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Art and Spirituality

sustaining and expanding the spiritual imagination, deepening a sense of awe
Click on the title to view description Click on Calendar to browse by month			Current Exhibits open 9a-6p daily in the lobby freewill offerings Art of the Incarnation featuring the photography, paintings, icons, and more mediums from various local artists and friends of the monastery. Browse the Benedictine Center pages to view other images from the exhibit. Once Lost, Now Found a visual reflection on forgiveness and permanent exhibit in the Cloister Walk

		Art of the Incarnation (thru Feb. 15)
Jan
8	+	Writing about Life
20		Hidden Film Treasures
27		Poetry as Prayer and Communion
Feb
12		Ten Spiritual Practices to Foster Creativity
17		Hidden Film Treasures
23	+	Shape of the Divine: Working with Clay as Spiritual Practice
28	+	Meditation and Painting
25		Poetry in a Time of Change
Mar
24		Hidden Film Treasures
Apr
19		Praising Creation (thru Jun. 14)


For more information or to register Email the Benedictine Center or call 651.777.7251 Registering last minute? While we welcome walk-ins, it is always wise to call 651.777.8181 to insure that an event has not been filled or cancelled. Writing about Life Vic Klimoski $50 for series, $15 per session Thursdays, Jan. 8, Feb. 5, Mar. 5, Apr. 2, 7-9p Writing about one’s life helps identify the forces and factors that shape who one is and how one sees the world. Following a pattern of discussion, reflection, writing, and sharing, participants begin the process of each telling his or her own unique story. (To register for the series, choose Jan. 8 and note "whole series") [ back to top ] Hidden Film Treasures S. Carole Sweely $10 Tues., Jan. 20, 6:45-9:30p (also Feb. 17, Mar. 24) Hidden film treasures have not been noticed by the blockbuster public. Sometimes only a small number of audiences have seen these films and word of mouth leads them to be appreciated over time. In this class viewers will discover values in the strengths and misfortunes of characters, their coping skills, what saves them, or what dooms them. Films include: Green Card, Hope Floats, and Losing Chase. [ back to top ] Poetry as Prayer and Communion Jim Smith $25 Tues., Jan. 27, 7-9p Poetry is a profound source for prayer as writers seek to image their encounter with the Divine in unique ways. Using a wide range of poems, Jim Smith shows they can magnify and call forth prayer-filled communion with self, others, creation, and God. Register online. [ back to top ] Ten Spiritual Practices to Foster Creativity Elisabeth Horst $25 Thurs., Feb. 12, 7-9p Creativity offers us one more way to understand God and God’s action in life. Elisabeth Horst identifies ten spiritual practices that foster such creativity. Register online. [ back to top ] Shape of the Divine: Working with Clay as Spiritual Practice S. Virginia Matter OSB $150 includes materials Mondays, Feb. 23 thru Mar. 30, 6:30-8:30p Under the gentle guidance of a master potter, participants learn how working with clay can be a deeply meditative practice. Register online. [ back to top ]			Past Exhibits Faces of Vietnam Pat Connolly Word and Image Clem and Elizabeth Nagel Capturing Inspired Energy Chillon Leach The Benedictine As Artist The Icon Perspective Mark Roberts Seeing God: Suzanne Runte, High School artists, and Sisters of SPM The Art of Peter Lupori The Green Exhibit Margaret Carroll (Peggy Thompson) Art of St. Paul's Monastery Mixed Media Perceptible Signs of God's Presence Kirsten Malcolm Berry Come and See: A Photojournalist's Journey Into the World of Mother Teresa Linda Schaefer Faces of Madagascar: A Habitat for Humanity Photojournal Pat Connolly Energies of Change Elisabeth Horst Learning from the Divine Potter Virginia Matter OSB Contact the artist to commission a piece

Meditation and Painting

Peggy Thompson $85 includes materials

Saturdays, Feb. 28 thru Mar. 14, 9a-12p

Beginning and advanced students learn how to release the artist within under the guidance of this master painter and spiritual director. Register online.

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Poetry in a Time of Change

Michael Dennis Browne $50

Sat., Apr. 25, 9a-12p

Poetry gives us a way to struggle with the demands of change – those that are part of ordinary life and those that make deep demands upon us. Register online.

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For more information or to register

Email the Benedictine Center or call 651.777.7251