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RECENT NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
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First Friday Day Retreat – March 6, 2026
Come enjoy time in solitude or quiet fellowship with other companions in a place of beauty and peace: walk the labyrinth, rest in the garden, meditate in the prayer rooms. You are welcome to attend noon prayers in the chapel and a delicious lunch afterwards in the refectory.
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Black Women in 19th Century Virginia: A Four-Week Survey Course
Thursdays in March, 6:30–8:00 p.m. Led by Dr. Lauranett Lee at Richmond Hill The Judy Project is named for Judy, a woman enslaved on the Richmond Hill property from 1860 to 1865. Her story is preserved through a recollection written by a descendant of the Wilkins family, who had purchased her decades earlier. On April…
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Art & Spirituality Retreat – March 14, 2026
Join artist and spiritual director Lauren Bleam as you are guided through a relaxing meditation on a poem. A reflective prompt will be provided, and participants will take time to journal and consider what the poem awakens in them. That will be followed by a demonstration of embroidery techniques. Participants will have time to create…
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Group Spiritual Direction: Deepening Awareness of God
2026 Spiritual Directors Spring Forum Saturday, April 18, 2026, 8:30am – 4:30pmTheme: Facilitating Group Spiritual Direction In group spiritual direction people gather together on a regular basis to assist one another in an ongoing awareness of God in all of life. As they receive support for their openness and responsiveness to God, in turn they…
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Listening to the Silence: March 14, 2026
Silence is not an absence. It is a presence. In a world that constantly asks you to hurry, explain, and respond, Listening to the Silence offers something rare: space to slow down and simply be. This is an invitation to step away from noise and return to what steadies you…calm, clarity, and God’s unwavering love. Why…
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First Friday Day Retreat – February 6, 2026
Come enjoy time in solitude or quiet fellowship with other companions in a place of beauty and peace: walk the labyrinth, rest in the garden, meditate in the prayer rooms. You are welcome to attend noon prayers in the chapel and a delicious lunch afterwards in the refectory.
