We joyfully invite you to join with the Rolling Ridge Study Retreat staff community for our annual labor day work retreat.
Can work together be a retreat?
We think so. That's why we often end this day of shared work with more energy and joy than when we began. As we work through the day, we are restored with good conversations, reconnection with others who love this land, a simple shared meal from the Rolling Ridge garden, singing together in the Retreat House, and the delight of stretching and moving our bodies in new ways.
Retreat to the Ridge and bring your art with you. If you draw, dance, sing, write, play a musical instrument, sculpt, sew, or otherwise create—this retreat is for you! Practice in an inspiring mountain setting; share creative experiences with one another; explore the connection between silence, spirit, and creativity; try something new in sampler sessions with guest artists. Parents and younger sibs welcome.
The Shadowland FIRMing is a three-day event designed for men who have experiened the Rites of Passage and who have participated in the follow-up process, Journey of Illumination. It is an intensive event containing solitude, ritual, and a 24-hour period of extended silence in the wilderness. It is intended for those who have already attended the MROP (Men's Rites of Passage) and have have engaged in an intentional journey of accountable connection with a Soul brother, working to develop spiritual disciplines in five areas: centering, gathering, connecting, releasing and serving. Belden Lane from St. Louis will be the weaver for this gathering, and Lou Flessner from Texas our ritual elder.
Sisters of Mercy foundress Catherine McAuley once said: "We have one solid source of happiness in all our journeying - we can keep our hearts fixed on God."