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PROGRAM LISTINGS
** ON SITE** CELEBRATE GOD’S TENDER DAWNING
** ON SITE** Mindful & Compassionate Faith
** VIRTUAL ** Heart-Centered Meditation
** VIRTUAL** Guided Relaxation
**ZOOM & DRIVE THROUGH** 21st ANNUAL WINE TASTING EVENT
5-DAY SILENT DIRECTED BIOSPIRITUAL FOCUSING OR SILENT DIRECTED RETREAT
6-DAY GUIDED BIOSPIRITUAL FOCUSING RETREAT - CANCELED
**ZOOM** 6-DAY SILENT DIRECTED RETREAT (New lower cost!)
**ON-SITE OR ZOOM OPTION** 6-DAY SILENT DIRECTED RETREAT
**ON SITE** 6-DAY SILENT DIRECTED RETREAT
**ON-SITE OR ZOOM OPTION** 7-DAY SILENT DIRECTED RETREAT
A DAY OF CENTERING PRAYER: BEYOND CONVERSATION WITH GOD
A FIVE-DAY JOURNEY THROUGH HEALING - AVAILABLE AUGUST 21-26
A FIVE-DAY JOURNEY THROUGH HEALING
A NEW GENESIS STORY: CREATING A FAITH FOR TODAY THAT IS AUTHENTIC, TRANSFORMATIVE AND CONNECTED TO THE EARTH
**ON SITE** A NEW GENESIS STORY: CREATING A FAITH FOR TODAY THAT IS AUTHENTIC, TRANSFORMATIVE AND CONNECTED TO THE EARTH
A SHORT WINTER'S NAP: RESTORATIVE YOGA WORKSHOP
OFFERED VIA ZOOM! ACTIVE HOPE - THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY OF FACING CLIMATE CHANGE - AND PANDEMIC
AUTUMN EQUINOX
Autumn in New England Sabbatical - Contemplating Natural Beauty
AWAKENING SPRING YOGA SERIES - CLASSES POSTPONED
BASK IN NATURE - OFFERED VIRTUALLY
BIG BOOK WEEKEND ADVENTURE
**ON SITE** BIOSPIRITUAL FOCUSING: A DAY OF PRESENCE
*ON SITE* CARING FOR THE GIVER
CENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION - LIVE STREAM: UNITIVE CONSCIOUSNESS - CANCELED
**ZOOM** CHAIR YOGA
**ZOOM** CHAIR YOGA
**ON SITE** Conspire 2021: Living Inside God’s Great Story
CONTEMPLATIVE STARGAZING -CANCELLED
DEEP REST: A WINTER YOGA RETREAT
ENTERING THE HEART OF CHRIST: CHRISTIANITY AS PARTICIPATORY MYSTERY
***EVENT IS FULL***Free Virtual Event ***Five Tips for Having Challenging Conversations with Grace, Respect and Ease
FRIDAY MORNING GET UP AND GLOW- VIA ZOOM
**ZOOM** FRIDAY MORNING GET UP AND GLOW
**ON SITE**Genesis 22nd Annual Wine Tasting Fundraiser
GENESIS OPEN HOUSE POSTPONED
**ON SITE** GRACE IN MOTION
GUIDED RELAXATION MEDITATION
HEALTH RHYTHMS: GROUP DRUMMING - CANCELED
**Zoom** Daily Heart-Centered Meditation
**ZOOM** HEART-CENTERED MEDITATION EVERY DAY DURING JUNE - 7AM AND 7PM
ILLUMINATED LETTERING: MORE CELTIC KNOTWORK -NEW FORMAT!
INTRODUCTION TO BIOSPIRITUAL FOCUSING: A WEEKEND RETREAT
**ON SITE** BIOSPIRITUAL FOCUSING: A DAY OF PRESENCE
INTUITION AND CREATIVITY - CANCELED
LINGER A LITTLE LONGER AT BREAKFAST - May Day: A Celtic Legacy- CANCELED
CANCELED: LINGER A LITTLE LONGER AT BREAKFAST
LINGER A LITTLE LONGER AT BREAKFAST - When Love Meets Dust: A Fresh Approach to Lent
LIVING AFTER LOSS *****CANCELED****
LIVING IN RECOVERY: 12 STEP RETREAT WEEKEND - CANCELED
MAY GUIDED RELAXATION - VIA ZOOM
**ZOOM**MINI YOGA SERIES WITH KATHY NIEDZIELSKI
***CANCELED*** MEDITATIVE NATURE DRAWING: WALK, SEE & SKETCH BEAUTIFUL PATTERNS IN NATURE
**ZOOM** MINDBODY
MIND/BODY SERIES - VIA ZOOM
MINDFUL EATING - CANCELED
MINISTRY ON THE MARGINS - CANCELED
**ON-SITE**MYSTICS, REBELS, AND PROPHETS: WOMEN WHO WENT BEFORE US AND WALK WITH US TODAY
**ZOOM** HEART-CENTERED MEDITATION EVERYDAY AT 7AM AND 7PM *Registration will close at 3:00 pm Fri. 2/26/21 & resume Mon. 3/1/21*
**Zoom** Daily Heart-Centered Meditation
New Event
VIRTUAL CHAIR YOGA SESSION VIA ZOOM
VIRTUAL CHAIR YOGA SESSION VIA ZOOM
**ZOOM** Wind-Down Yoga • Wednesday Evenings
**ZOOM** NOVENA FOR EARTH DAY – APRIL 14 - 22
**ON SITE**OFF THE EDGES AND OUTSIDE THE LINES RETREAT
**ON SITE** 11th Step Weekend Retreat
CANCELED---**ON SITE** 5-DAY GUIDED BIOSPIRITUAL FOCUSING RETREAT
**ON SITE** 5-DAY JOURNEY THROUGH HEALING
**ON SITE** 5-DAY SILENT DIRECTED RETREAT (please indicate your preferred Director at Registration)
FULL (waiting list only) **ON SITE** 5-DAY SILENT DIRECTED RETREAT
**ON SITE** 5-DAY SILENT DIRECTED RETREAT
***ON SITE*** 5-Day Silent Directed Retreat
**ON SITE** 6-DAY BIOSPIRITUAL FOCUSING OR SILENT DIRECTED RETREAT
**ON SITE** 6-DAY SILENT DIRECTED RETREAT
FULL (waiting list only) **ON SITE** 6-DAY SILENT DIRECTED RETREAT
**FULL (WAITING LIST ONLY) **ON SITE** 6-DAY SILENT DIRECTED RETREAT
**ON SITE** 6-DAY SILENT DIRECTED RETREAT
**ON SITE** 7-DAY SILENT DIRECTED RETREAT
**ON SITE** A WINTER'S REST WEEKEND YOGA RETREAT
**ON SITE OR ZOOM** ADVENT JOURNEY WEEKEND IN A MOST UNUSUAL YEAR
**ON SITE** AUTUMN YOGA JOURNEY
**ON SITE** AUTUMN YOGA JOURNEY
**ON SITE** Biospiritual Day of Presence
**ON-SITE** 6-Night Guided BioSpiritual Focusing Retreat
**ON SITE** BIOSPIRITUAL FOCUSING: DAY OF PRESENCE
**ON-SITE** BioSpiritual Focusing: Day of Presence
**ON SITE** BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS
**ZOOM** BOOK STUDY: EXPLORING THE MEANING OF CATHOLIC IN AN EVOLUTIONARY UNIVERSE ~ Author: Ilia Delio
**ON SITE** CELTIC ARTWORK STUDIO WEEKEND
**ON SITE** “COME TO THE TABLE" WOMEN'S MINISTRY RETREAT
**ON SITE** "COME TO THE TABLE" WOMEN'S MINISTRY SPIRITUAL RETREAT
**ON SITE** DESIGNING CELTIC CROSSES
**ON SITE** DESIGNING YOUR OWN CELTIC CROSS & MANDALA
**ON SITE** EARTH DAY CELEBRTATION! TEA & PRAYER ON THE GROUNDS OF GENESIS PROVIDENCE ARBORETUM
**ON SITE** EASTER TRIDUUM RETREAT
**ON SITE** ENNEAGRAM WEEKEND ~ VISITED/REVISITED
***CANCELED*** FROM STRUGGLE TO SERENITY: IMPROVING RELATIONSHIPS
**ON SITE** GRIEF AND LOSS SURROUNDING THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE
CANCELED **ON SITE** Healing After Loss: How Nature Can Guide Us Forward
**ZOOM** IN THE HEART OF AUTUMN RESTORATIVE YOGA
**ON SITE** IN THE HEART OF AUTUMN RESTORATIVE YOGA
**ON SITE** Introduction to Enneagram
*ON-SITE* LEARN SELF-MASSAGE FOR TENSION RELIEF
**ON SITE** LISTENING AND WAITING DURING ADVENT
**ZOOM or ON SITE options** LIVING IN RECOVERY 12-STEP RETREAT WEEKEND
**CANCELED ON SITE** MEETING WOMEN OF THE SCRIPTURE AGAIN OR FOR THE FIRST TIME
**ZOOM** MINDFUL EATING WORKSHOP
**ON-SITE OR ZOOM OPTION** 5-DAY SILENT DIRECTED RETREAT
**ON SITE** Prayerful Pause at Year’s End Retreat
**ON SITE or VIA ZOOM** PRAYERFUL PAUSE YEAR-END SILENT RETREAT
**ON SITE** PSYCHOLOGY AND SPIRITUALITY OF THOMAS KEATING: CALL TO CONTEMPLATIVE LIVING
**ON SITE** WEEKEND YOGA RETREAT - RETURNING THE SUN TO YOUR SKY
CANCELLED **ON SITE** Sacred Mystery in the Heart of Creation
**ON SITE** SHORT WINTER’S NAP - RESTORATIVE YOGA WORKSHOP
**ZOOM** “SHORT WINTER’S NAP” RESTORATIVE YOGA AFTERNOON WORKSHOP
**ON-SITE** Soft, Inspiring Reflections on Essential Oils. Book signing event.
**ON SITE** STEWARD YOUR LITERARY LEGACY
**ON SITE** STRESS AWARENESS AND A PATH TO HEALING
**ON SITE** SUMMER’S LIGHT YOGA SERIES
**ON-SITE IS WAITING LIST ONLY** TEILHARD DE CHARDIN AND JUNG: AWAKENING THE FIRES OF LOVE
**ON SITE** The Luminous Gospels: Thomas, Mary Magdalene, and Philip
**ON SITE** WELCOMING SUMMER - A MORNING RETREAT
CANCELED----**ON SITE RETREAT** HAS GOD CHANGED OR IS IT ME?
**ON SITE** YOGA AS EMBODIED PRAYER: REFLECTING THE LIGHT WITHIN - WEEKEND YOGA RETREAT
**ON SITE**5-Day Silent Directed BioSpiritual Focusing Retreat
**ZOOM** OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE. Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
**ON-SITE & ONLINE** Sister Joan Chittister, OSB - In Honor of Genesis’ 45th Anniversary
**ONLINE** Wildlife Perfumery - to Benefit the India COVID-19 Fund
OPENING TO THE LIGHT
** VIRTUAL** OPENING TO THE LIGHT
PILGRIMAGE TO STEPPING STONES - CANCELED
PRAYING WITH HEARTS AND HANDS – PRAYER SHAWL RETREAT- CANCELED
PRAYING WITH THE SENSES -CANCELLED
**ZOOM**RECONNECTING WITH NATURE-HEALING FOR THE SOUL: A CONTEMPLATIVE DISCUSSION GROUP
**ZOOM** REFLECT, WRITE, DISCOVER - NEW!
SACRED SPACES - CANCELED
SEARCHING FOR A LOVING HIGHER POWER THROUGH 12 STEP EXPERIENCES - CANCELED
SELF COMPASSION: A FAITHFUL PRACTICE
SELF-COMPASSION: A FAITHFUL PRACTICE
SPRING EQUINOX***CANCELED**
**ON SITE** SPRING RENEWAL YOGA SERIES *PROGRAM FULL*
SPRINGTIME PETITE RETREAT - CANCELED
SUBSTANCE USE, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AND SPIRITUALITY
SUMMER SOLSTICE - WELCOMING SUMMER!
SURVIVING AND THRIVING THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES - connect virtually
TAI CHI AND CHAI TEA
THE PRESENCE PROCESS - CANCELED
THE WAY OF THE UNIVERSE: ALIGNING OUR LIVES AND OUR SPIRITUALITY WITH COSMIC PROCESS -CANCELLED
THOMAS MERTON: THE ARC AND INSIGHTS FROM A MODERN CHRISTIAN CONTEMPLATIVE JOURNEY*** OFFERED VIRTUALLY - CONNECT VIA ZOOM
FINDING GOD IN A PANDEMIC CRISIS: Navigating this Storm at Sea - VIA ZOOM With Dr. Robert Weber
VALENTINE'S DAY SPECIAL!
**VIRTUAL & ON-SITE** Chair Yoga with Optional Meditation
**VIRTUAL** Book Club - An Altar in the World
VIRTUAL CHAIR YOGA SESSION VIA ZOOM
VIRTUAL CHAIR YOGA SESSION VIA ZOOM
***VIRTUAL***HEART CENTERED MEDITATION
**VIRTUAL** HEART-CENTERED MEDITATION
**VIRTUAL** MAKING ROOM FOR THE HOLY
**VIRTUAL** The Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life - 19th Annotation Virtual Retreat
**ZOOM** LIVING THE SERENITY PRAYER
**ON SITE** WELCOMING AUTUMN
WHEN THE DISCIPLE COMES OF AGE: A BOOK STUDY
**ZOOM** DIARMUID O'MURCHU - WHEN THE DISCIPLE COMES OF AGE, SPIRITUAL MATURITY TODAY
**ZOOM** WIND-DOWN WEDNESDAY YOGA
WIND-DOWN WEDNESDAYS YOGA ON THE MAT - VIA ZOOM
**ZOOM** SURVIVING AND THRIVING THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES – an 8 week series with Betty Hill Crowson
YOGA AS EMBODIED PRAYER: REFLECTING THE LIGHT WITHIN
**ZOOM** - Group Meditation • MindBody Thursday Afternoons
**EMAIL** 21-DAY SELF-COMPASSION JOURNEY WITH BECKY CRANE
**ZOOM** CHAIR YOGA WITH OPTIONAL GUIDED MEDITATION
**ZOOM** EARTHWISE
**ZOOM** GUIDED RELAXATION
**ZOOM** Joint-Freeing Series • MindBody Thursday Afternoons
**ZOOM** Restorative Yoga for Anxiety & Worry • MindBody Thur Afternoons
**ZOOM** VALENTINE'S SPECIAL - HEART OPENING
**ZOOM** SUPPORT GROUP FOR GRIEF & LOSS FROM ADDICTION
**ZOOM** BOOK STUDY: THE REBIRTHING OF GOD BY JOHN PHILIP NEWELL: CHRISTIANITY’S STRUGGLE FOR NEW BEGINNINGS
**ZOOM** BOOK STUDY: FIELD OF COMPASSION BY JUDY CANNATO
**ZOOM** Chair Yoga • Tuesday and Friday Mornings
**ZOOM** Chair Yoga • Tuesday and Friday Mornings
**ZOOM** Chair Yoga • Tuesday and Friday Mornings
**ZOOM** Chair Yoga • Tuesday and Friday Mornings
**ZOOM** Chair Yoga • Tuesday and Friday Mornings
**ZOOM** Chair Yoga • Tuesday and Friday Mornings
**ZOOM** Chair Yoga • Tuesday and Friday Mornings
**ZOOM** Chair Yoga • Tuesday and Friday Mornings
**ZOOM** Chair Yoga • Tuesday and Friday Mornings
**ZOOM** CHAIR YOGA WITH OPTIONAL GUIDED MEDITATION (Tue & Fri)
**ZOOM** CHAIR YOGA WITH OPTIONAL GUIDED MEDITATION (Tue & Fri)
**ZOOM** Chair Yoga with Optional Guided Meditation (Tue & Fri)
**ZOOM** Chair Yoga with Optional Guided Meditation (Tue & Fri)
**ZOOM** Chair Yoga with Optional Guided Meditation (Tue & Fri)
**ZOOM** Chair Yoga with Optional Guided Meditation
**ZOOM** CHAIR YOGA WITH OPTIONAL GUIDED MEDITATION
**ZOOM** CHAIR YOGA WITH OPTIONAL MEDITATION
**ZOOM** Chair Yoga with Optional Meditation
**ZOOM** Chair Yoga with Optional Meditation
**ZOOM** Challenging Chair • MindBody Thursday Afternoons
**Zoom** Daily Heart-Centered Meditation
**Zoom** Free! Chair Yoga
**Zoom** Free! Chair Yoga
**ZOOM** Get Up and Glow • Friday Mornings
**ZOOM** Get Up and Glow • Friday Mornings
**ZOOM** Get Up and Glow • Friday Mornings
**ZOOM** Get Up and Glow • Friday Mornings
**ZOOM** Get Up and Glow • Friday Mornings
**ZOOM** Guided Relaxation
**ZOOM** GUIDED RELAXATION ~ SUNDAYS
**ZOOM** Guided Relaxation (Sundays)
**ZOOM** GUIDED RELAXATION
**ZOOM** GUIDED RELAXATION
**ZOOM** Guided Relaxation
**ZOOM** Guided Relaxation
**ZOOM** HEART-CENTERED MEDITATION EVERYDAY AT 7AM AND 7PM (Please register before 3:00 pm on Friday, 1/29/2021 to get the ZOOM link)
**ZOOM** HEART CENTERED MEDITATION EVERYDAY AT 7 AM & 7 PM
**ZOOM** HEART-CENTERED MEDITATION EVERYDAY AT 7AM AND 7PM *Registration will close at 3:00 pm Thu 3/25/21 & resume Mon 3/29/21*
**ZOOM** July 9 - Breathe & Meditate • MindBody Thur Afternoons
**ZOOM** July Guided Relaxation
**ZOOM** July Guided Relaxation
**ZOOM** July Guided Relaxation
**ZOOM** July Guided Relaxation
**ZOOM** July Guided Relaxation
**ZOOM** MEETING WOMEN OF THE SCRIPTURE AGAIN OR FOR THE FIRST TIME
**ZOOM** MOOD BALANCING WITH ESSENTIAL OILS & DEEP RESTORATION
**ZOOM** MOOD BALANCING WITH ESSENTIAL OILS: SELF MASSAGE
**ZOOM** NOVENA FOR GENESIS' 45TH ANNIVERSARY
**ZOOM** PRAYING WITH POETRY IN THE PANDEMIC
**ZOOM** PRAYING WITH THE LABYRINTH
**ZOOM** RACIAL HEALING: BEING A LIGHT OF GOD’S LOVE
**ZOOM** Restorative Yoga
**ZOOM** Slow Flow Yoga
**ZOOM** SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION DURING THIS PANDEMIC CRISIS: GROWING IN SIMPLICITY, PATIENCE, AND COMPASSION
**ZOOM**THE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES: 8 WAYS TO EXPERIENCE AND SHARE GOD'S LOVE
**ZOOM** THE SPACE BETWEEN US: CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SPIRITUALITY & TRANSFORMATION OF CONFLICT
**ZOOM** Wind-Down Yoga • Wednesday Evenings
**ZOOM** Wind-Down Yoga • Wednesday Evenings
**ZOOM** Wind-Down Yoga • Wednesday Evenings
**ZOOM** Wind-Down Yoga • Wednesday Evenings
**ON SITE or ZOOM** LIVE STREAM WITH DIARMUID O'MURCHU: PANDEMIC: A NEW HORIZON FOR ECOLOGICAL SPIRITUALITY
**ZOOM**HEART-CENTERED MEDITATION EVERY DAY DURING JULY AT 7AM AND 7PM
**ZOOM**HEART-CENTERED MEDITATION EVERY DAY AT 7AM AND 7PM
**ZOOM**HEART-CENTERED MEDITATION EVERY DAY AT 7AM AND 7PM
**ZOOM**HEART-CENTERED MEDITATION EVERY DAY AT 7AM AND 7PM
**ZOOM**HEART-CENTERED MEDITATION EVERY DAY AT 7AM AND 7PM
**ZOOM**HEART-CENTERED MEDITATION EVERY DAY AT 7AM AND 7PM
**ZOOM**HEART-CENTERED MEDITATION EVERY DAY AT 7AM AND 7PM
**ZOOM** MAKING ROOM FOR THE HOLY: OPENING THE DOOR TO GOD'S ABIDING LOVE
**ZOOM**PRACTICE FOR PEACE
**ZOOM**THE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES: 8 WAYS TO EXPERIENCE AND SHARE GOD'S LOVE
Registration
Private Retreats
Retreat Testimonial
Retreat Testimonial
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Sr. Elizabeth Oleksak, SP, Foundress of Genesis
Retreat Testimonials
A Call to Freedom
Feeling the Blessing
Stillness and Healing
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Ongoing Group Testimonials
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Pay Online Balance Due
Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.
- Meister Eckhart
