2018 Online Retreats
Dreaming of the Sea:
A Women's Discernment Journey through the Story of the Selkie
September 24-November 10, 2018
with Christine Valters Paintner, Aisling Richmond, and Polly Burns
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Honoring Saints and Ancestors:
An online retreat for the season of remembrance
October 29-November 17, 2018
with Christine Valters Paintner and Betsey Beckman
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Signs in the Sun, Moon, and Stars:
An online retreat for Advent
December 2-29, 2018
with Christine & John Valters Paintner, Betsey Beckman, and Jan Blencowe
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The Soul's Slow Ripening:
12 Celtic Practices for Seekers of the Sacred
an online companion retreat to the book
January 7-March 31, 2019
with Christine & John Valters Paintner and Betsey Beckman
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The Soul of a Pilgrim:
An Online Retreat for Lent and Easter
a companion to the book
March 4-April 28, 2019
with Christine Valters Paintner, PhD
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We also have 14 self-study retreats available
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2018 Live Programs and Pilgrimages
Earth Monastery Intensive:
Nourishing Intimacy with Nature for Soul Care Practitioners
June 12-17, 2018 • FULL (waiting list available)
Continuing Education and Renewal with Christine Valters Paintner, PhD, REACE & Betsey Beckman, MM
limited to 12 participants
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Writing on the Wild Edges of the World
August 26-September 1, 2018 • FULL (waiting list available)
A Creative Pilgrimage and Retreat in Ireland with Christine and John Valters Paintner
limited to 16 participants
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Hildegard of Bingen and the Greening Power of God:
A Pilgrimage to the Rhine Valley in Germany
September 9-19, 2018 • FULL (waiting list available)
with Christine Valters Paintner, PhD and Betsey Beckman, MM
limited to 14 participants
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Monk in the World:
Pilgrimage to the Sacred Edge of Ireland
October 16-24, 2018 • FULL (waiting list available)
with Christine & John Valters Paintner
limited to 12 participants
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Awakening the Creative Spirit:
Experiential Education in Expressive Arts for Soul Care Practitioners
October 28-November 2, 2018 • FULL (waiting list available)
with Betsey Beckman, MM and Kayce Stevens Hughlett, MA
limited to 10 participants
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Vienna Monk in the World Pilgrimage:
Journey to the Sacred Center in Austria
November 10-18, 2018 • FULL (waiting list available)
with Christine & John Valters Paintner
limited to 15 participants
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2019 Live Programs and Pilgrimages
Soul's Slow Ripening:
Monastic Wisdom for Discernment in Galway, Ireland
March 26-April 3, 2019 • 3 SPACES LEFT
with Christine & John Valters Paintner
limited to 12 participants
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Sacred Rhythms of Sky, Sun, Sea, & Stone:
An Embodied Writing and Voice Retreat
April 14-19, 2019 • FULL (waiting list available)
with Christine Valters Paintner, Aisling Richmond, and Deirdre Ni Chinneide
limited to 16 participants
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Writing on the Wild Edges:
A Creative Pilgrimage and Retreat in Ireland
April 27-May 3, 2019 • FULL (waiting list available)
with Christine & John Valters Paintner
limited to 16 participants
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Monk in the World Pilgrimage:
Journey to the Sacred Edge of Ireland
May 28-June 5, 2019 • FULL (waiting list available)
with Christine & John Valters Paintner
limited to 12 participants
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Poetry and the Sacred Garden of the World:
A Retreat with Veriditas in Chartres, France
June 10-14, 2019 • registration and details will be posted soon
with Christine Valters Paintner, PhD, REACE
Please note:
We will be taking a Jubilee sabbatical year
July 2019-June 2020
No live programs will be scheduled during this time.
The next live programs after spring 2019 will be in fall 2020.
Registration for fall 2020 will open in spring 2019.
Save the dates!
• Writing on the Wild Edges of the World on the island of Inismor (August 25-31, 2020)
• Earth Monastery Intensive in Perth, Scotland (September 29-October 4, 2020)
• 6-night retreat on the Isle of Iona, Scotland (October 10-16, 2020)
• We will also be scheduling our Monk in the World pilgrimage in Ireland (dates TBD)
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