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Featured Speakers
Joe Bilgriene- How to eat an elephant
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How to Eat an Elephant: What I Learned in 34 Years of Doing Counseling that Works
Topics
include: Dump Journal, Talking Stick, One Person vs. a Two Person
System, Focus, Use of the Imagination, Self Talk, He-She-It-They-You
vs. I, Do One Thing Different, Mirror Method.
Born
and raised in Marshfield, WI - 4th oldest of 9 children. My mother died
of cancer when I was 11, and so I was raised by an Aunt and Uncle who
happened to own a tavern. I tended bar at the age of 11. I spent four
years in the Air Force, one year in Viet Nam. I was ordained a Catholic
priest in 1966, served in different parishes, and was family life
director for the diocese of La Crosse, WI. I married Rosemary in 1988.
Rosemary is a Massage Therapist with a business in the home. I have
been doing Individual and Marriage Counseling since 1973. I worked
half-time for the University of Minnesota Medical Center--Fairview, and
half-time for Lutheran Social Services in Wisconsin. I am now retired.
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Sr. Marilyn Wuster, SSND- Marriage, The Committed Conspiracy
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MARRIAGE: THE COMMITTED CONSPIRACY
In Genesis 2: 7, our Hebrew-Christian stories of faith, we read: “the Source of all Life formed the h’dama (earth creature) out of dust and blew into its nostrils the breath of life.” We,
each of us, lives with the very Breath of God. When we enter
relationship, we then “con-spire” (breathe together) to
create a oneness.
Within
each relationship there is need for self- and mutual- affirmation. The
90-90 of the ME weekend is designed to accent that process. Each
transparent sharing of self subsequently enhances that experience.
Out
of the couple unity, there is the call to care also for earth, for
values, for others. And because we are frail and sometimes not at our
best, that couple unity also requires compassion and forgiveness.
It is in committed conspiracy that men and women closely reflect the love of our Trinitarian God.
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A
member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame since 1956, Sister Marilyn
devoted the first nineteen years of her religious life to teaching.
Subsequently trained as a psychotherapist she began interventional and
healing work in 1976 spending a number of years as resident therapist
in the Personal Growth Center in Spokane, Washington, in the Living
Resource Center at Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, Il., and in the
Psychology and Religion Program of the Behavioral Medicine Institute in
St. Louis, Mo.
In
1981 Sister Marilyn completed additional training in spiritual
direction and expanded her therapeutic work to include retreats and
spiritual growth workshops. She has a private practice in retreat work
and spiritual direction in St. Louis, Mo.
Bob and Barb Zielinski- The Need has not Diminished
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Bob
and Barbara Zielinski have been married for 38 years, have three
children and one grandchild. They have been involved in Marriage
Encounter since 1972, a team couple since 1974. Their experience
serving on M.E. boards and committees in three states, sharing at
countless weekends in the U.S. and abroad, developing and presenting
many team trainings and enrichments and speaking at dozens of
conferences and events have given them a unique perspective on Marriage
Encounter in the past 36 years.
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Bob and Barbara are currently the Executive Directors of Marriage
Management Consultants Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to
bringing marriage and relationship enrichment services where needed,
especially to those who serve our country in the military.
www.marriagemanagement.org
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