Canberra Region

ANSD Canberra and Region holds Reflective Workshops and Quiet Days at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture.

All are welcome

The ANSD Canberra and Region representative is Alice-Anne Macnaught.  Email Alice-Anne for more information about the events below or the ANSD Canberra group.

ANSD Canberra and Region Report 2018

Reflective Workshops

The Reflective Workshops are specifically for those engaged in spiritual direction, (both ANSD members and non-members), including those in formation and anyone in active spiritual direction ministry.

April 2019 Reflective Workshop

‘Tending Edges’ with Elizabeth Lee

Friday 5th April 2019

9.30am to 3.00pm

October 2019 Reflective Workshop

Consolidating and building on learnings from the ANSD National Conference in September 2019.

Facilitated by Sue Dunbar

Friday 18th October 2019

9.30am to 3.00pm

Quiet Days

Quiet Days are for anyone interested in Christian Spirituality and Contemplative Prayer.  Quiet Days are held in February, May, August and November and facilitated by a representative of ANSD Canberra and Region.

Our 2019 Quiet Days:

• Saturday 16th February 2019, with Frances Mackay
• Saturday 18th May 2019, with Linda Chapman
• Saturday 17th February 2019, with Heather Thompson
• Saturday 23rd November 2019, with Kerrie Hide

Past Quiet Day themes and facilitators have included:

  Deep Listening to the Spirit of Place with Rev’d Dr Sarah Bachelard;

  “Our heart is restless until”: St Augustine’s Journey and Ours with Dr Heather Thomson;

  Advent Greening: Enjoying the Colours of Advent with Hildegard of Bingen and Mechtilde of Magdeburg with Dr Kerrie Hide; and

  Rethinking“Giving up” for Lent with Dr Heather Thomson.