Awakening to Oneness: Personal Love and Cosmic Power back
November 7 - November 9, 2014
Theme: AWAKENING TO ONENESS: PERSONAL LOVE AND COSMIC POWER. There is a living Presence of radiant love and cosmic power at the heart of all things. Every person’s life and every part of the natural world shimmer with a vitality of divine energy and glory. We live in a time of transition and unknowing, inviting us to wake up to oneness. This essential unity is the ground of all being and possibility. On this retreat, we will explore the inspired wisdom of Teilhard de Chardin, mystic, paleontologist and prophetic visionary. In community, embraced by silence and the autumnal beauty of Dayspring’s Meadows and forests, we hope to awaken to new truth and the Transformative hope of oneness.
I live at the heart of a single, unique Element,
the Center of the Universe,
and present in each part of it:
personal Love and cosmic Power. –Teilhard deChardin
Leader: Ann Dean is a spiritual director and Program Director at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation. A member of the Dayspring Retreat Mission Group, she has been leading retreats for 25 years.
Weekend retreats run Friday dinner through Sunday lunch. The silence begins Friday night after dinner when the leader opens the retreat and introduces the theme. The leader usually offers brief reflections with morning and evening prayers on Saturday. The silence ends after breakfast Sunday morning with a time of sharing and worship, followed by lunch and departure.
You must be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in order to attend weekend retreats. We are requiring that masks be worn indoors except when dining or in your personal room.
The cost for weekend retreats is $250. A $100 deposit is required to register. (Let us know if you need financial assistance.) To reserve a space email Nat Reid at office@dayspringretreat.org, or send a check with a note indicating which retreat you wish to register for.
Dinner on Friday at 7 pm is the first official gathering. You are welcome to arrive and settle in between 3:30 and 6:30 pm on Friday. The retreat will end by 2 pm on Sunday. Please plan to stay for the entire retreat.