Open the Door

Are you seeking to find God in your everyday experiences?
Are you hoping to make this Lent a time of personal and spiritual growth?


Consider coming to one of the series based on Open the Door: A Journey to the True Self by Joyce Rupp. Well-known author and spiritual guide, Joyce Rupp explores the rich image of the door as an invitation to discernment and awareness of one’s authentic self in relationship with God. As one reviewer commented “This may be the most life-giving door you will ever open”. Open the Door will be available for purchase at the Staten Island campus book store for about $15.

Luncheon Reflections
At the Monday, 1 - 2 p.m., Luncheon Reflection in Notre Dame House, we will use the six-week process in the book Open the Door. By using the daily short reflections, we will discover how opening the door of the heart reveals the vast treasure of who we are and how the sacred is present within us.

On Mondays, we will gather for a lunch conversation about our insights and reflections. Beverages will be provided. Please purchase Open the Door at our Staten Island campus book store.

The reflections are at 1 - 2 p.m., in Notre Dame House:

For more information or to register, contact Sr. Joan Mahoney, mahoneyj@stjohns.edu, (718) 390-4473.

Guided Meditations
On Tuesdays, a Guided Meditation will take place from 12:05 - 12:30 p.m. in St. Vincent de Paul Chapel. Based on Joyce Rupp’s Open the Door, join in quiet meditation for twenty minutes creating a space for discovery of God and self. Participants may chose to come to one, several or all the Tuesday meditations. Those wishing conversation following the reflection will have lunch together in Spellman Café.

The Tuesday, 12:05- 12:30 p.m. in St. Vincent de Paul Chapel are:

For more information, contact Sr. Joan Mahoney, mahoneyj@stjohns.edu, (718) 390-4473.

Pod Casts of Guided Meditations by Sr. Joan Mahoney, CND
These meditations are excerpted from Open the Door by Joyce Rupp, © 2008. Used with the permission of the publisher, Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, Indiana, 46556.  www.avemariapress.com

Listen to pod casts based on Joyce Rupp’s Open the Door that will help you discover your authentic self and the sacred presence within you. Sr. Joan Mahoney, CND, gently guides you through each meditation and will post two or three meditations each week of Lent.  Click on the web link below and either listen on your computer or download to your mp3 player or ipod.
http://facpub.stjohns.edu/mahoneyj