Monday – Friday, 8:45am & 5:00pm Central

Hosted by Sister Johanna & the Christine Center Residential Community

Discover the profound stillness and clarity that daily meditation can bring to your life. Our sessions, offered each day, create a nurturing space for inner reflection, mindful presence, and spiritual connection. Whether you are a seasoned practitioner or new to meditation, these gatherings provide gentle guidance and community support to deepen your practice. On the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, a reflective open discussion follows the morning session, inviting you to explore your experience with others in a spirit of shared inquiry.

Ongoing weekly sessions.
Register and drop in any time.

Sundays, 9am Central

Facilitated by: Sara Neall

Join us each Sunday to explore LovingKindness practices from the Buddhist traditions.

The qualities of kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity help us to live in this world with courage. They help us to be a true friend to ourself and to others. They connect us back to an inner abiding that is a true refuge.

Ongoing weekly sessions.
Register and drop in any time.

A Four-Week Reflection Series with Viktor E. Frankl

October 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2026

Mondays at 11am Central

Facilitated by Chris Flynn

In Man’s Search for Meaning, psychiatrist Viktor E. Frankl explores how meaning, purpose, and hope can be discovered even in life’s most difficult moments.

Through four weeks of heart-centered reflection, we will gather around a timeless question: What makes a life meaningful? Together we will explore the wisdom, courage, and hope that emerge when we listen deeply to that question.

October 9-11, 2026

with Tatiana Berindei, Gloria Nash, and Heidi Harrabi

The Womb Medicine Council is a women’s gathering centered on ceremony, story sharing, guided experiences, council circles, and celebration.

Together, we’ll explore women’s mysteries, reclaim embodied feminine wisdom, and make room for something new through shadow work, shamanic womb healing, and somatic practices.

Guided plant walks and dedicated time in nature are woven throughout this October New Moon weekend, creating space for nourishment, connection, creativity, and joy.

Third Thursday of each month from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

October 15, 2026

Paul Norton and Nancy Newman

Offered at no cost. Donations appreciated!

Join us at the Death Café, an open forum dedicated to discussing end-of-life issues in a supportive and respectful environment. This gathering provides a unique opportunity to explore topics often considered difficult to approach, within community and understanding.

The evening begins with a short meditation, followed by a brief reading to inspire reflection. Participants are then invited to engage in open sharing. Personal stories, thoughts, and questions are welcomed.

October 16-18, 2026

with Pierre MacGillis and Wade Britzius

A call to feel and feed your wild heart and honor the mysteries of the sacred masculine. Step into a safe, dynamic container to activate your most vital self, experience meaningful brotherhood, and renew your sense of purpose.

Men in our society are often expected to stifle our feelings and imagination as well as our deep yearning for authentic connection with ourselves and one another.

We will drop down into the nourishing dark together and remember what our souls and the world so passionately need.

October 26, 2026 6:30-7:30pm CST

with Barb Woolley

Hunter’s Moon
In community, let us manifest in our “BEING” the world our hearts know is possible.

This full moon is in Constellation Taurus. Its energies return to relaxation and self-care, as well as tending to home life.

The 2026 moon meditations invite a monthly sacred virtual sanctuary. Together we enter the Great Silence, offering one another quiet Presence, and letting Soul shine like the brightest moon.

Steady companions for cultivating a new way of being

October 30-November 1, 2026

with Shane Tytenicz

Many of us sense that we are living in a time of deep change. Familiar ways of being no longer hold as they once did, and what is emerging is not yet fully clear.

In this experiential retreat, Shane Tytenicz introduces Centering Prayer, Lectio Divina, and the Ignatian Examen as contemplative companions for living with greater clarity, depth, and groundedness in a changing world.

November 1-3, 2026

with Joanne Nelson

The second half of life is not defined by a particular age. Rather, it begins in a moment brought about by all manner of life-changing circumstances – a time when we recognize the need to reconsider who we are apart from occupations, daily duties, and our past.

Through writing, discussion, creative play, and mindfulness exercises, we’ll create our own unique paths and gently uncover the transformative possibilities inherent in times of deep change.

November 8-9, 2026

with Robin Schnitzler & Michael Hopwood

Join us for an uplifting Dances of Universal Peace retreat, with an evening and morning of shared practice in sacred song and movement. Rooted in sacred phrases and teachings from the world’s wisdom traditions, the Dances invite you to settle into presence, open your heart, and experience the joy of moving and singing together.

With periods of contemplation interspersed throughout the retreat, you are invited to reflect on your own in-the-moment experience of the Dances and then “return again” to the practice after a night of rest. Above all, you are welcomed as one who belongs in the circle, joining in a heartfelt, communal meditative practice that has been nurtured at the Christine Center for nearly 40 years.

Newcomers welcome!

November 11-15, 2026

with Jean Werremeyer and Brita Rekve

There are times in life when the familiar ways of understanding ourselves no longer seem sufficient. Through intuitive painting, the blank page becomes a threshold – a place to encounter what may not yet have words.

What unfolds may reveal something about your inner life and help cultivate a relationship with the source from which the painting comes – the place within that knows, senses, imagines, responds, and creates before the rational mind has figured everything out.

This retreat offers a sustained creative immersion in presence, surrender, discernment, courage, and trust as you follow what emerges, loosen the need to control the journey, and discover a way of being that is more deeply your own.

Third Thursday of each month from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

November 19, 2026

Paul Norton and Nancy Newman

Offered at no cost. Donations appreciated!

Join us at the Death Café, an open forum dedicated to discussing end-of-life issues in a supportive and respectful environment. This gathering provides a unique opportunity to explore topics often considered difficult to approach, within community and understanding.

The evening begins with a short meditation, followed by a brief reading to inspire reflection. Participants are then invited to engage in open sharing. Personal stories, thoughts, and questions are welcomed.

November 20-22, 2026

with Ron Moor

Enter into a weekend of silence, stillness, meditation, and contemplation through the practice of Centering Prayer. Inspired by the deep roots of Christian contemplation, this retreat invites you to slow down, commune with the Deep Self, and become more present and responsive to the knowing heart through meditation, shared exploration, and a special sound journey with sacred instruments.

Designed for those beginning a meditative practice or seeking to deepen an existing one, this retreat welcomes pilgrims of all faith traditions, or none.

November 24, 2026 6:30-7:30pm CST

with Barb Woolley

Beaver Moon
In community, let us manifest in our “BEING” the world our hearts know is possible.

This full moon is in Constellation Gemini. Energies return to a faster pace. It will be a highly productive, albeit busy time. Pause when needed.

The 2026 moon meditations invite a monthly sacred virtual sanctuary. Together we enter the Great Silence, offering one another quiet Presence, and letting Soul shine like the brightest moon.

November 25-27, 2026

with the Christine Center Community

Join us for our annual Gratitude Gathering, a homey retreat that invites you to rest, reflect, and share in the spirit of thankfulness. Rather than structured programming, this retreat offers spacious time for quiet contemplation, nourishing community connection, and simple practices that honor gratitude in everyday life.

Together, we create a gentle rhythm of shared supper, meditation, and moments of reflection–allowing gratitude to naturally unfold in both the small and meaningful moments.

Suppers included.

December 4-6, 2026

with Andrea Russell

Going on retreat offers an opportunity to let down the stresses of life and deepen your
yoga and meditation practices.

This retreat will allow you to unplug and remember what is really important to you. You will get the time you need for yoga, meditation, and introspection so that you can reset and come home to yourself.

You will also learn Ayurvedic recommendations to align harmoniously with the season, so your health and well-being may flourish.

December 7, 14, and 21 2026

Mondays at 11am Central

Facilitated by Chris Flynn

The holiday season can hold joy and celebration alongside sorrow, longing, loneliness, difficult memories, and the awareness that life has changed.

This gentle three-week gathering offers a welcoming space to honor what is difficult, care for yourself amid holiday expectations, and explore how gratitude and grief can walk hand in hand through conversation, reflection, and compassionate listening.

Anyone seeking a thoughtful and supportive way to move through the holiday season is warmly welcome.

Third Thursday of each month from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

December 17, 2026

Paul Norton and Nancy Newman

Offered at no cost. Donations appreciated!

Join us at the Death Café, an open forum dedicated to discussing end-of-life issues in a supportive and respectful environment. This gathering provides a unique opportunity to explore topics often considered difficult to approach, within community and understanding.

The evening begins with a short meditation, followed by a brief reading to inspire reflection. Participants are then invited to engage in open sharing. Personal stories, thoughts, and questions are welcomed.

December 18-20, 2026

with the Christine Center Community

Let the early winter forest hold the edges of your days while you walk, rest, pray, create, or sit in stillness. There are times when something in us knows it is time to step away – to enter the woods, quiet the noise, and make room for what has been waiting beneath the surface.

And when you long for connection, there is community here too – through shared practices, creative spaces, conversation, and opportunities to gather. Here, there is nothing you need to accomplish. Just time, space, connection (when you want it), and the invitation into stillness.

Option to add additional retreat days to this weekend at 50% off lodging. 

December 24-27, 2026

with the Christine Center Community

We welcome you to our annual Christmas retreat, a quiet and sacred time to honor the season.

This retreat offers a spiritual home with space for reflection, community connection, and simple practices that celebrate themes of birth, light, and renewal.

With time for contemplation, shared supper, and gentle gatherings, we embrace the heart of Christmas as an inner journey as well as a shared experience of peace and presence.

Suppers included.

December 28, 2026–January 1, 2027

with the Christine Center Community

Crossing the Threshold
As the year draws to a close, we invite you into a sacred pause – a few quiet days to step back, take stock, and listen deeply.

Reflect on what this year has asked of you and what it has given. Through simple ritual and shared silence, we will release what is complete and make room for what is ready to emerge. In community, we will turn gently toward the horizon, shaping intentions rooted in clarity and truth.

What are you ready to lay down? What is waiting to begin?

January 4 – February 22, 2026

Mondays at 11am Central

Facilitated by Chris Flynn

There are seasons in every life when the pace naturally slows – times of change, uncertainty, grief, healing, waiting, or simply a longing to step away from the constant pressure to keep moving.

Inspired by Katherine May’s Wintering, this eight-week online book study invites you to explore resilience, solitude, belonging, creativity, community, and the quiet wisdom that can emerge when we stop resisting life’s natural rhythms.

Gather in a welcoming circle to reflect, share experiences, and listen deeply to yourself and one another.

Honoring Sacred Time, Imagination, and Inner Rhythm for the New Year

January 7-10, 2027

with Lisa Mer

The invitation of a New Year offers a beautiful threshold – a moment to pause, reflect, and listen for what is quietly calling you forward.

Drawing inspiration from the illuminated prayer books of old, create a modern-day Book of Hours for the Creative Life – a vessel of devotion to the holy practice of paying attention.

Through SoulCollage®, collage clusters, soulful mark-making, image, word, and sacred pause, honor sacred time, imagination, and inner rhythm while reconnecting with what matters most in your creative and spiritual life.

February 19-21, 2027

with Margaret Berg and Jason Isenberg

A heartfelt opportunity for couples to deepen connection and rediscover each other. This retreat explores how old childhood needs and lost parts of ourselves may seek healing through our partner. By bringing these hidden patterns into the light, couples can begin to transform conflict into a path of growth and deeper love.

You’ll learn tools for more meaningful communication while sharing laughter, movement, reflection, and celebration. The workshop invites you to understand conflict as “growth trying to happen,” grow compassion and self-awareness, and reimagine your relationship with a renewed sense of closeness and a more conscious, attuned way of being together.