How can the land nourish us? Share in a spiritual conversation about our relationship with the Earth. Join us at Holy Wisdom Monastery for a picnic on the prairie. Put on your walking shoes, meet others and experience the beauty of the prairie. Learn more and register at https://holywisdommonastery.org/picnic-on-the-prairie/
‘Holy Week: Origins and Traditions,’ The Holy Wisdom Podcast
Want to be the first to hear every new episode? Click here to sign up for email notifications! This month, Sister Lynne Smith and Lynn Lemberger return to talk all about Holy Week. Lynn gives us an overview of the history, including a first-hand account from a woman’s travel journal of Roman celebrations. Learn why Palm Sunday is named after palms, and the significance of this week leading up to Easter. Meanwhile, Sister Lynne shares the traditions we normally hold throughout this week. Maybe you can bring some of these celebrations to life in your own home! Where to Listen? …
POSTPONED – Friends of Wisdom Prairie Dinner Lecture
Rivers and Drifts: Natural Patterns in Designed Places with Darrel Morrison This program has been postponed. We will give you more details as we get them. Join the Friends of Wisdom Prairie for dinner and lecture by professor emeritus Darrel Morrison. Darrel will share his insights on landscape designs using native plant communities as the artistic palate. Darrel has gained a national reputation for his extraordinary skill at designing natural landscape gardens which include the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin TX and the Native Wisconsin Garden at the UW-Madison Arboretum. His exceptional knowledge of natural ecological communities and …
POSTPONED – Evolutionary Consciousness and the Human Spirit
Both the Evolutionary Consciousness sessions on March 18 and April 1, 2020 have been postponed due to the coronavirus In these two presentations, we will take a long loving look at who the human species is and who we need to become in this 21st century as the Universe evolves. Our intent in the presentations and conversations is to awaken our consciousness more fully to all that humankind is and can become. You may attend one or both of the dates and choose lunch or dinner (both lunch and dinner programs are the same on the same date). Registration closed …
POSTPONED – Evolutionary Consciousness and the Human Species
Both the Evolutionary Consciousness sessions on March 18 and April 1, 2020 have been postponed due to the coronavirus In these two presentations, we will take a long loving look at who the human species is and who we need to become in this 21st century as the Universe evolves. Our intent in the presentations and conversations is to awaken our consciousness more fully to all that humankind is and can become. You may attend one or both of the dates and choose lunch or dinner (both lunch and dinner programs are the same on the same date). Registration closed …
POSTPONED – Evolutionary Consciousness and the Human Species
Both the Evolutionary Consciousness sessions on March 18 and April 1, 2020 have been postponed due to the coronavirus In these two presentations, we will take a long loving look at who the human species is and who we need to become in this 21st century as the Universe evolves. Our intent in the presentations and conversations is to awaken our consciousness more fully to all that humankind is and can become. You may attend one or both of the dates and choose lunch or dinner (both lunch and dinner programs are the same on the same date). Registration closed …
Friends of Wisdom Prairie Luncheon Lecture
Owls of Wisconsin with Sylvia Marek Join the Friends of Wisdom Prairie for lunch and lecture about owls. Naturalist Sylvia Marek will talk with us about the Owls of Wisconsin. With her extraordinary knowledge and many wonderful photographs she will inform us about these birds of the night, and the important role they play in the ecosystems where they live. Speaker Sylvia Marek is a highly trained and experienced naturalist. She works for the University of Wisconsin Arboretum and is a first rate birder. Sylvia is also a member of the Friends of Wisdom Prairie Council. Cost $40/person, includes lunch and …
Jesus and Buddha: Friends in Conversation
This six-part series will explore how Buddhism might help Christians answer questions about what they really believe regarding the nature and existence of God, the role of Jesus as Son of God and Savior, life-after-death, prayer and spirituality and healing the world. It will be based on Paul Knitter’s book, Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian. Meetings will consist of input from Paul Knitter, group discussions and meditations. Facilitators Paul Knitter – Member of Holy Wisdom Sunday Assembly; practicing Buddhist and local teacher for the Foundation for Active Compassion; Professor Emeritus, Union Theological Seminary; widely published theologian specializing in interfaith relations and dialogue. David …
A Day Away – Listen
A Day Away to Listen to the Earth “Listen” is the first word in the Rule of Benedict. St. Benedict begins by urging us to listen with the ear of our heart. This day of retreat will turn our listening hearts to the earth, our common home. We will tune our hearts and deepen our listening to the earth through silence, contemplative prayer, group prayer, contemplative dialogue and direct encounter with the land at Holy Wisdom Monastery. This is a opportunity for participants to settle into interior and exterior silence, and to listen for the gentle voice of the earth. …
Advent Taizé Prayer
Join us for contemplative, Taizé style prayer incorporating song, silence, meditation and spiritual readings in the monastery oratory.