Habits of the Heart is a series of community evenings intended to provide skills, inner sustenance and strength for living and being engaged in the real world, The series of four evening gatherings are intended to help people build courage and confidence to address the challenges in our lives and in our world as well as foster awareness of how we respond to our world and to others so that we can live more consciously and less fearfully

Participants can learn to hold the tension between conflicting ideals in relationships & dreams and the way things really are.

Participation is always voluntary. We will use Parker Palmer’s “touchstones” and circle method to learn and invite open, honest conversation about things that matter to us. There will be some time in the large circle, in which we will learn together by building on our own experience of each of the “Habits of the Heart.” To facilitate another level of learning, we will invite participants to spend significant time in small groups of 2, 3 or 4.

Music, Stories& Poetry are offered as ways in to our own and other people’s experience.

It’s not about religion, it’s about humanity. Habits of the Heart does not promote religious ideals or lifestyle. We do, however, intend that together we will learn to respect and listen to one another, whoever we are and what ever our background.

All of the events take place from 7PM to 9PM

On October 22nd at St. George’s Hall, 1049 4th Avenue East, Owen Sound, Resilience...a climate change film of hope will be presented by Liz Zetlin, John Anderson & Danuta Valleau... a passionate and hopeful vision of community & the earth

On October 29th at St. George’s Hall, 1049 4th Avenue East, Owen Sound, Economic Justice: Poverty in Bruce Grey will be presented by Jill Umbach, Coordinator-Bruce Grey Poverty Task Force

On November 5th at St. George’s Hall, 1049 4th Avenue East, Owen Sound, Doctrine of Discovery...Stolen Lands, Strong Hearts - the origins & future of the relationship between indigenous people and settlers in this land

On November 11th at the Harmony Centre, Making Peace Interfaith Dialogue, bringing together people of all faiths and no faith at a time when a spirit of reconciliation must lead in our common struggle to end religiously-motivated violence in the world.

source: Habits of the Heart literature