Spring Library Volunteers Retreat

Holy Cross Monastery

Spring Library Volunteers Retreat Tuesday, May 1 to Friday, May 4, 2012 Accompanied by Brs. Adam & Bernard Join enthusiastic volunteers for a labor of love – and balance work, rest, prayer & recreation – as we continue the rewarding tasks of caring for and cataloguing over 15,000 volumes. Fee: $170 deposit $80 For more …
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Practicing Presence – Mindful Gardening, Walking, Listening, Breathing

Holy Cross Monastery

Practicing Presence – Mindful Gardening, Walking, Listening, Breathing Friday, May 11 to Sunday, May 13 Led by Linda Murchison and Frances Murchison Frances Murchison, Holistic Nutrition and Life Coach, and Linda Murchison, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Spiritual Director invite you on a retreat to practice mindful living – nourishing body, mind and spirit – …
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Benedictine Experience 2012

Holy Cross Monastery

Benedictine Experience 2012 Tuesday, May 15 to Sunday, May 20 Led by Brother Scott Wesley Borden Benedictine Monastic tradition has thrived within the walls of various monasteries for more than a millennium, but in the last few decades pieces of Benedictine tradition have begun to take root beyond the monastery. This program will allow you …
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Alexander Technique Retreat

Holy Cross Monastery

Alexander Technique Retreat Friday, June 15 to Sunday, June 17 Led by Bill Connington The Alexander Technique Retreat features three days of intensive yet relaxing study with Bill Connington, a renowned, certified Alexander teacher with more than 20 years experience. The Alexander Technique is a 100-year-old method aimed at improving the way the body is …
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Living Your Story, Writing Your Story: The Art and Craft of Memoir

Holy Cross Monastery

Living Your Story, Writing Your Story: The Art and Craft of Memoir Tuesday, June 19 to Friday, June 22 Led by Joan Ball This hands-on workshop and retreat will focus on the elements of a good story and how our personal experiences can be crafted into readable, accessible creative non-fiction. Using the work of notable …
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Celtic Spirituality

Holy Cross Monastery

Celtic Spirituality Wed, December 5 to Fri, December 7, 2012 Led by J. Philip Newell For more information please visit the website.

Effing the Ineffable – an ‘honest’ conversation about prayer

Gladstone's Library

Effing the Ineffable – an ‘honest’ conversation about prayer Wednesday 29th February – Thursday 1st March If your God is not a being but ‘Being’ or “the sum of your values”, – how then do you pray privately or publicly? If Jesus is for you somehow, or in some way, the (partial) embodiment of those …
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