Community & connection
Book Discussion Group for Working Professionals: Workplace as Worthplace
With Travis Salisbury, OblSB
Book Discussion Group for Working Professionals: St. Benedict’s Guide to Improving your Work Life, Workplace as Worthplace. Discover a meaningful way to nourish your spirit and transform your work life by joining our 12-week lunch-hour book group and retreat experience based on St. Benedict’s Guide to Improving Your Work Life: Workplace as Worthplace. Each week […]
Ongoing Prayer Opportunities
Today's seekers are often looking for meaningful, low-obligation experiences. At the Benedictine Center, the Sisters' rhythm of daily prayer inspires unique possibilities for connection. Sisters and facilitators hold open a space, sometimes weekly, sometimes monthly. Women and men with any level of experience can then drop-in when it works works with their schedules and needs. Most […]
GROUNDED: Finding Stability in the Midst of Chaos
With Mary Ebb
When the Roman Empire crumbled into ruins in the 5th century, St. Benedict of Nursia responded to the collapse of an empire, the corruption of the church and blatant consumerism with a call to stability. So, what is Stability? That’s exactly what we’ll explore together in this program. The word stability, which comes from […]
Centering Prayer & Lectio Divina Retreat
With Laurie Erickson and Gwen Pickering
Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina Retreat In this silent retreat, you will experience a time of profound silence and praying the Scriptures as you enter into a deeper relationship with God and self. This retreat blends a rhythm of centering prayer, lectio divina, and prayer with the monastic community. There will be some time for […]