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SUMMARY:Native Plant Sale
DESCRIPTION:Make your garden a beautiful\, vibrant landscape while supporting birds\, bees\, butterflies\, and other native wildlife! Gardening with native plants is a wonderful way to decrease water and nutrient usage\, create environments with plants that bloom throughout the seasons\, and provide critical resources to winged\, crawling\, and hopping wildlife. \nThis spring\, when you order native plants through our special Native Plant Sale with Johnson’s Nursery out of Menomonee Falls\, you get native plants delivered to Middleton\, WI or the eastside of Madison on May 17\, AND 15% of the sale totals go to Holy Wisdom Monastery\, Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance and SOS Save Our Songbirds. \n  \nLearn more & order
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/native-plant-sale-2/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Care for the Earth,Community of Communities,Friends of Wisdom Prairie
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ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Alstad":MAILTO:aalstad@holywisdommonastery.org
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SUMMARY:Palm Sunday Worship
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Worship on Palm Sunday\, April 13 at 9:00 am in the Monastery Assembly Room. We will gather for the blessing of the palms\, Palm Sunday Procession\, the reading of the Passion of Jesus and Eucharist.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/palm-sunday-worship-2/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Prayer and Worship,Sunday Assembly
ORGANIZER;CN="Bill Frederick":MAILTO:bfrederick@holywisdommonastery.org
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SUMMARY:Kids on the Prairie
DESCRIPTION:Explore nature’s beauty and surprises!\nKids on the Prairie (KOTP) 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. \nApril 13 – Spring is Everywhere \nOn a walk to Lost Lake\, we’ll see and hear Red-winged Blackbirds\, Ducks\, turtles and frogs. We’ll look for spring flowers and changes to the landscape. What evidence can we find for critter activity over the winter and now?
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/kids-on-the-prairie-21/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Friends of Wisdom Prairie,Kids on the Prairie,Sunday Assembly
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ORGANIZER;CN="Julie Melton":MAILTO:jmelton@uwalumni.com
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SUMMARY:Holy Week Silent Retreat
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to attend this extended silent retreat in which retreatants will have these opportunities: \n\nto attend the Holy week liturgies with the sisters and others\nto participate in optional contemplative engagements (e.g. lectio divina) with the texts\, liturgies and prayers of the week\nto rest in the freedom from social expectations to speak or otherwise be engaged\nto share a deep experience of the mysteries of Holy Week in a community of people seeking the same.\n\nSchedule\nThursday\, April 17 \n\n\n\n4:00 pm\nOrientation\nRetreat & Guest House (RGH)113\n\n\n4:30 pm\nBrief introduction to the weekend and to each other\nRGH 113\n\n\n5:00 pm\nDinner and continued orientation\nMembers of Sunday Assembly and other guests at tonight’s liturgy will be sharing a meal in the Monastery Guest Dining Room. We will go through the serving line and eat in the smaller Community Dining Room. We will meet the sisters\, complete the orientation and then have some time to gather – if you wish to do so – with the other guests.\nMonastery Community Dining Room\n\n\n6:00 pm\nHoly Thursday Liturgy\nAfter this liturgy\, we enter into silence until Sat. dinner\nMonastery Assembly Room\n\n\n8:30-9:30 pm\nCompanioned silence\nRGH 113\n\n\n\n  \nFriday\, April 18 \n\n\n\n\nBreakfast on your own\nRGH 108\n\n\n7:35 am\nCentering prayer (optional)\nMonastery Oratory\n\n\n8:00 am\nMorning prayer (optional)\nMonastery Oratory\n\n\n10:00 am\nLectio divina and contemplative dialogue to prepare for Good Friday liturgy\nRGH 113\n\n\n11:45 am\nMidday prayer (optional)\nMonastery Oratory\n\n\nNoon\nLunch (in silence)\nMonastery Guest Dining Room\n\n\n3:00 pm\nGood Friday liturgy\nMonastery Assembly Room\n\n\n5:00 pm\nDinner (in silence)\nMonastery Guest Dining Room\n\n\n7:30-9:30 pm\nCompanioned silence\nRGH 113\n\n\n\n  \nSaturday\, April 19 \n\n\n\n\nBreakfast on your own\nRGH 108\n\n\n7:35 am\nCentering prayer (optional)\nMonastery Oratory\n\n\n8:00 am\nMorning prayer (optional)\nMonastery Oratory\n\n\n10:00 am\nLectio divina and contemplative dialogue to prepare for Easter Vigil liturgy\nRGH 113\n\n\n11:45 am\nMidday prayer (optional)\nMonastery Oratory\n\n\nNoon\nLunch (in silence)\nMonastery Guest Dining Room\n\n\nAfternoon\nAfternoon spent in silence\nRGH 113 for companioned silence\n\n\n5:00 pm\nDinner (we break the silence)\nMonastery Guest Dining Room\n\n\n7:30 pm\nEaster Vigil\nMonastery Assembly Room\n\n\nAfter Vigil\nRefreshments\nMonastery Guest Dining Room\n\n\n\nMeet for companioned conversation about the retreat\, and a closing ritual for those departing early\nRGH 113\n\n\n\n  \nSunday\, April 20 \n\n\n\n\nBreakfast on your own\nRGH 108\n\n\n8:00 am\nMorning prayer (optional)\nMonastery Oratory\n\n\n9:00 am\nEaster Sunday Eucharist\nMonastery Assembly Room\n\n\nImmediately following Eucharist\nA final gathering from which we take leave from one another\nMonastery Oratory\n\n\n11:30 am\nDeparture\n\n\n\n\n  \nFacilitator – Pam Shellberg\nPam is the director of spiritual nourishment at Holy Wisdom Monastery. As a scripture scholar and educator\, she is eager 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. \nCost\n$340/person\, includes silent retreat\, 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\nRegistration is closed because the rooms are full. \nThere is a 75% refund for cancellations before the April 4 registration deadline\, a 50% refund after the registration deadline until the start of the retreat on April 17\, 2025. \n 
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/holy-week-silent-retreat-2/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Prayer and Worship,Retreats,Sunday Assembly
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pam Shellberg":MAILTO:pshellberg@holywisdommonastery.org
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SUMMARY:Holy Thursday Worship
DESCRIPTION:Holy Thursday Worship begins at 6:00 pm in the Monastery Assembly Room with the Liturgy of the Word\, foot washing\, Eucharist\, Clearing of the Altar\, prayer and meditation. The offering today will go to help local food pantries. All are welcome.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/holy-thursday-worship-2/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Prayer and Worship,Sunday Assembly
ORGANIZER;CN="Bill Frederick":MAILTO:bfrederick@holywisdommonastery.org
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SUMMARY:Good Friday Worship
DESCRIPTION:Join us for worship on Good Friday in the Monastery Assembly Room at 3:00 pm. Through the veneration of the cross and prayers of intercession\, we respond to the passion of Jesus. All are welcome.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/good-friday-worship-3/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Prayer and Worship,Sunday Assembly
ORGANIZER;CN="Bill Frederick":MAILTO:bfrederick@holywisdommonastery.org
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SUMMARY:Easter Vigil
DESCRIPTION:You are welcome to join us for the Easter Vigil at 7:00 pm in the Monastery Assembly Room. On this night we proclaim the Risen Christ in scripture\, in song and in baptismal renewal. We will bless new fire and water and break bread together.\n\nAfter worship you are invited to stay for a social. Please bring a delicious treat to share in the Monastery Dining Room.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/easter-vigil-8/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Prayer and Worship,Sunday Assembly
ORGANIZER;CN="Bill Frederick":MAILTO:bfrederick@holywisdommonastery.org
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