Prairiewoods Garden Party: Growing Our Roots
Note: This is a past program held at Prairiewoods. For a complete list of our current program and retreat offerings, click here. Everyone here at Prairiewoods looks forward to June […]
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Where Marketing Meets Mindfulness: My Internship at Prairiewoods
When I began my marketing internship at Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center, I expected that I would grow professionally. I didn’t realize how deeply I would be impacted in a personal […]
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From Darkness to Light: Navigating the Hardest Transition of the Year
Each year, as winter melts into spring, an ancient rhythm begins to stir. The light returns, the birdsong grows louder, and the world seems to lean forward, pressing us toward […]
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Nature, Science & Resilience, Oh My!
Note: This is a past program held at Prairiewoods. For a complete list of our current program and retreat offerings, click here. Interconnectedness is one of the underpinnings of ecological […]
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Building Bridges to Unity in Diversity
For the last year, Prairiewoods has been exploring six important principles that are central to an ecological spirituality. Principles that are supported by science as well as our own experience. […]
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What Science Reveals
Strengthening our spirituality is more than something that feels good or is “nice to do.” According to research by Dr. Lisa Miller from Columbia University, cultivating our spirituality is imperative […]
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Exploring Traditional Chinese Meditative Arts
Note: This is a past program held at Prairiewoods. For a complete list of our current program and retreat offerings, click here. The methods of self-cultivation found in Chinese meditation, […]
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Combatting Diseases of Despair
Many of us have had to say goodbye to someone far too soon as the weight of mental illness has become too heavy. Or we’ve sat on the side of […]
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Journey of Healing
Dear friends, At a dark time in my life when I desperately needed a spiritual community and divine feminine energy, the people and the sacred space of Prairiewoods helped bring […]
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Stewards of Divine Creation: God’s Guests
We are all guests of God’s hospitality. The world in which we live is pure gift,” proclaims theologian Monika Hellwig in her famous work Guests of God: Stewards of Divine […]
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Spirituality in the 21st Century: The Awakened Brain
Note: This is a past program held at Prairiewoods. For a complete list of our current program and retreat offerings, click here. Prairiewoods is preparing for our annual Spirituality in […]
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Litany of the Saints
Dear friends, In these turbulent times, many of you have been asking how we can be positive and constructive in bringing peace and justice. Besides writing to our representatives, I […]
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Kintsugi: The Japanese Art of Repairing Things that Are Broken
Note: This is a past program held at Prairiewoods. For a complete list of our current program and retreat offerings, click here. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken […]
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What Is Life Showing You Now?
According to Columbia University researcher and psychologist Dr. Lisa Miller, an Awakened Brain is an aware brain. It is available for new opportunities, surprises or even new information that turns […]
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Terra Divina: A Spiritual Practice of Engaging with Earth
Note: This is a past program held at Prairiewoods. For a complete list of our current program and retreat offerings, click here. After the festive month of December, January often […]
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