"Refreshing Our Advent Prayer Practice with Advent Wreathes and Mandalas"

Susan Black
Oct 19, 2024
1 min read

Updated: Oct 30

Co-led with Sister DorothyJean Beyer

A most beautiful season of the liturgical year, Advent can easily become lost in the hurly-burly of modern life, holiday observances and all the multiple demands we face. We can miss the spiritual gift of quietly waiting — anticipating — with Mary the birth of Jesus, the Word made Flesh, coming to dwell among us.

This retreat will help you prepare for a fruitful Advent and a holy Christmas. You will learn how to incorporate two traditional spiritual practices into your prayer life: the Advent wreath and its symbols of light, and the mandala, a contemplative form of art-making. All materials supplied.

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