Abbey of the Arts

Transformative Living through Contemplative & Expressive Arts

Welcome to Abbey of the Arts, a virtual monastery and global community.
We offer retreats & resources to nourish your inner monk, artist, and pilgrim.
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  • The Wisdom of Wild Grace Weekend Retreat Online
  • Retreat for the Feasts of Samhain <br>and All Saints & All Souls

We Dance Wild (a poem by Joel McKerrow for the Holy Disorder of Dancing Monks)




Engaging, practice-oriented books on the spiritual life by Christine Valters Paintner

Praise for the Abbey

This is what we need! Christine and John are offering us a "moving monastery" yet with solid grounding in Scripture, Nature, Art, the Tradition, and the Saints! Abbey of the Arts is spirituality for our time and every time.
—Richard Rohr, OFM

Upcoming Programs

The Wisdom of Wild Grace:
An online weekend retreat
hosted by Mercy by the Sea
October 3-4, 2020
with Christine Valters Paintner

Listening at the Threshold:
Voices of the Ancestors
An online mini-retreat
October 31, 2020
with Christine Valters Paintner
and Deirdre Ni Chinneide

Recent Reflections

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