RENEWAL CONFERENCE: Medicine for the Soul June 24-29 Is your life driven by faith or by fear? The path of Christian life is often more complicated and uncertain than we had hoped, but God is consistently working to change us from the inside out. Keynoter: The Rt. Rev. Mike Hill, bishop of Bristol, England. Coordinators: …
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Called to Serve: Lenten Quiet Day for Associates, Oblates and Friends Quiet Saturday, March 10, 2012 Jesus said to his followers: If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” (Luke 9:23) The path is not easy. All of us who choose to follow …
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Drawing Spirituality with Celtic Knots Quiet Saturday: April 21, 2012 This is a hands-on workshop about a design that has captured the religious imagination of humanity since 6000 B.C.E. and has decorated Gospel manuscripts and Christian churches from 400 C.E. to the present day. Anyone who can draw a dot and a line has already …
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DISCERNMENT & VOCATION: FOR WOMEN SEEKING DIRECTION IN THEIR LIVES June 29 – July 22, 2012 This 3 1/2-week program, held each summer, is for women who are intentionally committed to seeking God’s guidance in living out their baptismal call — in business or professional careers, in homemaking or lay careers, in the church, in …
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SSJD Discovery Day – Windows into a Monastic Community September 15, 2012 Visit the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine and discover what George Carey, 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury, described as “the best-kept secret in the Anglican Communion.” Join us for a tour of the Convent, multi-media presentation, a window into one Sister’s journey, Holy …
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The Universe Story and Awakening the Dreamer Theme Retreat: September 28-30, 2012 Led by Grant Jahnke. Details TBA. For more information please visit the website.

Singing in the Night: Giving Voice to Our Hope Theme Retreat: November 30 – December 2, 2012 Led by The Rev. Barbara Liotscos and The Rt. Rev. Gordon Light. Details TBA For more information please visit the website.

April 3-8, 2012 HOLY WEEK RETREAT Led by noted author, teacher and retreat leader, Cynthia Bourgeault, and Ward Bauman; co-authors of Holy Week Liturgies, based on the House of Prayer Holy Week retreat in 2010 This silent immersion retreat will open up the opportunity to experience Holy Week from the inside: as an imaginal reality …
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June 16-24, 2012 KENOSIS: THE PRAYER OF SELF-EMPTYING Led by Ward Bauman This silent meditation intensive represents our central ministry in spiritual formation and is particularly geared for House of Prayer alums or anyone who has already been grounded in Christian contemplative practices and feels called to take further steps into the fullness of God …
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July 22-28, 2012 JULY WISDOM SCHOOL: THE ART OF LEARNING Led by Lynn Bauman and Ward Bauman Our wisdom schools are offered as models, based upon more ancient traditions, meant to raise human consciousness, thereby ultimately raising the consciousness of society. From its beginnings, Christianity has expressed multiple streams of wisdom that coalesced around the …
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