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Directions
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Before first coming to the zendo, it is a good idea to call and let us know you are coming so we can make sure someone is here to meet you. Beginning instruction is offered by appointment Saturdays at 8 a.m. (except all day sitting Saturdays). Please call 201-985-1515 or email morningstarzen@gmail.com. Zazenkais (all-day sittings) and Kennedy Roshi's schedule follow.
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Our Sitting Schedule:
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Monday to Friday |
5:30-7 a.m. |
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Saturday |
9 a.m.-12 |
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All-Day Sittings |
8:45 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. |
(Lunch included) |
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Suggested donation:
$5 for Saturday morning; $25 for all day |
Zendo Location
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We are located at 50 Glenwood Avenue, Apt. 309, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Tel: 201-985-1515; email: morningstarzen@gmail.com
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How to get here:
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BUS: 99S bus from the Port Authority to Glenwood Avenue in Jersey City, near St. Peter's College.
PATH: Path train to Journal Square; take the number 10 bus south going towards Bayonne. Ask to be let off at Glenwood Avenue. Or walk 10 blocks south on Kennedy Boulevard to Glenwood Avenue
(map).
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Sesshins (retreats), Ango & Special Events
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Spring Lent Ango 2013
The Ango is a period in which we intensify our practice. There are no set rules or obligations. Instead, you are encouraged to make a commitment to what you'd like to work on... and do so at your own pace.
During the Ango, Roshi will present a reading each weekday that he is not travelling to support the deepening of our practice. To listen daily, connect with others during the Ango, and offer your comments and reflections, please click Ango Readings.
Zazenkai and Sesshin Schedule
One Saturday a month (except in July and August), Morning Star Zendo offers a Zazenkai (all-day sitting). Dates in 2013: January 26, February 23, March 30, April 27, May 11, June 22 Registration is appreciated. Please call 201-985-1515 or e-mail morningstarzen@gmail.com.
May 24- May 30, 2013 St. Ignatius Jesuit Retreat House (a.k.a. Inisfada) Manhasset, NY (s.zaremba@inisfada.net)
May 31-June 2, 2013 Madonna Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico (ellenmulle@comcast.net, 505-792-2578)
June 7 - 9, 2013 Mexico City, 2012 Mexico City (Sensei Ingeborg Eigen von Wobeser; retirosdesilencio@montetabor.org)
July 13-19, 2013 Dominican Retreat Centre Tallaght Village, Dublin (Anita, retreats@DominicansTallaght.org, Tel. (01) 404 8189)
July 20, 2013 Saturday Zen All Day event Avila Retreat Center, Bloomfield Avenue, Dublin 001-353 1 643 0200 email: avila@ocd.ie (http://www.ocd.ie/index.php/avila.html )
July 21, 2013 alf day, Lantern Centre, Dublin
August 2013 cancelled
September 25, 2013 WCCM Centre, London
September 26-29, 2013 Wild Goose Sangha Ladywell Spirituality Centre, Godalming, Surrey, UK, (Fr. Patrick Eastman, Sensei; sensei@wildgoosesangha.org.uk; 01793 759452)
October 11-14, 2013 Ronkonkoma Cenacle, 310 Cenacle Road, PO Box 4005, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-0430, Tel: 631-588-8366; Fax: 631-738-9511, email: cbergman@cenaclesisters.org
October 18-20, 2013 Pathless Path, Redemptorist Center, Picture Rocks, AZ
October 24-27, 2013 Jesuit Spirituality Center, Grand Coteau, LA
November 8-10, 2013 Mexico City, 2012 Mexico City (Sensei Ingeborg Eigen von Wobeser; retirosdesilencio@montetabor.org)
December 6-8, 2013 Stella Maris Retreat Center 981 Ocean Avenue, Elberon, New Jersey 07740 (roconnell8@aol.com)
December 13-14, 2013 Belfast, N. Ireland
2014 Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford, CT 06107-3119
Tel 860-521-0440
2014 Kelly Retreat Center, Bay St. Louis, MS. (Sr Frances Duos:duosfrances@yahoo.com or 504-388-2810 or Robert Smith: rjsmithjr@financialguide.com
2014 Boston College High School
2014 Jesuit Center 501 N. Church Road Wernersville, PA 19565 (jescntbus@jesuitcenter.org; 610-678-8085)
2014 Holy Family Center Beaumont, TX (retreatcenter@dioceseofbmt.org, 409-899-5617)
May 17-22, 2014 The Ammerdown Centre Radstock, Bath, Somerset BA3 5SW (centre@ammerdown.org; 01761 433709)
June, 2014 Stella Maris week long retreat tba
November 12-16, 2014 Pathless Path, Redemptorist Center, Picture Rocks, AZ
Upcoming Retreats
March 15-17 and May 24-30, 2013
Inisfada Interfaith Zen Center
St. Ignatius Retreat House
251 Searington Rd., Manhasset, NY 11030
"Robert Kennedy is one of the most eloquent exponents of a Catholic Christianity rooted deep in his own lived experience of faith. His wonderfully poetic style speaks of Zen as a way to overcome the human tendency to theorize, by total immersion in a stillness where an intuition of God's immanence can be realized..." (Michael Barnes)
"The group is serious and committed and at the same time has warmth and openness. There is simplicity and a minimum of ceremony yet sufficient structure to support earnest practice." (an Inisfada zen practitioner)
It is "the duty of Christians now to draw from (the) rich heritage of (the East) the elements compatible with their faith in order to enrich Christian thought. "The Church of the future" will judge herself enriched by all that comes from today's engagement with Eastern cultures and will find in this inheritance fresh cues for fruitful dialogue with the cultures which will emerge as humanity moves into the future." (John Paul II, on Faith and Reason).
These silent retreats offer an opportunity to develop a deeper contemplative prayer life, strengthened by the presence of others. Zazen or sitting meditation is the practice of stilling the mind through attentiveness to the breath. Together with stillness of the body, this frees the mind from its ordinary activities of thinking, and speculating.
The retreat is open to persons of all religious and non-religious affiliations; it includes zazen (seated meditation), kinhin (walking meditation), chanting, dharma talks and daisan (one on one interviews with the teachers)and beginners instruction. Cushions and chairs are provided. Easy on and off shoes are recommended.
The retreat begins with dinner at 6:00 p.m. and ends with mid-day lunch on the last day. Sample schedule. Please check with Retreat House for fees. Internet access, gym, and swimming pool (available during summer). Bring warm clothing for winter retreats.
Travel from JFK via Airlink to Jamaica LIRR station and train to Mineola, and then a cab: From La Guardia via cab and from Long Island Railroad Manhasset station via cab. Use Ollie's taxi 516-437-0505 or Plandome taxi 516-627-0900 or classictrans.com for airport pickup. If you are travelling by car from the South on a Friday, it is best to use the Verrazano Bridge and then the Belt Parkway East to the Cross Island Parkway North to the LIE East.
Register directly at inisfada@inisfada.net and send checks payable to St. Ignatius Retreat House to 251 Searingtown Rd., Manhasset, NY 11030. Please include your email address. General inquiries: roconnell8@aol.com.
Other directions can be found at www.inisfada.net
About Inisfada
December 2013
Stella Maris Retreat Center
981 Ocean Avenue
Elberon, NJ 07740
The retreat begins Friday evening at 7 pm. There is no dinner served. (In Long Branch on the ocean there is a new boardwalk development with several interesting restaurants.) We finish at noon on Sunday with dinner. The price is $225 per person, single rooms with shared baths. Use Exit 105 on the Garden State Parkway, go about 10 miles east to the ocean and take a right; go about 2 miles to the retreat house on your left.
Please make deposit checks of $100 to Morning Star Zendo and send them to MSZ, Stella Maris Retreat,at 50 Glenwood Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306. Sign up by October 15: this retreat fills up early!. Please call 201 985 1515 if you have further questions. Dress casually but warmly, and bring warm socks. Formal acknowledgments are not sent and your check is your receipt.
www.stellamarisretreatcenter.com
"Robert Kennedy is one of the most eloquent exponents of a Catholic Christianity rooted deep in his own lived experience of faith. His wonderfully poetic style speaks of Zen as a way to overcome the human tendency to theorize, by total immersion in a stillness where an intuition of God's immanence can be realized..." (Michael Barnes)
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Regional sittings (Kennedy Roshi attends as his schedule allows)
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Sunday 8:00 a.m. Inisfada Interfaith Zen Center, Manhasset, NY
Sunday 9:00 a.m. Clear Mountain Zen Center, 22 Lackawanna Plaza, Montclair, NJ
(Carl Bachmann Sensei 201-447-0558;
Clear Mountain Zen Center)
Monday 6:30-7:30 p.m. Fordham University Westchester Campus Chapel (Carol Gibney, 914-367-3420 or cgibney@fordham.edu)
Monday 6:50 p.m. St. Francis Xavier, 55 W. 15th St., New York (Paul Schubert Sensei/Peggy Schubert: schubertny@gmail.com; Zen at Xavier
1st and 3rd Mondays 7:30 pm till 9pm. 17 Maple Place, Hicksville, NY. Contact Mitch Goldstein 516 884 5897, pen8701@yahoo.com.
Monday 7:00 p.m. Stella Maris, Elberon, NJ (Marty Sullivan 732-530-4534; Stella Maris Retreat & Renewal Center)
Monday 7:45 p.m. 113 Cottage Pl. (Unitarian Church), Ridgewood, NJ (Carl Viggiani, Dharma Holder
914-428-8506)
Tuesday &Thursday 7 - 8 a.m. Dancing River Zendo, 2372 St.Claude Street, New Orleans, LA , (Casey Groves/Rachel Whitman 917-969-8698. dancingriverzendo@gmail.com)
Tuesday 6:00 a.m.- 7 a.m. Clear Mountain Zendo, 22 Lackawanna Plaza, Montclair, NJ (Carl Bachmann Sensei 201-486-3947;
Clear Mountain Zen Center)
Tuesday 6:00 p.m. Fordham University at Lincoln Center, The Chapel (Room 221), 60th St. and Ninth Avenue, Manhattan (Sheila Ross: sross@fordham.edu) Visit Fordham Zen Blog
Tuesday 6:25 p.m. Empty Bowl Zendo, Church of the Redeemer, Morristown, NJ (Ray Cicetti Sensei 973-984-6343;
Empty Bowl Zendo)
Tuesday 7:25 p.m. Inisfada Interfaith Zen Center, St. Ignatius Retreat House, Manhasset, NY (Anne McNeill 516-294-3156)
Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Mt. Manresa, 239 Fingerboard Rd., Staten Island, NY; beginners: 7:15 p.m. (Ken Byalin Sensei 347-581-4147;
Zen Community of Staten Island)
Tuesday 7:30 p.m. White Plains Interfaith Zen at St. Bartholomew's Church, White Plains, NY (Russ Michel 914-403-3623;
White Plains Zen)
Wednesday 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Our Lady's Chapel, University Church (basement), Fordham University Rose Hill Campus, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10458 (David Storey 908-399-1724)
Wednesday 6:50 p.m. All Souls Unitarian Church, 1157 Lexington Avenue at 80th St., NYC (Paul Schubert Sensei/Peggy Schubert: schubertnyc@gmail.com; City Tiger Zen at All Souls)
Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Inisfada Interfaith Zen Center, Manhasset, NY (516-621-8300)
Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Tabor House, St Anthony's, Oceanside, NY (Madeline Larsen 516-678-6614;
Tabor Retreat Center)
Thursday 6:15 p.m. Dragon's Eye Zendo, St. Francis of Assisi Church, 135 W. 31rd St, , NYC (Michael Holleran Sensei: celestial49@msn.com, 646-221-9794)
Thursday 6:15-7:45 p.m. City Mountain Zendo, 15 Eastman Rd., Somerville, MA.Open for sitting during the week. (Tim Butler 617-776-3465)
Thursday 6:30 p.m. Clear Mountain Zendo, 22 Lackawanna Plaza, Montclair, NJ (Carl Bachmann Sensei 201-486-3947;
Clear Mountain Zen Center)
Thursday and Friday 6:45 a.m. Empty Bowl Zendo, Church of the Redeemer, Morristown, NJ (Ray Cicetti Sensei 973-984-6343;
Empty Bowl Zendo)
Thursday 7:00 p.m. Kenner, LA 35 Schill Ave. (Deirdra LoPinto: deirdra.lopinto@gmail.com, 504-443-1115)
Thursday 7:20 p.m., The Oratory, 111 Willoughby St., Brooklyn, NY 11201 (Christopher Smith: christopher.smith@oratory-church.org, 718 875 2096)
Thursday 7:30 p.m. St. Mary's Chapel, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY (K. Deignan 914-633-2233)
Saturday 7:00-8:00 a.m. Holy Trinity Church, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. (Robert Drucker; Holy Trinity Catholic Church)
All-Day Saturday Interfaith Zen Sittings at St Ignatius Retreat House: Call for information and to register: 516-621-8300.
Links
White Plum Asanga, general listings:
www.whiteplum.org
Lassalle Haus, Switzerland (Nicolas Brantschen):
www.lassalle-haus.org
Wild Goose Sangha, UK (Patrick Eastman Sensei):
www.wildgoosesangha.org.uk
The Pathless Path, AZ (Pat Hawk):
www.desertrenewal.org
Benediktushof in Holzkirchen, Germany (Willigis Jaegar):
www.willigis-jaeger.de/en
Maria Kannon Zen Center, TX (Ruben Habito):
www.mkzc.org
Bodhi Zendo, India (Ama Samy):
http://www.bodhizendo.org
Chicago, Ill.(Liz Hulsizer):
http://www.asinglethread.net
Flowing River Zendo, Dallas, PA (Barbara Craig Sensei):
http://www.frsangha.org
Silver Spring Zendo, Silver Spring, MD (Rose Mary Dougherty Sensei):
http://www.silverspringzendo.org
Sun Mountain Zendo, Brisbane, Australia (Cecile and Mervyn Lander):
http://www.sunmountainzen.org.au
White Plains Zen, White Plains, NY (Russ Michel):
www.whiteplainszen.org
Zen Community of Staten Island (Ken Byalin Sensei):
www.zencommunitysi.org
Janet Richardson Roshi,
Charles Birx Sensei, Ellen Birx Sensei,
Janet Abels Sensei,
Gregory Abels Sensei, Ray Cicetti Sensei, Kevin Hunt Sensei,
Paul Schubert Sensei, Patrick Eastman Sensei, Carl Genjo Bachmann Sensei
Calligraphy, News, articles, photos and Podcasts
Calligraphy
News and Notes from the Sangha
James Fredericks, Horizons, Spring 2002
Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Commonweal, January 11, 2002
National Catholic Reporter podcast April 27, 2007, Robert Kennedy:
http://ncrcafe.org/node/1057
November 26, 2008 Brenda Shoshanna radio interview:
http://shoshanna.progressiveradionetwork.org
John Main Seminar, London 2009 photos:
http://kennedyzen.tripod.com/john_main_seminar_09
Retreat Photos Including White Plum Asanga Meeting:
http://web.mac.com/mbraden1
Inisfada Retreat Photos:
inisfada_retreats
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