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Kyrie - Lord, Have Mercy

Oct 22, 2023

Kyrie - Lord, Have Mercy

We often ask "why" in the midst of the storms of life. Sometimes we are overcome by the clouds and cry out in despair. Family and...

Linda

Gleaning: every little bit of it...

Sep 22, 2023

Gleaning: every little bit of it...

detail from: The Gleaners by Jean-Francois Millet, 1857 Gleaning (Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer) (with thanks to Erika Moss) She arrived with...

Donna

Learning from Sunflowers

Aug 29, 2023

Learning from Sunflowers

Nature often has something to teach us when we allow space to stop, look, ask questions and listen. Sunflowers have a way of bringing a...

Linda

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Oct 22, 2023

Kyrie - Lord, Have Mercy

We often ask "why" in the midst of the storms of life. Sometimes we are overcome by the clouds and cry out in despair. Family and...

Linda

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Sep 22, 2023

Gleaning: every little bit of it...

detail from: The Gleaners by Jean-Francois Millet, 1857 Gleaning (Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer) (with thanks to Erika Moss) She arrived with...

Donna

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  • Spring Silent Retreat
    Spring Silent Retreat
    Fri, Apr 26
    Mariawald Retreat Center
    Apr 26, 2024, 4:00 PM – Apr 28, 2024, 2:00 PM
    Mariawald Retreat Center, 1094 Welsh Rd, Reading, PA 19607, USA
    Apr 26, 2024, 4:00 PM – Apr 28, 2024, 2:00 PM
    Mariawald Retreat Center, 1094 Welsh Rd, Reading, PA 19607, USA
    Come into silence, stillness, and beauty of a spring silent retreat.
  • Winter Silent Retreat
    Winter Silent Retreat
    Fri, Jan 19
    Mariawald Retreat Center
    Jan 19, 2024, 4:00 PM – Jan 21, 2024, 2:00 PM
    Mariawald Retreat Center, 1094 Welsh Rd, Reading, PA 19607, USA
    Jan 19, 2024, 4:00 PM – Jan 21, 2024, 2:00 PM
    Mariawald Retreat Center, 1094 Welsh Rd, Reading, PA 19607, USA
    Winter, and the beginning a new year, can be a blessed time for a silent retreat.
  • Autumn Silent Retreat
    Autumn Silent Retreat
    Fri, Oct 27
    St. Mary of Providence
    Oct 27, 2023, 4:00 PM – Oct 29, 2023, 1:00 PM
    St. Mary of Providence, 227 Isabella Rd, Elverson, PA 19520, USA
    Oct 27, 2023, 4:00 PM – Oct 29, 2023, 1:00 PM
    St. Mary of Providence, 227 Isabella Rd, Elverson, PA 19520, USA
    Come apart awhile... and let the rich beauty of autumn be the backdrop to your time of silence, spaciousness, and prayer.
  • Spring Silent Retreat
    Spring Silent Retreat
    Fri, Apr 28
    Mariawald Retreat Center
    Apr 28, 2023, 4:00 PM – Apr 30, 2023, 2:00 PM
    Mariawald Retreat Center, 1094 Welsh Rd, Reading, PA 19607, USA
    Apr 28, 2023, 4:00 PM – Apr 30, 2023, 2:00 PM
    Mariawald Retreat Center, 1094 Welsh Rd, Reading, PA 19607, USA
    Come away to the silence, stillness, and beauty of our Spring Silent Retreat!
  • Winter Silent Retreat
    Winter Silent Retreat
    Fri, Feb 03
    Mariawald Retreat Center
    Feb 03, 2023, 4:00 PM – Feb 05, 2023, 2:00 PM
    Mariawald Retreat Center, 1094 Welsh Rd, Reading, PA 19607, USA
    Feb 03, 2023, 4:00 PM – Feb 05, 2023, 2:00 PM
    Mariawald Retreat Center, 1094 Welsh Rd, Reading, PA 19607, USA
    A Winter Silent Retreat is a welcomed time of rest and renewing after the busyness of the holiday season. Please join us!
  • Autumn Silent Retreat
    Autumn Silent Retreat
    Fri, Oct 28
    Mariawald Retreat Center
    Oct 28, 2022, 4:00 PM – Oct 30, 2022, 2:00 PM
    Mariawald Retreat Center, 1094 Welsh Rd, Reading, PA 19607, USA
    Oct 28, 2022, 4:00 PM – Oct 30, 2022, 2:00 PM
    Mariawald Retreat Center, 1094 Welsh Rd, Reading, PA 19607, USA
    Come apart awhile... and let the rich beauty of autumn be the backdrop to your time of silence, spaciousness, and prayer.
  • April Silent Retreat
    April Silent Retreat
    Fri, Apr 22
    Mariawald Retreat House
    Apr 22, 2022, 4:00 PM – Apr 24, 2022, 2:00 PM
    Mariawald Retreat House, 1094 Welsh Rd, Reading, PA 19607, USA
    Apr 22, 2022, 4:00 PM – Apr 24, 2022, 2:00 PM
    Mariawald Retreat House, 1094 Welsh Rd, Reading, PA 19607, USA
    Come into silence, stillness, and beauty of a spring silent retreat.
  • January Silent Retreat
    January Silent Retreat
    Fri, Jan 28
    Mariawald Retreat House
    Jan 28, 2022, 4:00 PM – Jan 30, 2022, 2:00 PM
    Mariawald Retreat House, 1094 Welsh Rd, Reading, PA 19607, USA
    Jan 28, 2022, 4:00 PM – Jan 30, 2022, 2:00 PM
    Mariawald Retreat House, 1094 Welsh Rd, Reading, PA 19607, USA
    Winter, and the beginning a new year, can be a blessed time for a silent retreat.
  • October Silent Retreat - FULL
    October Silent Retreat - FULL
    Fri, Oct 08
    Mariawald Retreat House
    Oct 08, 2021, 4:00 PM – Oct 10, 2021, 2:00 PM
    Mariawald Retreat House, 1094 Welsh Rd, Reading, PA 19607, USA
    Oct 08, 2021, 4:00 PM – Oct 10, 2021, 2:00 PM
    Mariawald Retreat House, 1094 Welsh Rd, Reading, PA 19607, USA
    Autumn beauty surrounds us as we come into the silence together.
  • April Silent Retreat - CANCELLED
    April Silent Retreat - CANCELLED
    Fri, Apr 23
    Mariawald Retreat House
    Apr 23, 2021, 4:00 PM – Apr 25, 2021, 3:00 PM
    Mariawald Retreat House, 1094 Welsh Rd, Reading, PA 19607, USA
    Apr 23, 2021, 4:00 PM – Apr 25, 2021, 3:00 PM
    Mariawald Retreat House, 1094 Welsh Rd, Reading, PA 19607, USA
    This retreat has been cancelled.
  • January Silent Retreat - CANCELLED
    January Silent Retreat - CANCELLED
    Fri, Jan 29
    Mariawald Retreat House
    Jan 29, 2021, 4:00 PM – Jan 31, 2021, 3:00 PM
    Mariawald Retreat House, 1094 Welsh Rd, Reading, PA 19607, USA
    Jan 29, 2021, 4:00 PM – Jan 31, 2021, 3:00 PM
    Mariawald Retreat House, 1094 Welsh Rd, Reading, PA 19607, USA
    Due to Covid-19 pandemic, we're sorry we need to cancel this retreat.
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I come into the peace

of the wild things...

For a time, I rest

in the grace of the world

and am free.

 

~Wendell Berry

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New song from Carrie Newcomer:  "I Give Myself to This" 

Carrie writes: In senseless times, what never stopped making sense? This song is grounded in my relationship to the natural world, and something ageless and luminous I keep glimpsing there.

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