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We offer retreats & resources to nourish your inner monk, artist, and pilgrim.

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Christine & John Valters Paintner
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Our Offerings

We offer programs and resources to nourish contemplative practice and creative expression. We are rooted in the Christian mystical and prophetic tradition but welcome any seekers who are hungry for nourishment with ancient roots. We are an open and affirming community and strive to be radically inclusive.

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Monk Manifesto

Become A Monk in the World

Want to join us in starting a monk revolution? Sign the Monk Manifesto!

Prayer Cycle

Join us for morning and evening prayer

We have created two sets of 7-day Prayer Cycle of morning and evening prayers as a gift to our Abbey of the Arts community to support you in your daily contemplative practice.

Community

Join the Holy Disorder of Dancing Monks

Abbey of the Arts is co-created by those who long to live into the monk and artist path more fully, knowing the depth and meaning to be found in them.

Poetry

To stir and awaken your soul

Christine Valters Paintner's poems have been featured in print and online journals in Ireland, the UK, Canada, and the United States. These are the poems available in online (rather than print) journals.

Song & Dance

To Embody your inner monk and mystic

A collection of music curated by Abbey of the Arts. Available for purchase as CDs, DVDs or digital download.

Icons & Visual Art

To inspire you to sacred seeing

Abbey of the Arts commissioned artist Marcy Hall of Rabbit Room Arts to create 26 stunning icons depicting various monks, mystics, and saints. 14 of these are specifically Irish saints.

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
Richard Rohr, OFMFounder of the Center for Action and Contemplation
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Books by Christine Valters Paintner

Engaging, practice-oriented books on the spiritual life.

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Upcoming Programs

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