Emery House Retreats May 24-26, 2013 (Friday to Sunday) One Foot in Eden Scripture is full of images of gardens. This weekend retreat at Emery House will offer times to ponder the image of the garden from Eden to Gethsemane to the Garden of the Tomb as well as times to work in the gardens …
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Emery House Retreats March 8-10, 2013 (Friday to Sunday) Welcome Dear Feast of Lent George Herbert, the great Seventeenth Century Anglican poet begins his poem Lent: Ash Wednesday with these evocative words. As we begin our Lenten journey we will use this poem as a touchstone to see how Lent can be for us a …
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Emery House Retreats February 14-17, 2013 (Thursday to Sunday) Contentment: Freedom Found within Limitation Contentment is a spiritual grace, saying “yes” to what is. What is now is sufficient. Contentment is the channeling of the desire downwards – plumbing the depths – rather than outwards, endlessly surfing for more. Jesus tells us, “I am with …
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Emery House Retreats January 18-20, 2013 For God Alone My Soul in Silence Waits (Friday to Sunday) Amidst the tyranny of distractions and demands on our attention, Jesus comes knocking at the door of our soul. This weekend retreat will include teaching on quieting the heart, and on stillness and listening in prayer. Retreat leader: …
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Emery House Retreats November 30 – December 2, 2012 (Friday to Sunday) Waiting in the Dark Our experience of life begins in the security and darkness of our mother’s womb. In our own lifetimes, an element of darkness never completely eludes us, as true about the sky as it is about the soul. We will …
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Emery House Retreats October 4-7, 2012 Living in the Real Present This weekend retreat, in the beautiful sanctuary of our rural Emery House property, will offer an experience of being really present to the real presence of Christ, now. We will draw on our senses, the cadence of poetry, music, and the gift of movement, …
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Emery House Retreats September 28-30, 2012 (Friday to Sunday) One Foot in Eden Scripture is full of images of gardens. This weekend retreat at Emery House will offer times to ponder the image of the garden from Eden to Gethsemane to the Garden of the Tomb as well as times to work in the gardens …
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Monastery Retreats: First Time in Silent Retreat If you haven’t yet come on retreat with us because it’s new or daunting, this weekend is for you. Br. Luke Ditewig will gently usher you into the experience of silence and solitude, offering instructions and thoughtful meditations along the way, and suggesting ways you might experiment with …
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Monastery Retreats: First Time in Silent Retreat If you haven’t yet come on retreat with us because it’s new or daunting, this weekend is for you. Br. Luke Ditewig will gently usher you into the experience of silence and solitude, offering instructions and thoughtful meditations along the way, and suggesting ways you might experiment with …
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Co-sponsored with the Thomas Merton Society of Canada Fri. July 20 – Sun. July 22, 2012 with Dr. Douglas Burton-Christie Vancouver School of Theology on the campus of the University of British Columbia At the heart of this retreat is the question of how a retrieval of paradise can inspire us to participate more fully …
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