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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 every Saturday morning at 8 a.m. by
appointment. Please call 201-985-1515. All day sittings and Kennedy Roshi's schedule are on the zendo
answering machine and below.
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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 noon |
Beginning instruction: 8-8:45 a.m. |
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All Day Sittings |
8:45 a.m.-5 p.m. |
2008: February 9, March 15, April 19, May 10, June21
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)
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Schedule
One Saturday a month (except in July and August). 2008:
February 9, March 15, April 19, May 10, June 21. Morning Star Zendo; registration required (please call Miriam Healy at 201-985-1515)
April 18-20, 2008 Morning Star Zendo, Jersey City, NJ (201-985-1515)
May 30 - June 1,2008 Ammerdown Center, Bath, UK (patrick@northwall.plus.com)
June 13-19, 2008 St. Ignatius Retreat House,Manhasset, NY (terri@inisfada.net)
July 6-11, 2008 Chrysalis House, Ct. Wicklow, Ireland
August 8-14, 2008 St. Ignatius Retreat House, Manhasset, NY (terri@inisfada.net)
October 10-13,2008 St. Ignatius Retreat House, Manhasset, NY (terri@inisfada.net)
October 31-November 2, 2008 Jesuit Spirituality Center, Wernersville, PA
December 5-7, 2008 Stella Maris Retreat House, Elberon, NJ (roconnell8@aol.com
2009:
January 16-18 Zen Peacemaker Order Seniors Meeting, Montague, MA
February 19-22 Grand Couteau, LA (jespirtcen@centurytel.net)
Holy Family Center,Beaumont, TX (retreatcenter@dioceseofbmt.org, 409 899 5617)
St. Ignatius Retreat House,Manhasset, NY (terri@inisfada.net)
May 29-31, 2009 Ammerdown Center, Bath, UK (patrick@northwall.plus.com)
Chrysalis House, Ct. Wicklow, Ireland
Upcoming Retreats
June 13-19, 2008
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 starts with dinner on Friday and ends with mid-day lunch on Thursday. Please check with Retreat House for fees. A $60 deposit is required six weeks in advance. Internet access, gym and swimming pool available.
Travel from JFK via airlink to Jamaica LIRR station and train to Mineola,and then 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.
Register directly at inisfada@inisfada.net. and send checks (made out to St. Ignatius Retreat House) to St.Ignatius Retreat House, 251 Searingtown Rd., Manhasset, NY 11030. Please include your email address. General inquiries about zen: roconnell8@aol.com.
Directions can be found at www.inisfada.net
Other Retreats of interest
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Regional sittings (Kennedy Roshi attends as his schedule allows)
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Sunday 8 a.m. Inisfada Interfaith Zen Center, Manhasset, NY
Sunday 9:00 a.m. Clear Mountain Zendo, 22 Lackawanna Plaza, Montclair, NJ (Carl Bachmann 201-447-0558;
Deb Baretz 973-728-2968; www.dharmarain.com)
Monday 7:00 p.m. Stella Maris, Elberon, NJ (Marty Sullivan 732-530-4534)
Monday 7:45 p.m. 113 Cottage Pl. (Unitarian Church), Ridgewood, NJ (Carl Viggiani 914-428-8506;
Monday 7:00 p.m. St. Francis Xavier, 55 W. 15th St., New York (schubertny@gmail.com)
Tuesday 5:30 a.m.- 7 a.m. Clear Mountain Zendo, 22 Lackawanna Plaza, Montclair, NJ (Carl Bachmann 201-486-3947;
Deb Baretz 973-728-2968; www.dharmarain.com)
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)
Tuesday 6:25 p.m. Empty Bowl Zendo, Church of the Redeemer, Morristown, NJ (Ray Cicetti, Sensei, 973-984-6343, www.emptybowlzendo.org.)
Tuesday 7:25 p.m. Inisfada Interfaith Zen Center, St. Ignatius Retreat House, Manhasset, NY (Anne McNeill 516-294-3156.)
Tuesday nights St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Sea Cliff NY (Paul Thurman 516-759-2142)
Tuesday 7:30 p.m. White Plains Interfaith Zen at St. Bartholomew's Church, White Plains, NY (whiteplainszen.
tripod.com; Russ Michel 914-403-3623)
Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Mt. Manresa, Staten Island; beginners: 7:00 p.m. (Ken Byalin 347-581-4147)
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)
Wednesday 7:00 p.m. All Souls Unitarian Church, Lexington Avenue/80th St., NYC (Paul/Peggy Shubert,
schubertnyc@gmail.com)
Thursday 6:30 p.m. Clear Mountain Zendo, 22 Lackawanna Plaza, Montclair, NJ (Carl Bachmann 201-486-3947;
Deb Baretz 973-728-2968; www.dharmarain.com)
Thursday 7:30 p.m. St. Mary's Chapel, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY (K. Deignan 914-633-2233)
Thursday 7:00 p.m. Kenner, LA 35 Schill Ave. (deirdra.lopinto@gmail.com, 504-443-1115)
Thursday and Friday 6:45 a.m. Empty Bowl Zendo, Church of the Redeemer, Morristown, NJ (Ray Cicetti, Sensei, 973-984-6343, www.emptybowlzendo.org.)
Saturday 6:30-7:30 a.m. Holy Trinity Church, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. (Robert Drucker)
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):
www.northwall.plus.com
The Pathless Path, AZ (Pat Hawk):
www.desertrenewal.org
Benedictushof-holzkirchen, Germany(Willigis Jaegar):
www.willigis-jaeger.de/eng
Maria Kannon Zen Center, TX (Ruben Habito):
www.mkzc.org
Bodhi Zendo, India (Ama Samy):
http://www.bodhizendo.org
Flowing River Zendo, Dallas, PA (Barbara Craig):
http://www.frsangha.org
Silver Spring Zendo, Silver Spring, MD (Rose Mary Dougherty):
http://www.silverspringzendo.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
Articles and Podcasts
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
Retreat Photos Including White Plum Asanga Meeting:
http://web.mac.com/mbraden1
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