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When Joy Steorts' father passed away from COVID-19 in 2022, her grieving process made space for a brilliant idea. An oasis in the city, a space to be silent, and time set aside with God.
FIRST PERSON: In an age of constant digital noise, there’s little more countercultural than intentionally stepping into quiet spaces. But the ancient practice of silence and solitude is as ...
The WinShape Retreat Center in Rome, Georgia An aspiring seminarian prays during a vocational discernment retreat in the chapel of Blessed John XXIII National Seminary in Massachusetts. The meaning of a spiritual retreat can be different for different religious communities. Spiritual retreats are an integral part of many Buddhist, Christian and ...
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The monastery at daybreak. The Monastery of the Holy Spirit was founded on March 21, 1944, by twenty monks from the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. The Archdiocese of Atlanta and silent film star Colleen Moore donated 1,400 acres (5.7 km 2) of land and the first monks lived in a barn while they built (by themselves) what would become known as the "pine board" monastery.
The retreats were modeled on 10- and 30-day Goenka retreats, but the technique taught was mainly based on Mahasi Sayadaw's practice (with the inclusion of Metta meditation). [34] In 1976 Kornfield and Goldstein, along with Sharon Salzberg and Jacqueline Schwartz founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre , Massachusetts .
Main building at Birken Forest Buddhist Monastery, near Kamloops, BC. Birken Forest Buddhist Monastery has been developed in three distinct phases: In phase 1, Bhikkhu Soṇa and Bhikkhu Piyadhammo established Birken in a sparse two-room shack in the mountains near Pemberton, BC, along the Birkenhead River in 1994. This was the first monastery ...
A Vermont man is being called a “modern-day Rip Van Winkle” after spending 75 days in a silent retreat — . separated from all news about the ongoing state of the world. Daniel Thorson, a ...