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.
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 There is a waiting list for this retreat. 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 retreat has a waiting list. 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 has a waiting list. 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.
