| You take
hydrogen gas,
and you
leave it alone,
and it
turns into
rosebushes,
giraffes,
and humans.
-Brian Swimme
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One should pay attention to even the smallest crawling creature for these too may have a valuable lesson to teach us.
- Black Elk
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We claim our
authentic voice
as self-reflective beings;
we have
something to say
about how
we shall live on earth.
-from the Bluestone Manifesto
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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
-Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Bok-bok bok BOK !
- Jan of St. Eggburt's House
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Internship Program
for women
Bluestone Farm
& Living Arts Center
Sustainability
Spirituality
Sabbath-living
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Interns will strive to create a balanced life of
Study: spirituality,the new cosmology,
environmental issues
Opus Dei: share in the Divine Office
and Eucharist with sisters
Manual Work: chores in the garden,
animals (chickens, ducks, bees)
Prayer: individual spiritual direction,
private prayer or meditation
Rest and Recreation: art, music,hikes
field-trips, common meals
… and a sense of Sabbath Living
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About Bluestone Farm
Bluestone Farm and Learning Center is a ministry of the Episcopal sisters of The Community of the Holy Spirit at their Melrose Covent in Brewster, New York. The CHS sisters strive to live a life reflecting sustainable living, social justice, and spiritual fulfillment. Daily life involves organic farming, (maple sugaring, planting, tending, gathering and preserving food), singing the monastic offices (Lauds, Noonday Prayers, Vespers, Compline), fellowship, "eucharistic living," service to others, and individual artistic pursuits.
Explore the Community of the Holy Spirit Website
http://www.chssisters.org
To learn more, please read the Bluestone Farm Brochure
http://www.chssisters.org/Bluestone%20Brochure.PDF
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Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.
-Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Every individual matters.
Every individual has a role to play.
Every individual makes a difference.
-Jane Goodall
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O Lord, baptize our hearts into a sense of the needs and conditions of all.
-George Fox
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Internship Requirements
Application
Health insurance
Doctor’s note
2 Recommendations
Essay
Cost: depends upon length of stay
We are looking for emotionally mature young women with curiosity, readiness to embrace new experiences, interest in the environment, ability and willingness to work with others, creative problem solving, good social skills, and a sense of humor. While we live at an Episcopal convent, being a Christian is not a pre-requisite, but openness to other’s religious beliefs and practices is essential, along with willingness to participate with us in our worship centered life.
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Program Director
Suzanne Guthrie is an Episcopal priest, the author of Praying the Hours and Grace's Window, retreat leader, former university chaplain, and mother of four grown children. She and her husband Bill are resident companions of the Community of the Holy Spirit at Bluestone Farm. Suzanne writes from http://www.edgeofenclosure.org.
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The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tried merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day.
-Albert Einstein
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