Creative
Spirituality
Mercy
Center provides adults with opportunities to express their spirituality
in creative ways.
A program of Creative Spirituality is offered by Corlita Bonnarens,
RSM. Sister Corlita holds MA degrees in Art and Spirituality. She
is a spiritual director, an artist, and a teacher who has been conducting
retreats and workshops for over 20 years.
Consult the Calendar of
Events for current program offerings. Among the workshops that Sister
Corlita offers are:
Creating and Praying with Clay
Participants are
guided in meditation and given the freedom to express their images
in clay. The focus of these sessions is on the process of creating,
the spiritual soul work. Instruction in hand-building techniques
with clay is given; no previous experience is necessary.
Painting, Praying, and Playing with Watercolor
Through
a process of centering and guided imagery, participants come into
contact with inner soul images and express this inner content in
free-flowing watercolor images. Participants are introduced to simple
techniques of painting with watercolor; no previous experience is
necessary.
Shaping the Sacred
This program is for those experienced
with clay. Using basic hand-building techniques of shaping clay (pinch
pot, slab, coil) participants are guided in a meditative, prayerful
process of giving shape to sacred themes drawn from nature, one’s
inner landscape, myth, and sacred Scripture.
Spirituality and Seeing
In a series of sessions,
participants experience the world through the lens of the mystic,
the artist, the poet, and the new science. Those attending are invited
to contemplate and creatively play with a flower, a stone, and a
star, thus nourishing their experience of wonder.
Cosmic Walk Available for Purchase
The Universe Story - Cosmic Walk Ritual includes 24 original watercolor
prints with text by Sr. Corlita Bonnarens, RSM, leading you through the
unfolding of the universe story. Below is a sample of the watercolor
prints that compose the Cosmic Walk ritual. Download the order form to
purchase the Cosmic Walk Ritual.
