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SUMMARY:Wonder & Hope: A Courage & Renewal® Experience
DESCRIPTION:Are you seeking ways to focus on positivity “these days”? \nRegister and join us for a spacious weekend at Holy Wisdom Monastery for Wonder & Hope: A Courage & Renewal® Experience\, May 29-31\, 2026. Within the abundance of Holy Wisdom\, our retreat sessions will focus on grounding ourselves within touchstones of presence\, welcome\, listening to our inner teacher\, turning to the wonder of how grace moves in our lives\, and carrying hope forward. \nParticipants comment that “the welcoming spirit\, the quiet\, the art and poetry\, the kindness and the experience of community” support their participation in a variety of experience during the weekend retreat. We trust that the spirit of renewal will move within you during your time in an active circle of participants\, time in silence\, and opportunities to be in Wisdom Prairie. Bring yourself just as you are — All Are Welcome! \nThis retreat is based on the Courage & Renewal approach\, Center for Courage & Renewal® founded by Parker J Palmer\, PhD \n  “Hope is holding a creative tension between what is and what could and should be\,\n    each day doing something to narrow the distance between the two.” -Parker J Palmer\, PhD \nSchedule\nFriday\, May 29 \n3:00 pm – Check-in for retreatants staying in the RGH \n6:30 pm – Registration \n7:00 pm – Session One \nSaturday\, May 30 \n9:00-10:15 am– Session Two \n10:15-10:30 am – Break \n10:30 am-12:00 pm – Session Three \n12:00-1:30 pm – Lunch and Free time \n1:30-3:00 pm – Session Four \n3:00-3:30 pm – Break \n3:30-5:00 pm – Session Five \n5:15 pm – Dinner \nSunday\, May 31 \n10:00 am-12:00 pm – Session Six \nLeaders – Mary Louise Peters\, MSE & Amy Christianson\, EdD\n \n  \nMary Louise Peters is a Courage & Renewal® Facilitator\, providing retreats and renewal experiences since 2010. She has worked as an educator and consultant at local\, state and national levels to improve early childhood and special education for children and families\, teaching practices and conditions for staff\, and state educational systems. \n  \n  \n \n  \nAmy Christianson recently completed the Courage & Renewal® Practicum Program. Amy has been a participant in a number of seasonal and Circle of Trust retreats. She has a long professional career in education within early childhood\, K-12 and higher education settings. Amy’s background includes educational leadership\, organizational change and working with diverse populations. \n\n\n  \n\nCost\n$250 commuter; $435 residential \nRegister\nPlease register by May 21\, 2026. The maximum number of participants is 18 and registration will close when full. \nCancellation policy – if you register but must cancel your registration\, you can receive a 75% refund up until May 21\, 2026. After that\, a 50% refund is available until the retreat starts.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/wonder-and-hope-26/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Holy Wisdom Monastery,Prayer and Worship,Retreats,Seasonal Retreats,Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Day of Rest & Reflection for Healthcare Professionals
DESCRIPTION:As a healthcare professional\, you give generously of yourself to care for the bodies\, minds and spirits of so many\, and we are offering A Day of Rest and Reflection to generously return that care to you! Join us on June 3rd from 8:30 am-4:30 pm to walk the restored prairies of Holy Wisdom Monastery\, engage in somatic and creative activities\, find supportive community with other healthcare workers and receive nurture for your own body\, mind and spirit. \nYou will be welcomed with a continental breakfast and served a warm and nourishing lunch. Participants may choose to extend their stay by individually booking a dinner and/or overnight at the Retreat and Guest Center separate from the programmed event and at an additional cost. Contact retreats@holywisdommonastery.org if interested. \nThis retreat is open to people who work in direct patient care such as nurses\, doctors\, CNAs\, LPNs\, radiologists\, etc. \nSchedule \n8:30-9:00 am – Arrive and Continental Breakfast\n9:00-10:15 am – Introductions and Reflection Circles\n10:15-10:30 am – Break\n10:30-11:30 am – Body Meditation and Journaling\n11:45 am – Midday Prayer (Optional)\nNoon – Lunch\n1:00-2:30 pm – Introduction to the Land and Meditative Prairie Walk\n2:45-3:30 pm – Creating Meditation Stones\n3:30-4:30 pm – Reflection Circles and Blessing of Hands \nFacilitators – Amy Alstad\, Rita Emmenegger\, Erin Trondson and Rachel Young Binter\n \nAmy Alstad is the director of land management and environmental education at Holy Wisdom\nMonastery. She has a PhD in prairie ecology from UW Madison\, more than a decade of professional experience in the field of restoration ecology and a deep-rooted family tradition of restoring and tending prairies that spans four generations. In her role at Holy Wisdom\, Amy works alongside staff and volunteers to tend the restored land and invite people into connection with it. She is excited to share her love of Wisdom Prairie – and her growing conviction in its power to heal – with participants in this day of rest. \n  \n \nErin Trondson has worked with nonprofits for over 25 years and is currently the executive director of Holy Wisdom Monastery. She is especially moved by the monastery’s mission of hospitality and believes that part of Holy Wisdom’s work is to care for the people who care for the people. Erin will speak briefly about how the restored and healed land\, the rhythms of the monastery\, the beauty of\nnature\, the warm and welcoming spaces and the nourishing food will all contribute to a restorative day for those who work so hard to care for others every day. We look forward to having you at Holy Wisdom for a day of rest and reflection. \n  \n \nRita Emmenegger is a registered nurse who worked at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison\, Wisconsin\, for 35 years in the departments of pediatrics and obstetrics. She understands the challenges of choosing a career as a caregiver and not having the time to nourish one’s own body and spirit. Now retired\, Rita was the busy mother of four and foster mother of seven and sees the importance of taking care of oneself as a necessity in life. Born and raised in Chicago\, Rita and her husband of 48 years\, live in Middleton\, WI. When she is not with her grandchildren\, she enjoys baking\, gardening\, hiking\, regularly donating platelets at the American Red Cross and volunteering at Holy Wisdom Monastery. \n \nRachel Young Binter is an experienced retreat leader with a concern for caring for the whole person\, including our bodies\, minds and spirits\, our relationships with others and the natural world\, and our right to exist within systems of equity and justice. She is the director of the Center for Clergy Renewal at Holy Wisdom Monastery and is grateful to have the opportunity to extend renewal and healing to those who bring renewed life and healing to so many. \n  \n  \nCost\n$65/person \nRegister\nPlease register below by May 26\, 2026. \n \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/day-of-rest-reflection-26/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
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