2020 SUMEDHA CENTRE PROGRAMME BROCHURE

SUMEDHA OUTREACH AT RAIPUR, CHATTISGARGH

Dr. Jose Parappully, Director of Sumedha Centre was invited to facilitate a six-day workshop on “Midlife Dynamics and the Spiritual Journey” at the Provincial House of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross of the Mid-India Province at Raipur, Chattisgarh.

The workshop was held from January 10-15. Twenty-seven Sisters of the Province participated.

The content of the workshop included: Awakening to Midlife, Midlife Dynamics, Midlife Transformational Processes, Psychosexual and Celibate Integration at Midlife, and A Spirituality for the Post-Midlife Years.

The workshop was much appreciated by the participants. Almost all had similar comments about the workshop:  An immensely useful workshop; it provided us an understanding of our experiences and helped to make sense of them; we were able to come to know many things we were ignorant about; the methodology followed was very helpful; we are happy we had this opportunity.

2020- SUMEDHA OUTREACH AT BANGALORE

Dr. Jose Parappully, Director of Sumedha Centre was invited to facilitate a three day workshop on “Midlife Dynamics and the Spiritual Journey” at the Sainte Andre Study Home, Sakalavara, on the outskirts of Bangalore.

The workshop was organizes by the National Secretariat of the Conference of Religious of India (CRI). It was held from January 6 to 9, 2020.

There were 46 participants – five religious men and priests and 41 religious women.

The content of the workshop included: Awakening to Midlife, Midlife Dynamics, Midlife Transformational Processes, and A Spirituality for the Post-Midlife Years.

The participants were highly appreciative of the workshop. All of them found the workshop content and process very useful. It provided them much understanding of what they were experiencing at midlife and to make sense of them. They felt they were now much better prepared to go through the post-midlife years.

One aspect of the workshop that was particularly appreciated was the integration of psychology and spirituality into the content and process of the workshop right through, something that is quite rare in similar workshops.

RESUMPTION OF PSYCHOSPIRITUAL INTEGRATION PROGRAMMES

Sumedha Centre is glad to announce the resumption of its much appreciated and excellently rated Sumedha Sadhana - A Psychospiritual Wholeness Journey - programme.

Please see below for the 2020 programme schedule.

Registration is open. Please contact sumedhacentre@gmail.com

PROTECTION OF MINORS AND VULNERABLE ADULTS - Workshop at Bengaluru

Dr. Jose Parappully, Director of Sumedha Centre, was invited to facilitate a Workshop on “Protection of Minors and Vulnerable Adults from Abuse” at Nirjhari Conference and Study Centre at Carmelaram on the outskirts of Bengaluru City.

The participants of the workshop were 12 members of the Institute of Formators who are involved in counselling and psychotherapy.

The workshop was held on the 28 and 29 December.

Dr. Parappully dealt with the following topics: Understanding and Respecting Boundaries, Sexual Boundary Violations, Dual relationship, Effects of Sexual Abuse and Healing from the Effects of Sexual Abuse.

In their observations on the workshop, all the participants said they found all the topics covered immensely useful. A few comments:

“A very comprehensive and effective exploration of a very complex topic.”

“Immensely useful.”

A wonderful workshop.”

“Created awareness and a sense of responsibility.”

Christmass Offerings from Sumedha Centre

Christmas message

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7B1SZyw_HA

Christmas Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSINOjMagd0

SUMEDHA OUTREACH AT AGRA

Dr. Jose Parappully, Director of Sumedha Centre, was invited to facilitate two workshops on “Formative Accompaniment and Emotional Maturation” at Agra. 

These were organized by Most Rev. Albert D’Souza, the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Agra Region, consisting of 12 dioceses and President of the Regional Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Both Workshops were held at the Archbishops’ House, Agra. The first, on 9 and 10^th December 2019 was for 27 Rectors of Minor Seminaries and women Formators. (Formators are those engaged in the training of future priests and religious men and women.)

The second from 10^th to 18^th December was for the staff of St. Joseph’s Regional Theologate, Allahabad, Masih Vidyapeeth and Orientation Centre at Agra.

Dr. Parappully explored with the participants what formative accompaniment meant and required, characteristics of emotionally healthy persons, tools for assessment, some issues in psychosexual development and characteristic of the spirituality of a diocesan priest.

Participants found the workshop very useful. Following are some common comments:

It was a wonderful and enriching workshop. It was an occasion for soul-searching. It helped to look 

into oneself, to introspect and analyze oneself.

It touched my life and was holistic, interactive and very practical. All the topics were very relevant. It helped to clarify many things/issues.

The process followed was very helpful.

It was a workshop which integrated science and faith. Very few psychologists do that. The workshop was quite unique in this sense.