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Hello, Everyone!
We are stopping by with a greeting to let you know how much we miss you - and are keeping you in our prayers! Please click on the link below for a short video and then mark your calendars with the dates listed below, if you would like to share in a few brief but thought-provoking Reflections we have planned for the next few months. Know that we look forward to the day when we can see you "in person" again!
Click here: https:/ /youtu.be/DVIb1MGVCWI
We are stopping by with a greeting to let you know how much we miss you - and are keeping you in our prayers! Please click on the link below for a short video and then mark your calendars with the dates listed below, if you would like to share in a few brief but thought-provoking Reflections we have planned for the next few months. Know that we look forward to the day when we can see you "in person" again!
Click here: https:/ /youtu.be/DVIb1MGVCWI
Dear Friends,
Ten months have passed since we last saw one another here at the Center. With each passing day, we miss you more! We talk about you, wonder how you’re doing, pray for you and want to see you again. Of course, none of us knows when that will be, so we have found another way to “connect” through ZOOM, so now from January to April, we will offer a ZOOM session once a month - available to you via email registration ONLY. Because of the interaction we hope to achieve in these sessions, we are limiting them to 15 participants. The sessions are listed below, along with the date they will take place. The day before each session, we will send an email link to you so you can easily join the session. Sister Marie will verify your registration with a reply email. The list of toppics may be found toward the bottom of this page as well as on our Program Brochure page. (Just click that link!)
Thank you and God's blessings on each one!
Ten months have passed since we last saw one another here at the Center. With each passing day, we miss you more! We talk about you, wonder how you’re doing, pray for you and want to see you again. Of course, none of us knows when that will be, so we have found another way to “connect” through ZOOM, so now from January to April, we will offer a ZOOM session once a month - available to you via email registration ONLY. Because of the interaction we hope to achieve in these sessions, we are limiting them to 15 participants. The sessions are listed below, along with the date they will take place. The day before each session, we will send an email link to you so you can easily join the session. Sister Marie will verify your registration with a reply email. The list of toppics may be found toward the bottom of this page as well as on our Program Brochure page. (Just click that link!)
Thank you and God's blessings on each one!
WE OFFER OUR GRATITUDE!
We often have folks contact us by phone or email asking how they can be a help to us...as a way of showing their gratitude for just being a part of our Conference Center "Family!" First of all, we are always so very grateful for a remembrance in your prayers as that is the best support to us in our ministry. Each day at our Morning Prayer, which we pray in common, we specifically ask God's blessings on our "Benefactors"...those who have gifted us with their presence, their time, their prayers and their treasure. If you would like to become one of our monetary Benefactors, we will gratefully accept a donation in any amount toward our ministry. Checks should be made to IHM Conference Center and sent to Sister Marie Gipprich at the Center. We are most grateful for all that you do for us and continue to ask God's blessings on each one and your special intentions! Thank you!
We often have folks contact us by phone or email asking how they can be a help to us...as a way of showing their gratitude for just being a part of our Conference Center "Family!" First of all, we are always so very grateful for a remembrance in your prayers as that is the best support to us in our ministry. Each day at our Morning Prayer, which we pray in common, we specifically ask God's blessings on our "Benefactors"...those who have gifted us with their presence, their time, their prayers and their treasure. If you would like to become one of our monetary Benefactors, we will gratefully accept a donation in any amount toward our ministry. Checks should be made to IHM Conference Center and sent to Sister Marie Gipprich at the Center. We are most grateful for all that you do for us and continue to ask God's blessings on each one and your special intentions! Thank you!
Upcoming EventsIf you would like to subscribe...or "re-subscribe"... to our monthly e-newsletters, please click the link below under our e-newsletters (do-you-forward-our-emails) and you will be able to subscribe very easily! NB: All "in-person" programs and events have been cancelled due to the Coronavirus. We will now be presenting monthly ZOOM sessions that requires registration due to the limit of 15 participants for each session. Please see the Events Column below for a list of these ZOOM sessions. If you are not receiving our monthly newsletter and would like to, please send a note to S. Marie asking to be put on that mailing list! (ihmconferencecenter@gmail.com) or see the text box above to do this yourself! Thank you! To see our latest e-newsletter, please click here: mailchi.mp/da757e89c4c8/may-hope-fill-the-new-year https://mailchi.mp/81c17839617b/our-zoom-schedule-for-the-coming-months Or to read previous e-newsletters: https://mailchi.mp/e70d74542e84/emmanuel-god-with-us https://mailchi.mp/a491b37690fb/a-season-for-gratitude mailchi.mp/229c8a3d0a05/do-you-forward-our-emails Upcoming ZOOM Sessions Please join us for these upcoming ZOOM events during the winter/spring months: Topic: “O Beauty Ever Ancient, Ever New...Ever Holy” Date: January 19, 2021 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Presenter: Sister Janice Urbanec, IHM Even in the bleakest of times, God stands before us, around us, within us… in his creation…to show that we are loved beyond measure, and that we are held in his caring, protective embrace. This is despite our uncaring, unappreciation, and at times, wastefulness of the gift of our world. In this New Year time of beginning again, let us take some time to reflect on our Triune God’s total gift of himself in ever-newness, such that our only response is one of hope, love and generosity to this most gracious of creative providers. Topic: “Forgiveness: The Other Side of Love” Date: February 16, 2021 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Presenter: Sister Beth Woodward, IHM This presentation will explore the nature of forgiveness and how we become forgiving people of God. Topic: “The Call to Compassion: When Heart Speaks to Heart” Date: March 16, 2021 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Presenter: Sister Catherine Kaporch, IHM This will be a time set aside for imagining, with God, a circle of compassion and our place in it. At this time of social upheaval and realization of our country’s inequalities, we will reflect on creating that community of kinship that God might recognize. Topic: “Life in a Sycamore Tree: Zacchaeus’ Story (and Ours)” Date: April 13, 2021 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Presenter: Sister Marie Gipprich, IHM In the nineteenth chapter of Luke’s gospel we hear the story of Zacchaeus, a man primarily known for climbing a sycamore tree. We know a few other things about him: he was small of stature and he wanted to see Jesus. But who was Zacchaeus—really? In this presentation we will take a closer look at this tax collector-turned-follower-of-Jesus, and find that we all can relate to this man who played host to Jesus in his home. Registration for any of the above ZOOM sessions is by email only to Sr. Marie at the email address below and will be limited to 15 participants. Sister will send a reply verification to your email. You will receive an email link the day before the session so you can easily log in 5 minutes before the session begins! As always, you may reach us anytime by:
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Join Us for a Virtual Tour!Have you seen the Wootton Mansion lately? We would love to have you visit, virtually, by viewing below... Please know that we have a Handicapped Person Entrance available for all participants of our Programs! If you wish to use this, kindly call Sr. Marie at 610-581-0120 to make arrangements before you arrive! DID YOU KNOW...? We are now on Facebook...and have added a Photo Gallery Page! Read below for more details! The IHM Conference Center is now on Facebook! If you use Facebook, please look us up...at IHM Conference/Retreat Center in Bryn Mawr, PA...and like us, but also SHARE us; you'll help spread our ministry when you share our posts with your Facebook friends! You'll find information about up-coming events, photos of recent groups that have been at the Center for one of our programs or their own day of reflection. There are so many wonderful things happening here! We are seeking to expand our present groups so that others can take advantage of the beauty of our Center and enjoy the opportunities it affords...not only for spiritual renewal, but also as a place to gather for business meetings "away from the workplace!" Thank you! Know that we always look forward to seeing our friends and appreciate your confidence and participation in our events! Photo Gallery: Click here to see the added page under About Our Programs with slide shows of those groups that have visited our Center during the 2018-2019 year! Click here to see the Photo Gallery for 2019-2020! We hope you will visit the page often as new presentations are added. As you know, our last photos were taken at our last, wonderful event, our Irish Tea, on March 12th, the day before everything was "shut down." We hope that we will be able to begin anew in 2021! Please be sure to see our Note of Gratitude for your many kindnesses to us! It may be found at the bottom of the Letter from the Director page! (Click the link!) |