Upcoming Programs &
Directed Retreats

September 3 - 29, 2024
10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Please join us weekly on Tuesday mornings from 10am-12pm during autumn for a time to share poetry. Bring an original composition or another author’s poem to spark reflection and discussion. Weather permitting, we will gather in the lakeside screen house to enjoy Mother Nature, the fall colors, and the crisp air while we add some…

September 17, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Bring your photos and experiences of being on a shore and watching the waves crash against the rocks or visualize streams with rapidly rushing water. We will capture the fluid action of this with soft pastels.  The painting will be dominated by large wave shapes, swept by the wind. The majority of the art work…

September 18, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Bring your photos and memory experiences of fields of wild flowers. Using spray bottles of rubbing alcohol and pastels we will create an underpainting that will be developed further with dry pastels.  Watercolor paper, rubbing alcohol, and some soft pastels will be provided for the underpainting. Bring your supply of soft pastels, if you have…

September 19, 2024
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Loving Kindness Practice – presented by Sister Suzanne Rubenbauer If you are searching for a daily meditation practice to assist you in being compassionate to yourself, others, and all of creation, the Loving Kindness meditation offers you that possibility. Fostering compassion and kindness instead of judgment, anxiety, and fearful reaction. This daily practice, that only…

September 19, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Using gouache and fluid acrylics, we will create an underpainting of waterfalls that will be developed and further defined with dry pastels. Bring waterfall photos that you have, your supply of soft pastels, and paper towels. Fluid Acrylics and u-art premium sandpaper will be provided for the underpainting surface. Bring a lunch. Limit of 7….

October 10, 2024
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Speaking up can feel intimidating. Knowing when to speak truth to those we know can be difficult: how do we know when to say something and how to say it? Join us for a virtual evening with Ashee Eiland, author of “Say Good: Speaking Across Hot Topics, Complex Relationships, and Tense Situations.” She will teach…

October 19, 2024
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Experience the transformational vibrations of crystal sound bowls to alchemize healing of mind, body, and spirit. Join us as Chet and Debbie Turcza perform a crystal sound bowl concert on October 19th from 1-3pm. This is a free-will offering event.

October 22 - 23, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Instructor: Sr. Karen Kappell, FSPA Oct 22 – 23, 2024 9am-3pm $90 for both days Overnight private bedroom in shared cabin accommodations available at $55 per night To register contact Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center 11195 Marywood Cove Arbor Vitae, WI 54568 (715) 385-3750 marywood.center@gmail.com Cold wax medium is applied to oil paints to increase transparency…