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Kintsugi …Making Broken Things Beautiful (or Mixed Media Kintsugi). Kintsugi is the Japanese tradition of mending broken things with gold and making the broken piece valuable again. I will teach a process using broken pieces of pottery, china, and glass and together make a decorative piece to lean against a window and catch the light shining thru. There are a few other mixed media ways to experience the process of kintsugi that we will explore. You are also welcome to bring a small broken treasure to restore. Kintsugi is a spiritual practice…but also fun! A satisfying, healing experience as the symbolism of making broken things new is carried on into our lives. No previous art experience is required.

Celebrate Earth Day by embarking on a transformative journey towards your envisioned dreams in personal, social, or professional spheres. Explore the natural phases of change & discover the essential nutrients for nurturing the seeds you will sow. Engage in mindfulness exercises, nature journaling, artistic expression, spiritual reflections, & meaningful discussions to amplify the impact of your efforts towards a new & fulfilling vision. Blossom like a flower. Mark Mitchell has been a coach, psychotherapist, educator for over 40 years.

Every year on the first Saturday in May, thousands of people around the globe participate in World Labyrinth Day as a moving meditation for world peace. World Labyrinth Day (WLD) creates a unified wave of peace around the world by Walking as One at 1:00 (13:00) wherever you are. It is an opportunity to create events, virtual or in person, to bring people from your community together. Join Mary & Joseph Retreat Center in this worldwide moving meditation, a prayer for peace. At 12:00 Noon we will gather for an introduction to our Labyrinth Bonaventure and preparation for the walk at 1:00 p.m. Join our team of Labyrinth facilitators for this celebration of the labyrinth experience. No reservations are required. We offer this program at no charge; donations are always welcome.

*Remote Via Zoom* Fred Luskin, PhD and Herb K. share their separate knowledge and experience of Secular and Spiritual ingredients! Bill Wilson (cofounder of AA) discusses forgiveness - he calls it “letting go of resentment”. It’s not done to please others, but in the interest of our FREEDOM. This workshop is on how to FORGIVE and will focus on a process of releasing them … and … being released ourselves. This will be a practical WORK-shop. Bring your questions, prepare to confront your unwillingness and to respond to your willingness. Together we’ll share our experience and dialogue about being delivered to FREEDOM.

Come and celebrate your spiritual journey as Fr. Jim Clarke leads a full day retreat in three parts: celebrating where we came from, allowing ourselves to rest & discern where we are going. With story, ritual and journaling, Fr Jim guides and encourages us to honor our journey of faith and struggle, take a gentle look at just how do we rest, how does Sabbath fit in our busy lives -and imagine and renew a vision for our way forward. Fr. Jim Clarke PhD is presently a consultant for the Spiritual & Human Formation for the Permanent Diaconate candidates and their wives for the Los Angeles Archdiocese.