The Institute for Black Catholic Studies is committed to providing programs that encourage, nurture, support, and challenge women and men toward ongoing faith formation. Through seminars, workshops, conferences, community building, and retreats, the Spiritual Enrichment Programs seek to enable persons to examine and nurture their call to ever-deepening spiritual renewal, growth and maturity; as well as continued ministerial development and service.

Each component of the Spiritual Enrichment Programs is organized around a particular focus group. The summer 2004 Programs include:

• African/African American Eldership Retreat/Seminar designed for African/African American men and women 60 years and older who wish to explore their vocations as elders in the church and community.
  
• The “Taste Of The Institute” allows African and African American men and women 21 years and older to spend a week of prayer, spiritual reflection, study and purposeful play within the context of the Institute Community.

PROGRAM

• Daily Morning Prayer (daily Eucharistic liturgy optional).
  
• Shared participation in the communal life of the Institute, i.e., the Commemoration of the Ancestors, the Vespers Service and Culture Night, and a rich variety of liturgical events.
  
• Daily processes of prayer, guided reflections and sharing of the wisdom, faith, grace, and call to leadership from an African American perspective.

REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION

1) Submission of completed program application with $30.00 nonrefundable application fee.

2) Completion of Personal Information Sheet.

3) Completion of University Health Clearance form.

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