Events
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Living Water: Responding to the Season of Creation
Star of the North Retreat Centre 3A St. Vital Avenue, Saint Albert, AB, CanadaJoin us for Living Water: Responding to the Season of Creation, an overnight retreat of reflection, prayer, and learning. Explore God’s gift of creation and our call to care for it faithfully. Through Scripture, conversation, and worship, we’ll renew our commitment to ecological conversion & stewardship. Lucie Leduc serves as Executive Director of the Star of the North Retreat House. In this role, she provides spiritual vision and direction for the center, oversees its day-to-day operations, offers Spiritual Direction, leads retreats and works collaboratively with the Board and staff to ensure the Oblate mission of the Star is fully lived out. Lucie is trained in spiritual direction, holds degrees in education and spirituality, and has been leading retreats throughout her 28 years in Oblate retreat ministry.
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Voices from the Rivers of Abya Yala and Turtle Island
What can we learn when Indigenous women water protectors from Abya Yala (Colombia) and Turtle Island (Alberta) come together to share stories, teachings and strategies for defending land, water and life? The KAIROS Blanket Exercise (in person only), facilitated by Indigenous leaders Taylor Dumais and Preston Huppie, offering an immersive exploration of the history and ongoing impacts of colonization.
Cuerpo Territorio (Body-Territory) (hybrid), led by facilitators from Abya Yala, inviting participants to explore the profound relationship between body, land, identity and resistance.
A facilitated reflection circle will follow, creating space to share insights, build connections and weave together learnings from both experiences. -
Edmonton ProLife Walkathon
Rundle Family Centre 2903 113 Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB, Canadaat Rundle Family Center on Saturday, Sept. 12