Tuesday, April 4 – Friday, April 7, 2017 Led by Br. John Forbis Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. …
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Icon Writing with Teresa Harrison
Prayerful meditation & the ancient technique of creating icons November 12, 2017 – November 18, 2017 Join renowned instructor Teresa Harrison for a course in the ancient technique of icon writing. This process inspires prayerful meditation, both while creating the art and reflecting on the finished piece. This six-day retreat includes Eucharist, chant, prayer, silence …
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Faith, Art and Creative Expression: A Liturgical Arts Conference
Renewing the spirit. Enriching the mind. Inspiring hands and voices. August 20, 2017 – August 24, 2017 Darkness Transformed to Light Faith, Art and Creative Expression is designed to provide opportunities to connect with the Divine through many forms of artistic expression. Within a spiritual community of love and creativity, we strive to renew our …
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Iconography with Suzanne Schleck
The gospel in line and color February 11, 2017 – February 17, 2017 Experience the compelling practice of painting an icon using techniques developed before the year 1000 A.D. Using gold leaf and egg tempera on gessoed boards, instructor Suzanne Schleck guides you through a week of art and prayer. Schleck has studied iconography for …
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Knitting & Quilting Retreat
Master knitting and quilting techniques on a weekend escape January 12, 2017 – January 15, 2017 The perfect weekend escape for knitters and quilters of every ability level, Kanuga’s Knitting and Quilting Retreat offers participants chances to make various projects showcasing different sewing techniques. Register NowSave Save Save About the Retreat Knitters and quilters can …
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Film and Theology
11th December – 13th December 2017 An opportunity to consider and discuss a selection of classic and contemporary films from a theological perspective – observing their world view and the values they promote. Every film shown is award-winning and critically acclaimed. Including: I, Daniel Blake Notes on Blindness The Witch And more to be announced… …
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Focus on Short Fiction
5th November – 10th November 2017 The short story: So hard to get right yet so rewarding when you do. The course, led by novelist and poet Vanessa Gebbie (The Coward’s Tale), will bring together like-minded writers in pursuit of answers to the following questions: What exactly is a short story? What is a story, …
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There is a Message for You in Reception
2nd October – 4th October 2017 Most people are aware that Milton rewrote the opening chapters of Genesis in Paradise Lost and many have read Ben Elton’s comic dystopian novel This Other Eden but do they know that these works are just the tip of the iceberg? There is a great array of literary reworkings …
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Latin Second Steps
4th September – 8th September 2017 Aimed at those who have completed our Latin in a Week course or at those have knowledge of Latin to GCSE standard. Read and understand extracts from the poets, comic playwrights and prose writers of Classical Latin literature. Look at basic Latin verse, scansion and metre, and study selections …
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Gladfest 2017
1st September – 3rd September 2017 Save the date of the biggest event in our calendar, Gladfest! More information coming soon…