Holy Wisdom Monastery

Holy Week Silent Retreat
2024-03-28 16:00 - 2024-03-31 11:30 (America/Chicago) | Holy Wisdom Monastery, 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, 53562, United States
Join us for an extended silent retreat in which people have opportunities to:

Attend the Holy Week liturgies with the sisters and others.
Explore 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.
Rest in the freedom from social expectations to speak or otherwise be engaged.
Share a depth experience of the mysteries of Holy Week in a community of people seeking the same.

Facilitator
Pam Shellberg is the director of spiritual nourishment at Holy Wisdom Monastery and facilitates the Holy Week Silent Retreat.
As 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.

Cost
$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.
Registration
Register by March 21, 2024.
A limited number of rooms are available for this retreat and registration will close once the rooms are full.
There is a 75% refund for cancellations before the March 21 registration deadline, a 50% refund after the registration deadline until March 28, 2024.

Easter Worship
2024-03-31 09:00 - 11:30
9:00 am Eucharist, followed by coffee and conversation.
The day of resurrection continues the joy of the Vigil. We proclaim the Risen Christ
in scripture, song, baptismal renewal and Eucharist.

Wisdom Prairie Workdays
2024-04-03 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

Native Plant Sale
2024-04-05 - 2024-05-05
Buy native plants between March 21 and May 5, 2024, from Johnson’s Nursery. Pick up plants at Holy Wisdom Monastery on May 10. Fifteen percent of total sales gets split 50/50 between Holy Wisdom Monastery and Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance.
Click here to learn more
