Monday – Friday, 8:45am & 5:00pm CST

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.

Sundays, 9am CST

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.

March 27-29, 2026

with Jean Werremeyer

Open yourself and tap into the creative wellspring inside of you—discover the wonder of creative expression where there are no mistakes, only discoveries. Intuitive painting is deeply healing and transformative, an active meditation with the divine.

Guided with warmth and gentle presence, Brita and Jean create a supportive environment where color, emotion, and spirit meet on the canvas, carrying forward Sister Gabe’s legacy of creativity and contemplation.

April 2, 2026 6:30-7:30pm CST

with Barb Woolley

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

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.

This free offering is open to all. No registration required.

April 2-5, 2026

With the Christine Center Community

Easter is not only a story we remember. It is a movement within us.

During these days of Holy Week, we will enter the quiet arc from letting go to new life. Through guided meditation, contemplative prayer, and shared reflection, we will walk gently with the themes of surrender, trust, and rising. The Easter story becomes a mirror—revealing where something in us is ready to soften, to open, to begin again.

What in you is seeking renewal? What longs to be restored?

40% off lodging 

Give yourself a sacred pause…

This spring brings a spaciousness in our calendar, which we extend to you as an invitation for personal retreat. In this tender season – when the earth softens, waters begin to flow, and new green quietly appears – there is gentle support for whatever your inner life is seeking. A private retreat offers a simple, quiet stay that nourishes rest, reflection, and a kind return to your own natural rhythm.

In the gentle embrace of retreat, surrounded by the soft unfolding of spring and the steady presence of community, you can find the peace and clarity needed to emerge resourced during this tender season of renewal.

April 10-12, 2026

With Roberta Hanus

Skills for Self-Discovery When Others Disturb You

This experiential workshop invites you to explore the moments when others unsettle you and to approach those experiences with curiosity rather than judgment. Together, we will look at how relationship challenges can serve as mirrors, revealing meaningful insights about your patterns, reactions, and strengths.

Drawing from Jungian psychology, dreamwork, shamanic practices and spiritual traditions, the weekend offers guided reflection and conversation in a thoughtful, supportive setting. You will leave with practical tools and a deeper understanding of how what disturbs you can become a path toward greater clarity, resilience, and well-being.

April 13-June 15, 2026

Mondays at 11am or 6:30pm CST

Facilitated by Chris Flynn

This 10-week online book study explores one of Sister Gabe’s final book recommendations, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller.

In Sister Gabe’s honor, we take up this work as an invitation to live more open-heartedly – to meet both joy and sorrow as sacred teachers. Through reflection, conversation, and simple spiritual practices, we’ll explore how beauty and loss often walk hand in hand, and how tending the tender places within us can awaken compassion, imagination, and belonging.

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

April 16, 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.

April 24-26, 2026

With Joanne Nelson

What in you is longing to be known?

There comes a time when we want to explore and tell our truths, to deepen our connection to what guides us, and to expand upon what we think we know. Who are you in this moment of time?

Let this retreat weekend inspire your creative journey and encourage new narratives. Mindful awareness practices and writing prompts in the peace-filled setting of the Christine Center will awaken truths you’ve been holding and wanting to tell. Give your true voice space to roam and reawaken your intuitive self.

April 24-26, 2026

With Local Artists and Community

Stay with us during Clark County’s annual art walk and let the rhythm of the land shape your time away. From here, you can travel the back roads of the county, where artists open their studios and welcome you into the spaces where their work is created and shared.

At the Christine Center, we’re also honored to host seven artists across our campus – an invitation to linger in our woodland sanctuary, connect with artists, visit our spiritual bookstore and serene chapel, and add your own brushstrokes to our annual mural celebrating the natural world.

May 1, 2026 6:30-7:30pm CST

with Barb Woolley

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

This 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.

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.

May 8-10, 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.

May 22-25, 2026

with the Christine Center Community

Let Memorial Day be a tender invitation to honor all whom we have loved and lost—those whose presence shaped us and whose memory we carry forward.

We will speak names, share stories, and sit quietly with both gratitude and grief, spending time outdoors and allowing the steadiness of the land to hold us.

You are invited to come as you are, carrying who you carry. Let this day of remembrance become a living act of love—and a quiet turning of the heart toward peace.

May 31, 2026 6:30-7:30pm CST

with Barb Woolley

Corn Moon (Blue Moon)
In community, let us manifest in our “BEING” the world our hearts know is possible.

This full moon is in Constellation SAGGITARIUS. Its energies invite self-awareness, promote future dreaming and bring a return of positivity. It is the second full moon in one month — an extra invitation to expansion, to the spirit of surprise, to the unexpected.

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.

June 13, 2026

9:30am to noon; 1:30 to 4pm CST

Guided by David O’Fallon

Turning inward, we discover another cosmos to explore: the power of story, imagination, and the values that shape our lives. This retreat invites participants to reflect on the beliefs and insights that form an inner compass, guiding choices and opening pathways to fulfillment. Through perennial questions—What is my story? Where is my calling? What nourishes me and gives me hope?—we’ll engage the life-shaping forces within. Together we’ll explore how unexamined stories influence the way we live, and how we might choose to shift, create, and carry new ones forward.

June 26-28, 2026

with Kaita Bliffert, Fred Bliffert and Ron Moor

Join us for a joyful weekend of call-and-response chanting rooted in the Bhakti Yoga tradition, interwoven with silent meditation. Sacred chant is a pathway, enhancing our capacity to open to Source, God, Spirit through sound, breath, and shared practice.

Together we’ll learn simple Sanskrit chants (with meaning and pronunciation) and explore sacred sound as a support for healing, grounding, release, and opening to higher awareness.

No prior experience is needed – come as an empty bowl, open to being filled.

June 30, 2026 6:30-7:30pm CST

with Barb Woolley

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

This full moon is in Constellation CAPRICORN. Its energies promote hard work and discipline. It is time to give attention to routine and to follow through on promises.

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.

Jul 3-5, 2026

with the Christine Center Community

This retreat invites a deeper reflection on what it means to belong to one another. Through contemplative practice, shared dialogue, and time in nature, we will explore the balance between personal liberty and our call to mutual responsibility.

We’ll consider how true independence flowers within interdependence – how our lives are woven together, and how the well-being of one is bound to the well-being of all.

Let this be a time to renew your commitment not only to freedom, but to the shared life that makes freedom possible.

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

July 16, 2026

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.

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.

July 26-31, 2026

with the Mindfulness Community of Milwaukee

Join us for the Mindfulness Community of Milwaukee’s annual summer retreat, exploring four core Buddhist teachings that offer practical guidance for modern life: mindfulness of the body, feeling tone, mental formations, and our perception of the world.

Each day focuses on one foundation through shared practice, instruction, and reflection, within a retreat held mostly in silence and grounded in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.

In honor of the 800th anniversary of the Canticle of the Creatures, the retreat also includes a special meditation inspired by Saint Francis.

Option to add Going Deeper: A Weekend of Extended Meditaiton and Support with no additional program fee. 

July 29, 2026 6:30-7:30pm CST

with Barb Woolley

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

This full moon is in Constellation AQUARIUS. Its energies are ideal for deepening and personal growth. Time to be true to Self.

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.

Nov 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. 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 meals, meditation, and moments of reflection – allowing gratitude to naturally unfold in both the small and meaningful moments

Option to continue with private retreat for the weekend.

Dec 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 meals, and gentle gatherings, we embrace the heart of Christmas as an inner journey as well as a shared experience of peace and presence.