Lift Every Voice:
Contemplative Writers of Color
Join us for monthly conversations on the Christian mystical tradition.
This is a new free book club being launched in 2021.
Community Online Multi-Week Retreats
Next online retreat starting February 1st!
The Spiral Way:
Celtic Spirituality and the Creative Imagination
• Four weekly Zoom sessions on Mondays: February 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021 •
with Christine Valters Paintner, PhD
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Into the Desert with the
Holy Mothers and Fathers:
A 6-week Lenten retreat and companion to the book
• February 17-April 4, 2021 •
with Christine & John Valters Paintner, and Betsey Beckman
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Dancing with Fear in Troubled Times
• March 13, 2021 •
with Jamie Marich and Christine Valters Paintner
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Novena for Times of Unraveling:
Becoming a Monk in the World
• March 17-25, 2021 •
with Christine Valters Paintner and Reverend Simon Ruth de Voil
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Sacred Time:
Embracing an Intentional Way of Life
An 8-week online companion retreat to the book
• April 5-May 30, 2021 •
with Christine & John Valters Paintner, and Betsey Beckman
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The Two HT’s—Harriet Tubman and Howard Thurman—on Being Free
• April 17, 2021 •
with Therese Taylor-Stinson
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Writing Into Bloom
• May 1, 2021 •
with Christine Valters Paintner
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Poetry and the Sacred Garden of the World:
An Online Writing Retreat
• Monday-Friday, September 6-10, 2021 •
with Christine & John Valters Paintner
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We also have 17 self-study retreats available
Begin at any time and journey at your own pace | Click here to see the possibilities
2021 Live Retreats and Pilgrimages
Awakening the Creative Spirit:
Experiential Education for Spiritual Directors in the Expressive Arts (Northwest U.S.)
October 31-November 5, 2021 • SPACE AVAILABLE
with Kayce Stevens Hughlett and Betsey Beckman
limited to 10 participants
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Vienna Monk in the World Pilgrimage
November 13-21, 2021 • FULL
with Christine & John Valters Paintner
limited to 15 participants
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2022 Live Retreats and Pilgrimages
Writing on the Wild Edges:
A Creative Retreat on the Island of Inismor
May 8-14, 2022 • FULL
with Christine & John Valters Paintner
limited to 18 participants
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Hildegard of Bingen and the Greening Power of God:
A Pilgrimage in Germany
September 11-19, 2022 • ONE TWIN SPACE (Male)
with Christine Valters Paintner, PhD & Betsey Beckman, MM
limited to 18 participants
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