July 14 - 20, 2008

Registration fee: $250 + housing & meals / Commuter fee: $250 (no meals included)
After May 20: $350 + housing & meals / $350

NOTE: Participants in this course will not be housed at Casa del Sol.

The Casa del Sol Prayer of Jesus expresses the vision and commitments of the young Community of Casa del Sol and its spirituality center in the high desert of New Mexico. One of the prayer’s phrases, "The glory of life is yours," speaks of the light of the Living Presence within every person and creature, and within every culture and nation.  This integrated week between Casa del Sol and the Ranch (allowing for up to 50 participants) will consist of meditative prayer at the beginning and end of each day of teaching and singing in the Agape Center in the mornings, of rest and silence in the afternoons, and of further song and embodiment of our week’s theme in the evenings.

J. Philip Newell is a poet, a scholar and a teacher. Formerly Warden of Iona Abbey in the Western Isles of Scotland, he is currently Writer Theologian for The Cathedral of The Isles on Cumbrae and Companion Theologian for the Community of Casa del Sol. He is internationally acclaimed for his work in the field of Celtic spirituality, including his best known titles Listening for the Heartbeat of God and his poetic book of prayer Sounds of the Eternal. For more information see www.jphilipnewell.com

Ali Newell is a Church of Scotland minister who works as a spiritual advisor for the Ignatian Center of Spirituality in Glasgow. She and her husband have four children and live in Edinburgh.

David Poole, Albuquerque, NM David is the music director at La Mesa Presbyterian Church in Albuquerque. He is the founder of de Profundis, an a cappella men's ensemble, which recently released its second commercial recording. He also directed Common Ground, a 2001 Presbyterian Association of Musicians (PAM) Conference on music of the world church. David has a masters in Choral Conducting and Vocal Performance and has directed choirs and taught voice for 20 years. He is also an accomplished composer. For more info, see www.davidepoole.com