We are living in fraught times, and though many of us have grown weary of this endless societal conflict, we don’t have much sense of how to improve things. In this retreat, we will consider six ancient monastic practices that can help us communicate with one another more respectfully, more compassionately, and ultimately more lovingly. PAULA HUSTON Paula Huston, a longtime Camaldolese Benedictine oblate, lives on the central coast of California. A National Endowment of the Arts Fellow in Creative…

Poetry, through its artful use of sound and sense, is able to communicate to the emotions as well as to the intellect and so connect with both the heart and head. Join us for an exploration of the ways in which poems embody spiritual truths and become vessels for deep growth and healing. Through close-readings of poems that strongly “incarnate insight" (in the words of poet and priest Malcolm Guite) and guided writing exercises, we will work to see what…