Annual Ethics, Professionalism & Supervision Workshop at Loyola House, Guelph
Ethical Conduct, power differentials, professional boundaries, working as a spiritual director inside and outside institutions, SDI, the what when where & why of supervision – full day workshop
Annual Creativity & Spiritual Direction Workshop at Loyola House, Guelph
Creativity and creative responses of the spiritual director to the needs of the directee – full day workshop
Awakening the Artistic Soul
Exploring Creative Expressions of the Inner Life
at Loyola House, Guelph, Ontario
March 25, 2025 – March 27, 2025
This creative art-based retreat will take you on an exploration of not just a variety of artistic practices, but also a deep journey into the landscape of your soul in a warm and supportive environment. No artistic background is needed for this silent retreat, and all materials and instructions will be provided. Come with an open mind and a willingness to explore and be surprised!
Each day will have three guided creative sessions, as well as restful open spaces for free time to explore the land and your own independent art. The day will end with an optional sharing circle to reflect on your process and experience – not product! You will never be required to show anything you have made, and an attitude of supportive, non-judgement will be cultivated collectively. It’s about the the spiritual journey!
Daily guided practices will take you on a deep inner journey, exploring how art can crack you open to the Divine. Creative sessions will include Visio Divina, Mirror Mandala Meditation, Doodle Prayer, Praying in Colour, Body Mapping Meditation, Play Dough Meditation, Salt Painting, Tangling Mandala, and Collage. Please bring your journal and sketchbook, any favourite art supplies (for free time), your open heart, curiosity and adventurous spirit!
Peace & Chaos: Journeying with Christ through It All
March 28, 2025 to March 30, 2025
a Zoom Lenten Weekend Silent Retreat at home
Four or five 45-60 minute periods for assigned personal prayer spaced throughout the retreat
Three 15 minute one-to-one spiritual direction sessions
Participants are encouraged to retreat in a physical space conducive to maintaining silence while they vacation with the Lord.
Spiritual Self Care Workshop – April 24, 2024
Join us for a restful and reflective time with Kerry Wilson to explore the sacred art of spiritual self care through practice, play and conversation. Kerry is a mother, spiritual director, educator, artist and music teacher who lives in Guelph and has spent years exploring soul care in practical ways. She views all of life as an opportunity to live into our spirituality as an intentional response to God, and invites you to join her on this journey.
During this workshop participants will be offered a short presentation on the spiritual need for space, rest and play in our lives, the barriers we might encounter along the way, and some practices that can help us to deepen our intentionality. Participants will then be invited to move at their own pace to several nourishing and restful activities to further explore and expand their own relationship to spiritual self care – which can take many forms! (You may want to bring your calendar along for one activity.) The workshop will conclude with a sharing circle for conversation and any further questions.
Coming Back To Life Book Group
March 21 – May 9, 2022
For those of you who are interested in learning more about The Work That Reconnects and the Spiral, Kerry Wilson will be hosting a free book group based on Joanna Macy’s book Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World. Read chapters independently, then we meet on Zoom for group discussion, viewing videos of Joanna Macy’s teaching, and group activities. There will also be the option of additional one-on-one spiritual companioning with Kerry throughout the weeks.
Light in the Darkness – A 2021 Advent Retreat
Many are experiencing grief, numbness, and paralysis in response to both the ongoing pandemic, the climate crisis and the general state of the world. We often feel stuck and don’t know what to do. How can our Christian faith inform and transform this experience, helping us to tune into how God is calling us to bring the best of ourselves to our current world situation?
This retreat will focus on opening to God’s light, healing and inspiration in this dark time, and will help directees discern how they are personally being called to respond in their own lives. Rooted in deep ecology and the Work That Reconnects, it is based on the four Advent themes: Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. Each themed unit begins with “Breathing In” (focus on the inner life), then “Breathing Out” (focus on discerning how we move from the inner life into the world). Units will include a scripture reading, a contemporary reading, a suggested spiritual practice, music, and creative response opportunities with a focus on discernment. Participants are not expected to complete all the material, but instead to choose what speaks to them and use it as a springboard into prayer. Participants will meet with their director daily as they reflect on incarnation during this season. Through these embodied contemplative opportunities, directees can go deeper into their own experience of Emmanuel – God with us, and discern how they are personally being invited to respond.
