Our programs will feed your spirit and give you a sense of belonging. Are you searching for something spiritual or a greater connection with the Earth?
Listen to well-known speakers and authors, participate in one-time and ongoing programs, book groups, nature walks, and much more.
May 28, 2025
6:30 pm
Observe and listen to your body, calm your mind and connect with your “true self.” Appropriate for all levels. Drop ins welcome. Facilitator: Karen Payne
May 29, 2025
4:30 pm
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). Meeting ID: 448 814 3358 Passcode: gift
May 31, 2025
6:00 pm
Join us for an inspiring event to help raise funds for our mission’s next 25 years. Enjoy a curated silent auction and a paddle raise, concluding with a compelling call to action. Be ready to raise your paddles and make a difference!
June 5, 2025
6:00 pm
This four-week workshop explores how the Ignatian Examen and the Enneagram can work together to foster spiritual growth and self-awareness. Facilitator: Dr. Brenda Leroux Babin
June 7, 2025
8:00 am
These monthly sessions will engage participants in exercising their imaginations through paying attention to dreams, contemplating art, reflection, and presentation. Facilitator: Pat Bergen, CSJ.
June 7, 2025
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
June 18, 2025
9:30 am
Join Fellow High School Students for an Adventure of a Lifetime and climb, swing, and zip through the trees as you take on thrilling obstacles at Go Ape! Adventure Park in Western Springs, IL.
June 19, 2025
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 20, 2025
4:00 pm
A Three Day Retreat where you will immerse yourself in a gently guided intuitive creative process of painting your own portal to your future self. Learn how art can be medicine. Facilitated by Dr. Ann Viernes
June 22, 2025
2:00 pm
Wild Belongings invites us into a deeper experience of Divine revelation through relationship with the land and creatures near us. Facilitators: Ellen Wiggins, Bob Kent
June 25, 2025
6:30 pm
Pilgrimage is often a call. Sometimes a welcome summons, sometimes a needed journey. Join us for conversation as we explore preparing for pilgrimage. Those embarking on the Green Mountain Pilgrimages are encouraged to attend. Facilitators: Ellen Wiggins & Bob Kent
July 6, 2025
9:00 am
Join Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew to explore memoir as a spiritual practice. Whether you write as a form of private prayer, as a gift for family and friends, or for publication, this week-long retreat welcomes you into the transformational possibilities of writing. Facilitated by Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew
July 17, 2025
9:00 am
Join us for a deep dive retreat into these questions as we immerse ourselves with the Earth Community. We welcome you to our 155 acres called Green Mountain Monastery, a sacred space which holds the resting place of Thomas Berry. Facilitated by Sr. Gail Worcelo
July 18, 2025
4:00 pm
Moms of all ages and stages, you are invited to pause from caregiving for three blissful days to focus on nurturing your own soul. Author and retreat facilitator Shannon K. Evans will offer spiritual nourishment, foster the honest conversations you crave, and give practices for prayer and grounding, as well as for finding your voice again.
July 27, 2025
2:00 pm
Wild Belongings invites us into a deeper experience of Divine revelation through relationship with the land and creatures near us. Facilitators: Ellen Wiggins, Bob Kent
