Saturday, June 6, 2009 10:15 AM
Listening, Hearing, and Living Series: The Practice of Hospitality with Margaret Guenther
Margaret Guenther
Explore the Benedictine approach to hospitality as a vital practice of balance that grounds our spiritual lives, our relationships, and our livelihoods as we seek to foster reconciliation in the world. Margaret Guenther guides this interactive session on “The Practice of Hospitality.”
To Register
Registration is requested (accepts only) at (202) 537-6217 or companions@cathedral.org. Participant fee: $35 General/$20 Senior, student, Cathedral volunteer, and Companion candidate. Scholarship assistance is available.
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About the session
St. Benedict writes, “All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ, who said: ‘I was a stranger and you welcomed me.” The Rule of Benedict calls us to welcome all guests as Christ. From our families to our work places, from our communities of faith to our neighborhoods, we are part of a number of diverse communities. We live in relationship with one another.
The Rev. Margaret Guenther will introduce us to one of the most compelling of the Benedictine practices— hospitality. Together we will learn of the art and service of welcoming the stranger among us and the spiritual awakening that can come from such an adventure. We will learn to bring the practice of hospitality, to ourselves and others, into the balance of our daily living in a sometimes inhospitable world.
Optional brown bag lunch conversation from 1:15 to 2:30 pm. All are welcome to stay!
About our speaker
Margaret is a noted retreat leader and lecturer. She is the author of several books, including Holy Listening: The Art of Spiritual Direction, Toward Holy Ground: Spiritual Directions for the Second Half of Life, and The Practice of Prayer. Margaret is also author of At Home in the World: A Rule for the Rest of Us which is being used by Companion Candidates in The Community of Reconciliation to assist in writing their Rule of Life.
Margaret holds the A.B. and M.A. from the University of Kansas, a Ph.D. from Radcliffe College and an M.Div. from General Theological Seminary. Margaret is Professor Emerita of Ascetical Theology at General Theological Seminary where she served for many years as director of the Center for Christian Spirituality.