Info Session
April 29 at 6:30-8 pm CT
Zoom (recording available for registrants)
We invite you to an info session about our upcoming Young Adult Pilgrimage to Green Mountain Monastery.
This session will provide an opportunity to learn more about the pilgrimage and retreat. We’ll also share options and suggestions for creating your own fundraising efforts. Plus, we’ll provide information about partial scholarships available to help support your participation.
Discover why this pilgrimage is a journey worth taking and how you can make it happen!
- Retreat at Green Mountain Monastery led by Sr. Gail Worcelo: Inscendence: A Journey into the Heart of Earth’s Wisdom
- Dates: Thursday – Monday, July 3 – 7, 2025
- Location: Sisters of the Earth Community/Green Mountain Monastery, 420 Hillcrest Road, Greensboro, VT 05841
- Cost: $1000 (participants are responsible for their travel arrangements to the Monastery)
During the info session, we will cover:
- The Essence of the Pilgrimage: Understand the spiritual significance of the pilgrimage and its connection to the Pilgrimages of Hope for Creation
- Fundraising Guidance: Receive support and ideas for fundraising to make your participation possible.
- Q&A Session
If you feel called to deepen your connection with God’s creation and seek wisdom from the Earth, we invite you to join us for this info session.
Registration Deadline for the Pilgrimage: June 15, 2025
Additional Information:
- Participants are responsible for their travel arrangements to the Monastery. The nearest airport is Burlington International in Burlington, VT (BTV).
- Space is limited to 8 participants, so early registration is encouraged.
Retreat Facilitator: Sisters of the Earth Community: Sr. Gail Worcelo
S. Gail Worcelo is a co- founder with the late Passionist priest and cultural historian Thomas Berry, of Sisters of the Earth Community. (SEC) Co-Founded in 1999, SEC is the first community of Catholic sisters worldwide founded specifically for the healing and protection of Earth and its life systems within the Ecozoic era. Gail began her studies with Thomas in 1983 during her novitiate with the Passionist nuns of St Gabriel’s monastery and continued study until his passing in 2009. In 1994 , Gail was a founding member of the network: Sisters of Earth (which just celebrated its 30th anniversary. ) This historic gathering mobilized Catholic sisters and women worldwide to take seriously our responsibility for the fate of Earth. Gail is the editor of the recently released book entitled: Shamanic Journey to Earth’s Wisdom: Reflections on the Cosmovision of Thomas Berry, which shares reflections on the theme of the 2022 Sisters of Earth conference. Since 1994 Gail has been leading retreats, conferences and programs around the world on topics such as: Living in a Multispecies World, The Spirituality of the Fireball, Galactic Theology and the Deep Interior, and the Mysticism of Thomas Berry. For the past nine years, Gail has co-led Continual Blossoming in the Via Collectiva; an emergent path of feminine wisdom in a shared field of awakening with women from around the world. Gail is a liturgical dancer and has Master Degrees in Clinical Psychology from Marywood University and Christian Spirituality from Fordham University.
Pilgrimages of Hope for Creation:
Creation is a sacrament of God’s love for us. Do we love God’s creation with the same love that God does? This Jubilee year, Catholic communities across the United States will plan local pilgrimages to pray for the grace to encounter Christ in Creation and restore our relationships with God, Creation, and one another. Learn more: Pilgrimages of Hope for Creation.
We are embarking on this pilgrimage as part of our engagement with Pilgrimages of Hope for Creation. Throughout the year, we will be planning additional local pilgrimages to deepen our connection with God’s creation. Stay tuned for more information on these upcoming programs.
Thanks to our generous donors, partial scholarships are available! If a scholarship would help you participate, we encourage you to apply. Click here to fill out the scholarship form.
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April 29, 2025
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm