A Midwinter God is Published! ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
God is not simply in the light, in the intelligible world, in the rational order. God is in the darkness, in the womb, in the Mother, in the chaos from which order comes . . . darkness is the womb of life. —Dom Bede Griffiths Dearest dancing monks, artists, and pilgrims, I am thrilled to […]
St Francis and the Holy Fool
A Fool’s Blessing*God of upturned expectations,bless us with holy foolishness.Help us take ourselves less seriouslyand believe in what we did not think could be done: impossible situations,limited resources, injustices demanding rectification,traumas needing healing. Grant us a restless heart when we witness oppressionand exploitation, hunger and war,poverty and destruction. Kindle in us a need to extend […]
Writing on the Wild Edges: St. Brendan’s Voyage as Creative Guide
May 12, 2025 – May 13, 2025 @ 4:00 pm IST – 5:30 pm IST –
with Christine Valters Paintner, Simon de Voil, Nóirín Ní Riain, Deirdre Ní Chinnéide, and guest artists
Join us for a 5-day virtual journey that is part writing retreat and part inner pilgrimage. We will be exploring St. Brendan’s story as a map for our own creative process. Each day we will consider an aspect of how the story invites us into our creative practice and we will engage in various writing explorations together.
A Blessing for Trust in Abundance ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
A Blessing for Trust in Abundance*Spirit of generous abundance,remind us there is always more than enough,enough food, enough love, enough time, enough resources. Help us to see how our patterns of livingseparate and disconnected amplifies our scarcity. Bring us into the joy and challenge of communitywhere bread divided multiplies, where laughter shared overflows. Empower us […]
Sabbath as Contemplative Practice ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest dancing monks, artists, and pilgrims, One of the things that makes contemplative life so counter-cultural is the active resistance against living a life of busyness and exhaustion, of not making that a badge of pride, of making time to ponder, to be more present, and to live life more slowly and attentively. We are […]
Calling on the Sacred Feminine ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest dancing monks, artists, and pilgrims, This coming Thursday is the Feast of the Assumption which is a day set aside to honor the archetype of Mary as Queen. She has been given the titles of Queen of Heaven, of Angels, and of Saints and her sovereignty is a gift and inspiration to us all. […]
2024-2025 Programs ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest dancing monks, artists, and pilgrims, We hope you have had a restful summer. We always cherish this time of quiet reflection and dreaming into the new academic year of programs. I have savored having some time to simply be and deepen into the sacred rhythms of life. Some of my time this summer has been spent […]