Monk in the World Guest Post: Carmen Acevedo Butcher
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to our Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Today’s post is an offering from Wisdom Council member Carmen Acevedo Butcher. Read on for Carmen’s reflection on exploring the history of words as a contemplative practice. Thank you, soul sister Christine, for your friendship, […]
Writing as a Spiritual Practice ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest dancing monks, artists, and pilgrims Tomorrow we begin a 4-week series on Writing as a Spiritual Practice. The online program begins with a live Zoom retreat and then offers 27 days to follow with a daily pre-recorded writing prompt designed to take you about 20 minutes as a way to cultivate a writing habit. There […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Sarah Pickering
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Sarah Pickering’s reflection Creating a way through. Creating, a way through.(because punctuation matters). Spring is happening all around me, the trees are exploding with the limiest of greens and I want to […]
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 […]
Sustainers Circle 2024-2025
Sep 6, 2024 @ All Day –
Program runs August 2024 – June 2025
At Abbey of the Arts we celebrate financial accessibility and strive to make all of our programs available to those who long to participate. We want to gather a core circle of financial supporters for the 2024-2025 academic year to help keep our offerings and our community open and accessible to all who desire a contemplative and creative life.
Soul of a Pilgrim Video Prayer Cycle Day 7 ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest monks and artists, Today we release the final day of the Soul of a Pilgrim video podcasts on the theme of Coming Home. We hope you enjoy these resources which we offer as a free gift to this wondrous community. If you are able to offer financial support so we can continue creating these resources, please click here. We are […]
Seven Gates of Mystical Wisdom: A Pilgrimage to the Heart’s Deep Core Lent Retreat
Mar 5, 2025 – Mar 6, 2025 @ 4:00 pm GMT – 6:00 pm GMT –
with Christine Valters Paintner, Betsey Beckman, Polly Paton-Brown, Richard Bruxvoort Colligan, and guest teachers
Join us for the sacred season of Lent when we dive into the wisdom of seven medieval women mystics: Julian of Norwich, Teresa of Avila, Hildegard of Bingen, Clare of Assisi, Mechtild of Magdeburg, Angela of Foligno, and Margery Kempe. There is one opening Zoom session on Ash Wednesday, March 5th. The remainder of the retreat is a combination of written and pre-recorded material paired with a facilitated discussion forum.
