Come join a circle of women’s wisdom and mutual support. Give yourself the gift of slowing down. Catch your breath, connect with other women, connect with the Divine.
Centering Prayer-Start your day by praying with others—20 minutes of silent centering prayer, followed by 40 minutes of reading and discussion on prayer or spirituality.
Simple Care of a Hopeful Heart: Enhancing Resilience, Compassion and Personal Well-Being
Friday - Saturday, March 29- 30 Dr. Robert Wicks, author of more than 50 books, will offer insights into how we can live in peace and extend our warmth to others.
Expressions of the Soul: Abstract Acrylic Painting
Saturday, March 30 There is currently a waiting list for this retreat. Freely create—with no right or wrong—whatever your soul wishes to paint in whatever way you want to express yourself.
Monday, April 8 Join us for an evening of prayer, silent reflection, scripture, ritual, and simple meditative chants. Come share in this beautiful expression of our desire for peace and oneness for our world.
Saturday, April 13 On this day, participants will be invited to reflect upon masculinity, participate in self-examination and explore ways to restore right relationships with others.
The Paschal Journey in the 21st Century: Holy Week Retreat with Diarmuid O'Murchu
Today we understand the paschal journey in a new light: Jesus’ life radically lived—not merely for humans but for every dimension of God's creation. The focus shifts to the transformation that belongs to the whole of Jesus’ life, death included.
Sunday, April 28 With a voice rich as the best mid-west soil, Sara Thomsen's songs carry you inward and outward—in, to the particulars of your own life, and out—into the shared humanity of us all.
Saturday, May 11 Thomas Merton was a Trappist monk, mystic, writer, interfaith pioneer, and voice for peace and social justice who also had a profound environmental vision. We will contemplatively delve into Merton's insights, particularly as his deep spirituality connected him with the natural world.
Saturday, May 18 We will take a visual tour exploring through a lens the beauty around us and within us, using visual meditations, listening to the experiences of each other, enhancing our daily journey through life with awareness and grace.
Christian Spirituality and Contemplative Yoga for Women
Saturday, May 25 Contemplative Yoga brings together the richness of the Christian contemplative tradition with modern yoga postures to create a gentle, embodied prayer experience.
Saturday, June 1 SoulCollage® is a process of creating over time a personal deck of collaged cards from found and personal images for the purpose of self-exploration, self-acceptance, and soul-tending.
Sunday-Friday, June 2-7 Journey to your center during this week retreat. These simple, unstructured days offer the opportunity for morning and evening prayer and ritual, including Centering Prayer.
Conscious Aging – Making Room for the Spirit as We Age
Friday-Sunday, June 14-16 As you consider your retirement years and grasp the reality of growing older, this retreat will explore the benefits, joys, challenges, and concerns ahead.
This is a beautiful opportunity to listen in silence with invitations for communal prayer, labyrinth walking, group centering prayer, input from the presenters, and space to ponder.
Sunday-Saturday, June 16-22 This year’s retreat will explore “Mystic Companions on the Journey” through silence, meeting daily with a spiritual guide, morning and evening gatherings for prayer and other options.
Sunday-Saturday, June 23-29 This silent directed retreat provides an opportunity to meet daily with a spiritual guide, morning prayer with the Racine Dominican community, and evening prayer with the retreat group. Solitude, nature, and silence enhance these sacred days.
Sunday-Saturday, July 7-13 This retreat provides an opportunity to meet daily with a spiritual guide and to share in the Eucharistic liturgy and common evening prayer. Solitude, nature, and silence enhance these sacred days.
Sunday-Friday, July 28 - August 2 Join us for a restful week taken at your own pace. Each day's offering will include optional group meditation/prayer, gentle yoga, creative experience, opportunity to speak with a spiritual guide and more.
Spiritual Guidance and the Transformative Power of Dreams
Thursday, August 8 During this workshop aimed at those who companion others as spiritual guides/spiritual directors, we will experience some practical ways of working with our dreams.
Thursday- Sunday, August 8-11 Throughout the retreat, we will sing many beautiful songs of heart, including selections from Hildegardʼs music from the 1100s.
November 14-17 This is a reflective program for those wishing to approach this current time of turbulence from a deeper place but who may be relatively new to the spiritual practice of contemplation.
