Prayerful Stitches

Thursday, October 13– Sunday, October 16, 2016 :: Led by Br. Bernard Delcourt Join us for the New York Sheep and Wool Festival and a prayerful focus on being mindful and intentional in our yarn work. Bring your own stitching material and technique of choice (knitting, crocheting, needlepoint, etc). Cost: $350, deposit: $80

Memorare

Memorare Tuesday, September 20 – Sunday, September 25, 2016 :: Led by Beverly Donofrio Limited to 8 participants. This is a five-day writing retreat for people already in the process of writing their memoirs. We will meet each day for three hours to discuss, review, and read our work to each other. Exercises may be …
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Iconography: The Gospel in Line and Color

February 11-17, 2017   Iconography: The Gospel in Line and Color Experience the compelling practice of painting an icon using techniques developed before the year 1000 A.D. Create one-of-a-kind artwork with gold leaf and egg tempera on gessoed boards. Instructor: Suzanne Schleck For more information please visit the website.

Write Canada

Write Canada Write Canada June 23 – 25, 2016 Holiday Inn Yorkdale, Toronto, ON Register Today  Write Canada is Canada’s largest writers’ conference for Christians. Join authors, journalists, columnists, bloggers, and poets from across Canada and hone your craft at this three-day conference. Learn skills you can immediately take home and apply to make your …
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War in Faith and Film

War in Faith and Film Is it possible for disciples of Jesus Christ to participate in or approve of war? If so, under what circumstances? Those are the central questions with which this course will wrestle. It will approach these questions through the lens of contemporary films—both fictional and non-fictional—that portray key aspects of war, …
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The Frederick Buechner Writer’s Workshop at Princeton

The Frederick Buechner Writer’s Workshop at Princeton June 7 – 10, 2016 Princeton Theological Seminary   Princeton Theological Seminary and The Frederick Buechner Center are glad to jointly offer this writer’s workshop in order to encourage, educate, and inspire writers to communicate their Christian faith with clarity and power in the tradition of Frederick Buechner. …
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War in Faith and Film

War in Faith and Film Is it possible for disciples of Jesus Christ to participate in or approve of war? If so, under what circumstances? Those are the central questions with which this course will wrestle. It will approach these questions through the lens of contemporary films—both fictional and non-fictional—that portray key aspects of war, …
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Finding the Sacred through Poetry: Lectio Divina and the Joy of Diving Deep

Finding the Sacred through Poetry: Lectio Divina and the Joy of Diving Deep Tuesday, May 31 – Friday, June 3, 2016 Led by Kim Langley   Lectio Divina refers to prayerful reading; it is a three-part, meditative method that lends itself perfectly to the act of discovering our deeper selves through poetry just as it …
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Your Life as Story

Your Life as Story Friday, May 27 – Sunday, May 29, 2016 Led by Beverly Donofrio    Limited to 10 participants.  Are you stuck, looking for a way in, unable to figure out how to proceed, wondering how to make a cohesive story and a compelling read from the raw material that is your life? …
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