Dreaming Big, Dreaming Deep

Dreaming Big, Dreaming Deep

A Six-Part Series with Fr. Daniel Renaud, OMI

Saturdays | September 6, 13, 20, 27, October 4, 11, 2025

9:00 AM – 11:30 AM CST

In Person | Whitley Event Center | Oblate School of Theology

Registration Fee: $150 + processing fees (Includes all 6 sessions)

Limited Seating Available

*Processing fees are non-refundable.

DESCRIPTION

Building on the insights and practices from the Sacred Slumber workshop, this six-part series delves deeper into the sacred language of dreams. Fr. Daniel Renaud invites participants to explore dreams as a “night theatre”—a rich landscape shaped by personal experience, cultural memory, religious identity, and archetypal wisdom.

Together, we will discover how dreams can lead us toward wholeness, relational healing, and greater spiritual integration. While prior attendance in the spring workshop is not required, this series will expand upon foundational concepts and introduce advanced tools for both individual and group dreamwork.

Participants will:

• Deepen their understanding of recurring dreams, nightmares, dreams of death, and inner child themes
• Explore Jungian archetypes such as the Shadow, Self, anima/animus, and more
• Learn practical techniques for applying dream insights to spiritual growth, self-discovery and prayer
• Engage in both one-on-one and group dream processes
• Benefit from facilitator training material being integrated into the regular series curriculum
• Practice amplification techniques to continue the dialogue with dreams in waking life
• Develop a sense of the value of dreamwork to enhance communal life in Christian churches

Dreams, when shared in community, reveal multilayered meanings that open new paths for healing, creativity, and communion with the divine.

RECOMMENDED READING:

Dream Wise: Unlocking the Meaning of Your Dreams (2024) by Lisa Marchiano, Deborah Stewart & Joseph Lee

Dreaming In Church: Dreamwork as a Spiritual Practice for Christians (2016) By Geoff Nelson

PRESENTER

Fr. Daniel Renaud, OMI, is a religious priest with the Oblates of Mary Immaculate of the US province. Fr. Renaud is an adjunct faculty at the Oblate School of Theology (OST) in San Antonio, Texas.

Fr. Renaud has degrees and training in drama education, theology, pastoral ministry, and psychodrama. He is a Certified Spiritual Director from Creighton University and a Certified Dreamwork Facilitator from The Haden Institute.

Fr. Daniel is a member of Spiritual Directors International (SDI) and a member of the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD). He has preached retreats to priests, deacons, and religious and laypeople in Canada, the US, and Asia on various topics such as desire and spiritual intimacy, 12 steps recovery, Ignatian spirituality & Jungian psychology, a spirituality of priesthood, and the Trinity.

His areas of interest are resilience and trauma recovery, dreamwork and spiritual growth, contemplative practices, and mysticism. He is writing a book on dreams and visions as a mystical theatre inspired by God, the divine playwright.

For more details, see www.linktr.ee/drenaud2020

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A limited number of complimentary tickets are available for this event. Please contact the Continuing Education Program Coordinator for the Promo Code at (210) 341-1366 x 206 or email Veronica Montalvo at vmontalvo@ost.edu.

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