Lent Retreat: The Love of Thousands – Honoring Angels, Saints, and Ancestors
Mar 2, 2022 – Mar 3, 2022 @ 12:00 am GMT – March 2 – April 23, 2022 (Live session Ash Wednesday, March 2, 2022 6-7pm Ireland/UK time + 1-2pm Eastern + 10-11am Pacific) with Christine & John Valters Paintner and Betsey Beckman with Amber Andreasen and Polly Paton-Brown as forum facilitators + Melissa Layer facilitating small group option Register Now Program Description How the Infinite Community Can […]
Embrace the Sacred Feminine ~ A Love Note From Your Online Abbess
Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, I am in the final editing stages of my next book Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal which will be published in April 2022 by Ave Maria Press. I love all that this project has inspired – another compilation album of songs we are working on and the […]
Birthing the Holy: The Wisdom of Mary and the Sacred Feminine
Dec 4, 2021 @ 5:00 pm GMT – 8:00 pm GMT – with Christine Valters Paintner, PhD December 4, 2021 9-12 Pacific12-3 Eastern5-8 pm Ireland/UK timeHosted by Spirituality & Practice Register Now Program Description Join us for a 3-hour mini-retreat during the season of Advent to encounter the wisdom of Mary and the sacred feminine during this time of growing darkness. The journey of Advent is one […]
Contemplative Prayer Service
Apr 4, 2022 @ 7:00 pm IST – 8:00 pm IST – with Simon de Voil and Polly Paton-Brown Monday, April 4, 2022 – Holy Fool 7-8pm pm Ireland/UK time2-3pm Eastern time11-12pm Pacific time Register Now Program Description Join us on the first Monday of every month via Zoom for a contemplative prayer service. Simon de Voil will be leading music and Polly Paton-Brown will be leading […]
The Refreshment of Sabbath ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, When I moved to Seattle in 2003 one of the first people I met was Rabbi Zari Weiss through a mutual friend who introduced us. Zari quickly became a dear friend, especially when my mother died soon after moving, and she was one of the few people I knew at […]
Honoring the Equinox (Join us for Yoga & a Writing Retreat) ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, The autumn equinox falls officially on Wednesday in the northern hemisphere, a time when the sun rests above the equator, and day and night are divided equally. It heralds a season filled with change, celebrates the harvest, and ushers in the brilliant beauty of death. Autumn is a season of […]
Creative Flourishing with Hildegard of Bingen ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Fire of the Holy Spirit,life of the life of every creature,holy are you in giving life to forms.Rivers spring forth from the watersearth wears her green vigor. –Hildegard of Bingen Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, I am delighted to be offering a mini-retreat with Betsey Beckman celebrating St. Hildegard of Bingen on her feast day this […]