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. 

Saturday, December 15, 2018   This retreat has been cancelled.

Sunday, December 16, 2018   This retreat has a waiting list.

Monday, December 17, 2018     Join us for an evening of prayer, silent reflection, scripture, ritual, and simple meditative chants.

January 4 - 5, 2019    Both the Dominican preacher Meister Eckhart and Zen pose a new year’s conundrum: Why strive to be “holy” if you are already infinite love and goodness? 

Saturday, January 5, 2019    On this day, participants will be invited to reflect upon masculinity, participate in self-examination and explore ways to restore right relationships with others.

January 12, 2019    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.

Monday, January 14, 2019   We will look at Siddhartha's life, the journey he took to be awakened, his encounters with spirits and more.

Tuesday, January 22, 2019   Jacklyn will unpack environmental issues facing Wisconsin’s tribal communities and share her experience of engaging with them in the face of continued adversity. 

Friday-Saturday, January 25 - 26, 2019   The Enneagram schema identifies nine human personality types as they reflect nine holy aspects of the Divine. This retreat invites each of us to recognize and accept the gift, challenges, and call of our particular type. 

Five Saturdays  Grief Support Companion Training Program:  Honoring Grief…Intending to Heal is a training program for those who wish to companion the bereaved and/or are currently supporting the bereaved in various capacities.

Saturday, February 2, 2019    Come, treat yourself to a day of quiet, meditation, walking the labyrinth, and coming back to your center with simple, expressive art making.

Saturday, February 2, 2019   This is a morning for those who help others-- all good people who step up and reach out in the face of others’ and community’s needs.

Tuesday, February 5   Christine will illustrate the linkages among issues, and move us to demand that elected government respond to the crisis of unemployment and low wages, and access to quality education and health care.

Saturday, February 16    Grieving Through the Seasons is a day-long spiritual retreat for adults who are grieving the death of a loved one, friend, or co-worker. 

Saturday, February 16  Enjoy the unique experience of creating an acrylic self portrait that is gentle, relaxing, and truthful. 

Tuesday, February 19   John Nichols will  join us  with his breadth of experience and his sage and often humorous analysis of the times.

Saturday, February 23   February—the weather may be getting to you, and the world’s worries wearing you down.  It is time to renew our faith’s belief that we are blessed beyond imagining, and can shine our hope into the world.

Friday-Sunday, March 1-3   Every experience we have can potentially transform us and everything with which we are in relationship.  Spiritual integration is a path of openness to the unfolding mystery that is greater than what we presently know and assume.

Saturday, March 2   Contemplative Yoga brings together the richness of the Christian contemplative tradition with modern yoga postures to create a gentle, embodied prayer experience. 

Thursday-Saturday, March 7-9   oan Crawford returns with lessons on how those outside the African American community can work collaboratively with black folks to promote racial equity and justice. 

Saturday, March 9   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, March 10   Come away for the day to rest in God during your Lenten journey.   Listen for the Whispers in the Wilderness during your day of Sacred Silence.   Between the opening and closing gatherings, you will have plenty of time to listen to God and "just be."

Tuesday, March 12   It is critical  to engage in solution-focused discussions about what we, wherever we live, can do to ensure that such conditions improve for African Americans.

Wednesday,  March 13   During this prayerful time, we will reflect on some of the Scripture narratives noticing the special connection in each encounter of people meeting Jesus face to face.

Friday, March 15   “The Heart’s Evolution” During this evening, Bruce will present the essentials of evolutionary mysticism and how they relate to Jesus’ life and teachings.

Saturday, March 16   “The Heart of the Christ”    This day will focus on the heart as a spiritual center of deep intelligence, where the energies of the Heavens and Earth meet. 

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.

Saturday, March 30  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.

Thursday-Sunday, April 25-28   When the Divine breaks through into our everyday lives, it's the beginning of a deeper journey.  Now we look and listen with a new and growing sense of all that's beautiful and all that's possible.

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 4   This morning of reflection—on and in nature—features bird-watching and reflections on eco-spirituality.

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. 

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.

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. 

Friday-Sunday, June 14-16  

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-Saturday, July 14-20   Embrace and nurture life’s blessings,  all of them, in a retreat tailored to your individual encounter with the Holy.  This retreat includes a daily meeting with a spiritual guide, time for solitude, and the opportunity to gather with others for prayer.

Sunday - Saturday, July 21-27   Grounded in the emerging cosmology that integrates science and spirituality, the Contemplative Retreat for Women is a week of inner exploration through one-on-one spiritual guidance, ritual and reflection. This is a silent retreat.

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.

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.