Prayer and Life Workshops
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Would you like to deepen and enrich your prayer life and live more happily as a result? Have you wanted to spend more time in prayer but not know how to go about it?
The Prayer and Life Workshops is a program that teaches us to pray -- not by just reciting words, but by developing a deeper personal experience of God.
The workshops are about Prayer: they provide a practical method for learning to pray in an ordered and progressive manner. Each week a prayer method is introduced; it is practiced during the session and then at home each day. The participants are given the structure and the discipline they need to advance in their prayer life.
The workshops are also about Life: the participants progressively undergo a transformation in their lives.
- They are freed from anxieties, fears, and sadness.
- They are healed from the wounds of life.
- They become more patient, understanding and merciful.
Ultimately, our goal is to know Jesus better and to imitate him in his love and humility.
The workshops, developed by the Franciscan priest Ignacio Larrañaga, are given in over forty countries and have been approved by the Holy See.
The Spring 2018 workshops will be given at St. Vincent de Paul on Mondays from 7 to 9 pm in the PAC Dining Room from January 29 to April 30. An informational session will be held January 22.
No pre-registration required! Please contact Evan Westwood at (512) 294-3939 or evan.westwood@gmail.com for more information.
Our SVdP Fall 2017 Prayer and Workshop attendees
To know that Someone names love lives within me and wants to be in communion with me is the secret that has transformed my life.- St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Testimonials
The Prayer and Life Workshops have been a wonderful personal journey. I came to the first meeting not sure that I would be able make it each week and commit the time. But after a couple of sessions, I had to be there every week!
It was like having a mini-retreat each Thursday evening. I felt myself connecting to God and hearing his words to me more clearly and more often. The sacred half hour is not easy every day, especially in the first weeks, but it is such a blessing. After attending PLW for fifteen weeks it became a habit.
I tried to commit to daily prayer in the past without much success. I thought I was too busy. But the structure of the PLW gave me the discipline and prayer methods I needed. And with that sacred half hour I can feel the Holy Spirit guiding me in all aspects of my life - praying, attending mass, helping others and relating to others.Parishioner from St. Theresa Parish, Austin