Oblates

Bible Explorations and Promise Ceremony Oblates and oblate candidates are invited to attend the Oblate Retreat, Bible Explorations, May 19-21. Oblate Brad Lutz will lead the retreat. This retreat will also include the Promise Ceremony when we welcome the new oblate candidates into the community, and current oblates renew their promise. Oblates and candidates learn more about the retreat and register with the Oblate Retreat button below.     Becoming an Oblate Are you interested in learning more about the Oblate community at Holy Wisdom Monastery and becoming an oblate candidate? Click the Learn More button below.

  Walking the Sacred Path of the Labyrinth - Labyrinths are sacred geometric forms and structures, appearing across time and cultures for at least 4,000 years, ancient symbols of wholeness, growth, and transformation. Today the labyrinth offers a visual, kinesthetic, and physical experience of the Christian articulation of the spiritual path. As we walk in and out of the labyrinth, we are guided through release, illumination, and a return to the world as new beings. This retreat will include presentations about the history and symbolism of the labyrinth, opportunities to walk it – alone and with other oblates, and also ...