With Naomi Washington-Leapheart This retreat asks the question: If God is benevolent, just, and powerful, how can (does) evil persist in the lives of Black people living in the United States? In this retreat that will include both you and students from Rev. Naomi’s Villanova religious studies class by the same name, we will explore …
View course details “Do Black Lives Matter to God? A Theological Exploration of Evil, Suffering, Resistance, and Divine Accountability”
With Derrick Weston Food is at the heart of human society. The ways we grow, source, buy, prepare, serve, and eat all have the potential to build community or break it down. Food connects us to our own personal histories and can be a source of healing and comfort or pain and trauma. This retreat …
View course details “The Just Kitchen: Connecting to God, Neighbor, and Self Through Food”
Why Not Sing? A Weekend Immersion in Community Singing When you get up in the morning, why not sing? When you’re sitting down for dinner, why not sing? When your heart is full of grief, you could find some relief If you sing, why not sing? – Barbara McAfee Singing is an ancient and …
View course details “Singing Creation: Exploring your Full Voice through Song”
Most North Americans grow up in a culture that worships money, embedded in an economic system that holds money up as the only true measure of value. But money is a failed god, as we see in the fear that threatens our personal well-being and our relationships, in the overwork and overwhelm that guts community …
View course details “Putting Money in Its Place”
Led by: Cathy AJ Hardy with Beth Woelk This Soul Care Retreat will be a weekend of Pause for the soul through prayer meditations, poetry, and music. This retreat will provide spaciousness to receive restoration for the heart. Soul Care Retreats are created for people to come back home to themselves and to God. …
View course details “SOUL CARE Retreat and evening concert”
his retreat is for anyone on life’s journey who would like to know more of your own intuition and wisdom. You will be guided in the special SoulCollage® method of collaging magazine images in a way that creates surprisingly insightful collages. With journaling and easy personal voice dialogue, you will discover inner parts, inner archetypes …
View course details “Discover your Wisdom and Change your Life: A SoulCollage® Retreat”
“Ubuntu” is an African proverb: I am because we are; and because we are, I am. This way of seeing human identity invites us to deepen our awareness of what it means to be created and to be human. Ubuntu teaches us that we are different so that we can know our need of one …
View course details “Ubuntu: I in You and You in Me: Practising God’s Compassion”
The experience of forest bathing, or forest therapy, is inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin Yoku, (literal translation to ‘Forest Bathing’), which started in the early 1980s. It is a practice of deep nature connection, of slowing down, being present to the moment and experiencing the natural world through one’s senses. As participants open …
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Since 1969, Loyola House has been promoting the personally-directed Ignatian retreat. All of our programs are rooted in the methods of Ignatius and the dynamics of his Exercises. While there are alternative ways of experiencing the Spiritual Exercises, Loyola House is famous for offering them in a 40-day format. This fits well with Ignatius’ suggestions …
View course details “The Full Ignatian Spiritual Exercises Experience”
Experiences, resources, and encouragement for those called to create and lead contemplative spiritual groups and retreats for personal and social transformation Do you feel a nudge to create and lead contemplative spiritual groups and retreats? Transforming Community: Leading Contemplative Spiritual Groups & Retreats is designed to equip, encourage, and support those called to create and …
View course details “Transforming Community: Leading Contemplative Spiritual Prayer Groups & Retreats”
