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A gift purchased for someone you would like to bless with a retreat, program or spiritual direction.  Several options, listed at right, are available.  Contact the Center for more information. 360-438-2595

Hybrid: Contemplative Rest Practice on First Saturdays Monthly

With M Freeman

February 1, 2025

This Contemplative Rest Practice series is open to those who have taken a Contemplative Rest retreat with M Freeman. Each session offers opportunities for awe-savoring, somatic, guided meditations by M and silent resting-in-awe practice together as well as gentle time for group sharing, connecting, and cherishing the transporting benefit of communal contemplative practice. “All living […]

Humility and Intimacy with God

With Laura Swan, OSB

March 8, 2025
St Placid Spirituality Center

For St Benedict, growth in humility is actually about intimacy with God. He was down to earth about what the journey away from ego and wounds to a healthy deep relationship with God. We will explore the Rule of St Benedict -RB 7 in light of this inner journey. This retreat is for any seeker, […]

Hybrid: Jesus in Nature: Monastic Images of an Earthy Christ

With Samuel Torvend

April 26, 2025
St Placid Spirituality Center

The call to care for our common home, the earth, invites Christians to consider the image of Jesus who was and is among us – in, with, and through nature’s seasons. In this retreat, participants will consider the work of Benedict of Nursia, the Venerable Bede, Walafrid Strabo, and Hildegard of Bingen – Benedictines whose […]