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September 6, 2024, Adrian, Michigan – Do you find it hard to be at peace during a time of pressure and stress? Carol Blotter leads participants in Finding Stillness in a Frantic World: Pathways to Achieving Inner Quiet. The workshop is from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday, September 28, 2024, at Weber Retreat and Conference Center.

Carol draws her meditation practice from her Quaker and Buddhist roots. She leads workshop participants in a gentle day, learning to identify their triggers and practice finding the sense of peace they seek. She teaches techniques for keeping your heart open to all the experiences of life, adding calm to your life and our world. She has been teaching insight meditation since 1999, leading more than 70 retreats across the United States.

The cost is $35, which includes lunch. Registration is required. Visit www.webercenter.org and click on “programs,” call 517-266-4000, or email [email protected]. Limited scholarships are available.

Weber Center is on the campus of the Adrian Dominican Sisters Motherhouse, Adrian, Michigan. On East Siena Heights Drive, turn into the driveway between Adrian Rea Literacy Center and the solar panel-covered carport. Follow the signs to Weber Center. For information, call the Weber Center at 517-266-4000.
 

September 6, 2024, Adrian, Michigan – Sister Attracta Kelly, OP, an attorney and Director of the Adrian Dominican Sisters’ Office of Immigration Assistance, offers a presentation on two days on the Latest in Immigration Law. 

Her presentation is from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, September 12, 2024, in the Weber Center Auditorium. It is repeated from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Friday, September 13, 2024, in the Rose Room of the Dominican Life Center on the Adrian Dominican Sisters Motherhouse Campus, 1257 E. Siena Heights Drive, Adrian. Please note that this is a change in venue for the Thursday evening presentation only. Both presentations will be livestreamed on the Congregation's public website at https://adriandominicans.org/live-stream.

Prioress of the Adrian Dominican Sisters from 2010 to 2016, Sister Attracta earned her law degree, Juris Doctor, from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. in 1996. She was on staff with the Jesuit Refugee Service in Dublin, Ireland, from 1997 to 1999 and Director of the Immigrants Legal Assistance Project in Raleigh, North Carolina from 1999 until she was elected Prioress.

The presentation is free and open to the public. No reservations are required.