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Spring Awakening: A Celtic Journey of Renewal & Connection - Hybrid
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Spring Awakening: A Celtic Journey of Renewal & Connection - Hybrid
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Apr 30 - May 2, 2027
About this Retreat
Christine Valters Paintner is a writer, spiritual director, retreat leader, and Benedictine oblate who weaves together contemplative practice, creativity, and Celtic wisdom. Founder of Abbey of the Arts, she is internationally known for guiding others into deeper spiritual living through prayer, pilgrimage, the expressive arts, and the wisdom of the seasons. Rooted in the Catholic contemplative tradition and inspired by figures such as Hildegard of Bingen, Christine draws from Benedictine, Celtic, and desert spirituality, as well as insights from dream work, Jungian psychology, and yoga.
After leaving Seattle in 2012 to embark on a life-changing pilgrimage, Christine and her husband settled in Galway, Ireland, where they continue to be nourished by the rich heritage of Celtic monasticism. Through her books, online programs, pilgrimages, and retreats, she invites participants to awaken to the sacred in everyday life. Christine’s work encourages a deep connection with creation, community, and the renewing presence of the Divine.
Rev. Simon Ruth de Voil is an ordained interfaith/interspiritual minister, trained to be a sacred presence outside the conventions of traditional religion. As a sacred musician, spiritual mentor and worship leader he incorporates chant, ritual, storytelling and mindful practice to create a space for profound connection and sacred witness. Simon provides music for worship, ceremony, and prayer in a wide variety of churches and non-religious spiritual communities. He particularly loves to create music for meditation, healing services, and rites of passage.
Simon is also an experienced workshop and retreat leader, drawing on 15 years of study, training, and practice that grew from his time living and working in Iona Abbey. Although influenced by many traditions, Simon's spiritual path and teaching is deeply rooted in Celtic Christianity, the wisdom of the earth, and in the Scottish land where he's spent most of his life.
Details of this retreat
As the sap rises and the daylight lengthens, the fields and forest reawaken into the new life of spring. Rooted in pre-Christian Celtic traditions, the festival of Beltane celebrates this blossoming into the bright half of the year.
In this weekend retreat, we’ll explore ways to deepen our connection with the sacred through the green, living world with some of the vibrant traditions of Beltane, and guided by the wisdom of medieval mystic Hildegard of Bingen’s understanding of viriditas, the greening power of the divine. We will tend to what is being awakened within our hearts and in the world.
Rev. Simon Ruth de Voil (joining us in person) will use song and story rooted in the Celtic Christian wisdom tradition, along with contemplative and creative practices, to help us awaken and bring our attention to the rising green of the land and of our own spirit. Christine Valters Paintner (joining us virtually) will bring us into the greening vision of St. Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th-century Benedictine Abbess who saw viriditas, or the greening power of God flowing through every living and celestial being.
There are two options for this program. The schedules for each are as follows:
IN-PERSON SCHEDULE
Friday
3:00p – Check-In Begins
3:00-6:00p – Arrivals
5:00p – Birdsong Vespers
6:00p – Dinner
7:00p – Session I: Welcome
Saturday
8:00a – Breakfast
9:00a – Session II
10:30a – Break
10:45a – Session III
12:00p – Lunch
2:30p – Optional Creative Activity
5:00p – Birdsong Vespers
6:00p – Dinner
7:00p – Fireside Chat
Sunday
8:00a – Breakfast
9:00a – Room Check-Out
9:30a – Closing Session
10:30a – Closing Birdsong Prayer
11:00a – Departure
VIRTUAL ONLINE SCHEDULE
Friday
7:00p – Session I: Welcome
* Friday Birdsong Vespers link emailed to participants to watch at their leisure
Saturday
9:00a – Session II
11:00a – Session III
* Saturday Birdsong Vespers link emailed to participants to watch at their leisure
Sunday
9:30a – Closing Session
* Sunday Birdsong Prayer link emailed to participants to watch at their leisure
In this weekend retreat, we’ll explore ways to deepen our connection with the sacred through the green, living world with some of the vibrant traditions of Beltane, and guided by the wisdom of medieval mystic Hildegard of Bingen’s understanding of viriditas, the greening power of the divine. We will tend to what is being awakened within our hearts and in the world.
Rev. Simon Ruth de Voil (joining us in person) will use song and story rooted in the Celtic Christian wisdom tradition, along with contemplative and creative practices, to help us awaken and bring our attention to the rising green of the land and of our own spirit. Christine Valters Paintner (joining us virtually) will bring us into the greening vision of St. Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th-century Benedictine Abbess who saw viriditas, or the greening power of God flowing through every living and celestial being.
There are two options for this program. The schedules for each are as follows:
IN-PERSON SCHEDULE
Friday
3:00p – Check-In Begins
3:00-6:00p – Arrivals
5:00p – Birdsong Vespers
6:00p – Dinner
7:00p – Session I: Welcome
Saturday
8:00a – Breakfast
9:00a – Session II
10:30a – Break
10:45a – Session III
12:00p – Lunch
2:30p – Optional Creative Activity
5:00p – Birdsong Vespers
6:00p – Dinner
7:00p – Fireside Chat
Sunday
8:00a – Breakfast
9:00a – Room Check-Out
9:30a – Closing Session
10:30a – Closing Birdsong Prayer
11:00a – Departure
VIRTUAL ONLINE SCHEDULE
Friday
7:00p – Session I: Welcome
* Friday Birdsong Vespers link emailed to participants to watch at their leisure
Saturday
9:00a – Session II
11:00a – Session III
* Saturday Birdsong Vespers link emailed to participants to watch at their leisure
Sunday
9:30a – Closing Session
* Sunday Birdsong Prayer link emailed to participants to watch at their leisure
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