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ON THE HORIZON
Scheduled Events by Region

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Apr 30 - May 2: FIRMing

1pm Friday through lunch on Sunday
River Rocks Ranch
Near Johnson City, TX (on road to Perdinalis State Park)
Contact: Jim Taylor, taylor.mosaic@gmail.com

The Texas FIRMing is only one month away. We are inviting all initiated men on the Journey of Illumination to participate. Considering that many men across the country are ready for their Fifth Initiation Ritual for Men, we think Texas is the perfect place and time. Located in the beautiful hill country between the LBJ Ranch and Perdenalis Falls State Park, the 1,500-acre site is perfectly situated at the confluence of the Perdenalis River and Miller Creek. Abundant water flows, spring wildflowers, and warm days and cool nights promise to offer an awesome wilderness experience. The Texas FIRMing team experienced the powerful rituals at Aravaipa Canyon last October, and with the help of Stephen Picha as ritual elder, are eager to extend these affirming rituals for only the second time.

It is anticipated that many regions will need to have selected leaders attend a FIRMing before the region is able to put on their own event. If this is the case, then please use this opportunity to advance a future FIRMing in your region. Travel arrangements can be made into either Austin or San Antonio and we will be happy to help out with our traditional Texas hospitality.

Click here for other FIRMings and MROPs scheduled this year.

U.S. Events

Arizona

Contact: Brad Kuluris, brad@kuluris.com, (602) 763-2433

April 28-May 2 - Men's Rites of Passage

Aravaipa Canyon Ranch
120 miles SE of Phoenix, Arizona
*PDF version of application for Arizona M.R.O.P. is on the M.A.L.Es. website: http://www.malespirituality.org/arizona_application.htm

May 1-2 - "Journey of Illumination" Launch / Initiated Men Reunion

Aravaipa Canyon Ranch
120 miles SE of Phoenix, Arizona

Initiated Men Monthly Meeting (first Wednesday each month)

Franciscan Renewal Center
5802 E. Lincoln Drive
Scottsdale, AZ 85253
(480) 948-7460 / (800) 356-3247 (toll free)

Illinois Midwest

Journey of Illumination

Date TBD (Possibly May 14)
Location TBD (Illinois)
(Contact Bruce Carlson, carboebruce@gmail.com, 630-202-1696)

Louisiana

Contact: Joe Hebert, lamales@attglobal.net

May 14-16 - "Inward Bound: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers for Men Today"

Wesley Center
Woodworth, LA

Register on-line at www.cacradicalgrace.org/inward2010

Mid-Atlantic (Southern New Jersey / Pennsylvania / Ohio)

Contact: Timmy Gallagher, (856) 761-7297

April 11, May 16 • "The Circle":
Men's drumming, spiritual reading, reflections
and contemplative prayer

3:30-5:00 PM
Christ Our Light Church
402 N. Kings Highway
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034

Minnesota Midwest

Contact: Kevin Anderson, kpanderson@sherbtel.net, (763) 482-1353

Mar 30 • Teaching: Grieving

Presented by Don Samuels
7:00-9:00 PM
PEACE Foundation Community Space
North Minneapolis, MN
(Contact Tom Klein, tjklein13@me.com)

May 1 • Day of Wandering Retreat

Sand Dunes State Forest
Zimmerman, MN
(Contact Craig Hamilton, craig@careofsouls.org)

New Mexico, Colorado, and El Paso (Rio Grande Region)

Contact: Durrall Carroll, durrall.carroll@gmail.com, (505) 980-0232

30-30-30 Gathering (30th of each month)

Place TBD (Albuquerque, NM)

April 24 • Plant a Tree or Trinity House

Place TBD (Albuquerque, NM)

May 15 • Day of Wandering: Reconnecting with Red Mesa

Place TBD (Albuquerque, NM)

May 29 • Processing Elements from AZ MROP

Place TBD (Albuquerque, NM)
(Contact Mark Odneal, m.odneal@gmx.com)

 

New York, Northern New Jersey, and Connecticut (Tri-State Region)

Contact: Michael Dunne, mfd916@aol.com, (631) 678-1190

April 17 • "City Wandering" over Brooklyn Bridge

High St./Camden Plaza
East Subway Stop, NYC

May 14-16 • Man Matters

Graymoor Spiritual Life Center
Garrison, NY

May 21-23 • Journey of Illumination Mid-Point Gathering

Frost Valley YMCA
Claryville, NY

Northern California

Introductory Workshop on 4 Male Archetypes: The Warrior, The Lover, The King, and The Magician/Priest

presented by Bill Berry, Living From The Heart Men's Community

Saturday April 24, 2010 from 9AM to 4PM
Place: Hope Christian Church, 1975 Pollard Road,
Los Gatos, CA 95032

Lunch will be provided.
Suggested Donation of $15.00

Register online at: http://www.malespiritualitynorcal.org/BBworkshop.php

If you are not in the area but know someone who would enjoy attending this workshop please feel free to forward this to them.

Contact: Gary Kalus, info@malespiritualitynorcal.org, (408) 852-1739

Men's Monthly Meeting (third Saturday each month)

Place: TBD

Southern California

Contact: Jim Heaney, Sr., Jimh@h-wave.com, (714) 615-7211

May 14-16 - FIRMing

Santiago Retreat Center
Silverado, CA

Texas

Apr 30-May 2 • FIRMing

1 PM Friday through lunch on Sunday
River Rocks Ranch
Near Johnson City, TX (on road to Perdinalis State Park)
(Contact Jim Taylor, taylor.mosaic@gmail.com)

April 3 • Regional Meeting

Place TBD (Texas)
(Contact Bob Strange, rstrange@satx.rr.com, 830-660-5204)

Washington, DC/West Virginia

Contact: Bob Sabath, bsabath@rollingridge.net, 202-531-7572

Monthly Wilderness Wandering (third Friday each month)

Rolling Ridge
Near Harper's Ferry, WV

Quarterly Sunday Workshop: Shadow Intensive with Jim O'Neill

Date TBD
Still Point / Rolling Ridge
Near Harper's Ferry, WV

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

Austria

Contact: Klaus Muik, k.muik@mannsein.at, 0043 (0)664 3053868

March 26-27 • KIM - Circle of Initiated Mens

Bildungshaus Großrussbach, NÖ
Austria

Czech Republic

Contact: Pavel Hrdina, pavel@ittec.cz

May 27-30 • Men's Retreat with Vaclav Vacek

Krizanov, Czech Republic

Germany

Contact: Bernd Schlüter, bernd-schlueter@gmx.de

April 10-11 • Journey of Illumination Meeting

Itzehoe, Germany (Northwest of Hamburg)

2010 MROP and FIRMing Schedule

United States MROP

April 28-May 2

Aravaipa Canyon Ranch
120 miles SE of Phoenix, Arizona

August 11-15

Pilgrim Park Retreat Center
Princeton, Illinois

November 10-14

CYO Camp and Retreat Center
Occidental, California

International MROP

July 26-30

The Bield, Blackruthven
Near Perth, Scotland

August 17-21

Camp Somerset
Queensland, Australia

September 11-15

Nesmer, Czech Republic

September 22-26

Near Oberösterreich -
WELS, Austria

United States FIRMing

Apr 30-May 2

1 PM Friday through lunch on Sunday
River Rocks Ranch
Near Johnson City, TX (on road to Perdinalis State Park)
(Contact Jim Taylor, taylor.mosaic@gmail.com)

May 14-16

Santiago Retreat Center
Silverado, CA
(Contact Jim Heaney, Sr., Jimh@h-wave.com, 714-615-7211)

June 25-27

Audubon Center of the North
Sandstone, MN
[Contact Paul Krenzelok, paulkrenzelok@yahoo.com, 612-377-0439 (h), 612-226-5086 (c) OR Terry Shaughnessy, tnessy@comcast.net, 651-207-5535 (h), 651-328-7675 (c)]

September 17-19

Frost Valley YMCA
Claryville, NY
(Contact Michael Dunne, mfd916@aol.com, (631) 678-1190)

International FIRMing

October 1-3

Aurach, Germany (near Nürnberg)
(Contact Bernd Schlüter, bernd-schlueter@gmx.de)

 

The Drumbeat encourages submissions of information related to upcoming M.A.L.Es. events in your area. Please email submissions for consideration to menswork@cacradicalgrace.org with subject: "For Drumbeat: On the Horizon".

 
 
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