Guided Retreat: Holy Week 2016 Holy Week Retreat Based on the book The Last Week by Marcus Borg and John Crossan, this retreat will explore the combination of history remembered and history interpreted – examining the last week of Jesus’ life on earth as given in the Gospel of Mark. We will be challenged to …
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Lenten Quiet Day: Chaos to Love Chaos to Love: Lenten Quiet Day for Associates, Oblates and Friends We live in a world of extremes, a world entirely out of our control where personal safety, financial security, and looking eternally youthful are markers of success. During this quiet day we will explore ways in which we, …
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Quiet Saturday and/or Sunday: Celtic Knots Celtic Knots: Playful Doodles, Surprising Insights Since early childhood, you have held the 3-step key to drawing Celtic knots: a dot, a line, and a square. They are all you need to start. Step by easy step, you will learn to build these into something beautiful and complex, like …
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Quiet Saturday: Making Peace with Food Making Peace with Food Through our Mind and Bodies If you have a love-hate relationship with food and crave a positive sensible approach to eating, this workshop is for you. Nourishing your body is a way of feeling healthy, energized and whole. Come and join us as we explore …
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Guided Retreat: Creating the New Year Creating the New Year Consider spending 28 hours (or more if you wish) at the Convent, celebrating the New Year in an environment of peace and quiet fellowship. Enjoy a candlelight labyrinth walk (weather permitting), festive food, and a new creative way of beginning your year. One of the …
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Guided Retreat: The Real Christmas Story The Real Christmas Story The four gospel writers have different approaches to describing the birth of Jesus: Matthew tells the story from Joseph’s point of view and Luke from Mary’s perspective. John offers a profound and beautiful theological reflection on the meaning of Jesus’ birth, and Mark neglects to …
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Advent Quiet Day The Spirit of the Lord is Upon Us: Advent Quiet Day for Associates, Oblates and Friends Advent brings with it high expectations and deep challenges, all bathed in the light of Christmas and the birth of Jesus. Together we will talk, listen, and pray for a holy and meaningful Advent. Led by …
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Quiet Saturday: A Mosaic of Colours A Mosaic of Colours Discover your creativity and enjoy the challenge, fun and fellowship of making colour-dyed silk scarves as Christmas gifts for yourself or others. Led by Sr. Jessica Kennedy, SSJD. Saturday, November 21, 2015 Begins 9:30 am with a gathering for coffee; ends 4 pm. …
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Special Opportunity: Writers’ Workshop with Kathleen Norris Writers’ Workshop: Desert and Garden, Journey and Home As a writer of poetry, autobiography, novels, and the spiritual journey Kathleen herself is familiar with the themes of desert and garden, journey and home because the writing life is a series of droughts and fertile periods. This workshop will …
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Special Opportunity: Guided Retreat with Kathleen Norris Retreat: Desert and Garden, Journey and Home Kathleen’s exploration of the spiritual life is both intimate and historical, rich in poetry and meditations, brimming with exasperation and reverence, deeply grounded in both nature and spirit, sometimes funny, and often provocative. Desert and Garden, Journey and Home represent major …
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