If
you are the event coordinator for a diocese, church, Christian/Catholic
school, Bible study, women's group, or book club, Susan K. Rowland
would be an exciting and practical addition to your calendar this year.
Whether it's a dinner keynote, weekend retreat, religious education
training, or high school assembly, Rowland offers practical tips, with
a lot of humor, about living in today's culture and keeping our sanity
and our spirituality intact. This page has a sampling of topics she can
present, but any topic related to spirituality and culture, especially
those covered in the book, Make Room for God, can be adapted for your needs.
Susan Rowland's background and qualifications:
Susan
is especially qualified to speak to your catechists, youth
groups, parishioners, and women's groups. A youth leader and catechist
for 20 years, she has helped prepare hundreds of young people for
Confirmation. She is a specialist in Adult Faith Formation, receiving
her BA degree in Theology (magna cum laude) from Walsh
University, North Canton, Ohio, in 2003. She is also an alumna of the
Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio's Lay Ministry Formation Program.
She has published articles and served as a guest columnist in several national magazines.
Some of her article topics are:
- 'How to connect with your learners every time you teach'
(2008)
- 'How Mary can lead your learners to Jesus' -- a discussion of the 5 quotations of Mary in the Gospels (2008).
- 'Gospel Giving: Involving students in social outreach opportunities' (2009).
- 'Faith Formation Opportunities' for teachers of the Faith (2010).
- 'Making Time for God' (2010, reprinted in 2011).
- Two Scripture-based articles for Lent and Advent, taking readers through those seasons with daily Bible reading and meditations (2008)
- Divorce: Healing after divorce, the annulment process (for Catholics) and changing prevailing attitudes in the Body of Christ (2009, 2010 and 2011).
Susan
has conducted workshops and retreats at
- Journey of Hope Conference (Atlanta, GA)
- Episcopal Church of the Epiphany -- Lenten series (Tempe, AZ)
- Redemptorist Renewal Center (Tuscon, AZ)
- Franciscan Renewal Center (Scottsdale, AZ)
- Archdiocese of Miami, Florida's, Religious
Education Expo
- Newman Center at Arizona State
University
- The Artist's Studio at The Farm (Phoenix, AZ);
- 'Dinner and Doctrine' and Notre Dame School (both Warren, Ohio).
- Women's Christian Fellowship (Gilbert, AZ).
What Susan Rowland can offer for your group event:
Susan
offers workshops, retreats and individual sessions / classes designed
for audiences from high school to adult. She specializes in
training youth leaders, Christian-Catholic school teachers, and
catechists. She can visit your parish or high school** and conduct
classes in spirituality, creativity and writing. She is available
for Confirmation and general retreats, keynote and plenary talks at
conventions, and parish Lenten and Advent Missions.
**For
Christian/Catholic high schools, a day-long visit might involve writing
classes and an inspirational assembly for youth, plus an evening
presentation for parents. See the topics in the column to the right.
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