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Glen Attard, O. Carm.

Emotional and spiritual intelligence are two fundamental pillars of the human “inner cosmos”, each offering unique insights into the complexities of the human experience. This seminar aims to delve deeply into these two intelligences separately before exploring possible areas of convergence. The first session will begin by dissecting emotional intelligence, unraveling its components of self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, and social skills. Following this, the focus shifts to spiritual intelligence, probing the depths of meaning and transcendence, the measure of spiritual growth, its areas of development, its method, its barriers, and its types. In the final session, the seminar brings emotional and spiritual intelligence into dialogue, highlighting their shared principles and areas of convergence. Participants examine how self-awareness and self-deception, empathy and relationships, common values and limits bridge the gap between the emotional and spiritual realms, fostering holistic well-being and personal growth.

Program:

Friday 26 April 2024 (6-8 pm)

Saturday 27 April 2024 (9:30 am – 12:30 pm)

(Central European Time)

Language: English

Venue: Online via Zoom

How to register: Send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Saturday, February 26, 2024 | Carmelite Institute of North America
CINA Podcast on Desert Hospitality: The Active Carmelite Vocation on February 26, 2024

What does Mount Carmel have to do with the world? In this webinar, Fr. Matthew Gummess, O. Carm., offers a reflection on the Carmelite charism in terms of "desert hospitality." He suggests that Carmelite "desert" prayer and contemplation is the inner face of our presence to the world as one of radical welcome—desert hospitality.

His reflection centers on St. Thérèse of Lisieux's profound insight, towards the end of her life, that she was seated at table with sinners, as one with them. He also offers some practical suggestions on relating desert hospitality to our Lenten practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.

Cost per participant is US$10.00.

Carmelite Matt Gummess is a Ph.D. candidate in history/philosophy of science and systematic theology at the University of Notre Dame in the United States.

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Seminar

Spirituality, Broken Hearts, and Broken Relationships

Clive Mifsud SDB – Robert Falzon SDB

Relationships form us; for good and for bad, they shape our understanding of ourselves and of each other. Letting ourselves come into contact with others opens us to all sorts of possibilities. Some relationships mature us, enrich us, and help us to grow on the path of authenticity. Others can be traumatizing and hurtful; especially those relationships that are most meaningful to us can even break our hearts. In such situations of hurt and vulnerability, in broken-heartedness, spirituality helps us ask the right questions, making it possible for us to find an approach that supports us, provides inner peace, and (if and when possible) also reconciliation.

In this seminar, after looking at some foundational concepts from both theology and therapy, Christian spirituality will be presented as a support in dealing with situations of broken-heartedness, while Gestalt Psychotherapy will support the reading of the concrete situation and the processing that is needed. The seminar aims to be engaging and interactive such that, apart from the level of information, there is also a level of personal processing.

Programme: 
Friday 26 May 2023, 06:00 p.m. – 08:00 p.m. [online] 
Saturday 27 May 2023, 09:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. [onsite]

Venue: 
Friday session will take place online via Zoom. 
Saturday session will take place onsite at the Carmelite Priory, Mdina.

Language: 
English & Maltese

How to Register: 
Send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
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Payment: 
The seminar is being organized free of charge; however, if you wish to donate, you may do so:

(1) via bank transfer to our account [IBAN] MT 28 VALL 2201 3000 0000 400 1797 9621 [beneficiary "Carmelite Institute"]

(2) via cheque addressed to "Carmelite Institute" for amounts greater than C20 (as per directive n. 19 issued by the Central Bank of Malta

(3) via Revolut to 79060733