About Sacred Heart of the Rose, Inc.
Sacred Heart of the Rose (SHotR) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit non-denominational spiritual organization. Organized in April of 2010, in 2016 Sacred Heart of the Rose started partnering with Community • Education • Arts (CEArts), a 501(c)(3) arts organization that for six years rented 1274 Logan Street in the heart of Noblesville's Cultural Arts District for diverse arts events. SHotR hosted monthly spiritual retreats, weekly Drumming Circles, twice-weekly writing workshops, and other special events there to help raise funds for CEArts. However, the property sold in the late summer of 2019, so SHotR shares weekly Inspirational Readings on CEArts' website (https://cearts.org/shotr-inspirational-podcast) and occasionally secures other venues and locations for a variety of special spiritual events and retreats.
Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, in-person events are suspended until further notice.
Find us on Facebook and stay up to date as we move forward!
Contact Rev Alys at alys@shotr.org for more information.
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit spiritual organization, we welcome and support ALL people. Love is our biggest watchword: we strive to promote behavior and actions that come from a place of love. Fear is left outside our doors and our hearts; love carries us. All are welcome.
Many people ask, is this a Catholic organization? because anything that includes "Sacred Heart" in its title does sound a little bit catholic! The short answer is, no. Our name is Sacred Heart of the Rose for particular reasons: when we founded the organization in 2010, we asked ourselves, What is sacred? The answer that came to us was, love.
Love is perfect in its divinity and is often represented by a heart. Divine perfection can seen in a rose; a perfect rosebud unfurls to become an astonishingly beautiful blossom. Put all of that divinity together: Sacred Heart of the Rose. We hope you will join us as we carry love in our lives.
Membership
We'd love to have YOU as a SHotR member! You do not have to give up your commitments to other churches or spiritual organizations to be a member of SHotR. Your donations help us host special events for our community. You can donate any amount securely online on Square here: https://cearts.square.site/product/sacred-heart-of-the-rose-shotr-donations/3.
Tranquility Retreats
Hosted by Sacred Heart of the Rose, our 1st Tranquility Retreat was November 12, 2017 at CEArts. In it, we discussed today’s bombardments of negativity, and we explored ways of turning negative energy into positive energy. For many of us, Holiday seasons increases stress, and we can always all-too-easily get overwhelmed by negative headlines in the news and social media. Sometimes, we just wish we could unplug and run away! Our 1st Tranquility Retreat helped us refocus our stresses and concerns and turned down the volume of negativity and stress in our lives.
Our Tranquility Retreats are usually free, but we encourage generous donations ~ your donations help us rent space for our events. You can donate any amount with cash/check or securely online on Square here: https://cearts.square.site/product/sacred-heart-of-the-rose-shotr-donations/3.
Spiritual Celebrations
In 2016, for the first time @SHotR celebrated the Celtic holiday of Lughnadsadh and Reek Sunday (aka Garland Sunday) with an all-day event! We were excited to host the 1st annual celebration of Lughnadsadh! Kelly and Emily Ann Thompson performed at our evening concert, after the all-day celebration, which included a baked goods contest (professional and non-professional categories with Ribbon Prizes), a wreath-making station to create decorate wreaths, Open Mic (stand-up comedy, music, poetry, recitations, whatever!), and a craft beer tasting ~ beer is, of course, grain-based, so it fit right into our Lughnasadh celebration theme! There was a $20 participation fee at the wreath-making station (“ingredients” for wreath/garland-making are provided, and some folks brought supplies and personal items of their own to attach). There was $5 entry fee for the baked goods contest. We had a great time all day and night! Please contact Rev Alys at alys@shotr.org with any questions about future celebrations.
About Lughnasadh and Reek/Garland Sunday:
In the Celtic and Christian calendars, Lughnasadh is celebrated the first week of August. Lughnasadh is (roughly) pronounced “Loo-na-saagd” and sometimes called Lammas. It’s the time to celebrate the first harvest of the year and recognize that the hot summer days will soon come to an end (maybe not so much here in Indiana!). Lughnasadh literally means the “funeral games of Lugh” (pronounced “Loo”; “funeral games” were Celtic festivals of feasting, songs, and contests). The holiday honors Lugh, the Celtic sun-god of light, but it also celebrates his mythical foster mother Tailtiu, in whose honor the funeral games were held. Reek Sunday (Irish: Domhnach na Cruaiche) or “Garland Sunday” is an annual day of pilgrimage in Ireland. On the last Sunday in July, pilgrims climb Ireland’s holiest mountain, Croagh Patrick (Irish: Cruach Phádraig, meaning “Patrick’s Stack”). Croagh Patrick, nicknamed “The Reek“, is a 2,507 ft mountain and an important pilgrimage site in County Mayo in Ireland. The annual pilgrimage has been held for about 1,500 years; it is in honor of Saint Patrick, who, according to tradition, spent 40 days fasting on the mountain in the year 441. Each year, between 15,000 and 30,000 pilgrims participate, many in bare feet; the ascension takes two hours on average, and it takes one and a half hours to descend.
Our spiritual celebration events are usually FREE to the public; donations can be made securely online via our Square Market store.
Sacred Heart of the Rose is a proud Amazon Associate! You can check out some of the great items we use, like cool Cell Phone products on Amazon ~ we live in the cellular age, so let’s stay informed about new cell phone products! At Sacred Heart of the Rose, we do love photography ~ capturing images that inspire spirituality is one of our organization’s greatest passions! Check out some of our favorite HOT Camera and Photography products!
More about Rev. Alys:
Sacred Heart of the Rose (SHotR) and Creative Expressions Arts (CEA) are both owned by disabled Indiana author, artist, and ordained minister Alys Caviness-Gober. Despite her lifelong disabilities, which include a rare and incurable lung disease, heart conditions, stroke, glaucoma, and a rare lymphatic disease, Alys perseveres with her ministry, art, and nonprofit volunteering. She comes late to a life of a ministry and being a professional artist; after receiving her MA in Anthropology from Ball State University, Alys taught in the departments of Anthropology and Women’s Studies at BSU for several years, and was a PhD candidate in Applied Linguistics. In 2009, she left her PhD program after developing heart issues. In 2010, Alys was ordained, and created Sacred Heart of the Rose, a non-denominational 501(c)(3) spiritual organization.
Despite her health issues, Alys also committed to her artistic endeavors and her community. In 2011, she started selling artwork online and locally as Creative Expressions Arts, and was juried into the Hamilton County Artists' Association in both photography (2012) and 2D categories (2013). Alys served on the Hamilton County Artists' Association Board in several positions for 5+ years. She is an artist member of Nickel Plate Arts.
In November of 2014, she founded Logan Street Sanctuary, an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) cultural arts organization providing the community with diverse programming that rented an historic building in the heart of Noblesville’s Cultural Arts District. In 2019, when the property sold, the organization rebranded as Community • Education • Arts, Inc.
Alys and author Sarah E. Morin co-founded NICE (Noblesville Interdisciplinary Creativity Expo) in 2014; it is now in its 5th year in 2019. in 2018, NICE received an Indiana Humanities project grant. Alys is also the editor/publisher of The Polk Street Review, which has received three Indiana Arts Commission project grants (2018, 2019, and 2020 editions), and publishes other books through her publishing company, Community • Education • Arts, Inc. Press. The rebranded organization now focuses on creating digital content (podcast and short videos series, online Arts Showcase opportunities, etc.).
Alys' paintings, photographs, and poetry have received national and international recognition.
Recognitions:
Selected Participant, IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute Religion, Spirituality and the Arts Seminar (2018-19).
Rage (aka, Out With The Old) painting selected to be in the National Academy of Medicine’s permanent online gallery and May 2 pop-up exhibit in Washington DC (2018).
Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Project Grant Recipient (FY2017).
Juried Member: Hamilton County Artists' Association (HCAA) (painting 2015; photography 2012). HCAA Board service: 2018: VP Partnerships, 2016- current Public Relations Chair, 2015-2016 Membership Chair.
2016 Nominee, Emerging Artists Champion, Nickel Plate Arts Organization
Cofounder, Logan Street Sanctuary, Inc. 501(c)(3) nonprofit all volunteer cultural arts organization (November 2015).
Finalist, The Artist's Magazine's 2014 International Art competition in the Abstract/Experimental category with Addiction (2014).
Original photograph Upper Pontabla Building purchased by Gretchen Bomboy Interior Design for a faux window effect in the corporate headquarters of the Reily Companies in New Orleans. Reily Companies owns Luzianne Tea, French Market Coffee, CDM Coffee, New England Coffee and Tea, and several other national brand names (2014).
River (poem) selected from thousands of entries as the Second Place Winner in the 23rd Biannual Blue Mountain Arts Poetry Contest (2014).
I Hardly Ever Leave Noblesville 12-minute video won the Viewer's Choice award in The Polk Street Review's first annual short film competition (2014).
Irish Lines poem, in The Gathering, Irish poetry anthology published in Dublin, Ireland (2014).
Reclaimed River Sculpture artist (juried application; commissioned, Nickel Plate Arts) (2014).
Juried Exhibitor: Nickel Plate Arts, exhibits December 2012 through current.
Artist for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day at Conner Prairie (juried application; commissioned, Conner Prairie and Nickel Plate Arts) (January 2013).
Salvage Art artist (juried application; commissioned, Nickel Plate Arts) (September 2012).
Market Umbrella artist (juried application; commissioned, Nickel Plate Arts) (April 2012).
Invited Paper Presenter, 2nd Annual African Diaspora Conference, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana (04 April 2008).
Women’s Studies Essay Competition Winner, Women’s Studies Program, Ball State University,
Muncie, Indiana (27 March 2008).
Paper Presenter, Practical Criticism Midwest Conference, Ball State University (08 Feb 2008).
Invited Participant and Paper Presenter, 2008 Oxford Round Table (invitation-only annual colloquium), Oxford University, Oxford, England (March 2008).
Diversity Associate Award, 2007 – 2008, Diversity Policy Institute, Ball State University.
Doctoral Assistantship, 2007 – 2008, English Department, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
Presenter, Inaugural African Diaspora Research Conference, Ball State University (14 April 2007).
Paper Presenter, 2003 ESRI International Users Conference, San Diego, California (July 2003).
Paper Presenter, 2002 ESRI International Users Conference, San Diego, California (July 2002).
Graduate Assistantship, 1997 – 2001, Department of Anthropology, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
Undergraduate Fellow 1995 – 1997, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
BSU Dean’s List 1995 – 1998, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
Ball State University Women’s Club Scholarship 1995 – 1996, Ball State University.
Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, in-person events are suspended until further notice.
Find us on Facebook and stay up to date as we move forward!
Contact Rev Alys at alys@shotr.org for more information.
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit spiritual organization, we welcome and support ALL people. Love is our biggest watchword: we strive to promote behavior and actions that come from a place of love. Fear is left outside our doors and our hearts; love carries us. All are welcome.
Many people ask, is this a Catholic organization? because anything that includes "Sacred Heart" in its title does sound a little bit catholic! The short answer is, no. Our name is Sacred Heart of the Rose for particular reasons: when we founded the organization in 2010, we asked ourselves, What is sacred? The answer that came to us was, love.
Love is perfect in its divinity and is often represented by a heart. Divine perfection can seen in a rose; a perfect rosebud unfurls to become an astonishingly beautiful blossom. Put all of that divinity together: Sacred Heart of the Rose. We hope you will join us as we carry love in our lives.
Membership
We'd love to have YOU as a SHotR member! You do not have to give up your commitments to other churches or spiritual organizations to be a member of SHotR. Your donations help us host special events for our community. You can donate any amount securely online on Square here: https://cearts.square.site/product/sacred-heart-of-the-rose-shotr-donations/3.
Tranquility Retreats
Hosted by Sacred Heart of the Rose, our 1st Tranquility Retreat was November 12, 2017 at CEArts. In it, we discussed today’s bombardments of negativity, and we explored ways of turning negative energy into positive energy. For many of us, Holiday seasons increases stress, and we can always all-too-easily get overwhelmed by negative headlines in the news and social media. Sometimes, we just wish we could unplug and run away! Our 1st Tranquility Retreat helped us refocus our stresses and concerns and turned down the volume of negativity and stress in our lives.
Our Tranquility Retreats are usually free, but we encourage generous donations ~ your donations help us rent space for our events. You can donate any amount with cash/check or securely online on Square here: https://cearts.square.site/product/sacred-heart-of-the-rose-shotr-donations/3.
Spiritual Celebrations
In 2016, for the first time @SHotR celebrated the Celtic holiday of Lughnadsadh and Reek Sunday (aka Garland Sunday) with an all-day event! We were excited to host the 1st annual celebration of Lughnadsadh! Kelly and Emily Ann Thompson performed at our evening concert, after the all-day celebration, which included a baked goods contest (professional and non-professional categories with Ribbon Prizes), a wreath-making station to create decorate wreaths, Open Mic (stand-up comedy, music, poetry, recitations, whatever!), and a craft beer tasting ~ beer is, of course, grain-based, so it fit right into our Lughnasadh celebration theme! There was a $20 participation fee at the wreath-making station (“ingredients” for wreath/garland-making are provided, and some folks brought supplies and personal items of their own to attach). There was $5 entry fee for the baked goods contest. We had a great time all day and night! Please contact Rev Alys at alys@shotr.org with any questions about future celebrations.
About Lughnasadh and Reek/Garland Sunday:
In the Celtic and Christian calendars, Lughnasadh is celebrated the first week of August. Lughnasadh is (roughly) pronounced “Loo-na-saagd” and sometimes called Lammas. It’s the time to celebrate the first harvest of the year and recognize that the hot summer days will soon come to an end (maybe not so much here in Indiana!). Lughnasadh literally means the “funeral games of Lugh” (pronounced “Loo”; “funeral games” were Celtic festivals of feasting, songs, and contests). The holiday honors Lugh, the Celtic sun-god of light, but it also celebrates his mythical foster mother Tailtiu, in whose honor the funeral games were held. Reek Sunday (Irish: Domhnach na Cruaiche) or “Garland Sunday” is an annual day of pilgrimage in Ireland. On the last Sunday in July, pilgrims climb Ireland’s holiest mountain, Croagh Patrick (Irish: Cruach Phádraig, meaning “Patrick’s Stack”). Croagh Patrick, nicknamed “The Reek“, is a 2,507 ft mountain and an important pilgrimage site in County Mayo in Ireland. The annual pilgrimage has been held for about 1,500 years; it is in honor of Saint Patrick, who, according to tradition, spent 40 days fasting on the mountain in the year 441. Each year, between 15,000 and 30,000 pilgrims participate, many in bare feet; the ascension takes two hours on average, and it takes one and a half hours to descend.
Our spiritual celebration events are usually FREE to the public; donations can be made securely online via our Square Market store.
Sacred Heart of the Rose is a proud Amazon Associate! You can check out some of the great items we use, like cool Cell Phone products on Amazon ~ we live in the cellular age, so let’s stay informed about new cell phone products! At Sacred Heart of the Rose, we do love photography ~ capturing images that inspire spirituality is one of our organization’s greatest passions! Check out some of our favorite HOT Camera and Photography products!
More about Rev. Alys:
Sacred Heart of the Rose (SHotR) and Creative Expressions Arts (CEA) are both owned by disabled Indiana author, artist, and ordained minister Alys Caviness-Gober. Despite her lifelong disabilities, which include a rare and incurable lung disease, heart conditions, stroke, glaucoma, and a rare lymphatic disease, Alys perseveres with her ministry, art, and nonprofit volunteering. She comes late to a life of a ministry and being a professional artist; after receiving her MA in Anthropology from Ball State University, Alys taught in the departments of Anthropology and Women’s Studies at BSU for several years, and was a PhD candidate in Applied Linguistics. In 2009, she left her PhD program after developing heart issues. In 2010, Alys was ordained, and created Sacred Heart of the Rose, a non-denominational 501(c)(3) spiritual organization.
Despite her health issues, Alys also committed to her artistic endeavors and her community. In 2011, she started selling artwork online and locally as Creative Expressions Arts, and was juried into the Hamilton County Artists' Association in both photography (2012) and 2D categories (2013). Alys served on the Hamilton County Artists' Association Board in several positions for 5+ years. She is an artist member of Nickel Plate Arts.
In November of 2014, she founded Logan Street Sanctuary, an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) cultural arts organization providing the community with diverse programming that rented an historic building in the heart of Noblesville’s Cultural Arts District. In 2019, when the property sold, the organization rebranded as Community • Education • Arts, Inc.
Alys and author Sarah E. Morin co-founded NICE (Noblesville Interdisciplinary Creativity Expo) in 2014; it is now in its 5th year in 2019. in 2018, NICE received an Indiana Humanities project grant. Alys is also the editor/publisher of The Polk Street Review, which has received three Indiana Arts Commission project grants (2018, 2019, and 2020 editions), and publishes other books through her publishing company, Community • Education • Arts, Inc. Press. The rebranded organization now focuses on creating digital content (podcast and short videos series, online Arts Showcase opportunities, etc.).
Alys' paintings, photographs, and poetry have received national and international recognition.
Recognitions:
Selected Participant, IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute Religion, Spirituality and the Arts Seminar (2018-19).
Rage (aka, Out With The Old) painting selected to be in the National Academy of Medicine’s permanent online gallery and May 2 pop-up exhibit in Washington DC (2018).
Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Project Grant Recipient (FY2017).
Juried Member: Hamilton County Artists' Association (HCAA) (painting 2015; photography 2012). HCAA Board service: 2018: VP Partnerships, 2016- current Public Relations Chair, 2015-2016 Membership Chair.
2016 Nominee, Emerging Artists Champion, Nickel Plate Arts Organization
Cofounder, Logan Street Sanctuary, Inc. 501(c)(3) nonprofit all volunteer cultural arts organization (November 2015).
Finalist, The Artist's Magazine's 2014 International Art competition in the Abstract/Experimental category with Addiction (2014).
Original photograph Upper Pontabla Building purchased by Gretchen Bomboy Interior Design for a faux window effect in the corporate headquarters of the Reily Companies in New Orleans. Reily Companies owns Luzianne Tea, French Market Coffee, CDM Coffee, New England Coffee and Tea, and several other national brand names (2014).
River (poem) selected from thousands of entries as the Second Place Winner in the 23rd Biannual Blue Mountain Arts Poetry Contest (2014).
I Hardly Ever Leave Noblesville 12-minute video won the Viewer's Choice award in The Polk Street Review's first annual short film competition (2014).
Irish Lines poem, in The Gathering, Irish poetry anthology published in Dublin, Ireland (2014).
Reclaimed River Sculpture artist (juried application; commissioned, Nickel Plate Arts) (2014).
Juried Exhibitor: Nickel Plate Arts, exhibits December 2012 through current.
Artist for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day at Conner Prairie (juried application; commissioned, Conner Prairie and Nickel Plate Arts) (January 2013).
Salvage Art artist (juried application; commissioned, Nickel Plate Arts) (September 2012).
Market Umbrella artist (juried application; commissioned, Nickel Plate Arts) (April 2012).
Invited Paper Presenter, 2nd Annual African Diaspora Conference, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana (04 April 2008).
Women’s Studies Essay Competition Winner, Women’s Studies Program, Ball State University,
Muncie, Indiana (27 March 2008).
Paper Presenter, Practical Criticism Midwest Conference, Ball State University (08 Feb 2008).
Invited Participant and Paper Presenter, 2008 Oxford Round Table (invitation-only annual colloquium), Oxford University, Oxford, England (March 2008).
Diversity Associate Award, 2007 – 2008, Diversity Policy Institute, Ball State University.
Doctoral Assistantship, 2007 – 2008, English Department, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
Presenter, Inaugural African Diaspora Research Conference, Ball State University (14 April 2007).
Paper Presenter, 2003 ESRI International Users Conference, San Diego, California (July 2003).
Paper Presenter, 2002 ESRI International Users Conference, San Diego, California (July 2002).
Graduate Assistantship, 1997 – 2001, Department of Anthropology, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
Undergraduate Fellow 1995 – 1997, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
BSU Dean’s List 1995 – 1998, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
Ball State University Women’s Club Scholarship 1995 – 1996, Ball State University.