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SUMMARY:Native Plant Sale
DESCRIPTION:Native Plant Sale & Fundraiser\nMake 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-3/
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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SUMMARY:Anointing of the Sick
DESCRIPTION:Anointing of the Sick \nThe Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick will take place at Holy Wisdom Monastery in the Oratory on Sunday\, March 22nd\, following Sunday Assembly. If you are sick and in need of the healing presence of the Holy Spirit – perhaps you have a diagnosis\, or you are waiting for test results\, maybe you have a surgery coming up\, if you are sad and full of anxiety\, whatever the issues – this sacrament is for you. Allow the prayers of this community to wash over you and let the Spirit calm your heart and soul. Be assured that the sisters\, coworkers\, the oblates and members of Sunday Assembly are all keeping you in prayer. Please plan to join us.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/anointing-of-the-sick/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Holy Wisdom Monastery,Prayer and Worship,Sunday Assembly
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SUMMARY:Centering Prayer Groups - 4th Wednesday
DESCRIPTION:Centering Prayer Groups \nAll are welcome to join our two centering prayer groups which meet on alternating Wednesdays. Both incorporate a short reading and time for silent prayer or meditation. \n\n1st and 3rd Wednesdays\n\n7:00-8:00 pm\nRetreat & Guest House Room 10\nIncludes a short walking meditation in between periods of seated meditation\nFor more information contact Barb Abbott\, 608-284-7424\n\n\n2nd and 4th Wednesdays \n\n2:30-3:30 pm\nMonastery Oratory –\nTwo\, 20-minute periods of seated meditation with a 5-minute break\nFor more information contact Carole Kretschman\, 608-577-3243\n\n\n\nWe feel the presence of the Holy One even more strongly than when we center by ourselves. … Our prayer has less outward distractions for that hour than if we center at home. … Having the group supports us in our prayer life.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/centering-prayer-groups-4th-wednesday/2026-03-25/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Centering Prayer Groups,Community of Communities,Oblates,Prayer and Worship,Sunday Assembly
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SUMMARY:Poetic Contemplation and the Divinity Within
DESCRIPTION:Anchored to a conversation between carpenter-priest William Beers and philosopher poet John Koethe\, participants will explore the meanings of being human in the contemporary world. Physics\, the social sciences\, philosophy and theology provide the cultural and personal context for contemplating the imagination\, memory and mourning in the creation of meaning. \nNo experience needed\, just a willingness to stretch your knowledge\, imagination and awareness. We will inhabit the poems of John Koethe and others to deepen our contemplative awareness of the world and the divinity within. Please join us for this deep dive into modernity and modern poetry. \nIt is highly recommended that you pick up a copy of John Koethe’s thin volume of poetry\, Cemeteries and Galaxies (Farrar\, Straus\, Giroux\, 2025) in advance. It is the collection central to this conversation between John and Bill. Some copies will be available for purchase the day of the event. \nIf you’d like to purchase a copy in advance of the event\, contact Pam Shellberg at pshellberg@holywisdommonastery.org.  \nSchedule\n\n8:00 am – Arrivals\, Welcome\, Gathering\, Settling in\n8:30 – 10:00 am – Session One\n10:00 – 10:15 am – Break\n10:15 am – 12:00 pm – Session Two\n12:00 – 1:00 pm – Lunch\n1:00 – 3:00 pm – Session Three\n2:30 – 2:45 pm – Break\n2:45 – 3:45 pm – Session Four\n3:45 – 4:00 pm – Wrap-up\n\nSpeakers – Rev. William Beers\, PhD and John Koethe\, PhD\nThe Rev. William Beers\, PhD\, has been a carpenter and cabinetmaker for 50 years. A former hospital chaplain and university instructor\, Bill has studied the relationships among suffering\, mourning and the creation of meaning. His book\, Women and Sacrifice\, explores the gendered origins of sacred violence. For 20 years he was a fundraiser for an international Christian relief organization\, traveling throughout the United States\, the Caribbean and Latin America. \nJohn Koethe\, PhD\, has published 20 books of poetry and has received the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize\, the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and the Frank O’Hara Award for Poetry. He has also published books on Ludwig Wittgenstein\, philosophical skepticism and poetry\, as well as the recent essay collection\, Thought and Poetry. He is a distinguished professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.\n \nCost\n$87/person includes lunch \nRegister\nThe registration deadline for this program is March 22\, 2026. There is a 75% refund for cancellations before the March 22 deadline and a 50% refund for cancellations from the registration deadline until the start of the program. \n \n 
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/poetic-contemplation-26/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
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