Oblate Retreat
Save the date: Nov. 7-9, 2025
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Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United States -
Kids on the Prairie
Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United StatesExplore nature’s beauty and surprises! Kids on the Prairie (KOTP) is for children and their adult family members. Experienced volunteer educators and guides will facilitate a short hike to learn about nature and explore the grounds and trails. This free event is open to members of Holy Wisdom communities and the general public. November 9 – Join Us for a Celebration of Our Year! We’ll take a short walk near the gardens and Lost Lake listening and looking for signs of life. Afterward, wrap up the season with a slide show of 2025 KOTP activities, games, hot chocolate and cider.
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Beyond the Bloom Art Exhibit Reception
Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United StatesMaron Massey’s exhibit of acrylic paintings on canvas at Holy Wisdom is a perfect fit with the mission of caring for the earth. Maron said, “my work is inspired by nature. Some of the paintings in this exhibit reflect time spent here at the monastery.” Maron wants people to be drawn in by her color palette first and then by the image. By using all the colors found in nature, she hopes her work will take people out of their daily concerns and recall what is really important. Schedule 6:00 pm – Reception opens 6:30 pm – Maron will share ...
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Living the Questions: A Courage & Renewal® Weekend
Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United StatesLiving the Questions: A Courage & Renewal® Weekend Each renewal weekend will include creating a quiet, focused, and enlivened space—a Circle of Trust®— where personal, inner wisdom can be heard. There will be a mix of time spent in large group, small group, and individual reflection along with poetry, teaching stories, wisdom traditions, nature, and activities for exploration. We will use these experiences and other rich metaphors to symbolize and discover and explore life questions. Together, we will experience creating spaces in our lives to tend and nurture our desire to live fully with courage and resilience. Revitalize your commitment ...
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Conversations About Our Benedictine Life: Humility
Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United StatesDeepen your understanding of Benedictine spirituality by joining us for one or more of the Conversations About Our Benedictine Spirituality: Humility sessions. These gatherings offer time for reflections, for the reading of short pieces on humility from the Rule of Benedict and other authors, an exploration of how Benedictine humility differs from our every day understandings of it, and conversations about the gifts and challenges of living this Benedictine value in our lives. These sessions are open to any adult who relates to any of the Holy Wisdom Monastery communities.
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Fall Fallowing: A Seasonal Retreat
Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United StatesA changing landscape palette... the final harvests from the garden... the departure of migratory creatures... these seasonal milestones are reminders to notice and integrate past growth, honoring it for its role in nurturing future growth. This fall retreat invites you to pause and mark transitions – on the prairie and in your own life and heart. It will hold space for attention to both. Seasonal Retreats Each season this year, we will offer a different seasonal retreat. They will open spaces where each different season can offer its unique wisdom to us in the changing seasons of our lives. Each ...
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Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service
Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish 401 S Owen Dr, Madison, WI, United StatesHoly Wisdom Monastery is joining area churches and co-sponsoring an Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service at Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish in Madison, Wisconsin on Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. Together we will reflect on God’s many blessings and our shared faith in Christ, while supporting those in need within the community. All participants are encouraged to bring nonperishable food items or make a cash donation to benefit local food pantries and the families they serve during the holiday season. After the service, there will be a reception with light refreshments and time for connection. All are welcome! Schedule Arrive early to ...
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Hospitality Sunday
Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United StatesAll are welcome to Hospitality Sunday, following 9:00 am Sunday Assembly worship on the last Sunday of the month, for a time of fellowship and food. You are invited to bring refreshments to share. Please provide a small sign if your treat includes nuts or alcohol.
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Sacred Thresholds
Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United StatesSacred Thresholds is a contemplative prayer gathering. We are living through a unique chapter in American history when our most cherished values seem threatened, indeed, our whole way of life. Each of us, in our own way, is asking, What can I do?, and the answers, so far, seem woefully inadequate to the challenge. It is in that same spirit of humility that we are offering Sacred Thresholds as our answer to that question. Woefully inadequate, yes, small, but genuine, offered in a communal spirit, coming together to make a circle, to pray, in old ways and in new ways, ...
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Advent Series: Ask a Sign of Your God (in-person)
Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United StatesThe words of Isaiah, from the Christian Old Testament, were given to an ancient people in times of great political, economic and spiritual upheaval. Poetic and prophetic – they were words of warning and admonishment, and also reassurance and encouragement. Isaiah was tremendously influential on the heart of Jesus; this Advent we have the chance to open our hearts to that same influence through words that echo from a time past into our own times of upheaval. Join us for conversation, reflection, and a contemplative consideration of these beautiful poetic and prophetic texts – inspiring our spiritual imaginations, leading us ...
