Hello Mary,

A Spring Blessing

 

Blessed are you, spring,

bright season of life awakening.

You gladden our hearts

with opening buds and returning leaves

as you put on your robes of splendour.

Blessed are you, spring.

In you is a life no death can destroy.

As you exchange places with winter

you harbour no unforgiving spirit

for broken tree limbs and frozen buds.

Blessed are you, spring,

You open the closed buds of despair

as you journey with us

to the flowering places.

 ...Blessed are you, spring,

season of resurrection, sacrament of promise.

Like Jesus, you rise up out of the darkness,

leaving around you a wake of new life.

Blessed are you, spring,

miracle child of the four seasons.

With your wand of many colours

you work magic in the corners of our darkness.

Blessed are you, spring,

season of hope and renewal.

Wordless poem about all within us

that can never die.

Each year you amaze us

with the miracle of returning life.

 Excerpt taken from The Circle of Life © 2005 by Joyce Rupp Macrina Wiederkehr.

Used by permission of Ave Maria Press. All rights reserved.

Something more than ordinary...

Our mission as a spirituality centre continues to be

"To encourage individuals and groups to explore and restore the energies needed for personal, communal, and world transformation."

What is a Retreat

"I said to the almond tree:

Speak to me of God;

and the almond tree blossomed."

Nikos Kazantzakis

Our Stations of Light meditative walk begins just east of the Blackbird Cabin, entering the cedars from behind the Pondering Pond along the lake ridge.

We invite you to enjoy this Way of the Light, also called 'Via Lucis' in Latin, from where you are at.



Let these contemplative 8 minutes guide you along the lake's bluff, touched by the sunlight and canopied ancient trees from above...

Enjoy

"We are the Easter people,

and hallelujah is our song."

Pope St. John Paul II

Come spend time in this sacred space. Rest, reflect and re-focus in an atmosphere of beauty, peace and solitude on the beautiful shores of Lake Simcoe.

Dease and Blackbird Cabins plus Fensom Cottage are available for personal retreats. Edgar House is available for group retreats on the weekends and for weekday corporate/ministerial/educational groups. Wifi accessible in all buildings.

Spiritual direction is available upon request.

Email booking@lorettomaryholme.ca

for availability.

We accept and prefer e-transfers. However, if you are mailing in payment via snail mail, please note our new mailing address is: Loretto Maryholme Spirituality Centre, 379A Bouchier Street, Keswick, ON L4P 3C8. Thank you.

"I had the most beautiful time. I wish I could stay longer... Thank you for creating a place of such beauty and belonging where one can come to rest and rejuvenate a weary heart. In this busy world, this is exactly what I needed.."

"Amazing as always - this is my spiritual home where God and I have some in depth 1:1 time which realigns me for the months ahead. The most powerful gift..."

"We are so lucky to be able to host our weekends here. It feels like coming home!"

"This is very special land... It is well protected by Guardians at this place. This place speaks stewardship, integrity, honesty, service, vulnerability, refuge and community." Very sacred & blessed here...

"My first time here - what a beautiful place with such a gentle, loving energy. Thank you!"

"Very inspiring, very inclusive."

"I'll be back. I left more peaceful and more wild than when I arrived."

"Transformative ❤️"

"As always, soul-filling. Thank you."

"The story of Easter is the story of God's wonderful window of divine surprise."

Karl Knudsen

A Blessing of Hope

May you give your hope room to breathe and expand.

May your anticipated dreams find a voice and a home in your life.

May hope move freely through your heart,

gifting your spirit with enthusiasm and joy.

May you walk through the spring storms

with a strong sense of purpose, undaunted by fear.

May you never lose confidence in your ability to grow.

May your hope stream outward to the world,

dancing in the far realms like a feather floating in an April breeze,

bringing joy to all who need it.

Spring, energizing spring.

Be our mentor of hope!

Spring, birth mother of greening, cheer us on!

 Excerpt taken from The Circle of Life © 2005 by Joyce Rupp Macrina Wiederkehr.

Used by permission of Ave Maria Press. All rights reserved.

Easter Blessings from the Maryholme team

Office Hours:

Weekdays 9am-noon

Afternoons by chance.

Office closed Good Friday

and Easter Monday