Tuesday, May 20 – Friday, May 23, 2014 A completely silent time with the monks as we observe our Easter-tide “Contemplative Days.” During this period we are in complete silence, no programs or spiritual direction are offered and there is a reduced worship schedule (Matins, Eucharist and Vespers). This will be limited to …
View course details “Easter-tide Contemplative Days: Praying alongside the Monastic Community”
Tuesday, May 13 – Friday, May 16, 2014 Led by: Sr. Elizabeth Broyles, CMA and Sr. Shane Phelan, CMA We celebrate Christ’s resurrection as the keystone of Christian faith, but what does it really mean for us? How do we encounter resurrection, and let ourselves be transformed? What might we do to join …
View course details “Standing at the Tomb: An Easter Season Retreat for Women”
Tuesday – Friday, May 13 – 16, 2014 Led by Mr. Paul Kimmerling Is it possible to see the world anew, with wonder and curiosity? To re-present our surroundings as we find them, without judgment…indeed, with love? Join us as we take an “inside-out” approach to seeing the world and taking photographs. In …
View course details “Loving the World: Photography as Spiritual Practice”
Tuesday – Friday, May 13 – 16, 2014 Led by the Monastic Community A program for single men, aged 20 to 48, interested in exploring Benedictine monastic life as a possible vocation. Discover what this ancient yet modern way of life can offer you today. Cost: Free-will Offering
Tuesday – Friday, April 22 – 25, 2014 Led by Brother Bernard Delcourt 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. Cost: $200, deposit: $80
Easter Tuesday, April 22 – Easter Thursday, April 24, 2014 Led by Rev’d Gwyneth Murphy God saw fit to rest after a week of intense productivity, so why shouldn’t clergy rest after the intensity of Holy Week and Easter? This retreat is a Sabbath of spacious time in the peace of the Monastery …
View course details “Easter Week Clergy Retreat: Re-Joice, Re-Plenish, Re-Create, Re-Lax”
Thursday – Sunday, April 17 – 20, 2014 with the Monastic Community Join the monastic community in a distinctive observance of the central event of the liturgical year – from Maundy Thursday with the washing of the feet, through Good Friday and the procession of to the Cross, and onward to the …
View course details “The Three Great Days: Holy Week at the Monastery”
Tuesday – Friday, April 1 – 4, 2014 Led by the Monastic Community *short written assignment before the retreat begins *limited registration Some time with a director and a good deal of time with silence this Lent. This is a retreat in which prayer and silence will be practiced as an invitation for …
View course details “Lent Individually Directed Retreats”
Friday – Sunday, March 28 – 30, 2013 Led by Sue Richards and Brother Andrew Colquhoun Attention harpers! Come join us at the monastery for a weekend of sharing tunes and playing together. Sue Richards will be here. Sue is a great and well-known performer, composer, judge and a member of Ensemble Galilei. …
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Tuesday, March 25 – Friday, March 28, 2014 Led by Diana Butler Bass In this retreat, Diana Butler Bass will share from her book-in-process, “Grounded” (forthcoming from HarperOne in 2015), a spiritual theology for what she calls “earthy” faith. Each day, she will present themes from different chapters, including reading in-process bits of …
View course details “Grounded: Finding the Spirit of God in the Spirit of the Age”
