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Group Drumming Retreat

Bethany Retreat Center 1031 Germania Rd, Frenchville

Join us on April 26th when we will focus on Sacred Medicine Shields, found in native and indigenous traditions. Each attendee will create their spiritual shield, signifying their personal vision. We will honor each person’s spiritual journey through their own Sacred Medicine Shield.

World Labyrinth Day

Bethany Retreat Center 1031 Germania Rd, Frenchville

World Labyrinth Day – Pray as One at 1:00pm.The labyrinth is a spiritual tool that has many applications in various settings.  It reduces stress, quiets the mind, and opens the heart.  It is a walking meditation, a path to prayer and a blueprint where psyche meets Spirit.” Reverend Lauren Artress, Episcopal priest, author, and founder […]

Poetry Retreat

Bethany Retreat Center 1031 Germania Rd, Frenchville

For this contemplative poetry retreat, we’ll use Ecclesiastes 3:1–8—as well as the Pete Seeger folk song inspired by it—to address, question, and respond to timely topics. We’ll “Turn! Turn! Turn!” from odes to laments, love poems to war poems, aubades to elegies, and meditations to protests. Time permitting, we’ll experiment with the humorous, the lyrical, […]

Directed Silent Retreat

Bethany Retreat Center 1031 Germania Rd, Frenchville

Spiritual direction or spiritual companionship is a process guided by the Holy Spirit in which two people enter into a unique conversation. The spiritual director or guide is trained to listen in a particular way to hear where God is present and acting in the life of another. This “holy listening” approaches each person’s life […]