Spirituality of the Earth: Thomas Berry's Wisdom for an Ecological Age

Contemplative Enrichment Day

Saturday, February 22, 2025
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (ET)
Kathleen Deignan, C.N.D, Ph.D.

Thomas Berry, C.P., arguably the father of “ecological spirituality,” anticipated by decades the contemporary turn toward Earth as the living home of incarnate divinity, exhorting us to awaken to our sacred role within the “New Story” and the “Great Work” in a living community honored and protected as “a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects.” Come meet Thomas as the Spiritual Master of the Ecological Age.

This program will be offered both in-person and online via Zoom. Information on how to access the program on Zoom will be sent to participants in advance.

This program will include a morning and an afternoon session of Centering Prayer.

Offering: $75, includes lunch

Scholarships are available, please contact Mike Smoolca at cce@holyfamilyretreat.org for more information.

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Presenter Profiles

Kathleen Deignan

Kathleen Deignan is Emerita Professor of Religious Studies at Iona University and Founding Director of the Deignan Institute for Earth and Spirit. She studied with her mentor, Thomas Berry, at Fordham University. Former President of the International Thomas Merton Society, she co-convenes the Thomas Berry Forum for Ecological Dialogue, and is a board member of The Berry Foundation. A well-known author and psalmist, she is presently composing, Thomas Berry: Book of Hours.

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Dietary restrictions? Holy Family is committed to making your stay as comfortable and enjoyable as possible, and to that end, we can accommodate most dietary needs. Please email Ted, our registrar, at tjastrzebski@holyfamilyretreat.org, if you have any dietary restrictions or food allergies, so that we may make preparations in advance of your retreat.