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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Mindfulness can be a powerful tool to identify your physical, mental and emotional habits and needs. Becoming more familiar with your own mind and its patterns can help you relate more directly to whatever is happening in your life – including difficulty and pain – and discover greater balance and ease. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) was created in 1979 and has been widely taught and scientifically studied around the world; research has shown positive improvements in physical and psychological symptoms. Good news: you don’t need to “clear your mind.” You don’t need special equipment. This class will focus on practice; ...
$410
Sunday, October 4, 2026
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October 4, 2026 -Getting ready for the November 3rd election presentation/discussion
Getting ready for the November 3rd election presentation/discussion
Join the Social Justice Committee for Getting ready for the November 3rd election presentation/discussion. Topics include getting out the vote in November, what to know about the three amendments on the ballot and information about mail-in ballots. This event takes place after Sunday Assembly worship in the monastery boardroom. All are welcome.
Monday, October 5, 2026
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October 5, 2026 -Sacred Thresholds
Sacred Thresholds
Sacred Thresholds is a contemplative prayer gathering. We are living through a unique chapter in American history when our most cherished values seem threatened, indeed, our whole way of life. Each of us, in our own way, is asking, What can I do?, and the answers, so far, seem woefully inadequate to the challenge. It is in that same spirit of humility that we are offering Sacred Thresholds as our answer to that question. Woefully inadequate, yes, small, but genuine, offered in a communal spirit, coming together to make a circle, to pray, in old ways and in new ways, ...
Free
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
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Wednesday, October 7, 2026
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October 7, 2026 -Centering Prayer Groups – 1st Wednesday
Centering Prayer Groups – 1st Wednesday
Centering Prayer Groups All 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. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays 7:00-8:00 pm Retreat & Guest House Room 10 Includes a short walking meditation in between periods of seated meditation For more information contact Barb Abbott, 608-284-7424 2nd and 4th Wednesdays 2:30-3:30 pm Monastery Oratory – Two, 20-minute periods of seated meditation with a 5-minute break For more information contact Carole Kretschman, 608-577-3243 We feel the presence of the Holy One even more strongly than when we center ...
Free
Thursday, October 8, 2026
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October 8, 2026 -Conversations About Our Benedictine Life: Silence
Conversations About Our Benedictine Life: Silence
The mission of Holy Wisdom Monastery is to weave us together in a shared way of life. These conversations are an opportunity to learn more about Benedictine spirituality, about the Rule of Benedict, and to talk with others about the gifts and challenges of living a Benedictine life. During the time together, we will contemplate short readings about silence, have an experience of it, and learn the practices that help to deepen the experience of it. We grow together in our shared life way of life through small and large group conversations. Participants can expect a flow of silence, reflections ...
Free
Friday, October 9, 2026
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Saturday, October 10, 2026
No events on this day.