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Contemplative Prayer Service: November 2026

Nov 2, 2026 @ 5:00 pm GMT – 6:00 pm GMT –

with Christine Valters Paintner, Simon de Voil, and Deirdre Ní Chinnéide

Join us for an online contemplative prayer service. Deepen into this moment together through song, poetry, prayer, and silence.

Contemplative Prayer Service: October 2026

Oct 5, 2026 @ 5:00 pm IST – 6:00 pm IST –

with Christine Valters Paintner and Simon de Voil

Join us for an online contemplative prayer service. Deepen into this moment together through song, poetry, prayer, and silence.

Midday Prayers

Prayer Cycle / Midday Prayers Sanctuary: Midday Prayers for Peace and Justice Table of Contents PDF (Letter) Introduction Welcome to Sanctuary: Midday Prayers for Peace and Justice. In this 28 day prayer cycle Abbey of the Arts Wisdom Council members invite you into contemplative time with a short reading followed by 5 minutes of silence. […]

Sacred Time ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess

Dearest dancing monks, artists, and pilgrims, Our featured self-study retreat this month is Sacred Time, the companion retreat to my book of the same title.  Here is an excerpt from the introduction to the book: We live in a breathless world. Everything around us seems to move at faster and faster speeds, summoning us to keep up. […]

On the Spring Equinox ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess

Note: Click cc to turn closed captions on or off.On the Spring Equinox*God of balance,we ask your blessing at this thresholdwhen light and dark are equal.Teach us to welcome bothinto our lives, to make room for joy and sorrow,for sunlight’s shimmering and moonlight’s radiance.As the light continues to growand birds and insects begin their migrations,journeying […]

The Restorative Power of Love ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess

Dearest dancing monks, artists, and pilgrims, This Friday, March 13th we warmly invite you to join Wisdom Council member Felicia Murell in our mini-retreat The Restorative Power of Love. Felicia will lead us through an exploration of accessing inner wisdom as we join the Divine in the liberating work of Love.  She offers this reflection and excerpt from her book AND: The Restorative […]