Join us for a wonderful Sunday afternoon outing for you, your friends and family, members of your parish, community group or co-workers. See the amazing and peaceful wetlands, forests, trees, pastures, farm fields and vegetable gardens of Ignatius, and learn about wonderful and inspiring things in this place of peace. There is so much to see and visit including: Community Shared Agriculture, Organic Apple Orchards, Organic Farm and Community Gardens, Ecology Villa and Willowdome, and a walking tour upon request of the Old Mill Ruins and the Plant an Old Growth Forest Project. There will also be themed tours, upon request, on the history of the land and the Jesuits here on the property, farming practices at Ignatius, forest interpretive walks and nature and spirituality walks.

Join us once a month at the Ignatius Jesuit Centre, Guelph, Ontario, as we read and discuss important books in Ecology, Theology and Spirituality. We will be exploring the writings of Norman Wirzba, Terence Fretheim, Thomas Berry, Stephen Scharper, Jurgen Moltmann, Leonardo Boff, Ched Myers, Paul Santmire, Brian Walsh, Steven Bouma-Prediger, Diarmuid OMurchu, Vandana Shiva, Wendell Berry, Hildegard of Bingen, St Francis of Assisi and others. This Eco-theology reading course will give you a diverse exposure to key texts and provide you with a foundation for sustainable living.

The course is taught by Marianne Karsh, coordinator of the Ecology Project and director of Arborvitae, Billy Gekas and guest authors.

In this informative and provocative course, you will learn what different faith traditions say about nature, how the latest scientific findings can help to inform our spirituality, and why the natural environment remains one of the richest and most potent sources of spiritual nourishment for people of faith.

The course is taught by Marianne Karsh, coordinator of the Ecology Project and director of Arborvitae. It takes place over eight Thursday evenings, with a Saturday field trip.

When we awaken to the fact that the Universe is a Holy Matrix whose inner and outer dimensions are evolving simultaneously it is a revelatory moment. Through this realization we begin to awaken to the inherently integral nature of the entire process. We see that our own capacity for deep interiority is what has traditionally been called the Mystical Life. In addition, we realize that this interiority or "Christ consciousness" is continually pressing to evolve.

During this retreat we will dig deep, push up against the edges of our own consciousness individually and collectively and press towards the farther shore where the Divine Impulse urges us to create the future at a higher level than what exists in the present moment. This urge to become is the new and emerging face of the eternal God.

Silence, meditation and reflection will be part of this retreat experience of living on the edge.

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The Elderberry Connection is a Christian Spirituality group that celebrates the unfolding story of the universe. To register, contact George Kelly at gkelly@golden.net or 519.824.1885

THIS RETREAT IS FULL. Retreatants will be encouraged to experience God's awe-inspiring presence and activity in Creation. This experience will offer inspiration and nurturing for hope-filled action expressing God's healing power.

Through the lens of food, retreatants will be encouraged to experience God's beauty in the farmland.

Food nourishes us both physically and spiritually. Such an appreciation for our daily bread contrast with a consumerist disconnection from food that is part of the current ecological decline. Can we hear the passion of Jesus in the cry of the Earth?

This guided retreat, following the dynamics of the Spiritual Exercises, includes a daily theme talk, personal spiritual direction, outdoor liturgies, and group sharing. The retreat will be facilitated by members of the Ecology Project Working Group, and the Loyola House retreat team.

This symposium will address Jesus’ presence and action in the new cosmology by reflecting on the person of Jesus with new eyes. Jesus experiences nature as a place to pray and a source of grace. How can we open up his parables and many other metaphors? We will reflect on Christ’s passion and resurrection in our time, as it relates to our earth home in peril. Our prayer and sharing will inspire a deeper commitment to the healing of ourselves, the elements, and the multi-species community of life.

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