special events
PLEASE NOTE:
OUR PROGRAM YEAR 2025-26 WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER HYBRID PRESENTATIONS, SOME TOTALLY ONLINE, OTHERS WITH THE OPTION OF IN PERSON OR ONLINE.
VESPERS and QUIET PRAYER for PEACE
2nd Tuesday of the Month
Sept. 10, Oct. 14, Nov. 11, Dec. 9, 2025; Jan. 13, Feb. 10. March 10, April 14, May 12, 2026
Time: 5:00-6:00 p.m. Vespers followed by 30 minutes of quiet prayer for Peace. The sisters have kept the second Tuesday of each month as a time of prayer for peace since 9/11/01.
WE INVITE YOU TO PRAY WITH US FROM YOUR HOMES FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD DURING THIS TIME....OR DURING THE DAY AT A TIME CONVENIENT FOR YOU.
*Please note there is no Peace Prayer scheduled in July and August
CONTINUING PROGAMs
CONVERSATION CIRCLES OF TRANSFORMATION
THE TIME IS NOW...AND I AM HERE
A Three part Series on Healing the Heart of Democracy
Thursdays: Nov. 6, 2025, Feb. 12, Apr 16 2026
TIME: 1:00-2:30
We, the people, as concerne citiaens and as people of faith and hope, ae able to strengthen and empower one another to act on the wiscom and courage it takes to bring down whatever diminishes us and raise up whatever calls us to our better selves. The program will offer input, sharing and process helping participants to embrace the "NOW" together, in and with a supportive community.
Wiil we take up what we know is our moral and spiritual responsibility to make the world a better place for all?
VIRTUAL MEETINGS THROUGH ZOOM ONLY.
Suggested Donation: $35 per session, $90 for series
HOLY LIVING, LIVING WHOLLY
Exploring the Rule of Benedict for the 21st Century
The Hawk and the Dove Series Books 7,8,9
by Penelope Wilcock
Thursday Mornings Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM 
We continue to explore the great wisdom of the Rule of Benedict. This year we will continue to explore the Rule as protrayed in the lives of the monks of the fictional 14th centurey St. Alcuin Abbey. They belonged to another century, yet their struggles are our own. Called to live together in community, they teach us that the whole of life is a love story about at tender and compassionate God and how to live out that love with others in the most human of circumstances.teach us the timeless wisdom of the Rule through their very human struggles of community life with a loving God at its center.
Hawk and Dove Series I...books 7,8,9
The Breath of Peace
The Beautiful Thread,
A Day and a Life
Participants must have read books 1-6
Dates for Series : Oct. 7,, Dec. 9, Feb. 10, Apr. 21,2026
Program will be offered in person and online.
Please let us know how you plan to attend.
Participants are responsible for acquiring
thier own books, available online from Amazon
and/or the monastery.
Suggested Donation: $35 per session.
Please make checks payable to Emmanuel Monastery.Co-sponsored by Benedictine Sisters of Baltimore and Well for the Journey. www.wellforthejourney.com
MYSTIC: MARY OLIVER
SACRED AWARENESS:
A Three Week Series
Exploring the Sprituality of the Mary Oliver
Thursdays, Jan. 8, 15, 22, 2026
1:00-3:00PM
Listen to life through the eyes and ears, mind and heart of the modern mystic and poet, Mary Oliver, as she invites you to experience all of creation with a new consciousness and sacredness. This three week mini-series will enable participants to delve more deeply in to Oliver's work, which she describes as "loving the world." Sessions include time to be with Oliver's poetry and ponder its meaning and challenge for us today. Program will be offered online through Zoom.
Facilitators: Greg Cochran and Kathy McNany, OSB
Cost: $115 for series, $45 per session
Co-sponsored by Benedictine Sisters of Baltimore and Well for the Journey.www.wellforthejourney.org
Please make checks payable to Well for the Journey.
PROGRAM CANCELLED
ADVENT-URES:
An advent QUIET MORNING OF PRAYER
Dec. 10, 2025 10:30 - 12 :30
