Re-thinking connection and communication – in this time of need? Perhaps like you, I’ve been aware increasingly that this has become a time to consider with fresh interest and confidence how we can “feed” and support others. No less vital is how we can receive with grace and gratitude what others have to give. How […]
Each of us needs to be inspired IN THE PRESENT MOMENT. Yesterday’s inspiration may have been perfect for yesterday…but is not what is needed today. Be subtle in your thinking as well as curious and open. Perhaps start by asking: “What is happening…what is at the front of my mind, my concerns? What is happening […]
It has seldom been more “daunting” to contemplate how much of the world’s grief is totally unnecessary…created and escalated by some of the worst expressions of human greed and idiocy. Facing into that, how can we be anything but daunted? Yet, from a spiritual perspective, we cannot afford to stop there. We must also, somehow, […]
Writer * Social activist * Retreat leader * Interfaith minister * spiritual teacher “Stephanie Dowrick is a godsend. Her gift is the ability to write in a manner that genuinely enriches and changes lives.” Nigel Marsh, writer and global CEO “Stephanie Dowrick’s writing and career are characterised by motifs of renewal and re-imagining.. Dowrick’s work […]
Spring Retreat 2019 with Rev Dr Stephanie Dowrick Deepening Inspiration and Peace…a 6-day Spiritual Retreat at glorious Mana Retreat Centre, Coromandel, NZ. The annual Spring Retreat, led by acclaimed writer and spiritual leader, Reverend Dr Stephanie Dowrick, and supported by Rev Hilary Star, is a rare chance to experience your life from its most honouring […]
(This article was also published in a slightly shorter version in Eureka Street (on-line journal): LINK . You are welcome to comment thoughtfully there or on Stephanie Dowrick’s public Facebook page.) A couple of weeks ago I went to a sung Mass in Wellington, New Zealand, at St Mary of the Angels. Wellington was the […]
7 March 2019 It seems that Mana Retreat Centre have a problem with their website and on-line bookings. Until this is remedied, please CALL for all bookings enquiries, or use email. Contact Info: Email: be@manaretreat.com 608 Manaia Road, RD1 Coromandel, 3581 New Zealand (Shuttles available from AUCKLAND airport.) Phone: +64 (07) 866 8972
I have been asked several times recently which of my books I would suggest to support those wanting to live more compassionately. And also to live in greater harmony with all those around them. (A challenge in our contemporary world.) I hope that this BOOKSTORE LINK will take you to a number of my books. […]
In 2019, Rev Dr Stephanie Dowrick will be offering the Easter Retreat 2019 – April 18-22 – with a most wonderful theme: Contemplation and Creativity. Stephanie writes, “Teaching at MANA is one of the highlights of my life – and has been for nearly 20 years. These images show you how beautiful Mana is – […]
When we contribute actively and consciously to world peace, we also offer ourselves a most beautiful gift: greater inner peace and spiritual nourishment. Would be so wonderful if you could start the year as part of the world wide effort to make ours a more peaceful, accepting world. These beautiful, explicitly inclusive gatherings from […]
This is part of a global initiative for world and personal peace, taking place all around the world on 3rd Sundays. We love being part of it and in Sydney we also offer sublime sacred music, meditation commentary to support you, a short talk (usually from Rev Dr Stephanie Dowrick), and refreshments and fellowship afterwards. […]
Are you ready to be inspired through music, words that are truly sacred, joyous, and profoundly uplifting? Saturday, 8 September, at 7pm for 7.30 start, Pitt Street (264) Uniting Church, Sydney 2000 Dr Kim Cunio and Reverend Dr Stephanie Dowrick, pioneers in 2006 of “Interfaith in Sydney” present their ONLY public concert of the year. […]