What Now? Living as Faithful Stewards after Our Active Ministry has Ended A retreat for clergy nearing retirement or recently retired. For many of us clergy, it is hard to recognize how fully we live within the role or identity as pastor or leader. As we approach the end of our active ministry career, new questions of purpose, faithfulness and human connection emerge. This four-day retreat will be a chance for guided reflection on the significant questions emerging within the hearts and lives of clergy as they end their active ministries. Immersed in the rhythms of Benedictine life and using …
Holy Water, Sacred Flame: Rituals of Hope for a Climate Changed World
Immerse yourself in the Celtic wisdom of Saint Brigid of Kildare, a 5th-century saint whose legacy blends ancestral, earth-based, embodied spiritual practice with a Christ-centered sacred flame of solidarity and hospitality with those on the margins. We will learn about how Saint Brigid inherited the attributes associated with the pre-Christian goddess Brigid, and then became “Mary of the Celts,” keeping alive a divine-feminine devotion within the heart of Christian spirituality. We will wonder, how Brigid, through devotional practices and seasonal ritual, might accompany us with healing and inspiration in our climate changed world. Brigid was associated with holy wells in …