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Marguerite Centre

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Marguerite Centre is a spirituality and conference centre in Pembroke Ont., Canada. We are located in the Upper Ottawa Valley along the Ottawa River.

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We provide space for people to explore and learn, balance and grow, through our core work of hospitality.

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We are committed to a holistic, ecumenical and inter-religious ministry from a Catholic perspective.

We are dedicated to the values of contemplation and community, earth literacy, the local economy and sustainability. In small, daily ways, we are working toward the transformation of ourselves and our world.

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Winter Spring Programs 2008

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Insight Meditation (Vipassana) Retreat, July 26 - Aug 1

Norman FeldmanWith Norman Feldman
$395/$150 weekend only

Registration deadline July 4.

In recent years, Mindfulness Meditation has become very popular, with considerable research demonstrating its many benefits. This silent retreat will present Mindfulness Meditation as originally taught by the Buddha as a tool for examining and opening to one?s life, both inner and outer. Mindfulness serves as a foundation for the development of calmness, clarity and openness from which can effortlessly arise insight into our true nature that frees us to live in a wiser, kinder and more compassionate relationship with ourselves and the world. This retreat is suitable for beginners and experienced meditators alike.

Since 1971, Norman Feldman has studied and practiced meditation with teachers in several traditions of Buddhism, both in Asia and in the West. Since 1986 he has been leading Insight Meditation retreats in North America, Europe and Asia. He also takes groups on pilgrimage to sacred Buddhist sites of India and Nepal. Norman currently lives in Guelph, and is a co-founder and guiding teacher of True North Insight Meditation Centre.

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For Silent, Directed and Guided Retreats offered a the Centre, please check here.

Registration:

To register for a program, simply send us an email at bookings@margueritecentre.com and then mail your $35 dollar non-refundable deposit (cheque payable to Marguerite Centre) to Marguerite Centre, 700 Mackay St. Pembroke On, K8A 1G6 . You will receive a confirmation by email. Balance may be paid on arrival by cash, cheque, visa or debit.

You may also call us at 613-732-9926 and confirm your place immediately with Visa.