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July 19, 2024 - July 19, 2027

Hybrid- Day of the Dead: Grieving Mexican Style

With Paz Vital, OSB, PhD

November 1, 2025
St. Placid Spirituality Center

Day of the Dead Retreat; This Saturday we will learn the real meaning of this Festive Celebration. We will merge two ancient traditions. In the Monastic tradition; the Rule of Benedict says: “Keep death daily before your eyes”, and in the Mexican Tradition we celebrate: “Dia de los Muertos”. Join Sister Paz in this traditional […]

Intensive Silent Centering Prayer Retreat

With Anna-Camille Wooden, OSB and Michele Jankanish

November 9 - 14, 2025

This retreat, called an “Intensive Retreat” by Contemplative Outreach, provides an opportunity to deepen your established Centering Prayer practice in an atmosphere of silence and community, away from the busyness of daily life, and to allow your mind, body and spirit to surrender to God’s presence and action within. It has an educational component to […]

Fall P.A.U.S.E. retreat: Christian Contemplative Prayer, Well-Being, and Embodiment

With Kathy Holley, PhD

November 14 - 15, 2025
The Priory Spirituality Center

Fall P.A.U.S.E. retreat: Christian Contemplative Prayer, Well-being, and Embodiment About our 4 seasonal P.A.U.S.E. retreats (P.A.U.S.E.—­Prayer and Understanding Silent Experiences) We warmly invite you to our 4 seasons of P.A.U.S.E. retreats—sacred opportunities to appreciate the seasons, rest, reflect, and nurture your connection with God. These retreats center on Christian contemplative prayer, offering space for spiritual […]

Contemplative Writing

With Marcia McLaughlin, OblSB

November 15, 2025
The Priory Spirituality Center

What is contemplative writing? How is it different from other types of writing? The Psalms were written by ordinary people as they praised God, lamented, asked God questions. During this workshop, we will explore ways that we too can write to God – praise, lament, ask questions. You will leave the workshop with writing prompts […]

Zoom: Just This…a Retreat for Caregivers

With Evelyn Gerardo Challis

November 21, 2025

This is a retreat for caregivers, those who provide support for a beloved family member or friend. Support that is social, emotional, spiritual, personal care. Set among the 12.5 acres of The Portland Japanese Garden recently, a friend invited me to step into the small space pictured below. “Just this”, he said. “Just this is […]