Are you wanting to expand your spiritual life? Looking for a safe place to explore? Our offerings will stir your imagination and animate your sense of wonder.
We are open to everyone. Register below today!
We currently offer a variety of programs: on Zoom, in person at The Well, or hybrid with both options. Scholarships and payment plans are available for those who need them. Please contact the office at 708 482-5048 to inquire.
April 22, 2024
9:00 am
No matter where we are in the world, we are ONE Community and we need each other. Drop in and connect meaningfully with others via Zoom. Every week at 9 AM (CT) on Mondays and Wednesdays, and every Thursday at 4:30 PM (CT).
April 26, 2024
9:30 am
Author Cynthia Bourgeault is a masterful guide to Jesus’ vision and to the traditional contemplative practices you can use to experience the heart of his teachings for yourself. Facilitator: Bridget Sperduto
April 30, 2024
9:00 am
This retreat will focus, over four weeks, on ecological spirituality; cry of the earth/cry of the poor; ecological economics; & coming back into balance with the whole cosmos. Embrace this chance for an Easter conversion. Facilitator: Pat Bergen, CSJ
April 30, 2024
9:30 am
Do you know that all created matter is made of energy? Consider joining us in community to hold a higher vibration for the health of ourselves and our planet. On Zoom only. Facilitators: Bridget Sperduto and Bob Kent
April 30, 2024
1:00 pm
Let the beauty and detail found in nature allure you into communion with creation. Forget your cares and practice watercolor as a form of meditation and source of joy. Facilitator: Carol Cummins.
May 1, 2024
6:30 pm
Facilitated by Karen Payne, this class is appropriate for all levels. Learn to let go and live in the present. Drop ins welcome.
May 2, 2024
10:30 am
Open to those who have taken Beginner’s Growing Your Knowing and Still Growing programs, this series will focus on making more space for your soul-self and purpose. Facilitator Tim Sperduto.
May 4, 2024
8:00 am
Strengthen the field of love by imagining the world through integral ecology and interculturality as revealed in the themes of Laudato Si’. Facilitated by Pat Bergen, CSJ.
May 4, 2024
9:30 am
These reunion sessions bring participants to a greater self-awareness through painting. Participation open to previous “Come and Paint” or “Paint Your Soul” retreat participants. Facilitators: MaryHelen Crispo and Gillian Romano
May 5, 2024
2:00 pm
As we welcome the increasing sunlight, we will join in communion with the land and each other through readings, song, and ceremony. Facilitators: Bob Kent, Ellen Wiggins, Pat Eichenold
May 6, 2024
7:00 pm
A retreat for reflecting on the peril that Earth is undergoing, and sharing practices. Using Joanna Macy’s spiral, we will move through gratitude, pain, & seeing with new eyes, to the action that is possible for each of us. Facilitators: Margie Abbott, Sally Neaves
May 7, 2024
6:30 pm
Nurture your spirit and align yourself with the energy of the cosmos through rhythm and meditation. We will use drums, rattles, and rhythm instruments. Facilitator: Karen Tlusty-Rissman SERIES IS CANCELLED
May 11, 2024
9:00 am
This retreat is an invitation to encounter the Divine through Hildegard’s eyes and pen, through her letters and similar writings to see her wisdom, as well as her frustrations, as a light in our own encounter with the Divine. Facilitator: Jennifer Delvaux
May 14, 2024
10:00 am
Join us for our in-person Reiki Circle to activate the healing energy you were born with, feel more calm, optimistic and empowered. Facilitated by certified Reiki practitioners.
May 14, 2024
6:30 pm
Meet in small groups, once a month, to listen and share our deeper truths in response to sacred writings, poetry, music, and art coming out of Celtic Christianity and related traditions. Facilitators: Bob Kent, Ellen Wiggins
May 15, 2024
10:00 am
The second session of our “Love Our Sacred Earth Retreat” series features Thomas Berry meeting Janine Benyus, natural science writer and innovation consultant, on biomimicry. Facilitated by Maureen Wild, SC.
May 15, 2024
10:00 am
This series has four sessions, each one focused on a dialogue between Thomas Berry and other luminaries of spirituality. Sign up for the whole series and receive a discount. Facilitated by Maureen Wild, SC.
May 18, 2024
8:00 am
Let’s wake up early to spy on some colorful migrating birds, as they find their breakfast in the forest along Salt Creek. Mark Warner, Du Page Birding Club, will be our expert guide.
May 19, 2024
11:00 am
Join us in gathering as an intentional spiritual community for monthly ritual and reflection, rooted in the reality that All is One, and facilitated through shared leadership and lay participation. Facilitators: Bridget Sperduto, Bob Kent, Susan Brownell
May 20, 2024
9:00 am
Our later years challenge us to learn the art of slowing down, letting go and facing our own mortality, but they also surprise us with joy as our perspective changes. Join us to explore and celebrate the promise at the heart of your own wisdom years. Facilitator: Margaret Silf
May 23, 2024
7:00 pm
An evening for those who have reached the later years of life and are eager to explore, and share, the spiritual fruits of life’s winter season. We will reflect on the nature of that fruit, and the gift that is ours to give to the future. Facilitator: Margaret Silf
June 1, 2024
9:00 am
Watercolor painting is a truly experiential metaphor for the spiritual journey. This medium defies precise control yet yields wonderful results when we are able to let go. For persons with any level of experience. Facilitator: Frankie Dutil, CSJ
June 2, 2024
2:00 pm
World renowned artist Mary Southard, CSJ will present her own “Cosmogenesis” through her life’s work as an artist. Followed by wine and cheese reception.
June 2, 2024
7:00 pm
Based on his upcoming book Ecological Spirituality (Mar 2024), Diarmuid O’Murchu will explore a major shift in our understanding of Spirituality, an expanded vision for how we understand God, creation, and ourselves in this time of climate emergency.
June 10, 2024
2:00 pm
The Cry of the Earth and the Cry of the Poor summon all people of faith to ecological conversion, with no time to waste. Respond to the cries by participating in the Wholemaker Guided Retreat. Facilitators: Pat Bergen, CSJ and additional Spiritual Directors
June 20, 2024
10:30 am
During these 12 classes we will explore creating more space in one’s awareness for one’s soul self coming to relate to one’s “self system” as a living sanctuary for Spirit. Facilitator Tim Sperduto.
June 23, 2024
2:00 pm
We gather to honor the longest day of sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere. We will be guided by poetry and chant, exchanging wisdom with the land, its inhabitants, and one another. Facilitators: Bob Kent, Ellen Wiggins, Pat Eichenold
July 13, 2024
10:00 am
Spend a morning among the trees (and flowers) of the beautiful courtyard at The Well. Reconnect with nature during this slow invitational walk led by a Certified Forest Therapy Guide. Facilitator: Maura Neuffer
July 14, 2024
7:00 pm
Based on Joyce Rupp’s book, Boundless Compassion, this retreat’s presentations, discussions, reflection and prayer time will foster space for you to commit to be a compassionate presence in a troubled world. Facilitated by Mary Dean Pfahler, SND.
July 19, 2024
9:00 am
This one-day workshop offers the opportunity to become a certified facilitator of the Boundless Compassion program. Participants are required to attend a 4-day Boundless Compassion retreat in person before attending this workshop. Facilitator: Mary Dean Pfahler, SND
July 26, 2024
5:00 pm
Join The Well for a Celtic Christianity Pilgrimage to the fabled island of Inishmore, Ireland, July 26 – August 3, 2024. Dr. Kirk Webb, Founder/Director of the Celtic Center, will be the pilgrimage facilitator.
September 17, 2024
10:00 am
The third session in our “Love Our Sacred Earth Retreat” series whose four sessions will be focused on a dialogue between Thomas Berry and other luminaries of spirituality. In this session, Thomas “meets” Hildegard of Bingen. Facilitator: Maureen Wild, SC
October 4, 2024
10:00 am
The fourth and last session of our “Love Our Sacred Earth Retreat” series features Francis of Assisi and Thomas Berry meeting Suzanne Simard (author of Finding the Mother Tree). Facilitator: Maureen Wild, SC.