Offered by Sara Thomsen Friday, December 11 – Saturday, December 12 (introductory) Offered by Sara Thomsen Friday, December 11 – Saturday, December 12 (introductory) $225 (Scholarships available) Student rate: $100 Register for this retreat. As a singer-songwriter, choir director, and activist, Sara Thomsen knows that it is easy to become overwhelmed in the face of …
View course details “Songs Like Seeds: Planting Hope Note by Note (2020)”

Led By: Br. John Forbis, OHC Suggested Donation: $45 Tuesday, 30 June – Thursday, 2 July 2020, at 2pm on Zoom During times of such uncertainty, fear and suffering, poetry has been one of the sources of faith, hope and truth in the most dire (and joyful) experiences for millenia. Poets continue to express the …
View course details “The Faith & Doubt of Poets (a Zoom retreat)”

Course Description Note: This course has replaced SPIR 510: Seasons of Renewal This course will focus on the sayings of Jesus as recorded in all four Gospels – both the attractive (consider the lilies) and the challenging (sell all you own). Students will approach these sayings through the lenses of both scholarship and poetry, including …
View course details “Poetic Meditations on the Teachings of Jesus”

Led by Roger Housden How do an artist’s paintings speak to our perceptions of self, beauty, vision, and meaning? This question has fascinated Roger Housden for years, and was the catalyst for his book How Rembrandt Reveals Your Beautiful Imperfect Self. Many of you know Roger from five popular Spirituality & Practice e-courses on poetry. …
View course details “Revelations of 12 Master Artists”

Led By: Br. Aidan Owen, OHC Wednesday, 17 June to Friday, 19 June 2020 at 2pm on Zoom A pilgrimage is an outward, physical journey that marks an movement to the heart of Christ, where we find the fullness and freedom of our truest self. In this retreat, we will explore making (needlework, woodwork, gardening, …
View course details “A Maker’s Pilgrimage (a Zoom retreat)”

Eight online sessions led by Jesse White Every Tuesday between April 28th and June 16th. Interfaith arts and spirituality programming to move into a deeper creative collaboration with the Source within us. Choose your preferred medium — drawing, writing, painting, or collage — and use materials you already have at home. Register for one, two, …
View course details “Arts for Spiritual Discovery”

  Join poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama for a weekend considering and discussing Jesus and conflict through the medium of poetry with two workshop sessions – ‘Exploring Conflict through the Sense of Poetry’ and ‘Jesus of Nazareth in Contemporary Poetry’. Pádraig Ó Tuama’s work centres around themes of language, religion, conflict and art. Working …
View course details “Jesus, Conflict, Poetry”

As a seasoned spiritual director and Ignatian retreat leader, Susan is well aware of the importance of opening our hearts and creative capacities as part of our spiritual practice. An avid fan of the arts herself, Susan is well-suited to help us grow our spiritual practice through the creative arts. While on retreat, we will …
View course details “Contemplation with Art, Poetry and Music”

God, what love-mischief can ‘We’ do for the world Today? ~Hafiz   Shalem is now providing the course for free to help people ground during this unprecedented time of interruption in our lives. We’d love to hear from you if this course has been helpful in any way. Contact us at [email protected] . And if you’d like …
View course details “Holy Interruptions – Online Retreat”

In this workshop, twelve participants will work together over a week to make an Orthodox icon using traditional methods and materials. The workshop provides the experience of making an icon by using the prototype of Christ the Pantocrator created by Symeon for this purpose. Together each participant will experience the beauty, challenge, and wonder that …
View course details “Icon Writing Workshop”