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SUMMARY:Holy Wisdom Monastery Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Sunday\, October 19\, 2025 at 10:30 am for the Holy Wisdom Monastery Annual Meeting. We invite you to attend virtually via Zoom\, or in-person in the monastery dining room. Whether you are a member of one of our communities or a curious supporter\, we welcome all to join us. You will hear from sisters and coworkers about Holy Wisdom’s mission\, financial position\, future priorities\, and other projects around the monastery. \nSchedule\n9:00 am – Sunday Assembly Worship (all are welcome)\n10:30 am – Annual Meeting \nRegister\nThere is no cost for this event. Please register by October 19\, 2025.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/holy-wisdom-monastery-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Center for Clergy Renewal,Community of Communities,Friends of Wisdom Prairie,Oblates,Sunday Assembly
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SUMMARY:Being Harmonized with the Unconditional Love and Wisdom of Our Buddha Nature
DESCRIPTION:From a Tibetan Buddhist perspective\, our buddha nature is the basic space of our being that is undivided from vast capacities of awareness\, warmth\, love\, compassion and wisdom. These capacities are always available below our surface consciousness but often hidden by our conditioned habits of thought and reaction. In this retreat\, we will learn three modes of practice derived from Tibetan Buddhism that empower each other as they harmonize us with those innate capacities. The receptive mode generates a field of care that helps us find immediate access to unconditional qualities of love and wisdom from the depth of our awareness (our buddha nature). In the deepening mode\, we let those qualities help the mind settle into their source—the non-conceptual openness\, simplicity\, clarity\, and compassionate warmth of our buddha nature. In the inclusive mode we come from that depth of being to recognize others in their depth\, and to include them in those unconditional qualities of openness and compassion. This contemplative process also empowers our ability to discern the empty\, constructed nature of our experiences\, freeing the mind for further access to its innate awakening capacities. \nIn this retreat\, we will adapt this pattern of practice from Tibetan Buddhism\, with some assistance from modern psychology\, to make it accessible both for Buddhist practitioners and for people of all faiths who have contemplative practice experience and seek not just an intellectual dialogue with Buddhism but a deep experiential encounter with it that might freshly illumine analogous depths of their own tradition. \nSessions include guided meditations\, Q&A and discussion. Prerequisites: At least two previous years of regular contemplative practice (meditation\, ritual or prayer). Before the retreat\, please read John’s book\, Awakening through Love (Wisdom\, 2007) or How Compassion Works (co-authored with Paul Condon\, Shambhala\, June 24\, 2025)\, or as much of either book as possible.  \nSchedule\n\nDaily session from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm\nDaily session from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm\nRest breaks\nLunch at 12:30 pm\nDinner at 5:15 pm.\nMore details to come\n\nLeader – John Makransky\nJohn Makransky\, PhD\, has been a professor of Buddhism and Comparative Theology at Boston College\, Senior Academic Advisor at Rangjung Yeshe Institute in Nepal\, president of the Society of Buddhist-Christian studies and Contemplative Fellow of the Mind and Life Institute. John’s scholarly writings focus on connections between devotion\, compassion and wisdom in Buddhism\, on adapting Buddhist practices to meet contemporary minds and on theoretical issues in interfaith learning. In 2000\, John was ordained as a Lama in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism – a teacher of innate love and wisdom practices. For the past 25 years\, John has taught meditations of innate compassion and wisdom adapted from Tibetan Buddhism for modern Buddhists\, those in other spiritual traditions\, and for people in caring roles and professions.  In consultation with participants from those settings\, John developed the Sustainable Compassion Training model of contemplative practice (SCT) to help Buddhists\, people of diverse faiths and those in caring roles and professions generate a more sustaining and unconditional power of compassion and awareness to support their lives and work (https://sustainablecompassion.org). \nDates/Times\n9:30 am\, Sunday\, October 19 – Dinner following afternoon session\, Tuesday\, October 21\, 2025 \nCost\nThis retreat uses a tiered fee system. Please pay according to your means. \nRegistration fees do not include payments to teacher. Please consider supporting the teacher with dāna (generosity) at the event. \n\n$350 – Benefactor\n$300 – Tier 1\n$250 – Tier 2\n\nScholarships are available. Please contact Carole Kretschman at c.kretschman@icloud.com. \nLodging\nLodging is NOT included in the price of the retreat. \n\nWe have limited lodging at Holy Wisdom Monastery\n$148.50/single (one person for 2 nights)\n$170.10/double (2 people for 2 nights sharing a room)\nExtra nights are available.\nPlease email retreats@holywisdommonastery.org to reserve your overnight room at the monastery for the retreat. Rooms will fill up.\n\nRegister \nPlease register by October 12\, 2025. \nCancellation policy – if you register but must cancel your registration\, you can receive a 75% refund up until Oct. 12\, 2025. After that\, a 50% refund is available until the retreat starts.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/being-harmonized-with-unconditional-love/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreats
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SUMMARY:Walk Into Wonder: Shinrin-Yoku for the Weary
DESCRIPTION:Want to have nothing to do? \nJoin us for rest\, beauty and community as we stroll on the trails of the beautifully restored Holy Wisdom prairie and woodlands. This fully guided walk is led by trained forest therapist\, Valerie Vervoort. The guided walk will include intermittent invitations for optional activities such as deep breathing and using your senses. Purposefully slow and meditative. We will walk a mile or a mile and a half through moderate trails. \nForest therapy has been proven to lower blood pressure\, increase natural killer immune cell activity and restore a sense of well-being. \nSchedule\n\nWalk starts and ends at the Retreat & Guest House parking lot.\nThere will be several stops\, including a time for tea and reflection.\nThe trail has been chosen for its gentle grades and maximum distance of a mile to a mile and a half.\nOrientation to shinrin-yoku and what to expect on the walk at the kiosk will be followed by invitations for meditation and relaxation that are easy for everyone and always optional.\nEnds with a tea ceremony to build community.\n\nLeader – Valerie Vervoort\nValerie Vervoort grew up exploring the woods and Mississippi River on her family farm in Northern Minnesota. She earned a master’s degree in education and taught in daycares for many years where she was known for gardening and encouraging kids to explore the outdoors. After retirement she volunteered as the ‘Garden Grandma’ at Fox Prairie Elementary School’s gardens. In 2020\, she became an Oblate at Holy Wisdom Monastery\, volunteered for prairie workdays and as a trail monitor. In 2024 her interest in the land as a healer lead to getting certified as a Forest Therapy Guide in May of that year. She has since lead Forest Therapy walks for Oblates\, Sunday Assembly members and a visiting college choir. \nWho can attend this event?\nFor those 16 years and older. Anyone who is willing to go slow and be quiet. A place for people who are too tired to do anything. People who want to belong. \nCost\n$35/person \nRegister\nPlease register by Aug. 23\, 2025. This offering is limited to 15 people and registration will close when full. There is no refund if you need to cancel your registration.
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/walk-into-wonder-shinrin-yoku-for-the-weary/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community of Communities,Spirituality Programs,Wellness
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SUMMARY:Day of Rest & Reflection for Registered Nurses
DESCRIPTION:We understand how challenging and depleting it can be to be a healthcare worker when caring for others and having little time for yourself. \nThis day is designed specifically for registered nurses to rest and reflect on how their career choice brought them to where they are today. Your day will be guided by speakers who will offer you time to reflect with each other\, feed your body with delicious food prepared by our chefs\, and nourish your soul by exploring the grounds at Holy Wisdom Monastery. \nPlease join us as we honor the gift you are to so many others. May this day be a day away for you to be cared for. Dress for the outdoors. \nSchedule \n8:30 – 9:00 am – Coffee\, tea\, and muffins\n9:00 – 9:15 am – Welcome & introduction to day\n9:15 – 9:30 am – Icebreaker\n9:30 – 9:45 am – Leader story\n9:45 – 10:45 – Sharing our stories\n10:45 – 11:00 am – Break\n11:00 – 11:30 am – Brief history of the Sisters of Holy Wisdom Monastery and Benedictine spirituality\n12:00 -1:00 pm – Lunch\n1:00 -1:15 pm – What experience in your career was life-changing for you?\n1:15 – 2:00 pm – Share your story\n2:00 – 2:30 pm – Care for the Earth at Holy Wisdom Monastery\n2:30 – 3:30 pm – Free time to walk the prairie/write in journals\n3:45 pm – Spiritual /meditation activity. How this can be so beneficial as an everyday practice.\n4:30 pm – Closing \nFacilitator – Rita Emmenegger\n \n  \nRita Emmenegger is a registered nurse who worked at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison\, WI\, for 35 years in pediatrics and obstetrics. She understands the challenges of choosing a career as a care-giver and not having the time to nourish one’s own body and spirit. \n\nCost\n$60/person \nRegister\nPlease register below by May 28\, 2025. \n \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://holywisdommonastery.org/event/day-of-rest-reflection-4-rns/
LOCATION:Holy Wisdom Monastery\, 4200 County Road M\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreats,Wellness
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