Green Mountain Monastery | Pilgrimage

Group 1 | Young Adults 18-40: Thursday – Monday | July 3 – 7
OR
Group 2: Thursday – Monday | July 10 – 14
OR
Group 3: Thursday – Monday | July 17- 21
Location: Sisters of the Earth Community/Green Mountain Monastery
420 Hillcrest Road Greensboro, VT 05841

Inscendence: A Journey into the Heart of Earth’s Wisdom

“When our cultural coding no longer has the capacity to guide us forward, when that coding has lost its integrity and cannot be trusted, a return must be made to our deeper knowing – What is needed is not transcendence but inscendence.” – Thomas Berry

What is being asked of us in these turbulent times? How can we journey to the heart of Earth’s wisdom for guidance? What is being revealed?

Join us for a deep dive retreat into these questions as we immerse ourselves with the Earth Community. The Sisters of the Earth welcome you to their 155 acres called Green Mountain Monastery, a sacred space which holds the resting place of Thomas Berry.

We invite you into a beautiful experience with the community of life, which includes a full or partial (5am – 8pm) digital detox , by logging off and leaving iphones , computers and ipads behind.

This land will be our sacred container whom we will encounter through ritual, song, silence, and deep listening.

Registration Deadline: June 15, 2025
Participants are responsible for the travel arrangements to the Monastery.
The nearest airport is Burlington International in Burlington, VT (BTV).

Group 1: Participants will spend most of the day outdoors while sleeping/resting in tents. Space is limited to 8 participants.
Groups 2 and 3: Participants will spend most of the day outdoors while sleeping/resting indoors. Space is limited to 6 participants per session.

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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