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"I love coming here, it feels like a second home. It's warm, inviting, & the sense of love is everywhere here, like being wrapped in a warm blanket. Thank you for providing this beautiful centre for relaxation, healing & regeneration."
~Guest comment from recent February 4-Day Silent Retreat
~Guest comment from recent February 4-Day Silent Retreat
Volunteer Days:
Tuesdays May - September 10 am - 12 noon
TUESDAYS from May to September 10:00 am- 12 noon. Volunteers play an important role
at Loretto Maryholme by lending a hand with projects. If you’d like to help, you can come
any Tuesday and spend any amount of time you have between 10 am and 12:00 pm. Secondary students needing community service hours are welcome. No registration necessary.
Calling all hands on deck for annual
Labyrinth Blessing and Turn-out*
Tuesday May 27
9:30-Noon
Rain date: Thursday May 29
Facilitator: Sr. Jane McDonell
Learn about the time-honoured sacred practice of labyrinth-walking… share stories of encounter with the Holy in the labyrinth… while preparing ours for a new season of retreats, a new season of seekers and friends of the Divine making retreat at Loretto Maryholme. It helps if you can bend, kneel or crouch for a spell, but there are no pre-requisites.
Suggestion: bring a water bottle and your favourite insect repellant. Light refreshments will be provided.
Registration not required, but welcome.
*Turn-out: a clearing out and cleaning; set straight; refresh; renew
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Maryholme’s labyrinth is a full mile-long winding path (in + out) nestled in the forest.
Cardinals and Blue Jays have been known to accompany pilgrims in the labyrinth.
It is fashioned after the famous labyrinth of Chartres Cathedral in France, matching the size and pattern.
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Two years to construct with the help of many volunteers, Maryholme’s labyrinth needs just a few hours each Spring to renew it after the winter’s storms… to set straight, if you will, our winding path.
Sr. Jane McDonell, Maryholme’s founder, will lead off with a blessing and brief walk into the labyrinth. She will share brief story-time about meaning and history of labyrinths. Our land team will provide tools and buckets for gathering fallen branches, weeds, etc. While working together, we’ll share experiences in labyrinths – which are often surprisingly breath-taking.
Labyrinth: a pathway… a journey… a pilgrimage… a physical manifestation of the interior workings.
Fashioned from field stone, mosaic tile, turf, canvas, paving stone, glass brick….
Found in almost every major religious tradition, including Judaism – Kabala or tree of life;
Native American – medicine wheel; Christianity – Chartres and other cathedrals;
Tibetan Buddhism – sand paintings/mandalas
Ultimately a journey of the heart and soul to discover and uncover that which lies hidden deep within.
at Loretto Maryholme by lending a hand with projects. If you’d like to help, you can come
any Tuesday and spend any amount of time you have between 10 am and 12:00 pm. Secondary students needing community service hours are welcome. No registration necessary.
Calling all hands on deck for annual
Labyrinth Blessing and Turn-out*
Tuesday May 27
9:30-Noon
Rain date: Thursday May 29
Facilitator: Sr. Jane McDonell
Learn about the time-honoured sacred practice of labyrinth-walking… share stories of encounter with the Holy in the labyrinth… while preparing ours for a new season of retreats, a new season of seekers and friends of the Divine making retreat at Loretto Maryholme. It helps if you can bend, kneel or crouch for a spell, but there are no pre-requisites.
Suggestion: bring a water bottle and your favourite insect repellant. Light refreshments will be provided.
Registration not required, but welcome.
*Turn-out: a clearing out and cleaning; set straight; refresh; renew
_______________________
Maryholme’s labyrinth is a full mile-long winding path (in + out) nestled in the forest.
Cardinals and Blue Jays have been known to accompany pilgrims in the labyrinth.
It is fashioned after the famous labyrinth of Chartres Cathedral in France, matching the size and pattern.
______________________
Two years to construct with the help of many volunteers, Maryholme’s labyrinth needs just a few hours each Spring to renew it after the winter’s storms… to set straight, if you will, our winding path.
Sr. Jane McDonell, Maryholme’s founder, will lead off with a blessing and brief walk into the labyrinth. She will share brief story-time about meaning and history of labyrinths. Our land team will provide tools and buckets for gathering fallen branches, weeds, etc. While working together, we’ll share experiences in labyrinths – which are often surprisingly breath-taking.
Labyrinth: a pathway… a journey… a pilgrimage… a physical manifestation of the interior workings.
Fashioned from field stone, mosaic tile, turf, canvas, paving stone, glass brick….
Found in almost every major religious tradition, including Judaism – Kabala or tree of life;
Native American – medicine wheel; Christianity – Chartres and other cathedrals;
Tibetan Buddhism – sand paintings/mandalas
Ultimately a journey of the heart and soul to discover and uncover that which lies hidden deep within.
Solstice Celebrations
National Indigenous Peoples Day & Summer Solstice
June 20th
June 21st will recognize and celebrate both The National Indigenous Peoples Day and June 20th The Summer Solstice.
We invite you to walk/pray the labyrinth using the handout (below and available at the front gate kiosk) to guide your reflection. You may wish to stop by the Peace Pole, New Beginnings garden, and Sisters in Spirit cairn going to or from the labyrinth. This area of the property is open to the public while the remainder is private for those making retreat. Please respect their privacy. Parking is available on Bouchier Street and just inside our gate. The Labyrinth entrance is on the right side of the lane. No washroom is available.
June 20th
June 21st will recognize and celebrate both The National Indigenous Peoples Day and June 20th The Summer Solstice.
We invite you to walk/pray the labyrinth using the handout (below and available at the front gate kiosk) to guide your reflection. You may wish to stop by the Peace Pole, New Beginnings garden, and Sisters in Spirit cairn going to or from the labyrinth. This area of the property is open to the public while the remainder is private for those making retreat. Please respect their privacy. Parking is available on Bouchier Street and just inside our gate. The Labyrinth entrance is on the right side of the lane. No washroom is available.
Winter Solstice
Details tba
