Sunday, July 21 (6pm supper) to Wednesday, July 24 (4pm) This experiential workshop offers the opportunity to engage in an individual but guided journey of self-exploration using sound, colour, intuition, guided meditations, various art mediums, and the chakra energy system. It will be facilitated by …
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  Friday, April 5 (6 pm supper) to Sunday, April 7 (3 pm) Optional Day: Sunday, April 7 (3pm) to Monday, April 8 (3pm) Consider this an invitation to journey to a place of deeper connection. With the theme of Pilgrimage to anchor us, we will enter into a time of silence on our individual …
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                Friday, March 8 (6 pm supper) to Sunday, March 10 (1 pm) Slow down and savor the deep connection that comes with centered awareness of the present moment. This weekend retreat weaves mindfulness throughout daily activity, including periods of guided sitting, walking and eating meditation practice, mindful …
View course details “A Zen Buddhist Mindfulness Retreat: Living from the Center(RT)”

                  Friday, February 22 (6 pm supper) to Sunday, February 24 (1 pm) In order to align our activism with our spiritual deepening: “You have to do the difficult work of getting tossed back and forth between the quiet, spacious world and the active, lively world  until …
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  July 21 — July 27 JULY WISDOM SCHOOL Archetypal Wisdom from Christian Hermeticism and the Journey of the Soul Led by Lynn Bauman and Ward Bauman From its beginnings, Christianity has expressed multiple streams of wisdom that coalesced around the teachings of Jesus. Early Jewish, Apocalyptic and Platonic understandings contributed to its wisdom teaching, as …
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  JUST ADDED! December 1 and 2, 2013 FALLING UPWARD: THE SPIRIT OF RETIREMENT Led by Patricia Blakely and Jean Freeman Saturday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday: 1 – 4 p.m. Cost: $100 includes lunch on Saturday This retreat was a popular option last year at the House of Prayer in the City. Now …
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  November 9-11, 2013 A SUNLIT ABSENCE: SILENCE, AWARENESS AND CONTEMPLATION Led by Martin Laird, OSA, and Ward Bauman “The practice of contemplation is one of the great spiritual arts,” writes Fr. Martin Laird in his latest book, A Sunlit Absence. “Not a technique but a skill, it harnesses the winds of grace that lead …
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  **NEW DATE** YOGA: A SPIRITUAL PRACTICE OCTOBER 19-21, 2013 Due to a scheduling conflict, these retreat dates have changed. They do not match the 2012 program brochure. Led by Carole Baker (Practitioner and licensed teacher of Iyengar Yoga) and Ward Bauman This meditation intensive will offer the beginning techniques of Yoga combined with Christian …
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  September 18-23, 2013 BENEDICTINE EXPERIENCE Join us for a six-day experience of the Rule of St. Benedict. We will explore the values, insights and wisdom of the Rule. Participants will join the monks of Saint John’s Abbey and the Sisters of Saint Benedict’s Monastery for the Liturgy of the Hours. Leaders include members from …
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  September 6-9, 2013 COOKING YOUR LIFE Led by Ward Bauman and friends Does cooking intimidate you? Do you wish to connect eating with your spiritual practice? Would you like to understand the basics of reading a recipe and the techniques required? Have you wondered why most great spiritual traditions view food and its preparation …
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