Voyagers Spring Meeting, 2010

Tuesday, April 13 - Friday, April 16

The Dominican Center

McLean, Virginia

The Voyagers 2010 spring meeting will be held at the Dominican Center in McLean, Virginia, outside Washington, D.C. We will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, and formal Voyagers programming will conclude with breakfast on Friday.

For those who wish to attend the Bowen Center Clinical Conference on Friday, (9:30-3:30) transportation and registration fees will be covered. Dr. Michael Kerr is speaking on "Distinguishing Between Functional and Basic Level of Differentiation."

As has been the practice, there will be family of origin groups, congregational case studies, theology and theory discussions, and Voyager's Night Out.

Presenters for this meeting are Joe Carolin and Susan Luff.

Father Joe Carolin was ordained to the Roman Catholic Priesthood in 1966, in the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He serves as Chaplain at the State Psycho-geriatric Center (South Mountain Restoration Center, South Mountain, Pa.) starting in 1978. He earned an MSW in 1972, and received a PH.D in 1980, from the University of Pittsburgh.

He studied at the Georgetown Family Center in 1974, followed by organizing a seminar on "Implications of Bowen Theory for Catholic Theology," with Dr. Bowen, Dr. Haught, and other students of Bowen Theory in 1987. Transcripts and papers of this event were published in 1990, called, Systems and Spirituality. Succeeding conferences on "Wisdom of the Ages," have focused on the topic of Bowen Theory and Spiritual/Supernatural Phenomena. This coming July 23, 2010, a one-day conference will be held in Gaithersburg, Maryland. It is reported that Father Joe did a eulogy at Dr. Bowen's funeral in October, 1990.

Father Carolin's presentation: Report from a Catalyst

Susan Luff, APRN, M.S., has been a family therapist since 1972. She has a practice in coaching clergy and other professionals and a psychotherapy practice in Gaithersburg and Bethesda, Maryland. Susan attended the Postgraduate course in Family Systems Therapy in 1977 and the Biofeedback Postgraduate course in 1984 at the Bowen Center. She received individual coaching from Dr.Bud Andres, Director of Training at the Bowen Center as well as individual coaching and group supervision from Ed Friedman.

In 1987, Susan became a faculty member for Ed Friedman's postgraduate leadership program for clergy. She is a co-founder and faculty for the Center for Family Process. The Center now continues the programs for clergy begun by Ed Friedman as well as offering programs for non- clergy professionals.

Susan has given presentations throughout the United States, including many on the topic of Overfunctioning. She has both presented and written an article on The Fallacy of the Nonanxious Presence. She enjoys biking, kayaking, hiking with her new dog, and watercolor painting.

Watch this site for further information on their presentations.

Registration and Fees

Annual Membership Fee: $100

Spring Meeting Registration: $300

Room & Board: $250.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner on Wednesday & Thursday; & breakfast on Friday are included.

Tuesday evening is "Voyagers Night Out" which is Dutch treat.

Please indicate in your registration if you plan to attend the Clinical Conference.

To reserve your place, please send $450 (Annual membership fee of $100, Spring Meeting Registration of $300, and Room Deposit of $50) to:

Michael Jupin

1937 Country Place

Lancaster, OH 43130-1094

Make checks payable to "Voyagers"
Registration Deadline: March 15, 2010

Questions – please contact:
Carol Jeunnette, caroljeunnette@clergyvoyagers.org, or Michael Jupin, michaeljupin@clergyvoyagers.org

VOYAGERS CANCELLATION & REFUND POLICY

1. For cancellations made up to the registration due date a full refund will be made.

2. For cancellations after the registration due date and up to two weeks prior to the beginning of the scheduled meeting a registrant will be given a credit of 50% of the registration fee plus the room deposit toward the next Voyagers meeting the registrant attends.

3. No refund or credit of the registration fee will be given if the cancellation comes less than two weeks prior to the scheduled meeting except in cases of illness or family emergency in which case the 50% credit will apply. The room deposit will still be credited toward the next Voyagers meeting the registrant attends.

4. The $ 100 annual Voyagers membership fee is not related to participation in any particular meeting and will not be refunded.

Voyagers