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SUMMARY:The Flame Within: Writing Your Life *SOLD OUT*
DESCRIPTION:This week-long memoir writing workshop with award-winning author Heather King offers a unique opportunity to reflect\, write\, and grow. Designed for writers at any stage\, the workshop emphasizes the value of the creative process\, while the peaceful rhythms of St. Andrew’s Abbey will afford space for silence\, self-inquiry\, and honest expression. \nEveryone is welcome. The workshop is designed for all who have a love of writing\, including those who may have never written at all\, or perhaps never shared their writing with another. We all start somewhere! \nThrough daily talks on craft—covering story\, theme\, structure\, and revision—as well as focused sessions on how to begin and how to sustain a writing practice\, participants will be guided in how to shape their life experiences into meaningful narrative. \nTo encourage digging deeper\, the workshop will include writing prompts\, group discussion\, and the optional opportunity to read work aloud. The techniques of memoir\, as well as the value of writing as a practice of attention and transformation will be emphasized. \nIn addition to structured time\, the retreat allows for plenty of solitude and open space. Participants are encouraged to explore the grounds\, pray or reflect in the chapel\, join the monks for the Divine Office and daily Mass\, write under the trees\, or engage in unhurried conversation. \n“Every human being has an authentic voice and a unique story. Let’s get together—human-to-human—and start telling them.” \n  \nPresenter: HEATHER KING Obl. OSB\, is an author\, columnist and nationwide speaker with several memoirs\, among them Parched¸ Shirt of Flame\, Holy Desperation\, and Consumed: The Joys\, Débacles and Sorrows of a Life Ordered to Art. An Oblate of St. Andrew’s Abbey\, she writes an award-winning weekly arts and culture column for Angelus News\, the archdiocesan newspaper of LA\, appears monthly in Magnificat\, leads writing workshops here and abroad\, and posts on Substack at DESIRE LINES: BOOKS\, CULTURE\, ART. For more\, visit heather-king.com. \nAn article from Heather in the Angelus Newsletter \n  \n*If the event is listed as sold out\, please call us at 661-944-2178 for real-time availability and a waiting list.
URL:https://saintandrewsabbey.com/event/the-flame-within-writing-your-life/
LOCATION:Saint Andrew’s Abbey\, 31001 N. Valyermo Road\, Valyermo\, CA\, 93563\, United States
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SUMMARY:BENEDICTINE SPIRITUALITY RETREAT: Reading and Living the Rule of Saint Benedict Today (Zoom Option)
DESCRIPTION:During this workshop\, we will celebrate together the Solemnity of Saint Benedict at Mass and the Divine Office\, and we will discover in his Rule a guide for spiritual progress and contemplative prayer.  We will give special attention to the Prologue of the Rule as well as chapters 19\, 20\, and 79 as models of condensed spiritual wisdom and encouragement. \n  \nPresenter: FR. LUKE DYSINGER MD\, DPhil\, has been a monk of Saint Andrew’s Abbey since 1980.  He studied medicine at the University of Southern California and theology at the University of Oxford.  He is a professor of moral theology and church history at Saint John’s Seminary in Camarillo\, California and has published books and articles in the fields of bioethics\, early Christian spirituality and patristics. \n  \n*If the event is listed as sold out\, please call us at 661-944-2178 for real-time availability and a waiting list.
URL:https://saintandrewsabbey.com/event/benedictine-spirituality-retreat-reading-and-living-the-rule-of-saint-benedict-today/
LOCATION:Saint Andrew’s Abbey\, 31001 N. Valyermo Road\, Valyermo\, CA\, 93563\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Saint Andrew's Abbey":MAILTO:retreats@valyermo.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260713T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260719T133000
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SUMMARY:Iconography Workshop
DESCRIPTION:This intensive icon painting workshop will provide an opportunity to experience the process of icon painting. Participants will learn traditional iconographic techniques\, working with egg tempera on gesso and the Byzantine four-color (tetrachrome) palette. This practical instruction will be combined with theoretical instruction in the history of iconography\, iconographic composition\, and the theology of icons. Each participant will work on an icon and take the completed icon home. No experience is necessary. The instructor will provide all supplies and materials. \n  \nPresenter: VICTORIA BRENNAN holds a doctorate in Eastern Ecclesiastical Studies from the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome. Her areas of specialization include Theology of Icons\, Byzantine Art and Architecture\, Byzantine Spirituality\, and Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts. She has taught courses in theology and art at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv\, Ukraine\, and St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo where she currently works. In addition to her theological and academic study of Byzantine Sacred Art\, Victoria pursues her love of this tradition as an iconographer. \n  \n*If the event is listed as sold out\, please call us at 661-944-2178 for real-time availability and a waiting list.
URL:https://saintandrewsabbey.com/event/iconography-workshop/
LOCATION:Saint Andrew’s Abbey\, 31001 N. Valyermo Road\, Valyermo\, CA\, 93563\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Saint Andrew's Abbey":MAILTO:retreats@valyermo.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260722T150000
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SUMMARY:Gonzaga Alumni Retreat July '26
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URL:https://saintandrewsabbey.com/event/gonzaga-alumni-retreat-july-26/
LOCATION:Saint Andrew’s Abbey\, 31001 N. Valyermo Road\, Valyermo\, CA\, 93563\, United States
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SUMMARY:Got joy?
DESCRIPTION:God wants us to be joyful! With Dr Peter Kreeft’s book The Mystery of Joy as the departing point for our\nexploration on the Holy Spirit’s gift of Joy and how to acquire it\, we will also look at joy as understood in the\nScriptures\, as well as what the Saints have to say about it. This retreat will help clear up what joy is and what it is not\,\nthat we might share in this mystery more intimately. \n  \nPresenter:  FR. ANGELUS ECHEVERRY\, OSB\, has been a monk of Valyermo since 2011. He has a Master’s degree in Classical Music Composition and is currently an Organist and Choirmaster. He has a deep love for what he calls “The four ‘M’s’ of my life”: Music\, the Mystical life\, the Holy Mystery that we call the Trinity and Mary\, the Blessed Virgin\, Mother of God. To listen to the Music of Fr. Angelus\, visit: www.angelusecheverry.com \n  \n*If the event is listed as sold out\, please call us at 661-944-2178 for real-time availability and a waiting list.
URL:https://saintandrewsabbey.com/event/got-joy/
LOCATION:Saint Andrew’s Abbey\, 31001 N. Valyermo Road\, Valyermo\, CA\, 93563\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260727T150000
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SUMMARY:The Transformative Power of Story
DESCRIPTION:Our modern culture places a high value on non-fiction\, deeming it to be the “reality” while largely minimizing or dismissing the rich source of meaning that can be found in fiction\, myth\, and parables. Through a psycho-spiritual lens\, we will explore how the human psyche can experience significant growth through deep interaction with certain forms of fiction that reflect symbolic and archetypal realities; through a literary lens\, we will explore the many activities that fall under the one term “reading” and their different effects on the mind and spirit\, emphasizing\, in particular\, the role of the fiction novel on individuals and culture. Can a return to the primacy of fiction and its revelations of the transcendent return the culture to wholeness? \nEveryone can benefit from this retreat\, but it may be especially enriching for those interested in spiritual growth\, spiritual direction\, and/or literature and reading’s role in these areas. \n  \nPresenters: MARY KAUFFMAN\, Obl. OSB\, & MICHAEL MULLARD\, Obl OSB; Ph.D \n  \nMARY KAUFFMAN is an oblate of Valyermo.  She has an MA in English and has taught ESL\, various levels of English and writing\, and literature courses at several colleges in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas.  Now retired\, she enjoys sharing her love of reading and writing through participation in different reading and literary groups\, particularly those with an emphasis  on discovering the transcendent and increasing our Christian awareness through exploration of the written word. \nMICHAEL MULLARD is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology\, emphasizing depth psychology.  He has been an Oblate of New Camaldoli Hermitage since 2004 and has been hanging out with Benedictines since 1980.  He lives in Southern California. \n  \n*If the event is listed as sold out\, please call us at 661-944-2178 for real-time availability and a waiting list.
URL:https://saintandrewsabbey.com/event/the-transformative-power-of-story/
LOCATION:Saint Andrew’s Abbey\, 31001 N. Valyermo Road\, Valyermo\, CA\, 93563\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Saint Andrew's Abbey":MAILTO:retreats@valyermo.com
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SUMMARY:Retiro de Silencio
DESCRIPTION:  \n¿Añoras unos días de tranquilidad emocional y espiritual? ¿Buscas unos momentos de silencio en tu vida? ¿Sientes la necesidad de estar a solas con el Señor a través de la meditación y contemplación? Si así lo desea tu corazón\, te invitamos a nuestro retiro de silencio que se llevará a cabo en el pequeño oasis que ofrece la Comunidad Benedictina de la Abadía de San Andrés\, ubicada en Valyermo. \nRecuerda que este retiro de silencio es la oportunidad de hacer un alto en el camino\, con el fin de tomarse un tiempo para reflexionar\, meditar e interiorizar verdades profundas que en medio del ruido y la cotidianidad no es posible contemplar con claridad. \n  \nPresentador: CARLOS OBANDO\, Obl.OSB\, nació en Costa Rica y vive en Los Estados Unidos desde 1966. Está casado\, tiene tres hijos y tres nietos. En el año 2009 obtuvo una maestría de la Universidad de Loyola Marymount\, Los Ángeles\, en Teología Pastoral\, es instructor en la Escuela de la Renovación Carismática en la Diócesis de Orange. Ha sido Director Espiritual por más de 25 años. Trabaja con la comunidad hispana desde 1979 en los condados de Los Ángeles y Orange en la formación de líderes y dando retiros a jóvenes\, adultos y matrimonios. Actualmente coordina los Ejercicios Espirituales para los Aspirantes y sus Esposas a través de la Oficina del Diaconado\, en la Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles. \n  \n*Si el evento aparece como agotado\, llámenos al 661-944-2178 para conocer la disponibilidad en tiempo real y la lista de espera.
URL:https://saintandrewsabbey.com/event/retiro-de-silencio/
LOCATION:Saint Andrew’s Abbey\, 31001 N. Valyermo Road\, Valyermo\, CA\, 93563\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Saint Andrew's Abbey":MAILTO:retreats@valyermo.com
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