Day 6 – The Original City of Angels
As our final excursion on the retreat, we visited the Basilica of Santa Maria deli Angeli down the hill from the old city center. It is a long walk down […]
Day 5 – Retreat!!! (into the mountains)
We visited the Eremo delle Carceri today. This site is my personal favorite site of the week! It is a hermitage in the mountains a few kilometers from Assisi. There is a small […]
Day 4 – Forgiveness and the Foundations of Peace
We had a special guest this morning, Mario Thanavaro, an amazing teacher of meditation from Rome. In honor of Mario’s arrival, we did our practice in the Yoga chapel in […]
Day 3 – A Day of Rest or Action…
Sunday, the day of rest! and Day 3 of the retreat. This is the Sunday after Corpus Christi, so there are many, many festivals happening in an around Assisi. For […]
Embodying the Heart of our Lived Experience
This little online journal will, hopefully, be a collection of experiences and reflections from participants in the week in Assisi June 19 – 26. Here are just a few thoughts […]