June 4-6 and June 19th 2027
Mariandale Retreat Center, 299 N Highland Ave, Ossining, NY 10562
The retreat will be a workshop on spiritual interconnectedness and intercultural competency, which incorporates concepts of non-duality and community while appealing to both the spiritual and human aspects of the participants’ experience. The Univocity of being states that the concept of “existence” or “being” has the exact same meaning whether applied to God, humans, animals, or inanimate objects. We will explore how we live as ‘one with all’ – as spiritual beings having a human experience.
In order to respond to spiritual hunger, the participants will experience the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity as a tool for spiritual and community self-understanding and combine Myers-Briggs, Enneagram, and Johari Window to emphasize the importance of both “I and We” awareness and the ability to integrate oneself within the collective.
Presenter – Rev. Bill Cruse, AP XX
Bill Cruse is an Episcopal priest and pastor, and completed the Guild for Spiritual Guidance, AP XX. With AFS he lived in Italy for a year. He completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music/Voice Performance at Ohio University. In addition to being an accomplished singer/actor, he has worked in educational, corporate, and non-profit settings. Currently serving a parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, Bill isc o-convener for the Anti-Racism Commission, designing and facilitating dialogues and justice pilgrimages. Bill is a Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory®, and an accredited Interim/Transition minister and an intercultural competency coach. As Senior Associate and a Regional Director with the Kaleidoscope Institute (KI), Bill plans and facilitates workshops in North America and Europe in ecumenical, and secular settings including seminaries and non-profit organizations. He is also a Mentor and Trainer with Education for Ministry. Bill is a global pilgrim, traveling for encounter and transformation in thin places such as Iona, Bali, the high desert of New Mexico, and Assisi. With colleagues, he is designing Franciscan-informed pilgrimages with opportunities for participants to discover new awareness and relationships that open hearts and minds to the Divine abundance that is given and shared.
With his husband, John – AP XIX, of 35 years, Bill loves to cook and share hospitality, garden, and be active outdoors particularly in the mountains and lakes near their log cabin in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. They both enjoy being present, skiing, knitting, sailing, travel, poetry, all of which shape holistic spiritual formation.
Fee: $440
Includes Accommodation and Meals