Led by Brother James Dowd *partially silent (on Ash Wednesday) Tuesday, February 21 to Friday, February 24, 2013 St. Benedict teaches us in his Rule that a monk is to live a perpetual Lent. But what does that mean for us or for you? Well, join us for the Step off into Lent and …
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  Led by Brother Reginald Martin Crenshaw Thursday, January 31 to Sunday, February 3, 2013 Join with other Associates as we further explore our relationship to God and one another. This is intended for Associates and those considering becoming an Associate. Cost: $280, deposit: $80

  with Brother Adam McCoy Tuesday, January 22 to Friday, January 25, 2013 Join enthusiastic volunteers for a labor of love – and balance work, rest, prayer and recreation – as we continue the rewarding tasks of caring for and cataloging over 20,000 volumes. Cost: $170, deposit: $80

  Nov 27 – Nov 27, 2013 Wed 10:00 AM – Wed 4:00 PM $50.00     ‘With all wisdom and insight, the mystery of God’s will has been made known to us, according to God’s delight revealed in Christ, as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in Christ, …
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   Sep 15 – Sep 17, 2013 Sun 7:00 PM – Tue 3:00 PM $375.00   ‘For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. There is a time to keep silence, and a time to speak.’ -Eccles.3:1,7 Inhaling, exhaling. Waking, sleeping. Eating, fasting. Speaking, listening. In order to be …
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  Sep 15 – Sep 18, 2013 Sun 7:00 PM – Wed 1:00 PM $500.00     Amidst life which has come a long way slowly ~ leaf and water, forest and stone, we open to the ways life tugs, calling us to deeper attentiveness, resonance and awe, a widening embrace. We sing to blow …
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  Jul 29 – Jul 31, 2013 Mon 2:00 PM – Wed 2:00 PM $430.00     There is in us an instinct for newness, for renewal, for a liberation of creative power. We seek to awaken in ourselves a force which really changes our lives from within. —Thomas Merton This seasonal retreat series is …
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   Feb 13 – Feb 13, 2013 Wed 10:00 AM – Wed 4:00 PM $45.00     Is Lent a gift or a hassle? Is it yet another thing on the to-do list, or a gracious space for spiritual renewal? This one-day retreat approaches Lent as a season of kairos time: time set aside, in …
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  with Murray Groom ~ May 2 to 4, 2013 During the annual Okanagan Spring Wine festival come explore the spirituality of wine through story and tradition, through tasting and testing, through reflection and sacred pause. The hospitality of Naramata Centre will provide a home base from which you can add your own regional tours …
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  Pacific Jubilee Program Phase One – SoulWork March 11 – 17, 2013 – Applications are due December 1, 2012 The Pacific Jubilee Program is… contemplative, evocative, spacious, embodied,  integrative, experiential & transformative … these qualities are the means by which we learn, deepen and practice our spirituality, and they are the ends to which …
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