Sisters of Sophia

12/19/2021

SIsters,
Join us on Tuesday, December 21st for a brief respite from our hectic Christmas preparations! We will meet at the Ladder for reflection as the Advent season draws to a close.
Doors open at 6:30 with convocation and a short Advent/Christmas reading by Madeleine L'Engle at 7:00 followed by carols and general festivities! Bring a snack if you like; wine and beer will be available for a donation.

12/10/2021

Join us for the Feast of Nativity festival. Click below for more information. Not an Eighth Day Member? Click below to learn how to become a member!

President - Rev. Geoff Boyle Director - Erin Doom Adam Rorabaugh Jeremy Koci Stephanie Mann Anthony Jacobs Joshua Sturgill Jesse Penna

05/18/2021

Due to an unforeseen conflict, we will need to cancel our May gathering of Sisters of Sophia. We look forward to our June meeting, which will be on-site, and in person! Mark your calendars for June 15...Emily Alumbaugh will present Corrie Ten Boom!

04/19/2021

Sisters of Sophia will meet on Tuesday, April 20 at 7:00 p.m. Tera Lee Hedrick will present on the Desert Mothers. Attendance at this time is limited to 15 attendees; however, the convocation and lecture will be live streamed on the Eighth Day Institute page.
Send a Facebook message to Barb Orsi if you would like to attend in person. Or join us virtually for an enlightening evening!

03/12/2021

Join Sisters of Sophia on Tuesday, March 16th at 7:00 p.m. for a virtual convocation and lecture. Ann Harder will speak about an amazing woman of faith, Joni Eareckson Tada.
We will "meet" on the Eighth Day Institute's page. You can watch it livestream and also ask questions by posting in the comments.
We look forward to seeing our Sisters then!

12/15/2020

As we reach the close of the year, we won't meet again until 2021 (not too far off!). Our next gathering will be on Tuesday, February 16, 2021. Watch for more information here, on the Eighth Day Institute website, or email [email protected] to be added to our email list.

We wish good health to all of you and a blessed Christmas season.

11/17/2020

A reminder that tonight's Sister of Sophia presentation will be livestreamed only (no actual meeting at the Ladder). Check the Eighth Day Institute page or you can also join with Zoom where you will also be able to ask our speaker questions following her presentation about Sofia Cavaletti.
Barb ORSI is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Barb ORSI's Zoom Meeting
Time: Nov 17, 2020 06:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3651364952

11/16/2020

This Tuesday, November 17 Angie Bielefeld will be speaking about Sofia Cavaletti, who wrote a beautiful religious education curriculum partly based on the Montessori format.



Cavalletti, along with her colleague Gianna Gobbi, began to work with children's religious formation in 1954. She was first inspired to understand children's spirituality after a discussion over a passage of scripture with several youngsters. The children's engagement and response to the discussion caused her to seek a deeper understanding of the relationship between God and the child. Cavalletti and Gobbi collaborated for more than 50 years, basing their approach on the principles of education developed by Maria Montessori


Angie Bielefeld is the founder and currently serves as the president of Casa Dei Bambini (The Children’s House), a nonprofit located in the heart of Wichita. They work to introduce children ages 3-12 years old to the love of the Good Shepherd through a common religious experience via the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd.

We will livestream this talk on the Eighth Day Institute page as well as on Zoom at 6:30. Questions for our speaker can be asked on Zoom or posted on Facebook. Convocation and lecture will begin at 6:30. You will need to download a free Zoom app to join the meeting to ask questions.



Barb ORSI is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Barb ORSI's Zoom Meeting
Time: Nov 17, 2020 06:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3651364952



Hope to “see” you all on Tuesday!

10/19/2020

Greetings Wisdom seekers!
We have had two great gatherings outside in August and September, but, alas, this month is a bit too brisk to convene outside again.

Ann Bergen will be presenting on Edith Schaeffer, who, with her husband Francis, founded L'Abri, meaning "shelter" in Switzerland in 1955. The L'Abri communities are study centers in Europe, Asia and America where individuals have the opportunity to seek answers to honest questions about God and the significance of human life. L'Abri believes that Christianity speaks to all aspects of life.

Our proposal is to meet both on site, and live stream, to accommodate all comfort levels and individual health needs of all wanting to attend. We are opening the doors for an actual gathering this Tuesday, at which we will happily don our masks, dutifully space ourselves, sip whatever beverages we have brought for ourselves, and nibble an individually wrapped snack or two, as we listen to our presenter Anna. We will of course livestream the gathering as well. FYI: we can take questions and comments for the speaker via the live stream session, so feel free to ask, even if you are attending virtually!

We are still in byob and s mode (bring your own beverages and snacks), and will not be singing, but will otherwise have our convocation as usual, followed by our speaker.

Doors open at 6:30; convocation and lecture at 7:00.

We look forward to "seeing" you all tomorrow evening!