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“My
family relationships, with my wife and
adult children, have been completely transformed
by ISL. We have rich, deep, growing relationships
of love within the family, thanks to the
skills and awareness I learned at ISL and
could then offer to my family members.
The gift of ISL keeps on giving to all
of us everyday.”
“ISL
taught me how to walk the spiritual journey
with authenticity. I continue to grow and
can offer the others an authentic space
of love, freer everyday of my smallness.”
Tom
Torinus, Retired, Spiritual companioning,
spiritual teaching and writing
1988-1989
Baileys
Harbor, WI USA
“It helped
me to be real. I believe that I continue
to strive to relate to people at that level.
ISL is one of the most significant experiences
in my life.”
Nancy
Kane, Vicar of Women Religious
1984-1985
San
Diego, CA, USA
"A
place of safety and beauty and hospitality,
ISL is a womb-like experience where one
can be about the hard work of going deep
within to find one’s
own truth while being gently nurtured from
without.”
Denise
LaGiglia, Musican, Cantor, Liturgist
1999-2001
Evergreen
Park, IL USA
“Words
and phrases such as pilgrim, giftedness, growing
edge, called to, contemplative and felt sense
coax me to explore my inner spaces.”
Shari Dam,
Lawyer
1999-2001
Barrington,
IL USA
“Ever
grateful for the boost ISL gave me on my own
personal journey. I use the material I learned
there all the time.”
David
Burgdorf, Director, Outpatient & Family
Services, Betty Ford Center
1976-1977
Cathedral
City, CA USA
“Personal
transformation, contemplative attitude
and spiritual direction continue to be
the wellsprings of my spiritual development
in life.”
Richard
Beeman, Life Coach, Parish Retreat & RCIA
team
1998-2000
Elk
Grove Village, IL USA
“Listening to my body has become
so important for me that I go twice a week
for a focusing session. My mission statement
which I wrote at the end of my year in
ISL is very important to me and I read/ponder
it twice a year.”
Deidre
Canavan Provincial Bursar,
Religious Congregation
1996-1997
London,
England
“I keep being
aware of my personal process to become
myself and try to see distinctively the
obstacles within me to live the process
and to grow. Conversion/transformation
is the most important process for everyone
to grow. However, it needs time and patience
and effort to do so, one has to know his/her
own self.”
Justion
Harjosusanto, Bishop of Tanjung Selar, East
Borneo, Indonesia
1986-1987
Tarakan,
Indonesia
“The ISL Weekend
Program gave me the welcomed opportunity to
find the inspiration, insight and invaluable
information I need to live from within.”
Judy Cauley, Associate
superintendent, Official Catholic Schools
1999-2001
Chicago,
IL USA
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