Program Offerings
Offering online, onsite and hybrid programs
Retreat programs offer unique opportunity to deepen your spiritual practice in a supportive group container. At the Christine Center, we strive to offer diverse opportunities so that all may find a retreat experience to deepen and nourish their practice.
Reservation Information:
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- Online registration is available–find the link to register online on the program webpages.
- Contact us directly via email or phone: welcome@christinecenter.org or 715-267-7507
- Payments are due in full at the time reservations are made
Scholarships
The Christine Center Scholarship Fund is available from donations specified for this purpose. Our hope is that all who seek a spiritual deepening experience will have the opportunity to participate with us.
Upcoming Retreat Programs
Weekly
Online
Twice Daily, Weekday Meditations
Monday – Friday, 8:45am & 5:00pm CST
Hosted by Sisters Johanna & Henrita
Discover the profound stillness and clarity that daily meditation can bring to your life. Our guided 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. Rooted in the Christine Center’s commitment to contemplative living, daily meditation invites you to slow down, reset, and carry the essence of peace into your day.
Online
Our Hearts Were Made For This
Sundays, 9-10am CST
Facilitated by: Sara Neall
Join us each Sunday to explore LovingKindness practices from the Buddhist traditions.
Each session will begin with a brief dharma talk which will frame our practice. The meditation will be 20-30 minutes in length, followed time to ask questions and share experiences. The discussion period is optional with an approximate end time of 10am or earlier depending on the discussion.
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.
Online
Tao Te Ching: Offering a Way Forward
Ancient spiritual knowledge applied to today’s life.
Wednesday’s at 10:15am (CDT)
with Ron Moor
The Tao Te Ching is a philosophy of being calling us to live in harmony with all of creation.
Ongoing weekly sessions.
Register and drop in any time.
Celebrate the Christine Center’s 45th Anniversary with a Pilgrimage to Assisi!
In the Footsteps of St. Francis:
Experience Franciscan Values in the Heart of Italy
September 23 – October 3, 2025
Celebrate the Christine Center’s 45th anniversary with a pilgrimage to Assisi and the serene Umbrian countryside. This 11-day journey invites you to explore sacred Franciscan sites, immerse yourself in Italian culture, and reflect on the enduring values of St. Francis—contemplation, compassion, hospitality, simplicity, care for the earth, and transformation. Staying at the peaceful Villa Pieve near Corciano, we will walk in the spirit of Francis with a like-hearted community, deepening our connection to God, self, and the natural world. Space is limited to 20 participants.
March
In Person
Spiritual Deepening for Global Transformation VIII Introductory Weekend
March 28-30, 2025
If you’ve felt the call for “something more” in your practice or yearn for a community of seekers on a shared path of transformation, this weekend is your invitation to begin. Together, we’ll explore how the inner work of soul becomes the outer work of healing and wholeness for our world.
Come and discover if the SDGT program resonates with your heart’s longing for deeper presence, connection, and purpose.
Being fully Human in the beautiful way Soul knows is possible.
The Christine Center provides me with a space that I have come to cherish. It allows me to be silent and present with myself and others. I am truly grateful to all the staff and volunteers that continue to make this a welcoming and safe place to explore nature and the me that I have yet to meet. Blessings!
April
In Person
Writing Your Spiritual Story
April 4-6, 2025
with Joanne Nelson
We each have a unique connection to the sacred, and writing can be a powerful way to explore and deepen that bond. In this retreat, we’ll engage in guided writing exercises designed to illuminate our spiritual paths, inspire creative expression, and uncover new perspectives on what is most meaningful in our lives.
The retreat blends reflective writing, mindfulness practices, and thoughtful instruction, offering space for introspection, creativity, and connection. Whether you are an experienced writer or just beginning to put words to your spiritual journey, you’ll find inspiration in the process. Time to share your work will be available, but always optional.
In Person
Myofascial Release (MFR) Retreat: A Healing Gathering for Myofascial Therapists
Replenish Your Energy – Deepen Your Practice – Build Lasting Connections
April 4-6, 2025
with Laramee Paradise
Join us for a rejuvenating weekend designed exclusively for Myofascial Release (MFR) therapists to both give and receive healing treatments in a supportive community of peers.
This retreat offers ample opportunities for multiple hands-on treatment sessions, providing both the chance to refine your skills and receive much-needed care. In addition to focused treatment time, there will be space for rest, reflection, and networking with others who share your passion for healing through Myofascial Release.
Prerequisite: Participants must have completed at least one class in the John Barnes’ Approach to Myofascial Release.
In Person
With Joyful Voice - A Weekend of Sacred Chant and Meditation
April 4-6, 2025
with Kaita Bliffert, Fred Bliffert and Ron Moor
Join us for a joyful weekend of exploring, expanding, deepening, and healing through sacred chant and silent meditation. Rooted in the Bhakti Yoga tradition of Kirtan, this retreat blends call-and-response chanting with deep stillness, guiding you into a state of unitive consciousness. Experience the vibrational power of Sanskrit and English chants, a Seven Chakra chant integrating sound and movement, and a transformative sonic journey with sacred instruments. No prior experience needed—just an open heart, ready to receive the gifts of this ancient practice.
I am so grateful that this Center exists. I have done both programs and personal retreats at the center and both have been very restorative. Thank you
In Person
Embodying Resilience: A Trauma-Informed Mindful Movement Retreat
April 11-13, 2025
with Mollee Sheehan
We have the innate capacity to heal. In this retreat, we’ll explore ancient practices and evidence-supported techniques that utilize the built-in resources of our own bodies to transform trauma patterns and rebalance our nervous systems, to connect with our true nature, and to live with greater ease.
The retreat is a mix of education and specific guided practices that work with the nervous system to shift mental, emotional, and physical states. There will be space for reflection, rest, and connection with nature. After discovering which practices support your whole-being well-being, you’ll leave with a personalized resilience ritual for integrating rewiring practices into your daily life.
Online
Full Moon Meditation: Pink Moon
April 12, 2025 at 6:30pm
Offered at no cost; come meditate with us!
FULL MOON is in Constellation Virgo. Its energies promote flow and spontaneity. Indigenous people in the northern hemisphere called this last full moon of winter the worm moon after the worm trails that would appear in the newly thawed ground. Other names include chaste moon, death moon, crust moon and sap moon, after the tapping of the maple trees.
Seed-thought: In Stillness, in silence, the “weather” of emotion quiets, the tumble of thinking stills. Now can arise Holy Knowing, Intuition. I meet Life and it is One, alive, and always co-arising.
Online
'The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul'
Mondays, beginning April 14 (12 weeks)
Two groups: 11am-12:30pm or 6:30-8pm
with Chris Flynn
This is your invitation to become an Elder. Join us in a reflective exploration of what it means to embrace elderhood with vitality, joy, and purpose. Gather online for a 12-week book study and sharing circle, where you are invited to shift from outward roles to deep inner work, uncovering the wisdom, self-knowledge, and spiritual growth that comes with age. Through guided discussions, spiritual practices, and deep listening, we will engage in meaningful conversations and personal reflection. Together, we honor this stage of life as a time of transformation, insight, and connection.
In Person
Easter: Inner Experience of Renewal
April 16-20, 2025
Experience Easter as a time of inner renewal and transformation. Through guided meditations and reflective practices, we will explore the journey of rebirth, symbolized by the Easter story. This retreat invites participants to connect with their own experience of renewal, deepening their spiritual path through the exploration of personal growth, resurrection, and new life.
Online
Death Cafe
April 17, 2025 from 7:00 – 8:30pm
with 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. Come together with us the third Thursday of every month.
In Person
Clark County "Spring Into the Arts" Studio Tour
April 25-26, 2025; 9am-5pm
Reserve your lodging and food during this incredible event here.
The Christine Center is a delightful spot on Clark County’s Annual Spring into the Arts Tour where you can enjoy many talented artists from the area. This self-guided tour brings you through the beautiful countryside of Clark County and gives you a chance to bring home a new treasure or two. The tour features some of the finest artists, guest artists and their designs – painters, potters, woodworkers, metal workers, jewelers, weavers, basket makers, glass workers, mixed media and much more.
May
Online
Full Moon Meditation: Flower Moon
May 12, 2025 at 6:30pm
Offered at no cost; come meditate with us!
FULL MOON is in Constellation SCORPIO. Its energies are turbulent, reveal difficult truths, and call for reckoning with reality. Many cultures refer to May’s full moon as the flower moon thanks to the abundant blooming that occurs as spring gets going properly. Other names include the hare moon, the corn planting moon, and the milk moon.
Seed-thought: Who I am is not what I believe about myself, or who I have made myself to be. In the waning of who I think I am, Soul can shine. In forgetting “me,” I remember who I am.
Online
Death Cafe
May 15, 2025 from 7:00 – 8:30pm
with 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. Come together with us the third Thursday of every month.
In Person
Inquiry with Soul: A Writing Journey to Inner Alignment
May 16-18, 2025
with Joanne Nelson
Words have the power to uncover truths, heal wounds, and illuminate the path forward. Inquiry with Soul is a writing-focused retreat that invites you to engage in meaningful dialogue with your inner self through reflective writing practices, mindfulness, and meditation. This retreat is perfect for anyone seeking to deepen their writing practice as a tool for self-inquiry and personal growth. Whether you’re new to writing or an experienced wordsmith, Inquiry with Soul offers a nurturing space to connect with your truth and align with the wisdom that lives within.
Come prepared to write, reflect, and discover the healing power of putting pen to paper in dialogue with your soul.
The Hildegard Soul-Studio for Creative Art and Ritual is always open!
Whether enjoying a Private Retreat at the Center or participating in another organized program, this wonderful “no judgement” space is available to you to express your creativity, or just to “play.” Unless there’s an organized retreat happening in the studio, it’s open at all hours. There is a nominal fee for materials. You are invited. Check out the new Programs being offered!
In Person
Women's Revival 2025
May 16 – 18, 2025
with Jenny Hayes
Cross the threshold from the distractions of daily life into a sacred space of restoration and renewal. Designed for women caregivers and tenders—including therapists, nurses, bodyworkers, healers, teachers, mothers, and earth tenders—this retreat offers a nurturing sanctuary where self-care is honored, and the soul is replenished. Massage therapy is also available for deep relaxation.
In Person
Making Friends with Death Retreat
May 23 – 25, 2025
with Paul Norton and Nancy Newman
Explore your relationship with death in a compassionate and reflective space, over a weekend guided by Paul Norton and Nancy Newman. Through guided meditations, heartfelt discussions, and insightful presentations, this retreat invites you to engage with the nature of mortality with openness and presence. Whether you are navigating personal questions, supporting a loved one, or deepening your understanding of impermanence, this weekend offers a supportive environment for contemplation and connection.
In Person
Memorial Day: Reflection and Remembrance
May 23 – 26, 2025
Memorial Day invites us to pause and honor those who have gone before us. This retreat will include nature-based practices, such as creating a community mandala and a remembrance circle where we can honor loved ones, reflect on their impact in our lives, and explore the themes of life, loss, and legacy. Through reflection, we will deepen our connection to the cycles of life and the natural world.
In Person
Garden and Trail Volunteers
Volunteering with us is not just an act of service; it’s a precious contribution to our community.
May 27-29, 2025
If you are drawn to nature and community service, we warmly invite you to join us for this special event. We are seeking dedicated volunteers to support our mission to make a difference. We provide housing and meals for this special event.
THANK YOU!!!! Really THANK YOU! from my very soul. Stepping away to focus on myself and leaving the stresses of life behind was way overdue. I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to enjoy the peace and serenity of the Christine Center. Again, Thank You!
June 2025
In Person
Inner Alignment Seasonal Retreat with Andrea Russell
June 6-8, 2025
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.
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Online
Full Moon Meditation: Strawberry Moon
June 11, 2025 at 6:30pm
Offered at no cost; come meditate with us!
FULL MOON is in Constellation SAGGITARIUS. Its energies invite self-awareness, promote future dreaming and bring a return of positivity. In North America, the harvesting of strawberries in June gives that month’s full moon its name. Europeans have dubbed it the rose moon, while other cultures named it the hot moon for the beginning of the summer heat.
Seed-thought: In shining, Soul creates a Lighted House. My whole being is welcome there. Therein be Love.
In Person
Finding Your Way
June 13-15, 2025
with Yanchy Lacska
We are all wandering on a journey to find meaning in our lives and to respond to an inner calling that we cannot fully describe or understand: to find the treasure buried in a field or the pearl of great price of which Jesus spoke. This retreat, based on the ideas presented in Y.R. Lacska’s book, Finding The Way – The Life of a Seeker, will help you explore the archetypal and spiritual energies at work that support or thwart you on your journey.
In Person
Telling It True
June 19-22, 2025
with Joanne Nelson
Come explore the truths you hold within and the stories that shape your journey. Through guided writing exercises, mindful awareness practices, and creative prompts, you’ll deepen your connection to yourself and the world around you. In the peaceful setting of retreat, you’ll have the space to listen deeply, reflect, and give voice to the narratives that seek to emerge—whether for your own discovery or to be shared. This retreat welcomes writers of all levels, offering a nurturing environment to awaken creativity, gain new insights, and engage in the art of paying close attention.
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Online
Death Cafe
June 19, 2025 from 7:00 – 8:30pm
with 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. Come together with us the third Thursday of every month.
In Person
Encountering the Divine: Oneness in the Global Mystical Traditions
June 23-26, 2025
with Louise Cardarella
Explore the transformative world of mysticism through six major world religions: Hinduism, Judaism, Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. This program introduces the meaning of mysticism, dispels common myths, and explores practices like Kabbalah, Zen Buddhism, Sufism, and more. Discover the common threads that unite these traditions while engaging in meditation and gentle physical practices to cultivate stillness. Whether you’re a seasoned seeker or just beginning, this is an opportunity to deepen your connection with the Divine and yourself.
In Person
Your Story as Doorway to Meaning: Listening Yourself Into Being with SoulCollage® and The Labyrinth
June 27-29, 2025
with Lisa Mer
Step into a weekend of self-discovery and deep listening through the transformative practices of SoulCollage® and labyrinth walking. This retreat offers sacred space to explore life’s transitions, embrace uncertainty, and connect with your Soul’s deeper calling. The labyrinth, a timeless archetype of life’s journey, guides us inward to clarity and self-understanding, while SoulCollage® invites us to engage with the images and archetypes shaping our personal and collective stories. Through creative expression, reflection, and guided labyrinth walks, you will gain insight into the patterns and possibilities unfolding in your life.
No artistic experience is needed—just a willingness to listen, create, and step into the wisdom waiting within.
In Person
The Rising Couples Retreat
June 27-29, 2025
with Dianné Aldrich
Dive into a transformative weekend retreat designed for couples who are ready to invest in their relationship with the same level of intention they bring to their most important life goals. Whether you’re looking to enrich a thriving relationship or reconnect after a challenge, this retreat offers a safe, supportive, and sacred space to elevate your love, ignite passion, and co-create a powerful vision for your future together.
I am so grateful for the welcoming spirit of everyone at the Center, the quiet honoring of time spent both together and alone. It was such a gift.
Looking Ahead 2025
In Person
The Six Paramitas: A Path to the Other Shore
July 20-25, 2025
with the Mindfulness Community of Milwaukee in the Plum Village Tradition
Each summer, the Mindfulness Community of Milwaukee gathers for a five-day retreat to explore these teachings in a supportive, peaceful environment. Beginning Sunday evening (July 20) and concluding Friday at noon (July 25), this retreat offers a rich program.
In Person
Going Deeper: A Weekend Meditation Retreat
July 25-27, 2025
with the Mindfulness Community of Milwaukee in the Plum Village Tradition
Join us for Going Deeper, a weekend meditation retreat designed for those who wish to deepen their practice of mindfulness, concentration, and insight. Rooted in the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, this retreat will offer an opportunity to cultivate stillness, presence, and inner peace through noble silence and extended periods of meditation.
In Person
Empowered Reset: A Journey to Wholeness
July 25-27, 2025
with Theresa Falvey-Hunt
Step into a transformative sanctuary where healing meets empowerment. Empowered Reset is a carefully curated retreat designed to guide you through profound inner shifts, helping you reconnect with your most authentic self and embrace life with renewed vitality. Through the synergy of the RESET Breathwork, yoga, sound healing, meditation, and wholeness coaching, this experience touches every layer of your being—physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. This is more than a retreat; it’s a journey back to yourself. Leave feeling connected, grounded, and empowered to step into the next chapter of your life with clarity and confidence.
In Person
A Gathering of the Crones Retreat
August 7-10, 2025
with Chris Flynn
Join other Christine Center Wise Women, Elders, and Crones in this sacred gathering space, in this landscape of later life. You will enjoy the gifts of deep conversation and connection.
Please save this date as registration is coming soon.
If you would like to help plan this event, please contact Chris at lovething@earthlink.net.
In Person
Spiritual Deepening For Global Transformation (SDGT) Program
August 14-17, 2025
with Sister Gabe Uhlein, Ron Moor, Jonathan Elmergreen, David O’Fallon, Rosalie Hooper-Thomas, Robin Richards & Wade Brizius
Our world in both its heartbreak and its beauty, is inviting us, calling us to a new breadth and depth of being. Let’s welcome and support one another as spiritual pilgrims, each of us on an individual deepening journey. During our three-year Spiritual Deepening for Global Transformation commitment, we will travel inward together, inquiring into our conditioned beliefs:
• how we perceive the world,
• our relationship with nature,
• our concepts of the divine and transcendent,
• our experience of Spirit and Soul.
In Person
A Woman's Rite Retreat: Unleash Your Inner Medicine Woman
November 21-23, 2025
with Medicine Keeper Dianné Jean Aldrich
Step into the sacred space of the Ancient Mother MoonLodge and immerse yourself in the beauty, depth, and wisdom of the Christine Center for A Woman’s Rite Retreat. This weekend offers a powerful opportunity for women to reconnect with their true essence, to celebrate, play, rejuvenate, and grow in the embrace of sisterhood.