Your Life as Story

Holy Cross Monastery

Your Life as Story Led By: Beverly Donofrio Suggested Donation: $395 Friday, 27 September – Sunday, 29 September 2019 Writing Memoir Discover the life-changing potential of memoir writing in this weekend intensive designed to take both experienced writers and beginners deeper into their hearts and their pasts. A deeply spiritual act, writing creates distance from …
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Emerging From The Womb-Tomb with Mary Magdalene

Holy Cross Monastery

Emerging From The Womb-Tomb with Mary Magdalene Led By: Rev. Meghan Don Suggested Donation: $305 Friday, 20 September – Sunday, 22 September 2019 This retreat is inspired by the painting of Mary Magdalene housed in the crypt of the Holy Cross Monastery. It shows Magdalene having emerged alone from the tomb holding the alabaster jar. …
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Art as Meditation: Explorations in Mindful Mark-Making and Pattern

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The Blog Art as Meditation: Explorations in Mindful Mark-Making and Pattern Led By: Sadelle Wiltshire and Ann Coakley Suggested Donation: $325 Friday, 20 September – Sunday, 22 September 2019 Invite Spirit into the process of creativity using meditative drawing methods to create beautiful abstract images. Learn simple pattern making, Zentangle* and other contemplative mark-making that …
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Contemplative Communication Within Oneself

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Contemplative Communication Within Oneself Led By: Linda Lucas Suggested Donation: $360 Tuesday, 17 September – Friday, 20 September 2019   REGISTER HERE

Library Retreat

Holy Cross Monastery

Library Retreat Led By: Br. John Forbis, OHC Suggested Donation: $205 Tuesday, 10 September – Friday, 13 September 2019 Join enthusiastic volunteers for a labor of love – and balance work, prayer and recreation – as we continue the rewarding tasks of caring for and cataloging over 20,000 volumes. REGISTER HERE

Spiritual Practice of Singing

Holy Cross Monastery

Spiritual Practice of Singing Led By: Br. Josép Martínez-Cubero, OHC Suggested Donation: $360 Tuesday, 3 September – Friday, 6 September 2019   St. Athanasius of Alexandria believed that singing is essentially a spiritual discipline and an important practice in spiritual formation. Singing allows us to use the core elements out of which the world came …
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Landscapes and Soulscapes: A Camino Divina Adventure into the Divine

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Landscapes and Soulscapes: A Camino Divina Adventure into the Divine Led By: Gina Marie Mammano Suggested Donation: $360 Tuesday, 27 August – Friday, 30 August 2019   Landscapes and Soulscapes: A Camino Divina Adventure into the Divine will help you explore in greater depth a richer, deeper relationship with the land, the self, and the …
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Living in Remembrance: The Wisdom of the Sufi Path

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Living in Remembrance: The Wisdom of the Sufi Path Led By: The Rev. Matthew Wright Suggested Donation: $360 Tuesday, 23 July – Friday, 26 July 2019 This retreat offers an opportunity to immerse yourself in the rhythms and wisdom practices of Islamic spirituality: daily embodied prayer, chanting the names of God, attending to the breath, …
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Life as Spiritual Journey

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Life as Spiritual Journey Led By: Erika Murphy Suggested Donation: $360 Tuesday, 16 July – Friday, 19 July 2019 Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls. – Joseph Campbell The events and challenges of our lives often leave us with a sense of confusion or incoherence, leaving us …
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Color and Light in the Icon

Holy Cross Monastery

Color and Light in the Icon Led By: Christine Hales Suggested Donation: $610 Tuesday, 16 July – Friday, 19 July 2019 This is a great retreat if you want to understand the Byzantium color mixing system and be able to apply that to mixing your own colors. We will write an Icon of Christ for …
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