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SUMMARY:Conversations About Our Benedictine Life: Humility
DESCRIPTION:Deepen your understanding of Benedictine spirituality by joining us for one or more of the Conversations About Our Benedictine Spirituality: Humility sessions. These gatherings offer time for reflections\, for the reading of short pieces on humility from the Rule of Benedict and other authors\, an exploration of how Benedictine humility differs from our every day understandings of it\, and conversations about the gifts and challenges of living this Benedictine value in our lives. \nThese sessions are open to any adult who relates to any of the Holy Wisdom Monastery communities.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/conversations-humility2-10-8-25/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Conversations About Our Benedictine Life: Humility
DESCRIPTION:Deepen your understanding of Benedictine spirituality by joining us for one or more of the Conversations About Our Benedictine Spirituality: Humility sessions. These gatherings offer time for reflections\, for the reading of short pieces on humility from the Rule of Benedict and other authors\, an exploration of how Benedictine humility differs from our every day understandings of it\, and conversations about the gifts and challenges of living this Benedictine value in our lives. \nThese sessions are open to any adult who relates to any of the Holy Wisdom Monastery communities.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/conversations-humility2-9-16-25/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Conversations About Our Benedictine Life: Humility
DESCRIPTION:Deepen your understanding of Benedictine spirituality by joining us for one or more of the Conversations About Our Benedictine Spirituality: Humility sessions. These gatherings offer time for reflections\, for the reading of short pieces on humility from the Rule of Benedict and other authors\, an exploration of how Benedictine humility differs from our every day understandings of it\, and conversations about the gifts and challenges of living this Benedictine value in our lives. \nThese sessions are open to any adult who relates to any of the Holy Wisdom Monastery communities.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/conversations-humility2-9-14-25/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Walk Into Wonder: Shinrin-Yoku for the Weary
DESCRIPTION:Want to have nothing to do? \nJoin us for rest\, beauty and community as we stroll on the trails of the beautifully restored Holy Wisdom prairie and woodlands. This fully guided walk is led by trained forest therapist\, Valerie Vervoort. The guided walk will include intermittent invitations for optional activities such as deep breathing and using your senses. Purposefully slow and meditative. We will walk a mile or a mile and a half through moderate trails. \nForest therapy has been proven to lower blood pressure\, increase natural killer immune cell activity and restore a sense of well-being. \nSchedule\n\nWalk starts and ends at the Retreat & Guest House parking lot.\nThere will be several stops\, including a time for tea and reflection.\nThe trail has been chosen for its gentle grades and maximum distance of a mile to a mile and a half.\nOrientation to shinrin-yoku and what to expect on the walk at the kiosk will be followed by invitations for meditation and relaxation that are easy for everyone and always optional.\nEnds with a tea ceremony to build community.\n\nLeader – Valerie Vervoort\nValerie Vervoort grew up exploring the woods and Mississippi River on her family farm in Northern Minnesota. She earned a master’s degree in education and taught in daycares for many years where she was known for gardening and encouraging kids to explore the outdoors. After retirement she volunteered as the ‘Garden Grandma’ at Fox Prairie Elementary School’s gardens. In 2020\, she became an Oblate at Holy Wisdom Monastery\, volunteered for prairie workdays and as a trail monitor. In 2024 her interest in the land as a healer lead to getting certified as a Forest Therapy Guide in May of that year. She has since lead Forest Therapy walks for Oblates\, Sunday Assembly members and a visiting college choir. \nWho can attend this event?\nFor those 16 years and older. Anyone who is willing to go slow and be quiet. A place for people who are too tired to do anything. People who want to belong. \nCost\n$35/person \nRegister\nPlease register by Aug. 23\, 2025. This offering is limited to 15 people and registration will close when full. There is no refund if you need to cancel your registration.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/walk-into-wonder-shinrin-yoku-for-the-weary/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Spirituality Programs,Wellness
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ORGANIZER;CN="Signe Lee":MAILTO:slee@holywisdommonastery.org
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SUMMARY:Conversations About Our Benedictine Life: Humility
DESCRIPTION:Deepen your understanding of Benedictine spirituality by joining us for one or more of the Conversations About Our Benedictine Spirituality: Humility sessions. These gatherings offer time for reflections\, for the reading of short pieces on humility from the Rule of Benedict and other authors\, an exploration of how Benedictine humility differs from our every day understandings of it\, and conversations about the gifts and challenges of living this Benedictine value in our lives. \nThese sessions are open to any adult who relates to any of the Holy Wisdom Monastery communities.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/conversations-humility1-8-17-25/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Spirituality Programs
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pam Shellberg":MAILTO:pshellberg@holywisdommonastery.org
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SUMMARY:Summer Stewards 2025
DESCRIPTION:♦ Are you concerned about climate change?\n♦ Are you feeling unmoored in the uncertainty of our world?\n♦ Are you longing for something with deep roots to help you feel grounded?\n♦ Would you like time away for reflection\, discernment and prayer?\n♦ Do you want to deepen your spirituality in a setting that connects your faith with care for the earth?\nBe a Summer Steward at Holy Wisdom Monastery for six days in July. Live the monastic rhythm of prayer\, work and rest in a progressive\, inclusive community whose mission includes being in right relationship with the earth and one another. Join us for prairie and oak savanna restoration\, gardening\, reading and spiritual conversation. Share your experiences\, reflections and questions with women on a similar journey – all this while living together in community on the monastery grounds. No previous experience required. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/summer-stewards-2025/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Experiencing Community,Spirituality Programs,Summer Stewards
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sister Lynne Smith":MAILTO:lwsmith@holywisdommonastery.org
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SUMMARY:Conversations About Our Benedictine Life: Humility
DESCRIPTION:Deepen your understanding of Benedictine spirituality by joining us for one or more of the Conversations About Our Benedictine Spirituality: Humility sessions. These gatherings offer time for reflections\, for the reading of short pieces on humility from the Rule of Benedict and other authors\, an exploration of how Benedictine humility differs from our every day understandings of it\, and conversations about the gifts and challenges of living this Benedictine value in our lives. \nThese sessions are open to any adult who relates to any of the Holy Wisdom Monastery communities.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/conversations-humility1-7-17-25/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Conversations About Our Benedictine Life: Humility
DESCRIPTION:Deeper your understanding of Benedictine spirituality by joining us for one or more of the Conversations About Our Benedictine Spirituality: Humility sessions. These gatherings offer time for reflections\, for the reading of short pieces on humility from the Rule of Benedict and other authors\, an exploration of how Benedictine humility differs from our every day understandings of it\, and conversations about the gifts and challenges of living this Benedictine value in our lives. \nThese sessions are open to any adult who relates to any of the Holy Wisdom Monastery communities.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/conversations-humility1-7-9-25/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Conversations About Our Benedictine Life: Humility
DESCRIPTION:Deeper your understanding of Benedictine spirituality by joining us for one or more of the Conversations About Our Benedictine Spirituality: Humility sessions. These gatherings offer time for reflections\, for the reading of short pieces on humility from the Rule of Benedict and other authors\, an exploration of how Benedictine humility differs from our every day understandings of it\, and conversations about the gifts and challenges of living this Benedictine value in our lives. \nThese sessions are open to any adult who relates to any of the Holy Wisdom Monastery communities.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/conversations-humility1-6-22-25/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Conversations About Our Benedictine Life: Humility
DESCRIPTION:Deeper your understanding of Benedictine spirituality by joining us for one or more of the Conversations About Our Benedictine Spirituality: Humility sessions. These gatherings offer time for reflections\, for the reading of short pieces on humility from the Rule of Benedict and other authors\, an exploration of how Benedictine humility differs from our every day understandings of it\, and conversations about the gifts and challenges of living this Benedictine value in our lives. \nThese sessions are open to any adult who relates to any of the Holy Wisdom Monastery communities.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/conversations-humility1-6-17-25/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:The Great Search 3
DESCRIPTION:“The Great Search gathering is a reminder of the divine hospitality that calls us into a deeper relationship with God\, with the Earth\, and with each other. Filled with a kind of reckless love\, one leaves feeling restored and committed to bringing hope and healing to all life. The combination of John Philip’s teaching\, the spiritual practices led by Cami\, and the peaceful and beautiful surroundings of Holy Wisdom Monastery offers a personal and community guide to contemplation and spiritual growth.”  \n–Catherine Maciariello\, The Great Search 2\, 2024 participant \n  \nThe Great Search 3\nWe hope you can join us at Holy Wisdom Monastery for The Great Search 3 from May 1-3\, 2025. \nIn 2022 John Philip Newell began a second series of annual retreats to address the deep spiritual yearnings of this moment in time and to help give birth to new beginnings in our lives and world.  \nThe Great Search 3 is the third of a three-part series of annual retreats led by the Celtic teacher John Philip Newell and his colleague Cami Twilling in which we explore the search for wisdom\, the search for meaning\, and the search for faith. \nThe teachings of this retreat are based on John Philip Newell’s new book The Great Search: Turning to Earth & Soul in the Quest for Healing & Home (especially Chapters 7\, 8\, and 9 drawing on the wisdom of Rabindranath Tagore\, Etty Hillesum\, and Edwin Muir).  \nThe text for this three-year program is John Philip Newell’s new book The Great Search (August 2024). The shared prayer book for this program is Praying with the Earth. \nThe Great Search 3 can be taken as a stand-alone retreat or in conjunction with The Great Search 1 and The Great Search 2 which can be attended in any order and at any of our retreat centers across the country or online. \nFor more information about John Philip Newell\, Earth and Soul or The Great Search initiative\, visit https://www.earthandsoul.org. \nFor more information about the retreat at Holy Wisdom Monastery\, contact Pam Shellberg at pshellberg@holywisdommonastery.org or 608-836-1631\, x126. \nSchedule\nThursday – May 1 \n\n\n\n3:00 pm\nTour of Holy Wisdom Monastery and Grounds\nGathering Area\n\n\n4:00-5:00 pm\nCheck-In/Getting Settled\nGathering Area\n\n\n5:15 pm\nDinner\nDining Room\n\n\n*6:30 pm\nEvening Prayer (please enter in silence)\nAssembly Room\n\n\n*7:15 pm\nSession 1: Introductory Presentation\nAssembly Room\n\n\n8:30 pm\nSacred Silence (until breakfast)\n\n\n\n\nFriday – May 2 \n\n\n\n*8:30 am\nMorning Prayer (enter in silence)\nAssembly Room\n\n\n9:00 am\nBreak\n\n\n\n*9:15 am\nSession 2: Teaching I (enter in silence)\nAssembly Room\n\n\n10:15 am\nMorning Break\n\n\n\n*10:45 am\nSession 3: Spiritual Practice I (enter in silence)\nAssembly Room\n\n\n12:00 pm\nLunch\nDining Room\n\n\n1:30 pm\nSilence (Siesta/Reading/Walking)\n\n\n\n*3:30 pm\nSession 4: Spiritual Practice II (enter in silence)\nAssembly Room\n\n\n4:45 pm\nAfternoon Break\n\n\n\n5:15 pm\nDinner\nAssembly Room\n\n\n*6:30 pm\nSession 5: Teaching II (enter in silence)\nAssembly Room\n\n\n7:30 pm\nWine & Cheese Reception & Book Signing\nGathering Area\n\n\n\nSaturday – May 3 \n\n\n\n*8:30 am\nMorning Prayer (enter in silence)\nAssembly Room\n\n\n9:00 am\nBreak\n\n\n\n*9:15 am\nSession 6: Teaching III (enter in silence)\nAssembly Room\n\n\n10:15 am\nMorning Break\n\n\n\n*10:45 am\nSession 7: Thanksgiving (enter in silence)\nAssembly Room\n\n\n12:00 pm\nLunch\nDining Room\n\n\n\nLeaders – John Philip Newell and Cami Twilling\n \nJohn Philip Newell\nJohn Philip Newell is an internationally renowned Celtic teacher and author of spirituality who calls the modern world to reawaken to the sacredness of Earth and every human being. \nCanadian by birth\, and also Scottish\, he resides with his wife Ali in the ecovillage of Findhorn in Scotland. In 2016 he began the Earth & Soul initiative and teaches regularly in the United States and Canada as well as leading international pilgrimage weeks on Iona in the Western Isles of Scotland. \nHis PhD is from the University of Edinburgh and he has authored over 15 books\, including his award-winning publication\, Sacred Earth Sacred Soul\, which was the 2022 Gold Winner of the Nautilus Book Award for Spirituality and Religious Thought of the West. His new book\, also with HarperOne\, is The Great Search (August 2024)\, in which he looks at the great spiritual yearnings of humanity today in the context of the decline of religion as we have known it.  \nNewell speaks of himself as ‘a wandering teacher’ following the ancient path of many lone teachers before him in the Celtic tradition\, seeking the wellbeing of the world. He has been described as having ‘the heart of a Celtic bard and the mind of a Celtic scholar’\, combining in his teachings the poetic and the intellectual\, the head as well as the heart\, and spiritual awareness as well as political and ecological concern.  \nCami Twilling\nCami Twilling\, based in Colorado\, is the Director of Earth & Soul (a Celtic initiative of study\, spiritual practice and compassionate action inspired by the teachings of John Philip Newell). As well as heading up the overall work of Earth & Soul\, she facilitates the spiritual practice component of the Earth & Soul Retreats. In addition to leading mountain and urban retreats\, she has led international pilgrimage groups to Iona in the Western Isles of Scotland and work teams to Guatemala to build houses in communities that have suffered from political strife and economic hardship. Cami is passionate about the relationship between spirituality and action and believes that spiritual vision and practice can play a vital role in helping to heal and transform our lives both individually and together. \nDates/Times\n4:00 pm\, Thursday\, May 1 – 1:00 pm\, Saturday\, May 3\, 2025 \nCost\n$360/person\, includes program and meals\, Thurs. dinner\, Fri. lunch and dinner\, Fri. book signing and reception\, Sat. lunch; does NOT include lodging. \nLimited scholarships are available. Please contact Pam Shellberg at pshellberg@holywisdommonastery.org or 608-836-1631\, x126. \nLodging\nLodging is NOT included in the price of the retreat. \n\nLodging at Holy Wisdom Monastery is now full.\nWe have a block of hotel rooms at Baymont Inn & Suites\, 8102 Excelsior Dr\, Madison\, WI 53717\, for $72 per night. Please contact the hotel directly to reserve your room at 608-831-7711. The block is under: Holy Wisdom – The Great Search. \n\n  \nView photos from 2023 and 2024\n\nRegister\nPlease register with the button below by April 24\, 2025. \nCancellation policy – if you register but must cancel your registration\, you can receive a 75% refund up until Apr. 24\, 2025. After that\, a 50% refund is available until the retreat starts.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/the-great-search-3/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreats,Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Lent Series: Teach Us to Pray (virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Prayer is a pillar of Benedictine life\, an essential in the spiritual life and a principal theme of Jesus’ life. But in our own lives\, prayer can be a source of confusion\, insecurity and also a little bit of a mystery. In Luke’s gospel\, Jesus’ disciples say to him\, “teach us to pray.” Maybe you would like to say the same thing. Maybe the word prayer itself has become more of a stumbling block for you than an invitation to be present in and with God. Come to this series and listen to what Jesus says about prayer\, see how he prays and what he shows us about prayer. Listen to what others say about their own experiences with prayer and contemplation. Listen with others for how the spirit responds when we ask\, “teach us to pray.” \nSchedule\nEach 90-minute session will include some teaching about a particular aspect of prayer as shown in the Gospel of Luke\, reflections on other teachings about contemplation\, the sharing of personal experiences\, and an opportunity to explore different practices of prayer and contemplation. \nLeader – Pam Shellberg\n \n  \nPam Shellberg is the director of spiritual nourishment at Holy Wisdom monastery\, a student of scripture\, and someone always seeking to live a contemplative life. \nCost\n$50/person \nIf you would like to have lunch at the monastery after the in-person sessions\, we have now added an option to purchase lunch for $18/lunch. Click the link below to purchase a lunch after one or more of the sessions. Please let us know 48 hours in advance if you would like to add lunch.\nRegister for lunch after one or more sessions \nDates/Times – Lent 2025\nThis is a 5-part series\, offered in-person at Holy Wisdom Monastery on Tuesdays from 10:00-11:30 am\, and online on Wednesdays from 6:30-8:00 pm. \nAt Holy Wisdom Monastery – 10:00-11:30 am \n\nMar. 11\nMar. 18\nMar. 25\nApr. 1\nApr. 8\n\nOnline – 6:30-8:00 pm \n\nMar. 12\nMar. 19\nMar. 26\nApr. 2\nApr. 9\n\nRegister\nThe registration deadline is March 10\, 2025. Please register for the in-person series or the online series with the button below. \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/lent-series-teach-us-to-pray2/2025-04-09/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Lent Series: Teach Us to Pray
DESCRIPTION:Prayer is a pillar of Benedictine life\, an essential in the spiritual life and a principal theme of Jesus’ life. But in our own lives\, prayer can be a source of confusion\, insecurity and also a little bit of a mystery. In Luke’s gospel\, Jesus’ disciples say to him\, “teach us to pray.” Maybe you would like to say the same thing. Maybe the word prayer itself has become more of a stumbling block for you than an invitation to be present in and with God. Come to this series and listen to what Jesus says about prayer\, see how he prays and what he shows us about prayer. Listen to what others say about their own experiences with prayer and contemplation. Listen with others for how the spirit responds when we ask\, “teach us to pray.” \nSchedule\nEach 90-minute session will include some teaching about a particular aspect of prayer as shown in the Gospel of Luke\, reflections on other teachings about contemplation\, the sharing of personal experiences\, and an opportunity to explore different practices of prayer and contemplation. \nLeader – Pam Shellberg\n \n  \nPam Shellberg is the director of spiritual nourishment at Holy Wisdom monastery\, a student of scripture\, and someone always seeking to live a contemplative life. \nCost\n$50/person \nIf you would like to have lunch at the monastery after the in-person sessions\, we have now added an option to purchase lunch for $18/lunch. Click the link below to purchase a lunch after one or more of the sessions. Please let us know 48 hours in advance if you would like to add lunch.\nRegister for lunch after one or more sessions \nDates/Times – Lent 2025\nThis is a 5-part series\, offered in-person at Holy Wisdom Monastery on Tuesdays from 10:00-11:30 am\, and online on Wednesdays from 6:30-8:00 pm. \nAt Holy Wisdom Monastery – 10:00-11:30 am \n\nMar. 11\nMar. 18\nMar. 25\nApr. 1\nApr. 8\n\nOnline – 6:30-8:00 pm \n\nMar. 12\nMar. 19\nMar. 26\nApr. 2\nApr. 9\n\nRegister\nThe registration deadline is March 10\, 2025. Please register for the in-person series or the online series with the button below. \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/lent-series-teach-us-to-pray/2025-04-08/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Conversations About Our Benedictine Life: Listening and Presence
DESCRIPTION:Listening and Presence\nYou are invited to attend Conversations about Our Benedictine Life – Listening and Presence. These events offer opportunities to talk with others about the values of listening and presence\, and to learn more about these values as features of Benedictine spirituality. Each gathering will be a time to share reflections on our ideas\, experiences and beliefs about listening and presence\, Benedict’s teaching\, and what spiritual gifts are to be discovered in a life where practices of deep listening and presence are central. \nSchedule\nThe gatherings will be between 60 and 90 minutes in length. They will include time for reflections\, for the reading of short pieces on listening and presence from the Rule of Benedict and other authors\, and conversations about the gifts and challenges of practices of listening and practice. \nThis program is not a series\, but we are offering multiple date and speaker options. \nLocation/Dates/Times (choose one or come to multiple sessions)\nAt Holy Wisdom Monastery \n\nSu\, Feb. 9\, 10:30-11:30 am – led by Marcia Krater & Sister Lynne Smith\nW\, Feb. 19\, 1:00-2:30 pm – leaders TBD\nSu\, Mar. 2\, 10:30-11:30 am – leaders TBD\n\nOnline \n\nTh\, Feb. 13\, 6:30-8:00 pm – led by Mary Lynn Adams & Abbie Loomis\nTu\, Mar. 18\, 6:30-8:00 pm – led by Mary Lynn Adams & Pam Shellberg\n\nLeaders\n\nSister Lynne Smith is a Benedictine sister and prioress at Holy Wisdom Monastery.\nMary Lynn Adams\, Marcia Krater and Abbie Loomis are oblates of Holy Wisdom\, all living lives reflecting their formation in Benedictine spirituality.\nPam Shellberg is the director of spiritual nourishment at Holy Wisdom.\n\nCost\nThere is no fee charged to participants for these events. \nRegister\nPlease register with the button below so we know which event(s) you will attend. \n \n 
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/conversations-listening-and-presence5/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Conversations About Our Benedictine Life: Listening and Presence
DESCRIPTION:Listening and Presence\nYou are invited to attend Conversations about Our Benedictine Life – Listening and Presence. These events offer opportunities to talk with others about the values of listening and presence\, and to learn more about these values as features of Benedictine spirituality. Each gathering will be a time to share reflections on our ideas\, experiences and beliefs about listening and presence\, Benedict’s teaching\, and what spiritual gifts are to be discovered in a life where practices of deep listening and presence are central. \nSchedule\nThe gatherings will be between 60 and 90 minutes in length. They will include time for reflections\, for the reading of short pieces on listening and presence from the Rule of Benedict and other authors\, and conversations about the gifts and challenges of practices of listening and practice. \nThis program is not a series\, but we are offering multiple date and speaker options. \nLocation/Dates/Times (choose one or come to multiple sessions)\nAt Holy Wisdom Monastery \n\nSu\, Mar. 2\, 10:30-11:30 am – led by Sister Lynne Smith and Abbie Loomis (in the Community Dining Room/the Sisters’ Dining Room)\n\nOnline \n\nTu\, Mar. 18\, 6:30-8:00 pm – led by Mary Lynn Adams & Abbie Loomis (zoom link will be sent to those registered)\n\nLeaders\n\nSister Lynne Smith is a Benedictine sister and prioress at Holy Wisdom Monastery.\nMary Lynn Adams\, Marcia Krater\, Janine Veto and Abbie Loomis are oblates of Holy Wisdom\, all living lives reflecting their formation in Benedictine spirituality.\nPam Shellberg is the director of spiritual nourishment at Holy Wisdom.\n\nCost\nThere is no fee charged to participants for these events. \nRegister\nPlease register with the button below so we know which event(s) you will attend. \n \n 
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/conversations-listening-and-presence4/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Conversations About Our Benedictine Life: Listening and Presence
DESCRIPTION:Listening and Presence\nYou are invited to attend Conversations about Our Benedictine Life – Listening and Presence. These events offer opportunities to talk with others about the values of listening and presence\, and to learn more about these values as features of Benedictine spirituality. Each gathering will be a time to share reflections on our ideas\, experiences and beliefs about listening and presence\, Benedict’s teaching\, and what spiritual gifts are to be discovered in a life where practices of deep listening and presence are central. \nSchedule\nThe gatherings will be between 60 and 90 minutes in length. They will include time for reflections\, for the reading of short pieces on listening and presence from the Rule of Benedict and other authors\, and conversations about the gifts and challenges of practices of listening and practice. \nThis program is not a series\, but we are offering multiple date and speaker options. \nLocation/Dates/Times (choose one or come to multiple sessions)\nAt Holy Wisdom Monastery \n\nSu\, Feb. 9\, 10:30-11:30 am – led by Marcia Krater & Sister Lynne Smith\nW\, Feb. 19\, 1:00-2:30 pm – led by Marcia Krater & Janine Veto\nSu\, Mar. 2\, 10:30-11:30 am – led by Abbie Loomis & Pam Shellberg\n\nOnline \n\nTh\, Feb. 13\, 6:30-8:00 pm – led by Mary Lynn Adams & Pam Shellberg\nTu\, Mar. 18\, 6:30-8:00 pm – led by Mary Lynn Adams & Abbie Loomis\n\nLeaders\n\nSister Lynne Smith is a Benedictine sister and prioress at Holy Wisdom Monastery.\nMary Lynn Adams\, Marcia Krater\, Janine Veto and Abbie Loomis are oblates of Holy Wisdom\, all living lives reflecting their formation in Benedictine spirituality.\nPam Shellberg is the director of spiritual nourishment at Holy Wisdom.\n\nCost\nThere is no fee charged to participants for these events. \nRegister\nPlease register with the button below so we know which event(s) you will attend. \n \n 
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/conversations-listening-and-presence2/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Conversations About Our Benedictine Life: Listening and Presence
DESCRIPTION:Listening and Presence\nYou are invited to attend Conversations about Our Benedictine Life – Listening and Presence. These events offer opportunities to talk with others about the values of listening and presence\, and to learn more about these values as features of Benedictine spirituality. Each gathering will be a time to share reflections on our ideas\, experiences and beliefs about listening and presence\, Benedict’s teaching\, and what spiritual gifts are to be discovered in a life where practices of deep listening and presence are central. \nSchedule\nThe gatherings will be between 60 and 90 minutes in length. They will include time for reflections\, for the reading of short pieces on listening and presence from the Rule of Benedict and other authors\, and conversations about the gifts and challenges of practices of listening and practice. \nThis program is not a series\, but we are offering multiple date and speaker options. \nLocation/Dates/Times (choose one or come to multiple sessions)\nAt Holy Wisdom Monastery \n\nSu\, Feb. 9\, 10:30-11:30 am – led by Marcia Krater & Sister Lynne Smith\nW\, Feb. 19\, 1:00-2:30 pm – led by Marcia Krater & Janine Veto\nSu\, Mar. 2\, 10:30-11:30 am – led by Abbie Loomis & Pam Shellberg\n\nOnline \n\nTh\, Feb. 13\, 6:30-8:00 pm – led by Mary Lynn Adams & Pam Shellberg\nTu\, Mar. 18\, 6:30-8:00 pm – led by Mary Lynn Adams & Abbie Loomis\n\nLeaders\n\nSister Lynne Smith is a Benedictine sister and prioress at Holy Wisdom Monastery.\nMary Lynn Adams\, Marcia Krater\, Janine Veto and Abbie Loomis are oblates of Holy Wisdom\, all living lives reflecting their formation in Benedictine spirituality.\nPam Shellberg is the director of spiritual nourishment at Holy Wisdom.\n\nCost\nThere is no fee charged to participants for these events. \nRegister\nPlease register with the button below so we know which event(s) you will attend. \n \n 
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/conversations-listening-and-presence/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Prone to Wander
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for Prone to Wander with Joanna Harader. The Center for Clergy Renewal and the Spiritual Nourishment department are hosting a morning retreat with Rev. Joanna Harader at Holy Wisdom Monastery on Saturday\, February 8\, from 9:00-11:30 am. This is for any church members or leaders who would appreciate time to pause and reflect on the theme of wilderness as we prepare for Lent. Joanna is part of our Contemplative Renewal Immersions community and a Mennonite Pastor from Kansas. She is also author of an Advent Devotional\, Expecting Emmanuel. Prone to Wander: A Lenten Journey with Women in the Wilderness is her new Lenten devotional\, coming out in January. Our retreat on Feb. 8th will involve time for prayer\, spiritual practice\, and a conversation with Joanna about the theme of wilderness in Lent. \nEvent schedule \n9:00 am – Coffee & food\, greetings and introductions\n9:30 am – Morning prayer\n10:00 am – Presentation by Joanna Harader\n10:30-11:30 am – Workshop: small group practice\, followed by group reflection\n12:00 pm – Lunch (optional) \nLeader\nRev. Joanna Harader is the author of Expecting Emmanuel and frequently posts words for worship on her blog\, Spacious Faith. Her liturgies have been published in the Voices Together hymnal and are used in churches of various denominations. She has written for publications such as Leader magazine\, Shine Sunday School Curriculum\, and Christian Century. Joanna serves as pastor of Bethel College Mennonite Church in North Newton\, Kansas. \nCost\nThere are several cost options for this program. We are offering a discount for congregations or larger groups who have 5 people attending. There is also the option to attend the program only or attend the program and stay for lunch. \n\n$15/person\, includes program only\n$33/person\, includes program and lunch\n$60/5 people\, includes program for 5 people\n$150/5 people\, includes program and lunch for 5 people\n\nRegister\nPlease register with the button below by Jan. 31\, 2025. The fees for this program are non-refundable.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/prone-to-wander/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Center for Clergy Renewal,Community of Communities,Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Neurographic Art: A Contemplative Practice
DESCRIPTION:This class is full. \nBegin the new year with a contemplative practice through art. Learn about neurographic art\, watch a demonstration and try your hand at creating a piece of art. No experience necessary. Participate in a meditative process based on mindfulness that can relieve anxiety\, reduce stress\, help you find peace and clarity\, express inner feelings and walk away with a beautiful piece of art. \nAll supplies are included in the program fee. \nSchedule\n8:45 am – Arrive and choose a workspace\n9:00 am – Art instruction and time to create neurographic art\n11:45 am – Event ends\n11:45 am – Midday prayer (optional) \nYou are welcome to stay after for lunch for an additional fee. \n12:00 pm – Lunch (for those who paid for lunch)  \nLeader\nJanet Neurauter retired from Holy Wisdom Monastery in 2020 after four years as our director of mission advancement. She returned as a mission advancement consultant in 2023\, and we are excited to have her back for one day per week. Janet has facilitated this course two times before. She also coordinates Holy Wisdom Monastery art exhibits and is a practicing artist with experience in neurographic art\, gel plates\, spirit totems and collage. \nCost\nThere are two cost options for this program. One with lunch and one without. \n\n$35/person\, includes program and all supplies\n$53/person\, includes program\, all supplies and lunch\n\nRegister\nThis event is limited to 20 participants and registration will close when the event is filled or on the registration deadline\, Jan. 9\, 2025. \nThe registration fee is non-refundable. \nRegistration is full. \n 
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/neurographic-art/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Advent: To Seek and to Save the Lost (virtual)
DESCRIPTION:The Advent season returns us to the incarnation of the Christ-spirit and its power to restore us in hope and renew us in purpose. This series takes its starting point from the Gospel of Luke where Jesus says he has come “to seek and to save the lost.” Sometimes the language of saving doesn’t always set easily with us. Nor does the suggestion that we are somehow lost! Yet\, in setting aside time to listen with the ear of our hearts to Jesus\, to Luke\, to each other and to our own inner longings – we may find ourselves newly inspired by the Christ-spirit\, who speaks what we most need to hear and promises to preserve us in love. \n90-minute sessions will include some teaching\, small group discussion\, contemplative dialogue\, and a time for meditation. \nDates/times\nThis three-week Advent series will be offered in-person on Tuesdays from 10:00-11:30 am or virtually on Wednesdays from 6:30-8:00 pm. \nIn-person (Tuesdays\, 10:00-11:30 am)\n\nDec 3\nDec 10\nDec 17\n\nVirtually (Wednesdays\, 6:30-8:00 pm)\n\nDec. 4\nDec. 11\nDec. 18\n\nSpeaker – Pam Shellberg\n\nPam Shellberg is the director of spiritual nourishment at Holy Wisdom monastery\, a contemplative\, a student of the Christian scriptures and a spiritual director. \nCost\n$35/person \n  \nRegister\nPlease register by Dec. 2\, 2024. Registration coming soon.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/advent-2024-wednesdays/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Oblates,Prayer and Worship,Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Advent: To Seek and to Save the Lost (in-person)
DESCRIPTION:The Advent season returns us to the incarnation of the Christ-spirit and its power to restore us in hope and renew us in purpose. This series takes its starting point from the Gospel of Luke where Jesus says he has come “to seek and to save the lost.” Sometimes the language of saving doesn’t always set easily with us. Nor does the suggestion that we are somehow lost! Yet\, in setting aside time to listen with the ear of our hearts to Jesus\, to Luke\, to each other and to our own inner longings – we may find ourselves newly inspired by the Christ-spirit\, who speaks what we most need to hear and promises to preserve us in love. \n90-minute sessions will include some teaching\, small group discussion\, contemplative dialogue\, and a time for meditation. \nDates/times\nThis three-week Advent series will be offered in-person on Tuesdays from 10:00-11:30 am or virtually on Wednesdays from 6:30-8:00 pm. \nIn-person (Tuesdays\, 10:00-11:30 am)\n\nDec 3\nDec 10\nDec 17\n\nVirtually (Wednesdays\, 6:30-8:00 pm)\n\nDec. 4\nDec. 11\nDec. 18\n\nSpeaker – Pam Shellberg\n\nPam Shellberg is the director of spiritual nourishment at Holy Wisdom monastery\, a contemplative\, a student of the Christian scriptures and a spiritual director. \nCost\n$35/person \n  \nRegister\nPlease register by Dec. 2\, 2024.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/advent-2024-tuesdays/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Oblates,Prayer and Worship,Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Conversations about Our Benedictine Life – Stability
DESCRIPTION:Stability\nYou are invited to attend Conversations about Our Benedictine Life – Stability\, starting in September 2024. These events will provide opportunities to talk with others about the value of stability and to learn a bit about stability as a feature of Benedictine spirituality. Each gathering will be a time to share reflections on our ideas\, experiences\, and beliefs about stability\, Benedict’s teachings\, and what spiritual gifts are to be discovered in a life where a practice of stability is central. \nThe gatherings will be between 60 and 90 minutes in length. They will include time for reflections\, for the reading of short pieces on stability from the Rule of Benedict and others\, and conversations about the gifts and challenges of a practice of stability. \nThis program is not a series\, but we are offering multiple date and speaker options. \nDates/times (choose one or come to multiple sessions)\n\nSu\, Sep. 29\, in-person\, 10:30-11:30 am – led by Mary Hoddy & Sister Lynne Smith\nTu\, Oct. 8\, online\, 6:30-8:00 pm – led by Mary Lynn Adams & Pam Shellberg\nW\, Oct. 23\, in-person\, 1:00-2:30 pm – led by Mary Hoddy & Carole Kretschman\nTu\, Nov. 12\, online\, 6:30-8:00 pm – led by Mary Lynn Adams & Pam Shellberg\n\nLeaders\nSister Lynne Smith is a Benedictine sister for whom the practice of stability has been part of her monastic life at Holy Wisdom. Mary Lynn Adams\, Mary Hoddy and Carole Kretschman are oblates of Holy Wisdom\, all living lives reflecting their formation in Benedictine spirituality. Pam Shellberg is the director of spiritual nourishment at Holy Wisdom. \nCost\nThere is no fee charged to participants for these events. \nRegister\nPlease register below so we know which event(s) you will attend.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/conversations-benedictine-life-stability-nov12/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Conversations about Our Benedictine Life – Stability
DESCRIPTION:Stability\nYou are invited to attend Conversations about Our Benedictine Life – Stability\, starting in September 2024. These events will provide opportunities to talk with others about the value of stability and to learn a bit about stability as a feature of Benedictine spirituality. Each gathering will be a time to share reflections on our ideas\, experiences\, and beliefs about stability\, Benedict’s teachings\, and what spiritual gifts are to be discovered in a life where a practice of stability is central. \nThe gatherings will be between 60 and 90 minutes in length. They will include time for reflections\, for the reading of short pieces on stability from the Rule of Benedict and others\, and conversations about the gifts and challenges of a practice of stability. \nThis program is not a series\, but we are offering multiple date and speaker options. \nDates/times (choose one or come to multiple sessions)\n\nSu\, Sep. 29\, in-person\, 10:30-11:30 am – led by Mary Hoddy & Sister Lynne Smith\nTu\, Oct. 8\, online\, 6:30-8:00 pm – led by Mary Lynn Adams & Pam Shellberg\nW\, Oct. 23\, in-person\, 1:00-2:30 pm – led by Mary Hoddy & Carole Kretschman\nTu\, Nov. 12\, online\, 6:30-8:00 pm – led by Mary Lynn Adams & Pam Shellberg\n\nLeaders\nSister Lynne Smith is a Benedictine sister for whom the practice of stability has been part of her monastic life at Holy Wisdom. Mary Lynn Adams\, Mary Hoddy and Carole Kretschman are oblates of Holy Wisdom\, all living lives reflecting their formation in Benedictine spirituality. Pam Shellberg is the director of spiritual nourishment at Holy Wisdom. \nCost\nThere is no fee charged to participants for these events. \nRegister\nPlease register below so we know which event(s) you will attend.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/conversations-benedictine-life-stability-oct23/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Conversations about Our Benedictine Life – Stability
DESCRIPTION:Stability\nYou are invited to attend Conversations about Our Benedictine Life – Stability\, starting in September 2024. These events will provide opportunities to talk with others about the value of stability and to learn a bit about stability as a feature of Benedictine spirituality. Each gathering will be a time to share reflections on our ideas\, experiences\, and beliefs about stability\, Benedict’s teachings\, and what spiritual gifts are to be discovered in a life where a practice of stability is central. \nThe gatherings will be between 60 and 90 minutes in length. They will include time for reflections\, for the reading of short pieces on stability from the Rule of Benedict and others\, and conversations about the gifts and challenges of a practice of stability. \nThis program is not a series\, but we are offering multiple date and speaker options. \nDates/times (choose one or come to multiple sessions)\n\nSu\, Sep. 29\, in-person\, 10:30-11:30 am – led by Mary Hoddy & Sister Lynne Smith\nTu\, Oct. 8\, online\, 6:30-8:00 pm – led by Mary Lynn Adams & Pam Shellberg\nW\, Oct. 23\, in-person\, 1:00-2:30 pm – led by Mary Hoddy & Carole Kretschman\nTu\, Nov. 12\, online\, 6:30-8:00 pm – led by Mary Lynn Adams & Pam Shellberg\n\nLeaders\nSister Lynne Smith is a Benedictine sister for whom the practice of stability has been part of her monastic life at Holy Wisdom. Mary Lynn Adams\, Mary Hoddy and Carole Kretschman are oblates of Holy Wisdom\, all living lives reflecting their formation in Benedictine spirituality. Pam Shellberg is the director of spiritual nourishment at Holy Wisdom. \nCost\nThere is no fee charged to participants for these events. \nRegister\nPlease register below so we know which event(s) you will attend. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n 
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/conversations-benedictine-life-stability-oct8/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Conversations about Our Benedictine Life – Stability
DESCRIPTION:Stability\nYou are invited to attend Conversations about Our Benedictine Life – Stability\, starting in September 2024. These events will provide opportunities to talk with others about the value of stability and to learn a bit about stability as a feature of Benedictine spirituality. Each gathering will be a time to share reflections on our ideas\, experiences\, and beliefs about stability\, Benedict’s teachings\, and what spiritual gifts are to be discovered in a life where a practice of stability is central. \nThe gatherings will be between 60 and 90 minutes in length. They will include time for reflections\, for the reading of short pieces on stability from the Rule of Benedict and others\, and conversations about the gifts and challenges of a practice of stability. \nThis program is not a series\, but we are offering multiple date and speaker options. \nDates/times (choose one or come to multiple sessions)\n\nSu\, Sep. 29\, in-person\, 10:30-11:30 am – led by Mary Hoddy & Sister Lynne Smith\nTu\, Oct. 8\, online\, 6:30-8:00 pm – led by Mary Lynn Adams & Pam Shellberg\nW\, Oct. 23\, in-person\, 1:00-2:30 pm – led by Mary Hoddy & Carole Kretschman\nTu\, Nov. 12\, online\, 6:30-8:00 pm – led by Mary Lynn Adams & Pam Shellberg\n\nLeaders\nSister Lynne Smith is a Benedictine sister for whom the practice of stability has been part of her monastic life at Holy Wisdom. Mary Lynn Adams\, Mary Hoddy and Carole Kretschman are oblates of Holy Wisdom\, all living lives reflecting their formation in Benedictine spirituality. Pam Shellberg is the director of spiritual nourishment at Holy Wisdom. \nCost\nThere is no fee charged to participants for these events. \nRegister\nPlease register below so we know which event(s) you will attend.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/conversations-benedictine-life-stability-sep29/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Summer Stewards
DESCRIPTION:Are you worried about climate change but don’t know what to do?\nWould you like time away for reflection\, discernment and prayer?\nDo you want to deepen your spirituality in a setting that connects your faith with care for the earth?\nBe a Summer Steward at Holy Wisdom Monastery for six days in July. Live the monastic rhythm of prayer\, work and rest in a progressive\, inclusive community whose mission includes being in right relationship with the earth and one another. Join us for prairie and oak savanna restoration\, gardening\, reading and spiritual conversation. Share your experiences\, reflections and questions with women on a similar journey – all this while living together in community on the monastery grounds. No previous experience required. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/summer-stewards-7/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Experiencing Community,Spirituality Programs,Summer Stewards
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sister Lynne Smith":MAILTO:lwsmith@holywisdommonastery.org
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SUMMARY:The Quest for Healing and Home – The Great Search 2
DESCRIPTION:The Quest for Healing and Home – The Great Search 2\nWe hope you can join us at Holy Wisdom Monastery for The Quest for Healing and Home – The Great Search 2 from May 9-11\, 2024. \nIn 2022 John Philip Newell began a second series of annual retreats to address the deep spiritual yearnings of this moment in time and to help give birth to new beginnings in our lives and world.  \nThe Great Search 2 is the second of a three-part series of annual retreats led by the Celtic teacher John Philip Newell and his colleague Cami Twilling in which we explore the search for awareness\, the search for spiritual and physical wellness and the search for love. \nThe teachings of this retreat are based on John’s forthcoming book The Great Search: Turning to Earth and Soul in the Quest for Healing and Home\, especially Chapters 4\, 5\, and 6\, drawing on the wisdom of Carl Jung\, Julian of Norwich and Jelalludin Rumi. Until the book is published\, The Rebirthing of God is the recommended reading and Praying with the Earth is the shared prayer book for this retreat. \nThe Great Search 2 can be taken as a stand-alone retreat or in conjunction with The Great Search 1 and The Great Search 3 which can be attended in any order and at any of the participating retreat centers across the country or online. \nFor more information about John Philip Newell\, Earth and Soul or The Great Search initiative\, visit https://www.earthandsoul.org. \nFor more information about the retreat at Holy Wisdom Monastery\, contact Pam Shellberg at pshellberg@holywisdommonastery.org or 608-836-1631\, x126. \nSchedule\nThursday \n\n\n\n4:00-5:00 pm\nCheck-in/Getting Settled\n\n\n\n5:15 pm\nDinner\nMonastery Guest Dining Room\n\n\n6:30 pm\nEvening Prayer (please enter in silence)\nMonastery Assembly Room\n\n\n7:15 pm\nSession 1: Introductory Presentation\nMonastery Assembly Room\n\n\n8:30 pm\nSacred Silence (until breakfast)\n\n\n\n\nFriday \n\n\n\n7:00-8:30 am\nBreakfast (continental for those staying at Holy Wisdom Monastery)\nRetreat & Guest House (RGH) Dining Room\n\n\n8:45 am\nMorning Prayer (enter in silence)\nMonastery Assembly Room\n\n\n9:15 am\nBreak\n\n\n\n9:30 am\nSession 2: Teaching I (enter in silence)\nMonastery Assembly Room\n\n\n10:30 am\nMorning Break\n\n\n\n10:45 am\nSession 3: Spiritual Practice I (enter in silence)\nMonastery Assembly Room\n\n\n12:00 pm\nLunch\nMonastery Guest Dining Room\n\n\n1:30 pm\nSilence (siesta/reading/walking)\n\n\n\n3:30 pm\nSession 4: Spiritual Practice II (enter in silence)\nMonastery Assembly Room\n\n\n4:45 pm\nAfternoon Break\n\n\n\n5:15 pm\nDinner\nMonastery Guest Dining Room\n\n\n6:30 pm\nSession 5: Teaching II (enter in silence)\nMonastery Assembly Room\n\n\n7:30 pm\nWine & Cheese Reception and Book Signing\nMonastery Gathering Area\n\n\n\nSaturday \n\n\n\n7:00-8:30 am\nBreakfast (continental for those staying at Holy Wisdom Monastery)\nRGH Dining Room\n\n\n8:30 am\nMorning Prayer (enter in silence)\nMonastery Assembly Room\n\n\n9:00 am\nBreak\n\n\n\n9:15 am\nSession 6: Teaching III (enter in silence)\nMonastery Assembly Room\n\n\n10:15 am\nMorning Break\n\n\n\n10:45 am\nSession 7: Thanksgiving (enter in silence)\nMonastery Assembly Room\n\n\n12:00 pm\nLunch\nMonastery Guest Dining Room\n\n\n\nDates/Times\n4:00 pm\, May 9 – 1:00 pm May 11\, 2024 \nCost\n$340/person\, includes program and meals\, Thurs. dinner\, Fri. lunch and dinner\, Fri. book signing and reception\, Sat. lunch; does NOT include lodging. \nLimited scholarships are available. Please contact Pam Shellberg at pshellberg@holywisdommonastery.org or 608-836-1631\, x126. \nLodging\nLodging is NOT included in the price of the retreat. \n\nLodging at Holy Wisdom Monastery during the retreat is now full.\nWe have a block of rooms for the retreat reserved at the Baymont Inn\, 8102 Excelsior Dr\, Madison\, WI\, seven miles away from the monastery. The rooms will be held until Apr. 9\, 2024.\n\n$199/night + tax\, includes continental breakfast (it is graduation weekend at UW Madison\, so rates are high\, and many hotels are full this weekend).\nTo reserve your room at the Baymont Inn\, call 608-831-7711 and ask for the Holy Wisdom – The Great Search block.\n\n\n\nLeaders\nJohn Philip Newell is a Celtic teacher and author of spirituality who calls the modern world to reawaken to the sacredness of Earth and every human being. \nCanadian by birth\, and a citizen also of Scotland\, he resides with his family in Edinburgh and works on both sides of the Atlantic. In 2016 he began the Earth & Soul initiative and teaches regularly in the United States and Canada as well as leading international pilgrimage weeks on Iona in the Western Isles of Scotland. \nHis PhD is from the University of Edinburgh and he has authored over 15 books\, including his latest award-winning publication\, Sacred Earth Sacred Soul\, which was the 2022 Gold Winner of the Nautilus Book Award for Spirituality and Religious Thought of the West. His forthcoming book (August 2024)\, also with Harper One\, is The Great Search\, in which he looks at the great spiritual yearnings of humanity today in the context of the decline of religion as we have known it.  \nNewell speaks of himself as ‘a wandering teacher’ following the ancient path of many lone teachers before him in the Celtic tradition\, seeking the wellbeing of the world. He has been described as having ‘the heart of a Celtic bard and the mind of a Celtic scholar’\, combining in his teachings the poetic and the intellectual\, the head as well as the heart\, and spiritual awareness as well as political and ecological concern. \nCami Twilling\, based in Colorado\, is the Director of Earth & Soul (a Celtic initiative of study\, spiritual practice and compassionate action inspired by the teachings of John Philip Newell). As well as heading up the overall work of Earth & Soul\, she facilitates the spiritual practice component of the Earth & Soul Annual Retreats. In addition to leading mountain and urban retreats\, she has led international pilgrimage groups to Iona in the Western Isles of Scotland and work teams to Guatemala to build houses in communities that have suffered from political strife and economic hardship. Cami is passionate about the relationship between spirituality and action and believes that spiritual vision and practice can play a vital role in helping to heal and transform our lives both individually and together. \nView 2023 Photos\n\nRegister\nPlease register by May 1\, 2024. \nThere is a 75% refund for cancellations until May 1\, and a 50% refund for cancellations after May 1 until May 9\, 2024.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/the-great-search-2/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreats,Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Holy Week Silent Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an extended silent retreat in which people have opportunities to: \n\nAttend the Holy Week liturgies with the sisters and others.\nExplore the theme of ‘they hear my voice’ through optional meetings for lectio divina (prayerful reading of scripture) and other contemplative engagements with the texts\, liturgies and prayers of the week.\nRest in the freedom from social expectations to speak or otherwise be engaged.\nShare a depth experience of the mysteries of Holy Week in a community of people seeking the same.\n\nFacilitator\nPam Shellberg is the director of spiritual nourishment at Holy Wisdom Monastery and facilitates the Holy Week Silent Retreat. \nAs a scripture scholar and educator\, she is eager to invite people into a deeper appreciation of the texts that shape the Holy Week liturgies. As someone with a contemplative spirit\, she is eager to co-create with retreatants a rich and meaningful experience of silence. \n\nCost\n$340/person\, includes overnights on Thursday\, Friday and Saturday; dinners on Thursday\, Friday and Saturday; lunches on Friday and Saturday; and breakfasts on Friday\, Saturday and Sunday. \nRegistration\nRegister by March 21\, 2024. \nA limited number of rooms are available for this retreat and registration will close once the rooms are full. \nThere is a 75% refund for cancellations before the March 21 registration deadline\, a 50% refund after the registration deadline until March 28\, 2024.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/holy-week-silent-retreat/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Prayer and Worship,Spirituality Programs
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SUMMARY:Go Without Hesitation: Lent Series (Online)
DESCRIPTION:Go Without Hesitation: Lent Series with Pam Shellberg (online)\nThis online series is full. There is still room in the in-person series on Tuesdays from 10:00-11:30 am. Register below. \nJoin us for a 5-week study of a gripping tale from the New Testament book of Acts where Peter\, Jesus’ disciple\, and Cornelius\, a Roman centurion\, present us with a historical diorama of conflicts mirroring back to us how perceiving God’s will and knowing how to respond is rarely straightforward. \nThe story guides us in the ways of discerning God’s purposes\, asking us to bravely sit with questions we might have about God’s purposes and our faith commitments in the midst of change and transition. \nIt marks out ways that we can\, together\, discern truth in our doubts and confusions and hear God’s wisdom in our more vulnerable times. The Spirit directs Peter – and us – to go without hesitation! And so\, we will go\, unhesitatingly\, to live and love in the power and promise of the Holy One. \nWe’ll meet one time per week (Tuesday mornings in-person or Wednesday evenings via Zoom). The sessions will be part study\, part small group sharing and reflection and part lectio divina and contemplation. \nSchedule\n\n6:30 – 8:00 pm for the virtual session on Wednesday nights via Zoom\n\nLeader\nPam Shellberg is the director of spiritual nourishment at Holy Wisdom Monastery. She is presenting this event because: \n\nIt is a good story for times of change and transition when God’s purposes are not so clear and when doubts\, confusions\, vulnerabilities cast shadows across one’s faith commitments.\nBible study is part of the balance of Benedictine life.\nLent is a season of preparation for new life in Christ\, and it is well for us to turn to sacred texts to examine the unexpected paths to that new life\, challenges and demands.\nPam has been an assistant professor of New Testament and eager share from her learning and experience.\n\nDates/times\n\nWednesdays\, 6:30-8:00 pm on Zoom\nFeb. 21\, 28; March 6\, 13\, 20\n\nCost\n$25/person \nRegister\nPlease register by Wed.\, Feb. 14\, 2024. The capacity for this series is 40 people and registration will close when we reach 40 people. There is no refund for cancellations. \nRegister for the in-person (Tuesdays\, 10:00-11:30 am) series below. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/go-without-hesitation-lent-series-online/2024-03-20/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Prayer and Worship,Spirituality Programs,Sunday Assembly
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SUMMARY:Advent Series: The Word Dwells In Us
DESCRIPTION:In Advent we anticipate – with hope\, ache and longing – some refreshed or renewed experience of divine presence in our hearts\, in our lives. It is a time when we return to scripture’s birth stories of Jesus because they have a ‘thin place’ quality to them. We return to the beginning when the promise of divine presence seems strongest\, brightest\, purest. We start at the beginning so that we might also begin again. \nThis season we turn to the beginning verses of John’s Gospel – a ‘birth narrative’ of a very different sort. We find neither Mary nor Joseph\, no shepherds or stars\, no angelic chorus – we don’t even find a baby Jesus! Instead\, we find the promise of life in a beautiful\, lyrical hymn to the incarnation of God in us. \nJoin us for a three session Advent meditation on the opening verses of John’s gospel. This will be a Zoom offering\, held on Wednesday evenings in Advent\, December 6\, 13 and 20\, from 6:30-8:00 pm. Pam Shellberg\, director of spiritual nourishment at monastery\, will facilitate the series. \nCost\n$25/person for the 3-session series. \nRegistration\nRegistration closed\, Friday\, December 1\, 2023. There is no refund in case of a cancellation.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/advent-series/2023-12-20/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spirituality Programs
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