Reminder: How to find Zoom links and confirm meetings

[Teri Rose, OblSB, Program Director]

Reminder to rely on our CARE Meetings Calendar page to verify all upcoming meetings, get all Zoom links, and get meeting details by clicking on the meeting on the calendar (this gives additional “description” information).

On the meetings calendar page, right at the top, there is a button indicating “CARE Members: Click here for all Zoom links!”

CARE Meetings and Workshops

I want to ensure everyone feels comfortable and understands our new meetings and how to attend them. Please reach out with questions!

[Anonymous]

Hi Teri,

I have started reading the Bio-Spirituality book to prepare for the Tuesday night Zoom meeting.  I’m really looking forward to putting this into better and deeper practice than I currently am.  I was also planning on this Saturday for the contemplative practice but my granddaughter is taking acting classes and she is in a play that I’m attending that morning.  I have read the first 2 chapters of Keatings “Intimacy With God” also.

I don’t know if it helps with your planning for the meetings but I’ve decided with my schedule that the 6:30-7:30 weekly Zoom meetings are going to work out best for me right now.  I like how you are alternating the contemplative practice with the bio-spiritual focusing each week.    I don’t think I will attend the stewardship meetings.  Do they differ from the monthly meetings?

Thanks again for putting these extra meet ups together.

[Teri Rose, OblSB, Program Director]

Hi Sheryl!

Thank you for this update. I will remove you (at least for now) from the Basilica email list (I can always add you back if that morning sit ever works better in the future).

As for if the Stewardship meetings differ from the Monthly Group Meetings, I think there are differences. But that would certainly be for each individual to interpret uniquely. I could see some thinking they are quite similar and others thinking they are really quite different. I know this is a really vague answer, but what I encourage is for members to try a couple of each meeting that interests them and then listen to your own wisdom on where it does (or doesn’t) complement your learning and practice.

The goal of the Stewardship meeting was twofold: 1) allow more dedicated time to the “Stewardship/Lifestyle as Medicine” piece of the program (sharing more tips/recipes/feedback on intentions/etc), and 2) allow more frequent “check-ins” to help keep those intentions and the learning of those materials front of mind (the core CARE Weight Loss and Lifestyle Program, as well as, the “Stewardship” Practices in the core Benedictine CARE Chapters).

Not sure if this helps clarify and happy to answer additional questions it might raise!

[Sister Karen Sames]

thanks for the reminder.

[Anonymous]

Hi Teri, What are the stewardship meetings? -Rachel

[Teri Rose, OblSB, Program Director]

Hi Rachel-

The Stewardship meetings were our dedicated time to talk about Lifestyle as Medicine. As mentioned above, this was dedicated time to talk more deeply about nutrition, cooking, planning, etc. As of late fall last year, these meetings were unfortunately not being regularly attended so the decision was made to temporarily suspend them until there was more interest.

I very much appreciate you bringing this question forward and providing me with a prompt to reintroduce this discussion among the members. I will introduce a new topic to initiate this conversation and see what members would find valuable now.

[Anonymous]

Hi Teri. Good to know. Lifestyle as medicine is a more interesting topic to me than the Biospirituality group or Contemplative practice group. Ty

[Teri Rose, OblSB, Program Director]

Rachel- thank you for this reply. I had also previously asked members which days/times work best for them to meet. Do you have preferences to be taken into consideration?

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