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May 2021
A Mother’s Retreat
Join us for this nourishing retreat for mothers of all ages, from new moms with babies to empty nesters and grandmothers. Tara Ludwig, Spiritual Director at Faber Institute and mother of three little ones, will act as Retreat Director, guiding us through a reverent exploration of the power of “Mother”. Together, we will consider how our spiritual capacities as mothers create depth and meaning within our own homes and families, as well as empower us as agents of tenderness in…
Find out more »The Recollection Retreat
Meal of Our Lord and the Apostles (John 21) by James Tissot “Recollection” is a 16th century word that meant, and means, “serious concentration of thought,” especially in a religious context. Its meaning also, by the early 17th century included the accompanying inner disposition needed for such “recollection” to happen: “composure, calmness of mind, self-possession.” Finally, by the mid-17th century, “recollection” also meant “the action of recalling something to the memory … the mental operation by which objects or ideas…
Find out more »The Night School for Deeper Learning with Madeleine L’Engle (Series VIII, Part III)
The Night School is an experience of deep thought. This spiritual exercise activates in those who attend a longing for more depth of life and cultivates in them a greater capacity to explore with intellect and feeling the profound riches of the deep Tradition. In each class, the group is introduced to a new “guest” who were/are profound thinkers or missionaries or musicians or architects or philosophers or painters or poets or theologians or mystics. Our “Guest” for Part 3…
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