This retreat will be co-led with Sister Dorothy Jean Beyer, OSB. Please let me know if you’d like to attend.
A most beautiful season of the liturgical year, Advent can easily become lost in the hurly-burly of modern life, holiday observances and all the multiple demands we face. We can miss the spiritual gift of quietly waiting — anticipating — with Mary the birth of Jesus, the Word made Flesh, coming to dwell among us.
Come spend a morning on retreat, preparing for a fruitful Advent and a holy Christmas. You will learn how to incorporate two traditional spiritual practices into your prayer life: the Advent wreath and its symbols of light, and the mandala, a contemplative form of art-making. All materials supplied.
Optional for the afternoon: Bring a bag lunch and stay on until 3pm to delve more deeply into mandalas as an art form and an ongoing spiritual practice.