Conversations About Our Benedictine Life: Listening and Presence

Listening and Presence

You are invited to attend Conversations about Our Benedictine Life – Listening and Presence. These events offer opportunities to talk with others about the values of listening and presence, and to learn more about these values as features of Benedictine spirituality. Each gathering will be a time to share reflections on our ideas, experiences and beliefs about listening and presence, Benedict’s teaching, and what spiritual gifts are to be discovered in a life where practices of deep listening and presence are central.

Schedule

The gatherings will be between 60 and 90 minutes in length. They will include time for reflections, for the reading of short pieces on listening and presence from the Rule of Benedict and other authors, and conversations about the gifts and challenges of practices of listening and practice.

This program is not a series, but we are offering multiple date and speaker options.

Location/Dates/Times (choose one or come to multiple sessions)

At Holy Wisdom Monastery

• Su, Mar. 2, 10:30-11:30 am – led by Sister Lynne Smith and Abbie Loomis (in the Community Dining Room/the Sisters’ Dining Room)

Online

• Tu, Mar. 18, 6:30-8:00 pm – led by Mary Lynn Adams & Abbie Loomis (zoom link will be sent to those registered)

Leaders

• Sister Lynne Smith is a Benedictine sister and prioress at Holy Wisdom Monastery.
• Mary Lynn Adams, Marcia Krater, Janine Veto and Abbie Loomis are oblates of Holy Wisdom, all living lives reflecting their formation in Benedictine spirituality.
• Pam Shellberg is the director of spiritual nourishment at Holy Wisdom.

Cost

There is no fee charged to participants for these events.

Register

Please register with the button below so we know which event(s) you will attend.