Annual Regional Retreat 2022

Theme - "My Life, His Mission"

Recap of 2022 Retreat

Day 1 Saturday Sep 3rd CLICK HERE

Day 2, Sunday Sep 4th CLICK HERE

Day 2, Sunday Sep 4th Closing Session CLICK HERE


WHEN :

September 3rd, Saturday 2022 (9:00 AM PST)
to
September 4th, Sunday 2022 (6:00 PM PST)

WHERE :

Walden West

15555 Sanborn Road, Saratoga, CA-95070

Countdown :

Theme

"My Life, His Mission"

"I have a task: To foster all mankind and ensure for all of them lives full of bliss.

I have a vow: To lead all who stray away from the straight path again into goodness and save them.

I am attached to the work that I love: To remove the sufferings of the poor and grant them what they lack."

- Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, May 25, 1947

Theme picture

Program

Saturday, 3rd September

TIME
ACTIVITIES

9:00am-9:45am

Devotional Singing

9:45am-10:00am

Welcome and Speaker Introduction

10:00am-11:00am

Talk by Dr. Suresh Govind

11:00am-11:10am

Speaker Introduction

11:10am-12:10pm

Keynote Speech by Dr. Narendranath Reddy

12:10pm-1:40pm

Lunch

1:40pm-2:30pm

Devotional Singing, Led by SSE

2:30pm-2:30pm

Speaker Introduction

2:30pm-4:00pm

Talk by Dr. Suresh Govind

4:00pm-4:30pm

Tea Break + Regroup


4:30pm-6:00pm

“Inner Bliss” Workshop (Main Prayer Hall)
“Love in Action” Workshop (Dining Hall)
“Divine Mission” Workshop (Upstair Dining Hall)


5:15pm-6:00pm^

SSE Meet with Dr. Suresh Govind
(Dining Hall Amphitheater (or) Firebowl)

6:00pm-7:30pm

Dinner


6:00pm-6:45pm^

YA Meet
(Upstairs Dining Hall)


6:45pm-7:30pm^

YAs Meet with Dr. Suresh Govind
(Upstairs Dining Hall)


7:30pm-9:00pm

Music Program by
Anand Vemuri & Gaayatri Kaundinya
(Main Prayer Hall)

9:00pm-9:15pm

Silent Time/ Meditation

9:15pm

Lights Out

Legend :

(^) : Parallel Sessions

Sunday, 4th September

TIME
ACTIVITIES

5:30am–6:00am

21 Oms, Suprabhatam, Meditation

6:00am-6:30am

Nagar Sankeertan

6:30am–7:00am

Firebowl

7:00am–8:00am

Yoga/ Nature Walk/ Free Time

8:00am–9:30am

Breakfast


9:30am–10:30am

Devotional Singing,
Music and Sharing led by Dr. Joe

10:30am–10:40am

Welcome, Announcements & Refocus

10:40am–12:10pm

Talk by Dr. Suresh Govind

12:10pm-1:40pm

Lunch

1:40pm–2:40pm

YA Activity

2:40pm–4:10pm

Talk by Dr. Suresh Govind

4:10pm–4:40pm

Tea Break

4:40pm–5:15pm

Presentations


5:15pm–6:00pm

Vote of Thanks
Devotional Singing and Closing Prayers

6:00pm

Boxed Dinner

Speakers

Dr. Narendranath Reddy

Chairman, Prashanthi Council

Dr. Narendranath Reddy is the Chairman of the Sri Sathya Sai International Organization (SSSIO). Dr. Reddy graduated in medicine with honors from S.V. Medical College, Tirupati, India. He specialized in internal medicine at the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, USA. Later, he did his sub-specialization in endocrinology and metabolism at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York. He has been a consultant and a practicing internist-endocrinologist in Southern California for more than 40 years.

Four generations of Dr. Reddy's family have been followers of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, with Dr. Reddy himself having come to Bhagawan Baba at the age of five. Dr. Reddy and his family have been hosting a Sri Sathya Sai Centre in their home for 40 years.

Dr.Narandranth Reddy
Dr. Suresh Govind

Professor, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Professor Dr. Suresh Govind is a Professor and former Head of the Department Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya with more than 170 scientific papers, presented more than 270 conference papers, written several chapters in publications by World Health Organization and supervised more than 100 elective, diploma, graduate and post-graduate students including at doctorate level. He was the winner of the National Young Scientist Award, Malaysian Toray Grant Award, Commonwealth Scholarship Award, Gold Innovative award at the national level as well as the winner of GOLD medal at the international ITEX exhibition. He has also won the Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine Medal, the Prime Minister’s Productivity award and the prestigious Malaysian Toray Science award as well as winning a few times the University Malaya excellence award. He was conferred a Fellow to the Malaysian Academy of Science in 2015 and the prestigious Sandosham Gold medal for outstanding contribution to the field of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine. He also won the Parija Award from the Indian Parasitology Society.

Prof Dr. Suresh Govind served as the Deputy National Youth Coordinator, National Youth Coordinator, Vice-President, Deputy President and after 20 years served as President of the Sathya Sai International Organization, Malaysia, He has been instrumental in many nation building programmes in the country and have, travelled extensively around the world upon invitation to speak to youth, educators and members of the organization on human values and selfless service. He has authored 7 books mainly on human values and teachings of Bhagavan Baba.

He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Malaysian UNITY Foundation. served as a Board member at the Ministry of Family Development, Coordinator for Friendship Group for Inter-Religious Service, Member of the Public Outreach Committee for Community Engagement and Chair for the Sri Sathya Sai Scriptural Studies committee for SSSIO. He has been been involved with SSSIO for over 30 years.

Dr. Suresh Govind

Contacts


Regional Contacts

Sunil Kasturi : president@region7saicenters.org
Sandhya Srikant : vicepresident@region7saicenters.org

Retreat Co-ordinators

Indranil Dey : Click here to Email
Sathya Chandrasekar : Click here to Email