2009 NADI in Review
Thanks to Sr. Mary Catherine Holicky, OSB who served as NADI Director. Below is the schedule of main activities during the two weeks. View pictures of NADI.
NADI 2009
May 14-28, 2009
Saint Benedict’s Monastery
St. Joseph, MN
8:15 a.m. Morning Prayer
11:30 a.m. Office of Readings
5:00 Evening Prayer
Eucharist - daily times varied
May 14, Thursday Arrive/Settle in
Evening Meal with monastic community
Introductions - Mary Catherine Holicky, OSB
Welcome - Nancy Bauer, OSB, Prioress
Welcome and orientation - Mary Catherine Holicky, OSB
May 15, Friday
9:00-9:45 a.m. Tai Chi Chi
10:00-11:00 a.m. Sharing Our Stories
Directors meet together - Laureen Virnig, OSB
Novices meet together - Mary Catherine Holicky, OSB
12:45 p.m. Tours of campus
2:30-4:30 p.m. Sharing Our Stories
Directors meet together & Novices meet together
May 16, Saturday
9:00-11:00 a.m. Christology in the Rule of Benedict: How does Benedict
Understand Christ? Mary Forman, OSB
2:30-4:30 p.m. Christology in the Rule of Benedict: How does Benedict
Understand Christ? Mary Forman, OSB - Rosamond A
5:40 p.m. Cook out - Margretta Lower Level/Patio
May 17, Sunday
9:00-10:00 a.m. Group Lectio with Novices - Mary Catherine Holicky, OSB
Formal sharing among Directors - Laureen Virnig, OSB
2:00 p.m. leave for Saint Scholastica Convent, St. Cloud, MN
Tour & Conversation
May 18, Monday
9:00-11:00 a.m. Our Benedictine Foundresses: Source of Hope and Inspiration
for the Twenty-First Century - Ephrem Hollerman, OSB
2:00 p.m. Ice Cream Social with monastic community -Monastic Gardens
3:00-4:30 p.m. Listen to your Heartbeat: Exploring Your Creative Experience
Thomasette Scheeler, OSB -Artisan Studio
May 19, Tuesday
9:00-11:00 a.m. Singing Our Faith, Singing Our Theology - Delores Dufner, OSB
2:00-4:30 p.m. Sharing of Community Stories
7:30 p.m. Sharing of Community Stories
May 20, Wednesday
9:00-11:00 a.m. Sustainability, Beauty, and Tough Times: Questions, Challenges,
and Opportunities - Mara Faulkner, OSB - Rosamond A
2:30-4:30 p.m. A Guided Tour of the Haehn Museum Exhibit: By the Work of
Our Hands -Moira Wild, OSB - Haehn Museum
May 21, Thursday
FREE DAY (listing of possible activities)
May 22, Friday
9:00-11:00 a.m. Common Life: Source of Monastic Spirituality -
Cecilia Dwyer, OSB
2:30-4:30 p.m. Common Life: Source of Monastic Spirituality
Cecilia Dwyer, OSB
May 23, Saturday
9:00-11:00 a.m. Common Life: Source of Monastic Spirituality
Cecilia Dwyer, OSB
2:30-4:30 p.m. Common Life: Source of Monastic Spirituality
Cecilia Dwyer, OSB
May 24, Sunday
9:00-10:00 a.m. Group Lectio with Novices - Mary Catherine Holicky, OSB
Formal sharing among Directors - Laureen Virnig, OSB
May 24-26 7:00 p.m., Retreat, Sunday thru Tuesday evening - Katherine Kraft, OSB
God is Not Elsewhere: Finding God in the Stuff of Of Life
This retreat will respect silence throughout its entirety
May 25, Monday Memorial Day
9:00 a.m. Retreat Conference - Katherine Kraft, OSB
3:00 p.m. Retreat Conference - Katherine Kraft, OSB
May 26, Tuesday
9:00 a.m. Retreat Conference - Katherine Kraft, OSB
3:00 p.m. Retreat Conference - Katherine Kraft, OSB
May 27, Wednesday Conclusion of retreat silence
9:00-11:00 a.m. Integration Panel of Directors and Novices
Sharing gratitude with monastic community for NADI 2009
2:30 p.m. Closing Ritual - Mary Catherine Holicky, OSB
5:45 p.m. Reception and Closing Banquet
May 28, Thursday Departure Finding God in Benedictine Life