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Demetra Velisarios Jaquet

PRESENTATIONS / PUBLICATIONS

Current as of December 2001


Presentations Articles Books Courses


PRESENTATIONS

----Praying With Icons. First United Methodist Church, Boulder. Adult Class. December 9, 2001.

----Holiday Grief Support Group. St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church, Pastoral Care Committee. December 2001 - January 2002. Six-week class using The Grief Recovery Handbook.

----Spiritual Growth Through Loss. Orthodox Perspectives on Grief and Loss. St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church, Pastoral Care Committee. December 6, 2001.

----Advent of the Spirit. Advent Retreat for women. WomanSpace/WomanTime. December, 2001. December 1 - Ave Maria Church, Parker. Dec. 5 - Loretto Spirituality Center, Denver. Dec. 13 - Sacred Heart of Mary Church, Boulder.

----Deepening Prayer. St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church, Pastoral Care Committee. Five-week series using Anthony Bloom’s Beginning to Pray. Denver. November-December, 2001

----Goddess Tea Party. Full Moon Bookstore, Denver. September 20, 2001.

----Nurturing My Feminine. Full Moon Bookstore, Denver. Six week class. August-September, 2001.

----Jungian Dream Interpretation. Full Moon Bookstore, Denver. Six week class. June-July, 2001.

----Final Affairs in Order: End of Life Decisions. University Park Methodist Church. Adult Class. May 20, 2001.

----Christian Parenting. St. Louis Catholic Church, Louisville, Co. Feb. 16, 2001.

----Servant-Leadership: Psychology and Spirituality of Life Process. Wellshire Presbyterian Church, Denver. Retreatmaster for three-day women’s retreat at St. Francis Center, Colorado Springs. October 2000.

----On Our Own Terms: Bill Moyers on Dying. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Denver. Panel on death and Dying. Dee Jaquet, Ann Carpender, Jennifer Mirabella, Nolan Vander Ark, Jim Karel. Sept. 17, 2000.

----Eastern Orthodoxy: Personal Meanings. Sunday Morning Adult Ed., Central Presbyterian Church, Denver. July, 2000.

----Spiritual Care: I Can Do That: Helping Others With Grief. Regis University Faculty. One Day Retreat in the Workplace. March 15, 2000.

----Life in the Balance: Women’s Spiritual Quest. WomanSpace/WomanTime. February, 2000. Feb. 3 - St. Francis of Assisi Church, Castle Rock. Feb. 10 - Sacred Heart of Mary Church, Boulder. Feb. 13 - Loretto Spirituality Center, Denver.

----Worship With Icons. Iliff School of Theology, Denver. Guest Lecturer annually in March from 1987 to present, in Jane Vennard’s Prayer class.

----Conflict Utilization. One Day Workshop. Metropolitan State College Department of English, College Visioning Committee, Denver. December, 1999.

----God is With Us: Four Week Advent Series, Adult Education Sunday Mornings, Bethany Lutheran Church, Denver. December, 1999.

----Spiritual Care: I Can Do That. One Day Training Workshop on Pastoral Presence and Listening Skills, for Pastoral Care Team, Unity Church, Denver. May 1999.

----Parenting with Christian Values. Sunday Morning Adult Ed., Abiding Hope Lutheran Church, Littleton. April, 1999.

----Spiritual Growth Through Loss. Retreat Leader. Regis University, One-Day Faculty Retreat in the Workplace. Regis University, Denver. October 1998.

----Spiritual Growth Through Loss. Retreat Leader. Central Presbyterian Church, Denver, “Presbyterian Women” Three Day Retreat, Sedalia, Colorado. September 1998.

Ecumenical Prayer. Orthodox Representative. Week-long Symposium every year for three years, sponsored by Lily Foundation at Ecumenical Institute, Collegeville, Minn. June 1996, June 1997, June 1998.

----The Vision of Our Church. Greek Orthodox American Leaders Meeting, Chicago, March 1998.

----Servant-Leadership. Greek Orthodox American Leaders Meeting, Denver, February 1998.

----Spiritual Issues in Hospice. St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Boulder, Colorado, January 1998.

----Singles Ministry from an Orthodox Perspective. Bethany Lutheran Church, Denver. October 1997.

----Identifying and Healing Child Abuse. Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology and Religion, Annual Meeting: “Sickness or Sin? Diagnosis and Discernment”, Boston, November 1996.

----Sexuality and the Church. Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology and Religion, Annual Meeting: “Sickness or Sin? Diagnosis and Discernment”, Boston, November 1996.

----Spiritual Life and Growth. Avista Hospital Stephens’ Ministers, Louisville, Co. October 1996.

----Hospice: A Place For Caring. Videotape. Porter Hospice, Denver. 1996.

----and Lewis Shaw, Orthodox Christian Spiritual Life, a four-part series, Bethany Lutheran Church, Denver, Adult Education Wednesday Evenings, January-February 1996.

----The Future Is Now: Orthodox Women’s Role In The Church. Greek American Women’s Network (GAWN) Fourth Annual Conference, titled “Yesterday’s Demands...Tomorrow’s Expectations...Women in the Year 2000.” Dr. Alice Scourby, Margo Nikitas, Debra Bernhardt, Dr. Taki Crist, Evelyn Velez Aguayo, Susan Sedalle Makrinos, Ginny Pulos, Demetra Jaquet, Maria Menico, Georgia Post, Chrysie Constantakos, Emma Verdiek, Dr. Mary maramgo, mon Zessimopoulos, and Dr. Eva Pappas, Marie Cosindas. Intercontinental Hotel, New York City, Oct. 21, 1995.

----Recent Dialogue on Women in the Church. Women In The Church Second International Symposium, Sponsored by the Women’s Orthodox Ministries and Educational Network (WOMEN), Hyatt Hotel, Denver, September 1995.

Prophetic Witness in Corporate America. Orthodox Representative. Week-long Symposium sponsored by the Lily Foundation at Ecumenical Institute, Collegeville, Minnesota, June 1995.

----O Heavenly King. Capitol Heights Presbyterian Church, Denver. One Day Pentecost Retreat, June 1995.

----The Good Shepherd Retreat Leader. Capitol Hill United Ministers (CHUM), Two Day Retreat for pastors, held at Central Presbyterian Church, Denver, April 1995.

----Worship with Icons. Presbytery of Denver, One Day Retreat, Presbyterian Church (USA), Denver. February 1995.

Jaquet, Demetra, Frederica Matthewes-Greene, Sarah Kambites, Ilina Abadjieva. Orthodox Christian Women, panel moderator and presentater, Women and Religion Section, American Academy of Religion, Philadelphia, November 1994.

Jaquet, Demetra. Embracing Our Spiritual Identity. Orthodox Christian Laity Annual Meeting “Faith, Language and Culture”, Chicago, Keynote Speaker, October 1994.

----and Rosemary Radford Ruether. A Day of Solidarity. Bridges: Orthodoxy and Feminism. Colorado Ecumenical Decade of Churches in Solidarity with Women Committee, 2nd Annual Regional Symposium on Women in the Church. Central Presbyterian Church, Denver, Co. August 1994.

----Women, One With God. Retreat Master, Presbyterian Women’s Retreat, Central Presbyterian Church, Denver. Three days. August 1994.

----Orthodox Representative to Orthodox and Feminist Spirituality, World Council of Churches International Syposium, Ecumenical Institute, Bossey, Switzerland. One of three American delegates invited to participate among 40 international delegates, 20 Orthodox and 20 Protestant. May 9-19, 1994.

Jaquet, Demetra and John Landgraff. Singling in the 90’s. Singles and the Spiritual Life. One-Day Retreat. First Baptist Church, Denver. April 1994.

----, and Fr. Dean Talagan. Personhood: Image and Likeness. Image and Likeness in Men and Women. City-wide Lenten Retreat, St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church, Denver. April 1994.

----, Fr. Thomas FitzGerald, Kyriaki Fitzgerald, Deborah Belonick, and His Grace Bishop Isaiah of Denver, Women in the Church: A Spiritual Foundation, Denver Diocese Philoptochos Conference, Dallas, Texas, March 1994. Videotaped. 6 hours.

Jaquet, Demetra. Christian Parenting. St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church, Denver, Oct. 1993.

---- The Word Through Orthodox Women in the Nineties. St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church, Denver. Philoptochos Seminar. Sept. 1993. Audiotaped. 90 minutes.

----, Rabbi James Rudin, Director of Interreligious Affairs, American Jewish Committtee, NY, NY; Rev. Gil Horn, Exec. Director Colorado Council of Churches, Denver; and Rev. Lyle Asom, Director of East Denver Alliance of Churches. Inter-Religious Dialogue -- Issues that Unite and Divide the Inter-Religious Community. Temple Emanuel, Denver. August, 1993.

----Red Rocks Easter Sunrise Service, Denver. Liturgist. Sponsored by Colorado Council of Churches. Videotaped. 60 minutes. April 1993.

----The Orthodox Church. St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, Denver. 5 Part Series, March-April 1993.

----, Chung Hyung Kyung. In Solidarity with Orthodox Women. Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Mass. March 8, 1993.

Jaquet, Demetra. Egalitarian Parenting. 4 Part Series. Central Presbyterian Church, Denver, March 1993. Also 10 part series in 1991, and 10 part series in 1992.

----Full Human Personhood for Women: Doing Orthodox Feminist Theology. American Academy of Religion, Washington DC, Roundtables, December 1992.

---- and Fr. Paul Costopoulos, Orthodox Community Outreach Center. Colorado Council of Churches, House of the Lord television program, 30 minutes. Videotaped.

---- and Fr. Dean Talagan. Women in Orthodoxy. Colorado Orthodox Clergy Brotherhood Clean Monday Retreat, St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church, Denver, Feb. 1992.

---- and Fr. Dean Talagan. Spirituality. 3 part series. Grant Avenue United Methodist Church, Denver. Feb. 1992.

Jaquet, Demetra. Women in Orthodoxy. 10 Session Course. Central Presbyterian Church, Denver. Sept. 1991 - March 1992.

----Women and Self Esteem. 25 Session Course. Central Presbyterian Church, Denver. Sept. 1991 - May 1992.

----Justice and Peace in the Bible. 4 Part Series. Central Presbyterian Church, Denver. March 1992.

----Children and War. Central Presbyterian Church, Denver. Jan. 1992.

----, Fr. Paul Costopoulos, Fr. Joseph Hirsch and Fr. Jon Mangels. By Our Love They Will Know Us. Colorado Orthodox Clergy Brotherhood Clean Monday Retreat, Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Cathedral, Globeville, Co. Feb. 1991.

Jaquet, Demetra. Spiritual Direction in Our Lives. Pan-Orthodox Forum Series, St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church, Denver. Oct. 1990.

----and Fr. Leonid Kishkovsky, President, National Council of Churches. 20th Century Challenges to Orthodoxy, OPT of California, St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Los Angeles. Sept. 1990.

Jaquet, Demetra. Pan-Orthodox Family Ministries. Greek Orthodox Denver Diocese Meeting, Denver Diocese Family Ministries Task Force, Denver, Sept. 1990.

----Christ and Self Esteem and Teaching Children To Pray. Greek Orthodox Diocese of Denver Religious Education Conference, Denver, August 1990.

---- and His Grace Bishop Kallistos of Zelon. Responding To God’s Grace. Our Response To Grace. Colorado Orthodox Clergy Brotherhood Clean Monday Retreat., St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church, Denver. Feb. 1990.

Jaquet, Demetra. Creative Dialogue in the Church. Colorado Orthodox Clergy Brotherhood Lenten Lecture Series, Lowry AFB, Denver, Feb. 1989.

----The Orthodox Liturgy. Guest Lecturer for Dr. Lou Bloede, Christian Corporate Worship Series, Iliff School of Theology, Denver. Nov. 1988 and 1989.

----Small Group Dynamics: Leadership Training Seminar, St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church, Denver, March, 1988.

----Orthodox Unity. Orthodox People Together, Three Day Conference. Offered annually in June, 1988- 1993 in Los Angeles, Denver, Cheyenne, Austin, Pittsburgh, and New York City.



PUBLICATIONS

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"Mary: The Model for Contemplative Life”, in The Living Pulpit Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 4, “MARY”, October-December 2001, pp. 18-19.


“Why I Remain Orthodox”, in Leaven: An Alternative Catholic Voice in the Rocky Mountain Region, Vol. 9 No. 6, “ECUMENICAL SERIES”, June/July 2001.


“Church As Community”, in The Living Pulpit Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 4, “CHURCH”, October-December 2000, pp. 14-15.


“God Is With Us: The Third Coming” - Part One of Four-Week Advent Series, Bethany Lutheran Church, Denver, Nov-Dec. 1999.


“A Cultural Reflection on Family Survival: The struggle to maintain family identity in the face of political oppression”, in The Living Pulpit Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 3, “FAMILY”, July-September 1999, pp. 11-13.


“Clarity and Ambiguity in System Dynamics”, Unpublished, April 22, 1999.


“An Orthodox Perspective on Peace”, in The Living Pulpit Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 4, “PEACE”, October-December 1998, pp. 8-9.


“Why WOMEN?” in The St. Nina Quarterly Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2, Spring 1998.


“Servant Leadership” - Opening Talk, Greek Orthodox American Leaders (GOAL) Meeting, Denver. Speakers - Dee Jaquet, Dr. Valerie Karras, and Steve Angelides. February 1998.


“Welcome to WOMEN and The St. Nina Quarterly”, in The St. Nina Quarterly Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter 1997.


“Where Is My Mother?” - Ecumenical Prayer Symposium, Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research, Collegeville, Minnesota.


“Who Wants WOMEN?”, in WOMENews: Women’s Orthodox Ministries and Education Network Newsletter, Fall, 1995.


“Pluralist, Feminist and Orthodox”, in The Witness Episcopal Magazine, October 1994.


“Women Making A Difference,” in Again Orthodox Christian Magazine, Vol. 17, No. 3, Sept. 1994.


“Commit To Lay and Diaconal Ministries,” in OPTNews: TheOrthodox People Together Newsletter, Winter 1990.




Editorials, in The St. Nina Quarterly Journal –January 1996 to Present


WOMEN’s Network To Sponsor Presentation by Leonie Liveris on Sisterhood an Responsibility at Washington, D.C. Meeting” - Editorial, in The St. Nina Quarterly Journal, Winter 1999, Vol. 3, No. 1.


“The Ecumenical Women’s Decade” - Editorial, in The St. Nina Quarterly Journal, Summer 1999


“Faith, Praxis and Community” – Editorial, in The St. Nina Quarterly Journal, Part I Winter 1998; Part II Spring 1999, Vol. 3. No. 2.


“Women in Society” - Editorial, in The St. Nina Quarterly Journal, Spring 1998


“Denver Conference on Women In The Church” - Editorial, in The St. Nina Quarterly Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter 1997


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Sickness or Sin? Diagnosis and Discernment. Proceedings of OCAMPR Annual Meeting, Boston, 1996. “Identifying and Healing Child Abuse”

OPT --The Birth of a Network: The Ethic of Love As Inclusiveness Within The Mystical Theology of he Orthodox Chistian Church Using the Dynamics of Psychosynthesis. April 1990. UMI Dissertation Svcs., Ann Arbor, MI.



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Written for Regis University, School for Professional Studies,
Undergraduate, Department of Religious Studies:

World Religious Traditions, Western. Wrote the 1999 revision, still in use.

Death and Dying. Authored the course in 1996. Wrote the 1999 revision.

Women, Religion and Spirituality. Authored the course in 1993. Wrote the 1996 revision, still in use.

Adult Spiritual Life. Wrote the 1993 revision.

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