Monastic Monologues
2025-02-02 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Holy Wisdom Monastery, 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, 53562, United States
Monastic Monologues: Bringing Light to the Dark Days of Winter
Are you ready for an afternoon filled with wonder, adventure and unforgettable tales? Come join our community to listen to storytellers – an event where the power of storytelling comes to life. Whether it’s a heart-pounding journey through distant lands, a laugh-out-loud antidote or a poignant moment that tugs at your heartstrings, our tellers have special stories for you.
This is more than just listening – it’s an experience that builds community, offers hospitality and weaves a magic that speaks to your imagination and connects us all.
Come for the stories, stay for the magic!
Schedule
1:30 pm – Doors open
2:00 pm – Monastic Monologues begins
3:00 pm – Intermission and refreshments
4:00 pm – Event ends
Storytellers, Musicians & Emcee
Emcee: Bill Santner
Storytellers: Jane Barnard, Jean Feraca, Terry Larson, Janet Neurauter, Susan Santner, Erin Ruzicka Trondson
Musicians: Bill Frederick (soloist), Steve Johnson (piano accompanist), George Teague (cello), Patrick Terry (mezzo tenor)

Jane Barnard is a Madison writer, visual artist and watercolor teacher. She's reading from her memoir-inprogress entitled Poetry as Pain Relief, her spiritual journey of surviving dark times with beauty, with humor and with grace. She celebrates the artists who have seeped into her bones, to soothe her loneliness and bring her joy.

Bill Frederick is the Director of Worship and Music at Holy Wisdom Monastery. He studied voice at the University of Wisconsin - Platteville earning a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance under the tutelage of Dr. Gerald Darrow. He has been leading music and liturgy in various churches full time over the past 40 years. He and Steve Johnson founded Enter the Season with Song, 33 years ago, a group of musicians who gather for Christmas and summer concerts over the years. The group recorded 3 CDs and every dollar from every concert raised was given to various charities, totaling $250,000.

Steve Johnson is the Director of Music Ministry at St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in Madison. He has worked for the past 30+ years in various churches as Director of Liturgy and Music. Steve studied voice and piano at the University of Wisconsin - Madison earning a degree in k-12 music education.

Terry Larson subscribes to the notion that our bodies are made of stardust and our souls are made of stories. Storytelling connects us to the divine within ourselves and within one another.

Janet Neurauter's first time on stage was as a reindeer in her 2nd grade Holiday pageant and was actively involved in theater throughout school and with the Nicolet Players in Rhinelander, WI. She enjoys writing short stories and monologues and is working on her second play.

Susan Santner is a highly versatile and passionate storyteller with a wealth of experience. She’s a featured teller at state and regional festivals, schools, library systems, and service clubs. Her roles as an actress, theatre director, puppeteer, and librarian further highlight her creativity and dedication to the arts, particularly in storytelling. She brings a dynamic and multi-faceted approach to her storytelling, likely creating immersive, captivating experiences for her listeners.

George Teague is a Madison-based cellist and teacher. He maintains an active studio of students at home in Madison and at UW - Stevens Point. George received his performance degrees from Northern Arizona University and the Chicago College of Performing Arts.

Patrick Terry was born and raised in Janesville, Wisconsin, and has been heard on operatic stages across the world. Career highlights include singing Eustazio at the Glyndebourne Festival, Rinaldo with the Minnesota Opera, Rosencrantz with the Bayerische Staatsoper, and premiering Brett Dean’s “In this brief moment” with the Elbphilharmonie. He earned degrees from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, The Royal Academy of Music in London, and was the first countertenor to join the Jette Parker Young Artist program at The Royal Opera House Covent Garden.

Erin Ruzicka Trondson is the winner of the third annual Apprentice House Chapbook Competition for her manuscript Nesting. Her current manuscript was a finalist for the Lena-Miles Wever Todd Poetry Prize. Erin’s poetry has also appeared in numerous publications. She was a day fellow at Edenfred’s art residency program, part of the Terry Family Foundation in Madison.

Cost
Please consider a free will offering for the monastery.
Register
This event is for those 16 years and older.
Please register with the button below so we know how many people to expect and so we can contact you with additional details if needed.

CCR Contemplative Renewal Immersion – Cohort 2024
2025-01-23 - 2025-01-29

Neurographic Art: A Contemplative Practice
2025-01-16 08:45 - 11:45
This class is full.
Begin 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.
All supplies are included in the program fee.
Schedule
8:45 am – Arrive and choose a workspace
9:00 am – Art instruction and time to create neurographic art
11:45 am – Event ends
11:45 am – Midday prayer (optional)
You are welcome to stay after for lunch for an additional fee.
12:00 pm – Lunch (for those who paid for lunch)
Leader
Janet 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.
Cost
There are two cost options for this program. One with lunch and one without.

$35/person, includes program and all supplies
$53/person, includes program, all supplies and lunch

Register
This event is limited to 20 participants and registration will close when the event is filled or on the registration deadline, Jan. 9, 2025.
The registration fee is non-refundable.
Registration is full.

Winter Rest: A Seasonal Retreat
2025-01-10 13:00 - 2025-01-11 16:00
As the earth rests under blankets of cold and snow, we also need to rest.
This retreat invites the season of winter to teach us to stop striving; it invites you to a time of tranquility and silence. It will open the space to consider how winter prepares us for the other seasons of our lives, to rest in deep quietude, to be held by the stillness of the prairie.
Conversations about the season, walks on the prairie, a long winter’s nap, art, movement, journaling, great meals and warm beds will all be a part of what you can expect when you arrive. A renewed connection to yourself and to nature is what you can expect to take with you when you leave.
Facilitated by Amy Alstad and Pam Shellberg
Dates & Times
January 10-11, 2025
Arrive between 11:30 am and 1:00 pm on January 10th to check into your room. The retreat will conclude at 4:00 pm on Saturday, January 11th.
Cost
$245/person
$200/person early bird special if you register by Nov. 29, 2024
The cost of the retreat includes program, meals (Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast and Saturday lunch) and overnight room.
Register
The retreat is full. If you are interested in joining our waiting list, please contact Pam Shellberg at pshellberg@holywisdommonastery.org.
Cancellation policy – If you register but must cancel your registration, you may receive a 75% refund up until Dec. 29th. After that, a 50% refund is available.
Seasonal Retreats
Three more seasonal retreats will be offered in 2025. Like Winter Rest, they will open spaces where each different season can offer its unique wisdom to us in the changing seasons of our lives. Each retreat is a two-day, one-night experience at Holy Wisdom with cozy accommodations, delicious meals, spacious time periods for solitude, reading and rest and contemplative conversations with other retreatants. There will also be a variety of opportunities to explore the prairies and the season and discover their gifts for you.

Spring Emergence – April 2-3, 2025 (W/Th)
Summer Plentitude – July 11-12, 2025 (F/Sa)
Fall Fallowing – November 21-22, 2025 (F/Sa)

More information and registration coming soon for these upcoming retreats.

Christmas Day Worship
2024-12-25 09:00 - 10:00
Celebrate the joy of Christmas with worship on Christmas Day, Wed., Dec. 25, at 9:00 am. This service takes place in the monastery building assembly room. All are welcome!

Christmas Eve Worship
2024-12-24 16:00 - 17:00
Celebrate the joy of Christmas with worship on Christmas Eve, Tues., Dec. 24, at 4:00 pm, starting with prelude music sung by the choir. This service takes place in the monastery building assembly room. All are welcome!

Christmas Prayer & Worship Schedule
2024-12-24 - 2025-01-01
Christmas 2024 Prayer & Worship Schedule
December 24, 2024 – January 1, 2025

Dec. 24, 2024

8:00 am – morning prayer (oratory)
11:45 am – midday prayer (oratory)
4:00 pm – Christmas Eve Eucharist (assembly room)

Dec. 25

8:00 am – morning prayer (oratory)
9:00 am – Christmas Day Eucharist (assembly room)
No public evening prayer

Dec. 26-28

9:00 am – morning prayer (oratory)
No public midday prayer
4:00 pm – evening prayer (oratory)

Dec. 29

8:00 am – morning prayer (oratory)
9:00 am – Sunday Assembly Eucharist (assembly room)
No public evening prayer

Dec. 30

No public prayer

Dec. 31

9:00 am – morning prayer (oratory)
No public midday prayer
4:00 pm – evening prayer (oratory)

Jan. 1, 2025

No public prayer

Jan. 2

Resume regular prayer schedule

The Spirit of Taizé
2024-12-20 11:00 - 12:00
Please join us for Taizé prayer in place of midday prayer on Dec. 20 from 11:00 am-12:00 pm in the Assembly Room. Take the opportunity to honor the grief in your heart for those who will not be seated at your holiday table this year. Members of the choir will lead us. No registration is needed. Allow the beauty of the music to heal your heart.
If you can’t join us at Holy Wisdom Monastery, but would like to attend Taizé prayer, please use the link below to our livestream page on our website. Attend virtually at 11:00 am CST or any time after.
Click here for the livestream

Wisdom Prairie Workdays
2024-12-18 09:00 - 11:30
Volunteers are essential partners in our environmental stewardship. Consider joining us for Wisdom Prairie Workdays and volunteer in the restored prairies, savannas and woodlands at Holy Wisdom Monastery to sustain your spirit and the land. Activities shift seasonally, with common projects including invasive species removal and seed collecting.
2024 Wisdom Prairie Workdays
Volunteer workdays take place year-round on Wednesdays from 9:00-11:30 am. Meet at the kiosk at the top of the monastery building parking lot. Come for all or part of the workday.
Please register by emailing Amy Alstad, aalstad@holywisdommonastery.org.
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What if none of the workdays don’t align with my schedule?
Consider coming for a walk on the trails whenever your availability permits. We could always use your help monitoring trail conditions!
Goals for our trail monitoring program include:

Early detection of trail issues
Collecting data on number of trail users
Diversifying opportunities for volunteers

Protocol for trail monitoring is simple:
Walk a section – or two or all – of the Holy Wisdom trails and report what you encounter using a simple online form. For now, this is a purely a monitoring program. In other words, no need to engage with trail users e.g. about dogs or other infractions.
Click button to access the reporting form for trail monitoring:

Access Form

Monthly Family Gathering
2024-12-14 16:00 - 18:30
Calling all families with children ages 0-12! Children & Family Ministry invites you to join in our monthly family gatherings.
December will feature children’s prayer time led by Sarah Wilkin Gibart, with Advent mini retreat for parents and potluck supper.
Come be in community, play, reflect, get to know and support one another! RSVP to Sarah: sjwilkin09@gmail.com or just show up!

Middleton High School Choir Holiday Concert
2024-12-12 12:30 - 13:30
All are welcome to join us for a joyful concert performed by the Middleton High School choir on Thurs., Dec. 12, 2024, from 12:30-1:00 pm at Holy Wisdom Monastery. Each year the choir offers a multitude of mini concerts throughout the Middleton community and especially looks forward to coming to Holy Wisdom Monastery for the great audience, acoustics and cookies!
Help fill the assembly room and be surrounded by beautiful sounds of the season. Plus, join us after for cookies, hot beverages and fellowship. Bring your friends and enjoy this short break from your holiday preparations.
Register
Please register below by Dec. 11, 2024.

Holy Wisdom Crafting Community
2024-12-10 13:00 - 15:00
Come together for crafting, work on your own projects or create something for a charity. We meet the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays from 1:00-3:00 pm in the Hospitality Room. All are welcome. For more information contact Anne Basken, akbasken@gmail.com.

Enter the Season with Song
2024-12-08 14:30 - 16:30
Join us for a joyous Christmas concert at Holy Wisdom Monastery on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, from 2:30-4:30 pm.
For 31 years a group of musicians, 7 singers and 6 instrumentalists, have come together to sing holiday favorites to large audiences from Madison to Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. They have raised over $200,000 for various organizations and have made 3 different CD’s. Sunday Assembly members Bill Frederick and Steve Johnson started this group and continue to perform with the group.
They will lift your hearts and help you Enter the Season.
Cost
Free will offering. All proceeds will go to support the mission and ministries at Holy Wisdom Monastery.
Register
Please register by Dec. 7, 2024. Click the button below to register.

Advent Brunch
2024-12-08 10:00 - 11:30
Everyone is invited to join us in the Dining Room after 9:00 am Sunday Assembly worship for the Advent Brunch. We will supply an egg bake, and you are all asked to bring side dishes and sweet things.
We will also have an added treat! George Teague is a new member of Sunday Assembly and an amazing cellist, who also teaches cello to children. The children will be here on December 8th to play Christmas carols during the brunch!
No registration is necessary, just show up with your dish to share.

Grounded Art Exhibit Opening Reception
2024-12-06 18:00 - 20:00
Grounded: Ten Million Four Hundred Thousand Steps Through Grief to Healing
You are invited to attend the opening reception of Grounded: Ten Million Four Hundred Thousand Steps Through Grief to Healing – the newest art exhibit at Holy Wisdom Monastery featuring the photographs of Carolyn S. Knorr. Light refreshments will be served.
All the photos in this exhibit were taken within a ten-mile radius of her home in Middleton. Through her photos of prairies, oak savannas and wetlands, Carolyn explores the cycles of change, the intricacies of balance, and the essence of resilience.
Schedule
6:00 pm – Reception begins with light refreshments
6:30 pm – Carolyn Knorr will give a brief talk about her work and answer questions
8:00 pm – Reception ends
Artist – Carolyn Knorr
Carolyn grew up in Wisconsin and earned a BS in Landscape Architecture from UW-Madison in 1991. While working in that field, Carolyn continued to explore her artistic side through photography and painting. In 2021, Carolyn began the Master of Fine Arts program at Maine Media College in Rockport, Maine, and completed the program in November of 2024. The exhibit’s title, which is also the title of her master’s thesis, is in honor and remembrance of her sister who passed away from cancer in 2014. “It is the approximate number of steps I have walked grieving the loss of my sister.” In addition to receiving many awards, Carolyn has had numerous solo, juried, group and collaborative exhibits both nationally and internationally.
Exhibit
Grounded: Ten Million Four Hundred Thousand Steps Through Grief to Healing is on display in the gathering area of the monastery building from November 23, 2024, through February 10, 2025. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Friday, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm (excluding holidays) and Sunday, 10:00 – 11:00 am.
Register
We hope you are able to attend the reception and view Grounded: Ten Million Four Hundred Thousand Steps Through Grief to Healing. Please register by clicking the button below, so we know how many to expect.

Advent: To Seek and to Save the Lost (virtual)
2024-12-04 18:30 - 20:00
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.
90-minute sessions will include some teaching, small group discussion, contemplative dialogue, and a time for meditation.
Dates/times
This 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.
In-person (Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30 am)

Dec 3
Dec 10
Dec 17

Virtually (Wednesdays, 6:30-8:00 pm)

Dec. 4
Dec. 11
Dec. 18

Speaker – Pam Shellberg

Pam Shellberg is the director of spiritual nourishment at Holy Wisdom monastery, a contemplative, a student of the Christian scriptures and a spiritual director.
Cost
$35/person

Register
Please register by Dec. 2, 2024. Registration coming soon.

Advent: To Seek and to Save the Lost (in-person)
2024-12-03 10:00 - 11:30
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.
90-minute sessions will include some teaching, small group discussion, contemplative dialogue, and a time for meditation.
Dates/times
This 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.
In-person (Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30 am)

Dec 3
Dec 10
Dec 17

Virtually (Wednesdays, 6:30-8:00 pm)

Dec. 4
Dec. 11
Dec. 18

Speaker – Pam Shellberg

Pam Shellberg is the director of spiritual nourishment at Holy Wisdom monastery, a contemplative, a student of the Christian scriptures and a spiritual director.
Cost
$35/person

Register
Please register by Dec. 2, 2024.

Hospitality Sunday
2024-11-24 10:00 - 11:30
All are welcome to Hospitality Sunday following 9:00 am Sunday Assembly worship for a time of fellowship and food. You are invited to bring refreshments to share. Please provide a small sign if your treat includes nuts or alcohol.

Sunday of the Fulfillment / Thanksgiving Sunday
2024-11-24 09:00 - 10:00
The sisters and Sunday Assembly want to voice our thanks to all of you who so faithfully offer your various and wonderful ministries to benefit us at Holy Wisdom! Please plan to come so that we can say Thanks to God for you!

Monthly Family Gathering
2024-11-16 16:00 - 18:30
Calling all families with children ages 0-12! Children & Family Ministry invites you to join in our monthly family gatherings.
November will feature children’s prayer time led by Sarah Wilkin Gibart, with spiritual reflection for parents, and potluck supper.
Come be in community, play, reflect, get to know and support one another! RSVP to Sarah: sjwilkin09@gmail.com or just show up!

Women's* Chainsaw Workday
2024-11-14 13:00 - 15:30
Holy Wisdom Monastery is partnering with Dane County Parks to host another Women’s* Restoration Workday on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, from 1:00-3:30 pm!
Why a Women’s* Workday?
*It can often be hard for women, folks who are non-binary/transgender, and other gender minorities to feel comfortable using chainsaws and brush cutters in a typical restoration workday environment. These workdays are meant to create space for such folks who would benefit from this event and to build community in Dane County. We welcome any level sawyer and folks interested in equipment operation. Not interested in operating a chainsaw? Perfect! We also need brush haulers and folks interested in using a parsnip predator to go after invasive weeds.
Volunteers should wear boots or other closed toed shoes, and dress and be ready to work in most weather conditions. Bring drinking water, a snack, and anything else you might need to be comfortable.
Location
Holy Wisdom Monastery, 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI. Follow signs to park by brown barn.
Register
Register with the Dane County Parks’ sign-up form by clicking the button below.

Conversations about Our Benedictine Life – Stability
2024-11-12 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-10-23 13:00 - 14:30
Stability
You 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.
The 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.
This program is not a series, but we are offering multiple date and speaker options.
Dates/times (choose one or come to multiple sessions)

Su, Sep. 29, in-person, 10:30-11:30 am – led by Mary Hoddy & Sister Lynne Smith
Tu, Oct. 8, online, 6:30-8:00 pm – led by Mary Lynn Adams & Pam Shellberg
W, Oct. 23, in-person, 1:00-2:30 pm – led by Mary Hoddy & Carole Kretschman
Tu, Nov. 12, online, 6:30-8:00 pm – led by Mary Lynn Adams & Pam Shellberg

Leaders
Sister 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.
Cost
There is no fee charged to participants for these events.
Register
Please register below so we know which event(s) you will attend.

Kids on the Prairie
2024-11-10 10:30 - 12:00
Explore nature’s beauty and surprises!
Kids on the Prairie is for children and their adult family members. Experienced volunteer educators and guides will facilitate a short hike to learn about nature and explore the grounds and trails. This free event is open to members of Holy Wisdom communities and the general public.
November 10 – Creatures in Winter Family Game
Come for the end of season party. We’ll start with a short hike and then warm up with a bonfire, hot chocolate and a fun interactive game for the whole family.

A Social History of Lake Mendota
2024-11-07 17:00 - 20:00
Spend an evening with the Friends of Wisdom Prairie (FWP) for an entertaining and informative dinner lecture and annual meeting, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, at Holy Wisdom Monastery.
Years from now, future generations will thank those who stepped up to preserve and protect open spaces. On Thursday, November 7, join Don Sanford, author of On Fourth Lake: A Social History of Lake Mendota, to discover how a few people with big ideas helped transform hundreds of acres of Lake Mendota shoreline, where cows grazed in fields along Highway M and kids sang around the campfires, into a network of protected spaces.
This experience will also be a celebration of the Friends of Wisdom Prairie’s 10th anniversary. We hope you can join us for this special experience.
Schedule
5:00 pm – Refreshments & mingling
6:00 pm – Dinner
6:45 pm – FWP annual meeting & 10-year celebration
7:00 pm – A Social History of Lake Mendota – talk by Don Sanford
8:00 pm – Q&A wrap up | go home
Speaker
Don Sanford is a Madisonian, sailor, iceboater and the author of On Fourth Lake: A Social History of Lake Mendota. Now retired from a career at Wisconsin Public Television, he is well known as the popular host of a Lake Mendota Celebrity tour for the Madison School & Community Recreation (MSCR) pontoon boat program.
Cost
$38/person
Register
Please register with the button below by October 31, 2024

Oblate Retreat & 25th Anniversary of the Oblate Community
2024-11-01 16:00 - 2024-11-03 12:00
An anniversary is a wonderful time to revisit all that has brought the community to this moment, celebrate all the gifts this community offers to the world today, and to listen anew to what the oblates of Holy Wisdom are called to be as we lean into the future. This retreat will include time to tell the stories of the community’s founding and its history, time to consider how the times have changed over this quarter century and discerning what the world today is asking of us, and time to simply celebrate and have a good time with each other!
The retreat will begin on Friday night in conversation with Sister Lynne Smith, executive director Erin Trondson, and board member/oblate Roberta Felker who will draw out their visions and dreams for Holy Wisdom Monastery and what is needed to make dreams a reality – and the special role of the oblate community in making it so. A panel of oblates from classes across the 25 years will reflect on their experiences in the community and how they practice their oblations in the world. A time will be set aside for visioning and integration. And as always, there will be time to be on the prairie, to pray with the sisters, to rest, and to catch up with old friends and new.
This retreat is open to Oblates of Holy Wisdom Monastery and Oblate Candidates.
Register by October 20, 2024, on the Oblate Website!

HWM Annual Meeting
2024-10-27 10:30 - 11:45
We welcome all community members and friends to join us on Sunday, October 27, 2024, at 10:30 am for the Holy Wisdom Monastery Community-wide Annual Meeting. We invite you to attend virtually via Zoom, or in-person in the monastery dining room. You are welcome to join us for Sunday Assembly worship at 9:00 am, before the annual meeting. This Sunday is a Hospitality Sunday, so please consider bringing a dish to share, and enjoying food during the annual meeting.
Learn from sisters and coworkers about the impact of your donations, about Holy Wisdom’s financial position, as well as projects around the monastery. We hope you join us!
More information
For more information, contact Lara Dulin at ldulin@holywisdommonastery.org or 608-836-1631, x120.
Register
Please register below so we know how many to expect and so we can send the Zoom link if you are attending virtually.

Celebration of Ministry
2024-10-25 17:30 - 19:30
Celebration of Ministry Dinner
The Center for Clergy Renewal’s (CCR) second annual dinner to celebrate CCR pastors who serve in ecumenical ministries around the country will be held Friday, October 25th, 2024, from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. The evening will begin with hors d’oeuvres and dinner and feature remarks from the CCR team and pastors who have participated.
If you’re interested in hearing about how the CCR helps pastors thrive in ministry and how to support the ongoing work of this important outreach, please join us! There is no cost for the dinner, but we do require reservations so we can plan accordingly. Reservations will be accepted from 9/12/24 and closes 10/16.
Cost
There is no cost to participants to attend this event.
Register
Please register with the button below by October 16, 2024.

Wisdom Prairie Fall Tour
2024-10-24 13:00 - 15:00
Experience the seasonal beauty of Wisdom Prairie by coming out to explore the autumn landscape. Knowledgeable tour guides will lead small groups on routes of varying lengths through the restored prairies, savannas and woodlands of Holy Wisdom Monastery.
All tours will depart from front doors, and last approximately 75 minutes (flexible, depending on conditions and group interest).
Tour guides
Amy Alstad is the director of land management and environmental education at Holy Wisdom Monastery. She has a PhD in prairie ecology from UW Madison, almost 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.
Amy will be joined by several experienced tour guides from Friends of Wisdom Prairie.
Register
Please register below to let us know how many tour guides we’ll need.

Kids on the Prairie
2024-10-13 10:30 - 12:00
Explore nature’s beauty and surprises!
Kids on the Prairie is for children and their adult family members. Experienced volunteer educators and guides will facilitate a short hike to learn about nature and explore the grounds and trails. This free event is open to members of Holy Wisdom communities and the general public.
October 13 – Trees in Fall
Trees are more than their leaves. Walk through the savanna and the woods exploring bark, nuts, lichens and more. Look for animal homes. Make a leaf rubbing. Take photos.
