Updates on 2019 Retreats & Pilgrimages – Join Us!
We are currently registering for four retreats and pilgrimages in Ireland next spring 2019. Please note: From June 2019-June 2020 the Abbey will be taking some sabbatical time and no live programs will be offered then. After the dates above, the next live programs will be scheduled in fall 2020. Due to fewer programs being on […]
Music & DVDs
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Click the banner above to be taken directly to our Bandcamp music and video store. [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living The Monk Manifesto is a set of 8 principles for contemplative, creative, and compassionate living. It is the Rule of Life for the Holy Disorder of Dancing Monks […]
Join us in 2019 for a Pilgrimage or Retreat in Ireland
Join the Abbey in 2019 for a pilgrimage to the sacred edges of the world and of your own heart and horizon. Christine and John Valters Paintner lovingly curate and guide these slow-paced experiences with small groups (12-16 people max) so that we create a community of kindred souls walking a magical landscape. We […]
Introducing Melinda Thomas ~ the Abbey’s Administrative Assistant
Melinda Thomas has been working with the Abbey since 2015. She formats the newsletter and daily love notes, and uploads the blogs, including those from the Monk in the World Guest Post Series. Melinda has recently taken over managing the Abbey’s Dancing Monk email account. You can still reach Christine at that address but general […]
Join us in the beautiful city of Vienna on Pilgrimage! (limited space)
We posted new dates for our Monk in the World pilgrimage to Vienna, Austria just last week (November 10-18, 2018), but we have had such great interest there are just 3 rooms left right now! If staying in a Benedictine monastic guesthouse in the heart of one of the most beautiful cities in Europe — […]
Hildegard of Bingen and Viriditas ~ A love note from your online abbess
St. Hildegard Strolls through the Garden Luminous morning, Hildegard gazes at the array of blooms, holding in her heart the young boy with a mysterious rash, the woman reaching menopause, the newly minted widower, and the black Abbey cat with digestive issues who wandered in one night and stayed. New complaints arrive each day. She […]
Join us on Pilgrimage in 2018 – Updates
We are delighted to share that our Soul’s Slow Ripening pilgrimage in Ireland next May and our Hildegard of Bingen pilgrimage in Germany next September are both FULL! If you want to be added to the waiting list for either just get in touch with us. If you still want to join us in Ireland next spring, there are just a […]