Hope and Comfort in these Times: An Advent Retreat

Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United States

This Advent season will be like no other with quarantine restrictions; altered holiday celebrations; inability to be with loved ones; and continued economic and political turmoil. How does the Rule of Benedict help us to find hope, peace and even joy during these times? Join us for a virtual retreat, including a livestreamed concert of Advent hymns and carols and a Taizé service; workshops on Waiting, Hope and Praying with Mandalas plus opportunities for integration or lectio divina via Zoom; and a Zoom social hour. This retreat is open to oblates and the public. Retreat leaders Concert: Sherri Hansen & ...

$60

Benedictine Spirituality: An Introduction

Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United States

Program full – we will offer again in 2021 Are you hungering for spiritual conversation? Do you have a general sense of what Benedictine spirituality is and where it comes from but are curious to know more? Join us for Holy Wisdom Monastery’s first completely virtual class. We will meet online weekly for one month, take a two-week break for reflection and integration, then pick up again for four more weeks. Topics covered include Benedict and his ‘little Rule for beginners,’ silence, listening, prayer, humility, scripture and more. Each class will include prayer, readings, discussion, a spiritual practice and Q ...

Free

Benedictine Spirituality: An Introduction

Zoom Connect to the program with computer or phone., WI

Are you hungering for spiritual conversation? Do you have a general sense of what Benedictine spirituality is and where it comes from but are curious to know more? Join us for Holy Wisdom Monastery’s first completely virtual class. We will meet online weekly for one month, take a two-week break for reflection and integration, then pick up again for four more weeks. Topics covered include Benedict and his ‘little Rule for beginners,’ silence, listening, prayer, humility, scripture and more. Each class will include prayer, readings, discussion, a spiritual practice and Q & A. As this is our first time to ...

Free

Benedictine Spirituality: An Introduction

Zoom Connect to the program with computer or phone., WI

Are you hungering for spiritual conversation? Do you have a general sense of what Benedictine spirituality is and where it comes from but are curious to know more? Join us for Holy Wisdom Monastery’s first completely virtual class. We will meet online weekly for one month, take a two-week break for reflection and integration, then pick up again for four more weeks. Topics covered include Benedict and his ‘little Rule for beginners,’ silence, listening, prayer, humility, scripture and more. Each class will include prayer, readings, discussion, a spiritual practice and Q & A. As this is our first time to ...

Free

Benedictine Spirituality: An Introduction

Zoom Connect to the program with computer or phone., WI

Are you hungering for spiritual conversation? Do you have a general sense of what Benedictine spirituality is and where it comes from but are curious to know more? Join us for Holy Wisdom Monastery’s first completely virtual class. We will meet online weekly for one month, take a two-week break for reflection and integration, then pick up again for four more weeks. Topics covered include Benedict and his ‘little Rule for beginners,’ silence, listening, prayer, humility, scripture and more. Each class will include prayer, readings, discussion, a spiritual practice and Q & A. As this is our first time to ...

Free

Benedictine Spirituality: An Introduction

Zoom Connect to the program with computer or phone., WI

Are you hungering for spiritual conversation? Do you have a general sense of what Benedictine spirituality is and where it comes from but are curious to know more? Join us for Holy Wisdom Monastery’s first completely virtual class. We will meet online weekly for one month, take a two-week break for reflection and integration, then pick up again for four more weeks. Topics covered include Benedict and his ‘little Rule for beginners,’ silence, listening, prayer, humility, scripture and more. Each class will include prayer, readings, discussion, a spiritual practice and Q & A. As this is our first time to ...

Free

Evolutionary Consciousness and the Human Species

Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United States

In these two virtual presentations, we will take a long loving look at who the human species is and who we need to become in this 21st century as the Universe evolves. Our intent in the presentations and conversations is to awaken our consciousness more fully to all that humankind is and can become. You may attend one or both of the sessions. Part 1    What is Evolutionary Consciousness in Light of the Human Species? We will look anew at how the emergence of Homo Sapiens two hundred thousand years ago was a bright, celebrative moment in the evolutionary process. ...

Benedictine Spirituality: An Introduction

Zoom Connect to the program with computer or phone., WI

Are you hungering for spiritual conversation? Do you have a general sense of what Benedictine spirituality is and where it comes from but are curious to know more? Join us for Holy Wisdom Monastery’s first completely virtual class. We will meet online weekly for one month, take a two-week break for reflection and integration, then pick up again for four more weeks. Topics covered include Benedict and his ‘little Rule for beginners,’ silence, listening, prayer, humility, scripture and more. Each class will include prayer, readings, discussion, a spiritual practice and Q & A. As this is our first time to ...

Free

Praying the Psalms with Jesus

Virtual Event takes place online, WI

Praying the Psalms with Jesus presented by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan is a virtual retreat that took place Feb. 26-28, 2021. The Psalms are not only the ancient songs of Israel; they are the prayers that Jesus prayed. This enriching retreat includes an opening concert on Friday night; Psalm study, meditation, silent reflection, discussion, and lots of singing on Saturday; a prayer service on Saturday evening; and the Holy Wisdom Monastery Sunday Assembly worship service and a closing session on Sunday. Presenter Richard Bruxvoort Colligan is a music composer and Psalms scholar serving across denominations. He earned his M.A. in Theology ...

Benedictine Spirituality: An Introduction

Zoom Connect to the program with computer or phone., WI

Are you hungering for spiritual conversation? Do you have a general sense of what Benedictine spirituality is and where it comes from but are curious to know more? Join us for Holy Wisdom Monastery’s first completely virtual class. We will meet online weekly for one month, take a two-week break for reflection and integration, then pick up again for four more weeks. Topics covered include Benedict and his ‘little Rule for beginners,’ silence, listening, prayer, humility, scripture and more. Each class will include prayer, readings, discussion, a spiritual practice and Q & A. As this is our first time to ...

Free

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