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Give Me a Word 2020 Prize Drawing Winners

Thank you to everyone for sharing your word for the year! The winners of the prize drawing are:

Self Study Retreat of Your Choice
Maryrose Coughlin – Divine
Kat Dub – Transform
Betty Cooper – Becoming
Grace McGuire – Listen
Donna Summerford Bennard – Healthy

One signed copy of The Soul’s Slow Ripening: 12 Celtic Practices for Seeking the Sacred by Christine Valters Paintner
Segads – Nourish

One signed copy of Dreaming of Stones: Poems by Christine Valters Paintner
Crystal – Generous

One signed copy of Earth, Our Original Monastery: Cultivating Wonder & Gratitude through Intimacy with Nature by Christine Valters Paintner (this book will be sent out in April 2020 once it is published)
Gourmey Gwen – Reverence

Winners – Please contact us dancingmonk@abbeyofthearts.com to claim your prize. 

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