An International Grail Zoom Program
Through one Introductory Overview and four online participatory Workshop Sessions, we will explore our personal Grail journey, and how our individual story connects with, and is inspired by, the Myth of the Holy Grail. Traveling through the Origins, Meanings and Relevance of the Grail Myth and four main themes of the story (The Journey, The Waste Land, The Question, The Quest) we will have an opportunity to deepen our understanding of our collective purpose, what nurtures and motivates us to a life of personal and societal transformation.
Sessions & Resources
for instruction to using Zoom:
English&Portuguese Powerpoint (click here)
PDF version (click here)
Introductory Overview--January 21, 2023
Video Part 1 (English) click here
transcript text (English) click here
translation text (Portuguese) click here
translation text (Spanish) click here
Video Part 2 (English) click here
transcript text (English) click here
translation text (Portuguese) click here
translation text (Spanish) click here
Video Part 1 (Portuguese captions) to be done
Video Part 2 (Portuguese captions) to be done
Video Part 1 (Spanish captions ) to be done
Video Part 2 (Spanish captions) to be done
Bibliography click here
More about the Grail Myth click here
Full Session Zoom Recording click here
Full Session Audio only Portuguese click here
Full Session Audio only Spanish click here
Zoom Chat Room Text click here
Workshop Session 1--The Journey--March 4, 2023
Schedule: English (click here) Spanish (click here) Portuguese (click here)
My Grail Journey activity: English (click here) Spanish (click here) Portuguese (click here)
Group Agreements: English (click here) Spanish (click here) Portuguese (click here)
Small Group Guiding Questions: English (click here) Spanish (click here) Portuguese (click here)
Preparation for next session: English (click here) Spanish (click here) Portuguese (click here)
Ithaka poem: English (click here) Spanish (click here) Portuguese (click here)
Slide Show Powerpoint (click here) PDF (click here)
Music:
Tjonneblomen--opening prayer--click here
Caminho do Sol--break--click here
Full Session Zoom Recording (click here)
Audio original (click here)
Audio English-interpreter (click here)
Audio Portuguese-interpreter (click here)
Recording Transcript (click here)
Chat room text (click here)
More about the Grail Myth (click here)
Workshop Session 2--The Wasteland--March 11, 2023
Schedule: English (click here) Spanish (click here) Portuguese (click here)
Opening Prayer: English (click here) Portuguese (click here) Spanish (click here)
Wasteland Slideshow: Powerpoint (click here)
PDF version (click here)
Activity Slideshow: Powerpoint (click here) PDF (click here)
Small Group Guiding Questions: 3 languages (click here)
Preparation for next session: 3 languages (click here)
Closing Prayer: English (click here) Portuguese (click here)
Spanish (click here)
Music:
sona JOBARTEH kemet--opening prayer--click here
Keep on Moving Forward--closing prayer--click here
Over the Rainbow with violin--break--click here
Full Session Zoom Recording (click here)
Audio original (click here)
Audio English-interpreter (click here)
Audio Portuguese-interpreter (click here)
Recording Transcript (click here)
Chat room text (click here)
More about the Grail Myth (click here)
Workshop Session 3--The Question--March 18, 2023
Schedule: 3 languages (click here)
Opening Prayer: 3 languages (click here)
The Right Question Slideshow: Powerpoint (click here)
PDF version (click here)
Activity Slideshow: Powerpoint (click here) PDF (click here)
Activity #1 Guiding Questions: 3 languages (click here)
Activity #2 Guiding Questions: 3 languages (click here)
Preparation for next session: 3 languages (click here)
Closing Prayer: 3 languages (click here)
Music/Video:
Baba Yetu--opening prayer--click here
Phillipines Planting Dancing--closing prayer--click here
Last of the Mohicans--closing prayer--click here
Man captivates horses with native flute--break--
Full Session Zoom Recording (click here)
Audio original (click here)
Audio English-interpreter (click here)
Audio Portuguese-interpreter (click here)
Recording Transcript (click here)
Chat room text (click here)
More about the Grail Myth (click here)
Workshop Session 4--The Quest & The Attainment--March 25, 2023
Schedule: 3 languages (click here)
Opening Prayer: 3 languages (click here)
The Quest&Attainment: Powerpoint (click here)
PDF version (click here)
Activity Slideshow: Powerpoint (click here) PDF (click here)
Quotes from Jacques van Ginnekan 3 languages:
Quote #1 (click here) Quote #2 (click here)
Activity #1 Personal Reflections Guidelines: 3 languages (click here)
Activity #2 My Grail Cup: 3 languages (click here)
Activity #3 My Journey: 3 languages (click here)
Closing Prayer: 3 languages (click here)
Music/Video:
EL SUEÑO DE LA QUILAGO--opening prayer--click here
Meditation Music--personal reflection--click here
Native Flute--break--click here
This Joy--closing prayer--click here
This Joy translated lyrics-- click here
Full Session Zoom Recording (click here)
Audio original (click here)
Audio English-interpreter (click here)
Audio Portuguese-interpreter (click here)
Recording Transcript (click here)
Chat room text (click here)
More about the Grail Myth (click here)
for The Circle & The Light:
a Ritual Enactment of
The Grail Myth
Resource Team
Maria Carlos Ramos--Portugal--first connected with the Grail at a summer camp when she was 12 years old and has been working on Grail programs and projects throughout her adult life. She completed her degree in Theology in 1992. She served on the International Leadership Team from 2014 to 2021 and is presently living and working at the Grail Center in Golega, Portugal.
Simonetta Romano--Italy & USA--is a psychotherapist who first connected with the Grail in 1991 through a Grail feminist theology group in Milan. She moved to the United States in 1997 to work full-time on Grail programs and projects, living and working at the Philadelphia, Grailville and Cornwall Grail Centers until her retirement in 2019.
Sharon Thomson--USA--first came to the Grail in 1977.
For more information click here
with Thanks for administrative and technical support
from the International Grail Secretariat:
Abida Jamal, Christine Garinganao, Florence Asiimwe
and from
The International Grail Communications Team