Join me for the Veriditas Pilgrimage in Chartres, France
May 22-26, 2017
Pilgrimage is as much an inner journey as it is an outer one. You are invited to travel to the frontier of your soul to discover the hidden presence of the divine in every step you take. Christine Valters Paintner will be sharing eight stages of the pilgrim's way–from hearing the call to packing lightly to being uncomfortable to coming home—in support of making an intentional, transformative journey to your own inner "wild edges." Through stories from the Celtic spiritual tradition, contemplative practices. teaching, sharing, creative exploration, music, and movement we will uncover the ways your own journey is breaking open something new.
Together we will cultivate attentiveness to the divine in daily life through deep listening and opening ourselves to the profound gifts that arise in the midst of discomfort and mystery. Often it is at times of life transition that we are called to approach a new threshold. Pilgrimage can be a way of navigating these crossings with grace and awareness. You will come away from the retreat with powerful practices to ground and guide you, a new appreciation for the spiritual gifts of being uncomfortable, and the invitation to continue the pilgrimage of discovery in the midst of your own life.
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Your Guide for the Journey
Christine Valters Paintner, PhD, REACE is the online Abbess of AbbeyoftheArts.com, a global online monastery integrating contemplative practice and creative expression. She is a retreat leader, spiritual director, and the author of ten books on monastic spirituality and the arts including The Soul of a Pilgrim: Eight Practices for the Journey Within. Four years ago she embarked on her own life pilgrimage which brought her eventually to Ireland where she lives with her husband and together they lead pilgrimages and writing retreats to the sacred and wild edges.
Suggestions for Reading:
The Soul of a Pilgrim: Eight Practices for the Journey Within by Christine Valters Paintner
The Art of Pilgrimage: A Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred by Phil Cousineau
The Solace of Fierce Landscapes: Exploring Desert and Mountain Spirituality by Belden Lane
Lectio Divina–The Sacred Art: Transforming Words and Images into Heart-Centered Prayer by Christine Valters Paintner
On Chartres:
Malcolm Miller’s Chartres
Philip Ball’s Universe of Stone
Jane Welch Williams’ Bread, Wine and Money
On the Labyrinth:
Lauren Artress’ Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Practice and The Sacred Path Companion: Using the Labyrinth to Heal and Transform
Jill Geoffrion’s Praying the Labyrinth
On Medieval Times:
William Manchester’s When the World was Lit Only by Fire
