm — Interactive Dialogue Sessions:

John Fox: My Heart Broke Loose on the Wind
Peter Mayer: The Human Journey – Words and music to make you laugh and warm the heart

7:00 pm — Diarmuid O’Murchu
The Lure of the Future: Spirit Inspiring the Future

Saturday, July 21

9:30 am — Belvie Rooks
Hey Listen Up – Reaching the Stars, Healing the Street

2:00 pm — Peter Mayer in Concert
Songs of science and spirituality to experience the beauty and mystery of the world

7:00 pm — Mary Evelyn Tucker
The Emerging Earth Community

Sunday, July 22

9:30 am — Jim Conlon
A Compass for the Journey

11:00 am — Jim Conlon
Missa Gaia Celebration

post-Institute Retreat — July 22-24

Sunday, July 22

7:00 pm — Miriam Therese Winter & Diarmuid O’Murchu
Venturing Forth as Humanity

Monday, July 23

9:30 am – 9:00 pm — (with breaks) Miriam Therese Winter & Diarmuid O’Murchu
Venturing Forth as Humanity, continued

Tuesday, July 24

9:30 am – 2:00 pm — Miriam Therese Winter & Diarmuid O’Murchu
Venturing Forth as Humanity, conclusion

Presenters

Brian Swimme, PhD, is a cosmologist and a professor on the graduate faculty as the California Institute of Integral Studies. (More about Swimme)

Mary Evelyn Tucker, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Religion and the Environment at Yale University (More about Tucker).

Miriam Therese Winter, MMS, PhD, is a Medical Mission Sister who has been writing and publishing Spirit-inspired songs since the Second Vatican Council. (More about Winter)

John Fox CPT, is a poet and certified poetry therapist. (More about Fox)

Peter Mayer is a full-time singer/songwriter with a background in Theology. He performs in acoustic music inspired by Thomas Berry, Brian Swimme, and others who have helped create the vision at the heart of Sophia Center. (More about Mayer)

Diarmuid O’Murchu, MSC, PhD, is a counselor and social psychologist, and the a member of the Sacred Heart Missionary Order, and a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin Ireland. (More about O'Murchu)

Belvie Rooks, MA, is a writer, educator and producer whose work weaves the worlds of spirituality, feminism, ecology, racial and environmental justice and a passion for dialogue. (More about Rooks)

Jim Conlon, PhD, is the director of the Holy Names University/Sophia Center. He has degrees in chemistry, theology, social science and culture and spirituality.(More about Conlon)